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Sales of Fake COVID-19 Vaccines Expand to Six Countries
Following a research by Kaspersky researchers, unverified COVID-19 vaccines including three major COVID-19 vaccines, Pfizer/BioNTech, AstraZeneca and Moderna, are beginning to make sales on darknet between $250 and $1,200 with crypto currency. According to the researchers, advertisements by sellers for these vaccines were found in 15 different marketplaces examined on the darknet with majority of…
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In 10yrs, Nigeria Unemployment Grew By Over 400 percent
According to data collected from the National Bureau of Statistics, the unemployment rate of Nigeria has grown by 445 percent in the last 10 years. While the nation still combats economic instabilities within the year in view, the expectation by different governments to reduce unemployment has failed as the data obtained shows a steady increase…
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Timeline: The Release of Abducted School Children
Nigerian might be strengthening efforts to quickly release kidnapped victims while it battles challenges of insecurities in the country, a careful analysis has shown. The country in the last three months reported several cases of kidnapping in the northern region especially the abductions of children from schools. Twentyten daily had reported that from 2014 till…
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COVAX in Africa: Three W’African countries secure AstraZeneca vaccines
As part of the effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, reducing cases to the barest minimum, African countries, just like others, have begun to receive supplies of COVAX jabs into their country. There were speculations on the difficulty of African countries to secure doses after announcements of a vaccine came into limelight. According to an…
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79 MDAs Score Low On Open Data
In the performance report, released by the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, 79 of 113 Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies scored low open data assessments. ANEEJ said that the ranking was carried out as as part of implementation for the Civil Society Advocacy to Support Anti-corruption and Rule of Law in Nigeria, CASARN, on the performance of public…
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CBN Introduce N5 for $1 Rebate
Nigeria’s Apex Bank has introduced a rebate of ₦5 for every $1 of funds remitted to Nigeria, through International Money Transfer Organisations in its new forex policy. The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, who disclosed in a virtual event at its inaugural webinar on the impact of the new forex policy on diaspora investments, said…
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3.9M COVAX in Nigeria: Ogun Gets 100,000 Doses
Of the 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine received by the Federal Government, a total of 50,000 has been delivered to Ogun state. The governor, who received the vaccines at the Governor’s office, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, after the arrival of the state team led by Commissioner of Health, Dr Tomi Coker said another batch…
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NERC: Seven Million Customers Unmetered, Three Million Meters Obsolete
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said over seven million power users have not been metered while three million meters installed in the residents of power users are obsolete. The Commission said this in its latest Order No. NERC/246/2021 on structured replacement of faulty and obsolete end-use customer meters stating that the large number of…
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SEC: AfDB Grants $400,000 for Capital Markets Development
The African Development Bank Group has authorized a $400,000 grant agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria as part of an effort to strengthen securities market regulation as well as broaden market instruments. The grant, according to the bank. Would be targeted towards strengthening the risk-based supervision framework; regulation of derivatives and green…
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1,525 Nigerians Were Killed In six Weeks
In the first six weeks of 2021, no fewer than 1, 525 persons have died across the country due to recurrent insurgent crisis. Data obtained from the Nigeria Security Tracker showed that these deaths covered cases from the Boko Haram insurgency, banditry, herdsmen crisis, kidnapping, communal and cult clashes, armed robbery, and brutality of security…