Omicron variant: Nigeria, 10 other countries removed from UK’s red list
By Bassey Udo Nigeria and 10 other countries included last week in UK’s red list of those perceived to be possible destinations with high prevalence of the Omicron variant of…
COVID-19: Developing economies, others risk not achieving SDGs, says IMF
By Bassey Udo The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the crisis that predated the global socio-economic conditions, with almost 50 percent of emerging market, developing economies and some middle-income countries at…
How Nigerian govt’s COVID-19 stimulus package impacts economy, changes lives
MEDIATRACNET The Federal Government’s has taken stock of the impact of its COVID-19 stimulus package, with visible evidences of the benefit in several sectors of the country’s economy. Apart from…
AfDB to invest in domestic vaccines manufacturing, healthcare systems
MEDIATRACNET The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group sis to invest “heavily” in the domestic manufacturing of vaccines and the healthcare system in African, the President of the Bank, Akinwumi Adesina,…
COVID-19 Paradox: Nigerian households suffer food price surges, amidst dwindling income
By Aderemi Ojekunle, Ode Uduu, Charles Mbah and Joshua Olufemi Opeyemi Adeyemi works with one of the big finance companies in Nigeria. He had a pay cut due to the…
G7, partners to invest over $80bn in African businesses over next 5 years
MEDIATRACNET The Group of 7 nations have unveiled plans to invest over $80 billion in private sector businesses over the next five years to support sustainable economic recovery and growth…
COVID-19 vaccines: Africa highlights expectations ahead of G7 summit
Ahead of the summit of the leaders of the Group of Seven nations (G7) scheduled for June 11 to 13, 2021, Africa has sent her expectations to the leaders of…
EU unveils €100m humanitarian support for COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in Africa
The European Union on Wednesday unveiled fresh €100 million humanitarian initiative in support of the COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in Africa. The EU Commission in Nigeria announced the new initiative in…
Banditry, kidnapping, insurgency: el-Rufai wants perpetrators killed
The Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai on Tuesday stirred another controversy by demanding an all onslaught against perpetrators of banditry and all forms of insurgency in the northern part of…
Africa Union seals deal with Johnson & Johnson for 400m doses of COVID-19 vaccines
The African Union on Sunday sealed a procurement agreement with Johnson & Johnson for the supply of 220 million single-shot COVID-19 vaccine to all member States. The procurement agreement was…