By: Smaranda Olarinde
INTRODUCTION: When Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, came forward with his dream and vision to establish a university to reform education after his seven-year stint as the Pro Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, some sceptics would probably have...
A ‘sister’ lineage of Omicron – the Covid variant rapidly sweeping the world – has been detected by scientists. Experts who detected the strain say it is genetically similar to the super-mutant causing chaos in South Africa.
But one key difference of the Omicron-like subvariant...
Adelani Adepegba, Dayo Ojerinde, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole and Solomom Odeniyi
Variant detected in three persons with travel history to S’Africa, says NCDC
Contact tracing never effective, variant already in circulation – Virologists
Africa accounts for only 4.3% of COVID-19 global fatalities, states...
Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Abuja
Says cases linked to passengers from South Africa
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in the country.
This was contained in a press release issued by the centre and signed by the Director-General,...
Scientists in South Africa said Thursday they had detected a new Covid-19 variant with a large number of mutations, blaming it for a surge in infection numbers.
The number of daily infections in Africa’s hardest-hit country has increased tenfold since the start of the month.
In...
Sam Tumba, the Parish Priest of Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Wuse, Zone 11, has urged church members not to doubt the veracity of COVID-19 vaccines. He urged them to go ahead and take the jab.
Tumba gave the advice at the ordination of five deacons...
