17 Nov, 2024
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India Suffers Vaccine Shortages As COVID-19 Cases Spike

People stand in a queue at a Covid-19 vaccination centre amidst rising Covid-19 coronavirus cases, in Mumbai on April 8, 2021.INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP   More than 700 million people across India were facing coronavirus vaccine shortages Thursday, local media reported, as infection numbers hit yet another daily record.  Case numbers had eased in India […]

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Nigeria Goes Six Days With No New COVID-19 Deaths

A health worker helps his colleague with his PPE during a community testing as part of efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV   Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 110 new cases of the novel coronavirus but no new deaths for the sixth consecutive day, according to data from the Nigeria Centre for […]

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Billionaires List: Dangote Remains Africa’s Richest, Adenuga, Rabiu In Top 6

Three of Nigeria’s richest persons made it to the top six of Forbes’ 2021 Africa’s Billionaires list. Forbes released its 2021 billionaires list on Tuesday, it includes 14 African billionaires, with the President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, retaining the number one spot on the continent. Other Nigerians who made the top-6 spot include […]