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Nigerian Osaremen Okolo named as a member of Biden's Covid-19 response team
NIGERIAN-American health policy adviser Osaremen Okolo has been appointed as a member of US president-elect Joe Biden's Covid-19 Response Team with a mandate to ensure all Americans are vaccinated against the virus next year. On...
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Fears of more Covid-19 cases in Nigeria rise as the sale of fake health certificates booms
NIGERIA faces the prospect of increased incidences of coronavirus due to the growth of corruption in the fight against the pandemic as international travellers are now obtaining fake Covid-19 health certificates. Like every other...
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How does Nigeria generate $20bn annually from the coronavirus pandemic in 2021?
Ayo Akinfe (1) We insist the likes of Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline open manufacturing plants in Nigeria. If they do not, we will ban flights to Europe and the US (2) We open up a tourist convalescence centre in Lagos, similar to the cancer...
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Nigerian senate considers banning flights from the UK and US to combat Covid-19 second wave
NIGERIAN senators are considering banning flights from the UK and the US as part of new protective measures required to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic by limiting travel from countries with high infection rates. Over the...
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Ondo and Ogun state governments ban traditional New Year's Day overnight vigils
ONDO and Ogun State governments have banned all overnight vigils between now and the new year as part of new stringent health measures introduced to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Over the last few weeks, the number of...
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Nigerian health authorities announce ambitious plans to vaccinate 100m people by March
NIGERIAN health officials have announced plans to vaccinate at least 100m people against the Covid-19 virus by March under an ambitious programme to insulate the country from the dreaded global pandemic. Medical experts have warned that...
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Nigeria to consult with her West African neighbours before introducing UK travel ban
NIGERIA'S federal government has announced that any ban imposed on flights to and from the UK in response to the emergence of a new strain of the Covid-19 virus will be done in conjunction with neighbouring West African countries. Over...
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Lagos State warns that those who breech Covid-19 protocols over Xmas face one year jail term
RESIDENTS of Lagos State who contravene the coronavirus restrictions introduced by the state government face the risk of being sent to jail for a one year period as the authorities clamp down on protocol abuses as a second wave of the pandemic...
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