Day: June 28, 2020

Nigeria’s Kogi Chief Judge dies at COVID-19 isolation centre

Aliyu Aliyu

  Nasir Ajanah, Chief Judge of Kogi state, Nigeria’s confluence state, is dead. He died at a COVID-19 isolation centre in Gwagwalada, Abuja, according to Nigeria-based The Cable online newspaper, at a time Governor of the state, Yahaya Bello, is having a running battle with the country’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC) over his insistence that the state is Coronavirus free. A member of the family confirmed the death to TheCable on Sunday morning. His death came less than two weeks after an aide to Yahaya Bello, the state governor,…

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Top Kenyan Varsity under fire for blaming raped female students of being ‘reckless’

Aoko Benjamin

  A top Kenyan university, University of Nairobi, is under fire and condemnation from across the World after it heaped blame on female students who are raped, claiming their “reckless” behaviour caused them to become sexual violence victims. The University said in a memo sighted by Platforms Africa that the mounting number of incidents of rape and robbery of university students in the capital of Nairobi took place at particular locations. The locations are nearby to university affiliated buildings. “In all the three rape incidences reported last year, a clear case of recklessness…

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WHO, Partners mull $18.1bn on 2bn COVID-19 vaccine doses for Africa, others

Tim Bauer

  The World Health Organization (WHO) and vital partners have placed an order for 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines with a whooping $18.1 billion for the most vulnerable people in Africa and around the world. The plan, according to a report released by Wall Street Journal. approximates that the $18.1 billion would be needed to execute the plan predicts that by the end of 2021, COVID-19 doses could be delivered to nations, and there is a need to prioritize vaccinating high-risk persons, including people over the age of 65,…

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