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February 27, 2021

Killer of Nigerian man in South Africa will be investigated: Group

Mr. Abudu, a native of Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State and popularly known as “D1”, was killed by an unknown gunman on January 5, 2021.

Nigeria and South African flags
February 26, 2021

Nigeria among most sceptical countries on 5G deployment: Report

Nigeria ranks 13th country with a monthly average of 6,850 dubious Internet queries about 5G.

Minister of communications and digital economy Isa Pantami (Credit: Twitter)
February 18, 2021

New COVID-19 strain identified from Nigeria

There was no evidence that the Nigerian strain spreads faster or is more deadly than other variants.

Osagie Ehanire
February 16, 2021

Corruption charges: Zuma accuses judges, refuses to appear before commission

“It is not the authority of the Constitutional Court that I reject, but its abuse by a few judges.”

Jacob Zuma
February 9, 2021

Google introduces online safety programme for Nigeria, other African countries

“Twenty six social impact organisations across nine African countries have been selected to receive grants of up to 100,000 dollars each.”

Google Hq
February 8, 2021

COVID-19: South Africa suspends AstraZeneca vaccines roll-out

The country after it was discovered to be less effective against COVID-19 variants in the country.

South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa
February 7, 2021

Why Nigeria was excluded from WHO 320,000 Pfizer vaccines allocation: NPHCDA

The NPHCDA chief explained that a hundred thousand doses of the Pfizer inoculation to Nigeria would have been “a drop in the ocean.”

Photo of Coronavirus vaccine used to illustrate this story (Credit: USC)
February 6, 2021

WHO suspends Nigeria’s free COVID-19 vaccines over poor electricity supply

The world health agency says it has no confidence in Africa’s largest economy’s ability to store the vaccines at the required temperature.

Photo of Coronavirus vaccine used to illustrate this story (Credit: Bloomberg)
February 1, 2021

COVID-19: South Africa takes vaccine delivery as Nigeria bickers over budget

Nigeria has yet to take delivery of any vaccines, despite being the largest economy on the continent.

A composite photo of Ramaphosa and Buhari used to illustrate the story
January 26, 2021

COVID-19: Biden bans South Africans from entering U.S.

The U.S. president takes a drastic measure to curb the spread of a variant of coronavirus found in South Africa, Brazil and the UK.

Joe Biden