Number of Nigerians vaccinated with AstraZeneca Jabs hits 1 million –NPHCDA

  No death, no blood clot reported; 52 moderate-to-severe cases of adverse events including fever, vomiting, diarrhoea headaches, dizziness and allergic reactions reported; while a total 8,439 mild cases have been reported, with the highest numbers in Kaduna, Cross River, Yobe, Kebbi and Lagos.   National Primary Health Care Development (NPHCD) Agency says 1,071,346 Nigerians have taken their first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19. The figure represents 53.2 per cent of people considered eligible for the vaccine, according to reports received from states through the Electronic Management of Immunization…

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IMF carpets Nigeria’s power sector, says outages impediment to growth

  Cost of doing business in Nigeria is very high on account of famous recourse to highly inefficient and harmful generator use up and down the country – IMF   Nigeria will have to implement key reforms in its power sector if the country is to  record strong economic growth this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. Director of the IMF’s African Department, Mr. Abebe Aemro Selassie, stated this at a press briefing on the release of the Fund’s latest  Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa. Responding to a question…

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Blurry Vision After Looking At Phone Screen For So Long? Here is What to do

  If you work in front of a computer all day, or spend a lot of time watching tv and playing video games, you might have noticed your eyesight getting a bit blurry. This is due to a condition known as Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS), a group of eye and vision-related issues that are the result of too much screen time. The good news is CVS is not permanent and there are many things you can do to help prevent it. What causes the blurriness? You don’t have to be…

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Parents or Govt? Who to blame for Underage Admission into Nigerian Varsity?

  Why should my 15 year old be denied admission based on her age when it is not the government that will help pay her tuition fee? Is it even necessary to set admission age for students seeking admission into Nigerian Universities? What is the practice elsewhere? Here is a recap of hot debate that trailed the age limit for admission into Nigerian Universities.    Helen Essien, a social commentator, posted on CPE Network regarding how a varsity in Nigeria, Osun State University (UNIOSUN), rejected admission for an underage student,…

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Nigeria raises Red Flag as Imported Substandard ‘Ponmo’ floods market

  How we arrested Two in Rivers with truckloads of stinking, adulterated ‘ponmo’ from Madagascar – Police Agency in charge of consumables in Nigeria, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has, again, warned Nigerians to exercise caution when buying animal hides, popularly known in the country as Ponmo. Ponmo a stable ‘protein’ for the poor is also consumed as one of the key soup ingredients by the rich. This came as the Rivers State government has handed two persons accompanying a truckload of these substandard animal…

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