Canada Detects First Cases Of Omicron Variant In Two Travellers From Nigeria
Nov. 29, 2021 Canada announced that it has detected its first cases of the new Omicron strain of COVID-19, in two people who had traveled recently to Nigeria. The government…
Omicron variant detected in more countries as scientists race to find answers
Nov. 29, 2021 The World Health Organization (WHO) said it is not yet clear whether Omicron, first detected in Southern Africa, is more transmissible than other variants, or if it…
Pastor Odukoya loses South African wife to cancer, aged 47
November 10, 2021 Pastor Nomthi Odukoya, the second wife of Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, founder of Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos has died, 16 years after the passing of the…
South Africa’s Patel is New IPI Executive Board Chair; Nigerian editor makes Board member
September 24, 2021 In a vote for professionalism and esteemed place of women in the media, Khadija Patel, the head of programmes for the International Fund for Public Interest Media…
Marwa at NDLEA: Bad Market for Barons
August 4, 2021 With the same old staff, Marwa has demonstrated that leadership is the rotor of followership. A competent and devoted leadership is the trigger for competent and devoted…
NDLEA intercepts N6.5bn heroin at MMIA, declares baron wanted
July 11, 2021 Investigation revealed that they were to deliver to the house of a baron, Tony Chidi Onwurolu at No. 132 Lateef Adegboyega Street, off Ago Palace Way by…
World’s richest man has no holiday home or yacht; South Africans celebrate
South Africans are celebrating tech entrepreneur, Elon Musk, who has overtaken Amazon’s Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest person. South Africa has been upbeat since last week when he was…
AfCFTA: South Africa targets Nigerian market, others as free trade begins
South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel on Friday urged manufacturers and farmers in the country to prepare themselves for opportunities in export markets following the launch of the…
New coronavirus strain spreads in Africa, 8 countries experience surge
A new and deadlier strain of the Coronavirus has hit Africa and it shows in the rising cases among a people once thought to possess some immunity against the virus….
WHO says 19 potential COVID-19 vaccines currently in clinical trials globally as only 2% of trials conducted Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there are 19 potential COVID-19 vaccines currently in clinical trials globally. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, disclosed this on its official…