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In Abuja, the Capital of Nigeria, a mass vacination campaign against the coronavirus pandemic is launched. The country will use Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines acquired through Covax, a UN-backed initiative to ensure poorer nations acquire the doses. According to the head of the country’s Healthcare Development Agency, health workers will be the …

According to researchers Frank Nyonator and Ken Sagoe, this West African country lost 50% of its nursing workforce between 1995 and 2005 despite certain advantages (free housing and bonuses) to curb this brain drain. In 2016, there were only 3,365 doctors, or 1 per 8,500 inhabitants. Ghana is not alone …

3,92 million is the total number of doses of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccines expected to be received in Nigeria on Tuesday. The vaccines made by Serum Institute of India are expected to arrive in the capital, Abuja, on Tuesday morning. The country is expecting a total of 16 million doses …

Niger state where the incident occurred shares a boundary with the FCT, the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, which is the most protected territory in Nigeria. So the government has acknowledged that it knew about this attack and security chiefs have been dispatched to Kigara Niger state to coordinate the rescue …

Gunmen have stormed a boys boarding secondary school in Nigeria and abducted some students and staff, reports from the north-central town of Kagara in Niger state say. A local official at the school said that the gunmen attacked the institution in the early hours of Wednesday. He said a number …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed for calm after at least 10 people were killed in ethnic violence in the southern city of Ibadan. Mr Buhari called on religious and traditional leaders not to allow ethnic or religious groups to stoke up hatred and violence against other groups. “I appeal …

At least 10 people have died during ethnic clashes that began at a busy market in the Nigerian city of Ibadan in Oyo State. The governor of south-western Oyo State has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew to contain the violence in the city. It began after a wheelbarrow pusher, believed to …

Nigeria’s Information Minister Lai Mohammed has warned against planned protests at Lekki toll gate in Lagos where security forces opened fire on peaceful protesters in October. The fresh protests, dubbed Occupy Lekki toll gate, are planned for Saturday. Organisers say they will demonstrate against the reopening of the toll gate. …

Members of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist group on Tuesday night abducted three customs officers and carted away foodstuff and medicines during an attack on Geidam in Yobe State. Idris Modu Geidam, a resident of Geidam town told Daily Post that Boko Haram left them empty as they looted their …

Officials in Nigeria’s north-western state of Kaduna say gunmen killed at least 23 villagers and injured others in a series of attacks on Tuesday. The authorities say 10 of the victims were shot dead in a village in Birnin-Gwari area. One of the attackers was killed by villagers. In a …