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4-President Muhammadu Buhari has said war against terrorism is not one that a single nation could expect to win without international collaboration.

Muhammadu Buhari: Nigerian government has disbursed ₦100 billion to pharma manufacturers

August 10, 2022

Embattled President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has survived a second round of investigation into his conduct, giving him a boost in his re-election bid next month.

AfDB boss: Africa will not face food crisis

May 23, 2022

Motorists drive on the controlled section during the construction of the Nairobi Expressway, undertaken by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis, along Uhuru highway in Nairobi, Kenya August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Poor nations pay highest debt service in 20 years – campaigners

January 24, 2022

As total coronavirus infections in Nigeria hit 24,077, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has warned against abandoning face masks in favour of face shields.

Nigeria records 352 new coronavirus cases

January 15, 2022

Moderna says a third shot of its COVID-19 may be needed against variants. Photo by Ivan Damanik-NurPhoto via Getty Images

Moderna says a third shot of its coronavirus vaccine may be needed to protect against variants

August 5, 2021

WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Gallo Images

WHO calls for suspension of coronavirus booster shots

August 4, 2021

IMF: Nigeria faces six-year delay in achieving SDGs

July 7, 2021

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Ugandan police hunt phoney doctor, arrest two nurses in coronavirus vaccine scam

July 1, 2021

The weekly virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) is taking place at the State House, Abuja with President Muhammadu Buhari presiding.

President Buhari: Drug abuse, illicit drug trafficking more dangerous than insurgency, banditry

June 26, 2021

WHO, Yobe collaborate to train 70 healthcare workers on mental health

June 21, 2021

The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS

Africa on cusp of the third wave of coronavirus facing a vaccine shortage

June 11, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's pledge to donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer (PFE.N) coronavirus vaccine to the world's poorest countries, during a visit to St. Ives in Cornwall, Britain, June 10. REUTERS- Kevin Lamarque

Joe Biden: U.S. to purchase half a billion vaccine doses for lower income countries

June 10, 2021

FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Joe Biden stops to speak after a tour of a Pfizer manufacturing plant producing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S., February 19, 2021. REUTERS-Tom Brenner-File Photo

U.S. will not seek favours for coronavirus vaccine donations – senior official

June 10, 2021

World Health Organization chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu has been at the helm of the fight against COVID-19 but he said a war in his home region of Tigray in Ethiopia is a personal pain for him.

WHO urges nations to donate 250 million doses of coronavirus vaccine

June 5, 2021

Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus (COVID-2019), in Geneva, Switzerland, February 28, 2020. REUTERS-Denis Balibouse-File Photo

WHO chief: Pandemic grip keeps world in ‘perilous situation’

May 11, 2021