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WHO: COVID-19 prevented 6.2m Nigerian children from getting vaccinated

    WHO: COVID-19 prevented 6.2m Nigerian children from getting vaccinated

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says about 6.2 million Nigerian children are unvaccinated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa, spoke on Tuesday at a

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This day in 2020, WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic — and the world is yet to heal

    This day in 2020, WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic — and the world is yet to heal

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the COVID-19 virus a pandemic. What started out as a few hundred cases spread like wildfire and reset the world

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Saudi Arabia lifts ALL COVID-19 precautionary measures in two holy mosques

    Saudi Arabia lifts ALL COVID-19 precautionary measures in two holy mosques

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has lifted all COVID-19 precautions at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. According to the country’s ministry of interior, worshipers will

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UN: COVID won’t be the last pandemic — we need to prepare for the next

    UN: COVID won’t be the last pandemic — we need to prepare for the next

António Guterres, the United Nations (UN) secretary-general, says the world needs to prepare for the next pandemic as COVID-19 will not be the last. Guterres said this on Monday in

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AfCFTA will improve Africa’s ability to respond to future pandemics

  AfCFTA will improve Africa’s ability to respond to future pandemics

BY NICHOLAS ADERINTO Global trade has suffered since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The continent has found itself in

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AfDB: Our projects provided 8m people with water, connected 260,000 to electricity

  AfDB: Our projects provided 8m people with water, connected 260,000 to electricity

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it played a critical role in supporting millions of Africans affected by the impact

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IMF: Nigerian banks closed 234 branches, 649 ATMs amid COVID-19 pandemic

  IMF: Nigerian banks closed 234 branches, 649 ATMs amid COVID-19 pandemic

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Nigerian banks closed 234 branches and 649 automated teller machines (ATMs) in 2020 amid

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WHO DG: COVID-19 pandemic will end when the world chooses to end it

  WHO DG: COVID-19 pandemic will end when the world chooses to end it

Tedros Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), says the COVID-19 pandemic will end when the world takes concerted

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Small businesses in Sokoto groan, claim ‘politicians hijacked CBN’s COVID-19 loans’

  Small businesses in Sokoto groan, claim ‘politicians hijacked CBN’s COVID-19 loans’

“The government won’t do anything because the government doesn’t like poor people, especially small business owners,” Bashir Muhammad, a trader

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UN: 768m people globally faced hunger in 2020 — highest in 15 years

  UN: 768m people globally faced hunger in 2020 — highest in 15 years

The United Nations (UN) says an estimate of 768 million people across the world faced hunger last year due to

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