U.S. reverses stance, backs giving poorer countries access to COVID vaccine patents The World Trade Organization chief called Wednesday for international agreement on how to ensure more equal access to Covid-19 vaccines, amid an ongoing standoff over a proposed patent waiver for the jabs. “The way the WTO handles this matter is critical,” Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Read More…
The parody-creating Internet sensation, Ikorodu Bois, were guests of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu at Government House, Alausa on Monday. They were received following recent global critical acclaim for their creative reenactments of trending music videos, movie scenes and trailers. Their spoofs had received wide coverage by international news operations including Cable News Network (CNN). Read More…
More than a dozen people, including seven soldiers, were killed by Islamist militants in an attack in northeast Nigeria, four sources told Reuters. The militants arrived in the Ajiri community in the Mafa local government area of Borno state on motorcycles early on Sunday, killing an army commanding officer and six soldiers, the sources said. Read More…
Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) independent oversight board tweeted on Monday it would announce a decision May 5 on whether to uphold former U.S. President Donald Trump’s indefinite suspension from the social media platform and Instagram. Facebook blocked Trump’s access to his Facebook and Instagram accounts over concerns of further violent unrest following the Jan. 6 storming Read More…
The couple’s separation is likely to send shock waves through the worlds of philanthropy, public health and business. Bill and Melinda Gates, two of the richest people in the world, who reshaped philanthropy and public health with the fortune Mr. Gates made as a co-founder of Microsoft, said on Monday that they were divorcing. For Read More…
Nigeria’s Vice President announces a collaboration with Microsoft to digitally upskill five million Nigerians Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria is partnering tech giant, Microsoft Corporation, in accelerating the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP). This is being achieved by deepening the country’s digital economy. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, made this known in a statement on Monday, Read More…
Women are at the receiving end of a shadow pandemic which is not COVID-19 A new report for the Council on Criminal Justice has found that, during lockdowns, domestic violence rose by an average of about 8%, both worldwide and in the United States. That’s based on data from those who were able to seek Read More…
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has called on prospective investors to express interest in purchasing 100 per cent shareholding in any of the five power generation companies constructed under National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) listed for sale. It said this in a document signed by the Director-General, Mr Alex Okoh, and made available to Read More…
In picture above: A woman wears a protective face mask due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Murtala Mohammed International airport in Lagos, Nigeria March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja Nigeria will ban travellers coming from India, Brazil and Turkey because of concerns about the rampant spread of coronavirus in those countries, Read More…
Myanmar security forces opened fire on some of the biggest protests against military rule in days on Sunday killing seven people, media reported, three months after a coup plunged the country into crisis. The protests, after a spell of dwindling crowds and what appeared to be more restraint by the security forces, were coordinated with Read More…