Tag: africa, Billionaires', pandemic
How Africa’s billionaires became 15% richer despite global pandemic in 2021 – Report
In spite of the devastating impacts of the global pandemic on businesses around the world, Africa’s billionaires became richer in 2021, a report by Forbes has...
COVID-19: Biden to unveil plan to pump $1.5trn into pandemic hit-economy
In a bid to jump start a pandemic stricken economy,President-elect Joe Biden will unveil a stimulus package proposal on Thursday with an economic lifeline that...
Let’s work together to defeat pandemic – UN Scribe
United Nations Secretary General,Antonio Gutteres, have spoken of the need for the global community to work together to defeat the pandemic raging against humanity. He...
Pandemic to push more than 32m people to extreme poverty – UN
The number of people living in extreme poverty will increase by more than 32 million in 2020 due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the United Nations Conference on...
Pandemic emerges as 2020’s Word of the Year
A publishing company has blazed the trail in announcing the winner of Word of the year 2020. In its statement released Monday Merriam-Webster said, “Sometimes a...
#EndSARS: Breach of COVID-19 safety protocols could cause second wave of pandemic – NMA
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Oyo State branch, has urged the #EndSARS protesters to adhere to COVID-19 safety protocols to avoid a second wave of the...
Tracking inequity pandemic
…A new social contract for a new era” From the exercise of global power to racism, gender discrimination and income disparities, inequality threatens our...
Devt on pandemic nationwide will inform decision on second phase – PTF
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19) will continue to monitor developments nationwide in order to take informed decisions by the end of June, on the second...
Texas reports largest single day number of positive COVID-19 cases since beginning of pandemic
Texas saw its highest single day increase in positive coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic this past Saturday, according to numbers released by...
