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2021 Week 10: Nigeria Reports Over 2000 Cases
The total cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria was 2,233 – an average of 319 reported daily. This is a drop from over 3000 and 4000 cases recorded in week 9 and week 8. At the end of Friday, March 5th, the total reported case of COVID-19 was 371. This however dropped to 195 and…
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2021 Week 9: Weekly Reported Cases Continues To Drop
The total number of reported COVID-19 cases dropped to 3,193 against the over 4000 and 6000 cases reported on week 8 and 7 respectively. The average number of reported cases per day also dropped to 456.1 per day. The Nigerian Center For Disease Control announced 600 cases on Friday, 26th of February. This dropped to…
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FBI ranks Nigeria 16th In International Crime Victim Countries
The Federal Bureau of Investigation ranked Nigeria 16th place in it’s 2020 International Victim Countries’ report. Nigeria, according to the ranking, is also the second highest in Africa after South Africa in its 2020 International Victim Countries. The FBI disclosed this in its 2020 Internet Crime Report released. The top 20 countries ranked in the…
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NST: Over 1,000 People Kidnapped In Nigeria In One Month
No fewer than one thousand and ninety-seven (1,097) people in Nigeria were victims of abduction in the last one month, according to analysis from the Nigeria Security Tracker (NST) has shown. This was recorded between February 15 and March 12 2021, according to the data-collection platform run by the Council on Foreign Relations. The data…
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Port Harcourt Refinery Gets $1.5billion For Rehabilitation
The Nigerian government has approved the sum of $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation of Port Harcourt Refinery – a project set to last for over 7 years. Port Harcourt Refinery is known to be the largest refining company in the country. At the end of the Federal Executive Council, the Minister of State for Petroleum…
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Denmark To Aid Gulf of Guinea In Reducing Piracy
In a bid to aid the fight against rampant piracy, Denmark will send a naval vessel to West Africa following a call by A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S and shipping industry groups for a more assertive international response to kidnappings that occur in the region. The Danish government intends to deploy a frigate equipped with a helicopter…
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Lagos Vaccinate Over 12,000 Residents In Two Days
Lagos State has vaccinated a total of 12,720 people in two days of the commencement of its vaccination exercise. The state, which had flagged off its vaccination exercise, disclosed that 268 persons were vaccinated on March 12 and 4,954 received the shot on March 15 and the cumulative total rose to 12,720 on March 17.…
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NPHCDA: Over 50% Nigerians Will Take Covid-19 Vaccine
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has disclosed that over 50 percent of Nigerians have admitted that they will take the Covid-19 vaccines. The agency compared the result to it’s earlier studies which showed that up to 75 percent of Nigerians said they will not take it. NPHCDA CEO, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said this…
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3.9M COVAX: 5 States Received 29% Of AstraZeneca Vaccine
Out of the 36 states, five states received a larger share of the 3.92 million Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine secured by the Nigerian government. Since commencement of the distribution of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Nigeria, Lagos, Kano, Abuja, Kaduna and Plateau has received a total of 1.14million doses. This, according to calculations, is about 29 percent of…
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Nigeria’s Inflation Rises To 17.33% In February 2021
Nigeria’s inflation rate has risen to 17.33 percent in February 2021, from 16.47 percent recorded in January 2021. This, according to the latest inflation report published by the National Bureau of Statistics, represents the highest inflation rate recorded in four years. The last time the country recorded an inflation rate this high was in February…