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Insufficiency likely to Drive More Children out of School
The number of children abandoning their education despite several programmes initiated by the government to improve learning in Nigeria keeps rising yearly. Challenges including insecurity, development of schools and low budget allocations have been outlined as major factors contributing to this consistent increase. However, the figures are likely not to drop as economic indicators show…
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Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Reach Highest Daily Record
Nigeria has set a peak on its daily record of cases reported within a week with over 8000 cases of COVID-19. In the first week of 2021, Nigeria recorded a total number of 8354 cases of COVID-19, the highest weekly record since the inception of the outbreak. During this week, the country has reported cases…
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1.8 Million Nigerians Contracted HIV/AIDS Amid COVID-19 Crisis
An estimated population of 1.8 million Nigerians are living with transmittable HIV/AIDS infection, a report by the National Agency for the control of AIDS revealed. The agency, established to monitor, educate and evaluate all HIV/AIDS activity in the country, reported that 13 out of every 1000 random people selected are likely to test positive to…
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Second Wave of COVID-19 Threatens Lagos Economy
Nigeria’s economic capital, Lagos State, might need to initiate additional control measures to control the spread of coronavirus, as the state, just in five days of the new year recorded over two thousand cases of the virus. Lagos State, known for industrialization, has championed Nigeria’s economy with increasing capital investment, internally generated revenue, infrastructural and…
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30 Million Nigerians Affected as COVID-19 Increases Learning Poverty to 63% ― World Bank
The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed the weaknesses of education systems around the world and might have increased Learning Poverty rate by 10 points, from 53 per cent to 63 per cent in low and middle-income countries like Nigeria, revealed a recent report by the World Bank. The report was titled “Realising the…
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Covid-19 Vaccine: COVAX
At the onset of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, it became evident that the world doesn’t only need a vaccine, but it is also crucial that everyone in the world has access to the vaccine; this prompted the global leaders to find a solution to this, hence, the invention of COVAX. COVAX was launched in April…
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Accountability On Covid-19 Donations
The country’s ability to manage the coronavirus’s economic and health effects was severely put to the test in the wake of the pandemic. Oil price was low, the revenue coffer was leaking, and its citizens were made mandatory to stay indoors. Total lockdown was imposed in the country in order to curb the spread of…