THREE cases of the new dreaded Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus thought to have originated from South Africa has been detected by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in Abuja.
First detected in South Africa, the omicron variant is believed to have more mutations than previous Coronavirus strains. This could...
AS many as 30m people may have been pushed into extreme poverty across sub-Saharan Africa as a result of the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic according to the findings of a new economic report just published by Bloomberg.
Released at the recent Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, the report revealed that the...
AS many as 6m more Nigerians will be pushed into poverty between June 2020 and June 2021 as a result of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic according to a recent report just published by the World Bank.
Like many other developing nations, Nigeria, suffered greatly from the effects of the global pandemic, as...
Ayo Akinfe
Nigeria needs French automobile companies Citroen and Renault to come and open manufacturing and assembly plants in Nigeria immediately as Peugeot did. We need them to make Nigeria the centre of electric car manufacturing
Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi should come and open a facility in Nigeria to manufacture a coronavirus...
SIX Nigerian scientists have begun work on a home-grown coronavirus vaccine have had their efforts endorsed by the World Health Organisation and they remain confident that with time they will come up with a product that shall receive universal clinical approval.
Microbiologists from six academic institutions in the country...
NIGERIAN airfare prices have skyrocketed over recent days as a result of the growing foreign exchange scarcity which the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says could be a big blow to attempts to revive the sector post-coronavirus.
Like most other countries in the world, Nigeria's aviation industry has been hit...
By Ayo Akinfe
If you ask me, what we are currently witnessing is a war. This time it is not against guns and bullets but the effects are the same and as with the case with any war, you need a reconstruction plan. Every war is always followed by a reconstruction plan and this is no different. Does Nigeria have a post-coronavirus...
BRITISH health authorities have warned all social workers employed in the care sector that they have to get vaccinated by the November 11 deadline and those not prepared to take the Covid-19 vaccination by then should be prepared to get another job.
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in January 2020, the UK's...
NIGERIA spent a total of N445.4bn ($1.08bn) on debt servicing during the second quarter of 2021 according to statistics just published by the Debt Management Office (DMO) which show a massive increase in borrowing to fund the government's budget.
Hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, Nigeria has had to borrow heavily over...
NIGERIA'S Super Eagles have taken another big step towards qualifying for Qatar 2002 after a makeshift team depleted by a variety of Covid-19 complications managed to steal a 2-1 win away to Cape Verde this evening.
Last Friday, Nigeria kicked off her World Cup campaign with a 2-0 victory over Liberia in Lagos but after that...
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