Documentary Probing COVID-19 Source Puts China Lab Back Under Spotlight
Aug. 13, 2021 The idea that the coronavirus pandemic originated accidentally via Chinese laboratory workers has surfaced again, this time in a documentary aired by Danish TV on Thursday. China…
Boko Haram: We should be talking about profiling, investigating, interrogating those who have surrendered – Ndume
August 13, 2021 Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has called on the Federal Government to profile, investigate and interrogate the seemingly contrite insurgents and not…
Marburg virus: We’re at low risk, FG closely monitoring situation – NCDC
August 13, 2021 Nigeria is at low odds of an outbreak of the Marburg virus, the Federal Government disclosed on Friday. Marburg, a highly dangerous pathogen that causes haemorrhagic fever,…
JSS1 student drags Ekiti Govt to court for breach of fundamental rights, seeks N15m in damages
Aug. 13, 2021 Miss Gift Agenoisa, a JSS1 female student of Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Ado- Ekiti, has dragged the Ekiti Government, before a state High Court, seeking N15 million…
China Rejects WHO’s renewed call for fresh COVID-19 origins probe
August 13, 2021 China on Friday rejected the World Health Organization’s calls for a renewed probe into the origins of Covid-19, saying it supported “scientific” over “political” efforts to find…
COVID-19: Pfizer, Moderna expected to reap billions of dollars from vaccine booster market
Aug 13, 2021 Drug makers Pfizer Inc, BioNTech and Moderna Inc are expected to reap billions of dollars from COVID-19 booster shots in a market that could rival the $6…
Climate change: 11-year-old Walker walking to save the planet
Aug 13, 2021 Jude Walker, an 11-year-old boy, is on an odyssey he hopes will help save the planet: he is walking to London from northern England in a bid…
COVID-19: J&J vaccine partly manufactured on the continent, Africa CDC justifies choice
Aug. 13, 2021 The Africa Center for Disease Control (Africa CDC) has explained that the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccine was chosen for the continent because ‘it is a single…
Single dose J&J COVID-19 vaccine costs Nigeria $7.50 per dose – Afreximbank
Aug. 13, 2021 The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), which facilitated the procurement of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ vaccine, says the vaccine costs Nigeria $7.50 as against $10…
IYD: LAGOS RESTATES COMMITMENT TO YOUTH-FRIENDLY PROGRAMMES
Aug. 13, 2021 The Lagos State Government will continue to come up with programmes that benefit youths in the Agric and other relevant sectors. This pledge was made on Thursday,…