COVID-19

Despite Funding, Oyo Health Workers Face Challenges Delivering Health Care During COVID-19

Notwithstanding efforts by the Oyo State Government to reposition primary healthcare through the renovation of primary health centres (PHCs) across the 33 local government in the state, staffs in these centres decried the multiple challenges faced in delivering health care to the people during the emergency period of COVID-19. An investigation launched into some of […]

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Appoints Board of Trustees

Four New Members Join Co-Chairs Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates to Shape Foundation Governance and Increase Impact  In inaugural foundation annual letter, CEO Mark Suzman reflects on evolution of foundation’s governance and work to fight poverty, disease, and inequity globally  The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has appointed a board of trustees, with Strive […]

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COVID-19 Has Thrown Up Complications In Businesses – Don

…calls for restructuring businesses  in pandemic era  University of Lagos Professor of Business Administration, Sulaimon Abdul-Hameed Adeola, has noted  that with the latest World Bank report on Nigeria, which stated that 7.5 million people in Nigeria, the country has slided into extreme poverty in the last one year. He noted that, Nigeria is rated as almost […]

Adesoji Ajayi

This is not the Buhari we used to know-Cleric

For 20 years, Pastor Adesoji Ajayi has served as the President of the Christ Apostolic Mission Church (CAMC). In this interview with DAYO EMMANUEL, he relayed the journey so far; the challenges, the victories and the future of the mission. The cleric talked on national issues as well including restructuring, constitutional reforms among others. Excerpts: […]

Rodger Voorhies

Three Steps Towards More Resilient, Inclusive Post-COVID-19 Economies

By Rodger Voorhies In the year since COVID-19 hit, economies across Africa have experienced a dramatic slowdown. Even countries with a limited initial incidence of the virus faced severe economic aftershocks. A significant disruption in agricultural markets and labour in sub-Saharan Africa has restricted income and led to rapid food insecurity for many. Making sure […]

COVID-19

COVID-19 Vaccines For Sale On The Underground For $250 To $1,200

The entire globe is currently undergoing one of the largest and most complex vaccination campaigns in history, and, not surprisingly, scammers and sellers on the dark market have been eager to make a profit off the process. Kaspersky (https://africa.Kaspersky.com) researchers examined 15 different marketplaces on the Darknet and found advertisements for three major COVID vaccines: […]