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NIMC Registration: We Are Managing The Surge – Regional Coordinator

January 19, 2021 0

The Regional Coordinator of National Identity Management Company (NIMC), Mrs Funmi Opesanwo has said that despite the population surge from enthusiastic applicants to register for the National Identification Number (NIN), they have been able to cope with their influx accordingly.

UNILORIN Researchers Recommend Pineapple In COVID-19 Management

January 18, 2021 0

A team of researchers at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) have established the capacity of Bromelain derivable from pineapple fruits in the management of COVID-19 cases.

COVID-19: Nigeria Hitches Towards Lockdown As FG Restricts Gatherings To 50 Guest

December 21, 2020 0

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved fresh measures to curtail the further spread of COVID-19 across the country.

CACOVID To Empower 4m Youths With N150bn Job Program

November 25, 2020 0

The private sector led Coalition Alliance Against COVID 19 (CACOVID), has unveiled plans to empower four million youths with N150 billion employment program, noting that once the nation’s high rate of unemployment is curtailed, social unrest will be significantly reduced.

Trials Show New COVID-19 Vaccine 94.5% Effective, Says Moderna

November 16, 2020 0

‌ US biotech firm Moderna on Monday announced its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was almost 95 percent effective, marking a second major breakthrough in the quest to end the pandemic. Moderna released early results from a clinical trial with more than 30,000 participants, after American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech last week said their vaccine was 90 …

AGRA: Smallholder Farmers Urged To Embrace Insurance

September 10, 2020 0

Smallholder farmers have been advised to remodel their inputs and product pricing system to accommodate insurance. This will enable the farmers to build resilience in times of unforeseen shocks and natural disasters such as flooding. Dr. Debisi Araba, Managing Director of Africa Green Revolution Forum, AGRF, offered this solution as one that can help mitigate the impact of flooding and …

Over 900 Nigerians, 20 Corporations Support Health Workers Fund

August 18, 2020 0

More than 900 individual donors, including celebrities, and about twenty corporate organizations, have donated to the N1 Billion Health Workers Fund initiated by Giving.ng, Nigeria’s premier crowdfunding platform.

Nigerian Professor Of Infectious Diseases Dies Of COVID-19

July 14, 2020 0

A Professor of Infectious Diseases, Lovett Lawson, has died of COVID-19.

FG Reverses Resumption Of Schools, Withdraws Unity Schools From 2020 WASSCE

July 8, 2020 0

The examination was initially postponed indefinitely to check the spread of COVID-19.

COVID-19: CACOVID Donates N1.4BN Medical Equipment And Additional 26,400 Test Kits, To Boost COVID-19 Testing Across Nigeria

July 6, 2020 0

The private sector-led Coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has donated N1.4 billion worth of medical supplies and additional 26,400 test kits sufficient to set up six fully functional COVID-19 medical laboratories in the fight against the pandemic.