Africa

WHO Urges Greater Surveillance as New COVID-19 Variants Emerge

With the recent emergence in the African region of new COVID-19 variants which seem to have higher transmissibility, the World…

4 years ago

Nigeria Excluded From 2022 US Visa Lottery

Nigeria has been barred from the US visa lottery application for 2022, a document obtained from the US Government website…

4 years ago

Nigerian physician, Funsho named one of TIME’s most influential people in the world

TIME named Nigerian physician, Dr. Tunji Funsho to the 2020 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people…

4 years ago

Coup: ECOWAS imposes sanctions on Mali

The West Africa bloc ECOWAS has condemned a military putsch in Mali and pledged a range of retaliatory actions, including…

4 years ago

FG to boost states capacity for COVID-19 response

The World Bank Board of Directors approved a $114.28 financing to help Nigeria prevent, detect and respond to the threat…

4 years ago

An additional 6.7 million children under 5 could suffer from wasting this year due to COVID-19 – UNICEF warns

  An additional 6.7 million children under the age of five could suffer from wasting – and therefore become dangerously…

4 years ago

40 million children miss out on early education in critical pre-school year due to COVID-19 – Research reveals

No fewer than 40 million children worldwide have missed out on early childhood education in their critical pre-school year as…

4 years ago

COVID-19: Poor people in Africa to increase by 49.2m in 2021, Nigeria to record largest increase – AfDB reveals

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has disclosed that the number of extreme poor people could increase by 34 million and…

4 years ago

AfDB urges central banks to cut interest rates

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has urged central banks on the continent to act quickly by cutting interest rates to…

4 years ago

Rice Revolution And Rising Revolution In Nigeria | By Ajibola Esuola

Rice is surely one of the staple foods in Nigeria and Africa. Children and kids are particularly covenanted to eating…

4 years ago