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COVID-19: Decision to stop community testing dangerous, wrong –Tomori
There were indications on Thursday that many states had stopped mass testing for COVID-19 despite the growing fear about the asymptomatic variant of the deadly virus. Reacting, professor of virology, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, in an interview with one of our correspondents on Thursday, said it would be difficult to track the COVID-19 cases in the…
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Adamawa hits NCDC over COVID-19 figures
The Executive Chairman of Adamawa State Primary Health Care Agency, Dr. Suleiman Bashir, faulted the format used by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control in representing COVID-19 cases. He said Adamawa had been testing but none returned positive. According to him, the reporting format used by the NCDC doesn’t usually reflect details, particularly the number…
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UNFPA, GAC start national landscape survey on SGBV, HTPs in Nigeria
The UN Population Fund, with funding from Global Affairs Canada, has commenced a 45-day national survey to provide comprehensive analysis of the Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Harmful Traditional Practices situation in Nigeria. Information about the survey is in a statement by the UNFPA Gender and Reproductive Rights Specialist, Dr Musa Elisha in Abuja on…
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J&J COVID-19 vaccine costs Nigeria $7.5 per dose —Afreximbank
The African Export-Import Bank, which facilitated the procurement of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, says the vaccine costs Nigeria $7.50 as against $10 per dose. The bank’s Regional Chief Operating Officer, Abdoulaye Kone, who disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria, on Thursday, in Abuja, said that the country would be procuring…
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Medvedev, Tsitsipas power qualify for Toronto ATP quarter-finals
Top seed Daniil Medvedev powered through a rough patch to beat James Duckworth 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday and reach the quarter-finals of the ATP Toronto Masters. Russia’s Medvedev was in cruise control, up a set and 5-1 in the third-round match, when he was broken by his 85th-ranked Australian opponent. But the 2019 Canada finalist…
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COVID-19: Contact tracing begins after Fresh FM manager’s death
The management of Fresh FM has said COVID-19 task forces in Oyo and Ekiti States have begun tracing those that David Ajiboye had contact with before his death. The management of the radio station owned by popular musician, Yinka Ayefele, in a statement on Thursday explained that although it announced last Monday that Ajiboye died…
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Residents appeal to FERMA to fix Okene-Auchi Road
Residents of Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State have appealed to the Federal Government and Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) to as a matter of urgency attend to the deplorable condition of Okene-Auchi Road to ease the plight of commuters plying the road. The non-attention of FERMA to the worsening condition of the trunk…
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Osun APC crisis deepens as Aregbesola’s faction alleges attack on leaders
The Osun Progressive, a faction within the Osun State All Progressives Congress, has alleged that some people within the party and government are planning to attack leaders of the faction. Addressing a press conference on Thursday in Osogbo, the TOP Chairman, Rev. Adelowo Adebiyi, said the planned attack was a result of the group’s struggle…
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Nasarawa gov directs refund of TSC recruitment fees
Governor of Nasarawa, Abdullahi Sule, has directed the Teachers Service Commission to refund the N2,000 paid by applicants as fees for recruitment application forms in the state. The directive is contained in a statement by Mr Ibrahim Addra, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, on Thursday in Lafia. Addra said the governor had not approved…
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Wizkid features Justin Bieber on Essence remix
Multiple award-winning artiste Wizkid has featured Canadian pop star Justin Bieber on the remix of his song Essence. Wizkid, also known as Big Wiz teased the collaboration on his Insta stories on Thursday where he wrote “Something special tomorrow.” Later in the day, Wizkid made the announcement of the collaboration via an Instagram post with…
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