Reading Time: 2 minutes Image Credits: WHO/L. Pezzoli, MOELagos. Lagosians have been advised to embrace wholesome hygienic practices to beat the cholera epidemic now ravaging parts of the country In a statement signed by the State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, residents have been charged not to wait until a cholera outbreak occurs before Read More…
Day: September 1, 2021
Lagos issues stop-work order at 10 dredging sites in Awoyaya, Environs
Reading Time: 2 minutes Image Credits: ROBIN HAMMOND/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. Stop-work orders have been issued to 10 illegal dredging sites at Awoyaya area of the State and its environs The orders came from the Lagos State Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources who embarked on a monitoring exercise of the area. Speaking on the incident, the Director of Mineral Resources Read More…
Nigeria not considering Sinopharm vaccine – Faisal Shuaib
Reading Time: 2 minutes Image Credits: Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg. When asked on Tuesday whether Nigeria would use the Sinopharm vaccine, the ED/CEO, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib replied that Nigeria was focusing on the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Dr. Shuaib said that even though the Sinopharm vaccine had been approved by Read More…
OPEC August oil output rises despite NIgeria’s output decline, survey reveals
Reading Time: 2 minutes Image Credits: LEKOIL. A Reuters Agency survey has shown that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) recorded its highest oil output since April 2020 in August 2021. This is in spite of involuntary losses which limited the rise in oil production output following the easing of production limits by OPEC’s top producers which Read More…