Amid Gavi’s COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) agreement to make accessible COVID-19 vaccines to a total of 92 low- and middle-income countries and economies, host and administer the COVAX Facility, the umbrella mechanism to which 78 countries have already submitted written expressions of interest. The Honourable Karina Gould, Minister of International Development, today issued the...
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Donald Trump becomes the first President to be Impeached twice
Amid the mob attack of pro-Trump protesters at the US Capitol last week Wednesday afternoon, Social Media giants including Twitter suspended Donald Trump’s account in an unprecedented move to address misinformation and the incitement of violence posted by the president. Today the House of Representatives voted 232-197 to impeach President Trump for incitement of insurrection...
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Over 12 apps have banned or restricted Donald Trump from their platforms
Amid multiple suspensions from social media, President Trump has called his suspension by “Tech Giants” a “terrible mistake”. Besides Twitter and Facebook’s permanent suspension of his accounts till after the Presidential inauguration on 20, January 2021, Pinterest, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and Google Play have all unleashed a crusade on Trump by restricting Pro-Trump supporters from...
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COVID-19: Nigeria
The Nigeria Center for disease control has confirmed 1270 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria; Lagos-435 FCT-234 Oyo-103 Plateau-86 Rivers-71 Enugu-51 Nasarawa-41 Delta-39 Edo-39 Osun-33 Niger-31 Sokoto-23 Ondo-16 Taraba-13 Ebonyi-12 Kano-10 Abia-9 Bayelsa-8 Bauchi-7 Imo-5 Katsina-3 Gombe-1
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Canada- US Land Border to remain closed
Today, Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau confirmed that the current border restrictions will now remain in effect until Feb. 21, 2021. Travel restrictions have been in place since the COVID-19 pandemic struck at the Canada-U.S. land border, this is being extended for another month. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday, that the current border restrictions will...
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COVID-19: Nigeria
The Nigeria Center for disease control has confirmed 1244 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria; Lagos-774 FCT-125 Plateau-102 Anambra-47 Ondo-46 Rivers-27 Edo-18 Kaduna-16 Ogun-16 Gombe-16 Bauchi-11 Kano-11 Nasarawa-10 Akwa Ibom-7 Sokoto-7 Borno-5 Ekiti-4 Zamfara-2 101,331 confirmed, 80,491 discharged and 1,361 deaths.
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The Dominican Republic bans child marriage
The Dominican Republic just made a major move to advance the rights of young girls. Banning child marriage in one of the countries with a record high of child marriage are goals. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, Dominican Republic is one of Latin America’s highest rates of child marriage and early unions — typically...
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Richard Branson loses mother, Eve to COVID-19
Richard Branson, founder of Virgin announced the passing of his beloved mother. He revealed via his Blog that like a lot of people whose relatives and friends had lost their loved ones lately that he too was mourning as his mum Eve had also died from COVID-19. Though the pandemic has wreaked havoc for many...
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Canada announces support to combat land degradation and desertification in developing countries
Across the world the impact of climate change is being felt; extreme and erratic weather conditions are prevalent. This, in turn, is exacerbating land degradation and desertification. Affecting most people already in situations of poverty and vulnerability, especially women and Indigenous people. Today, the Honourable Karina Gould, Minister of International Development announced that Canada will...
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Minister Ng launches public consultations on a possible comprehensive economic partnership agreement with Indonesia
Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion, and International Trade, announced the launch of public consultations toward a possible comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between Canada and Indonesia. This is part of expanding Canada’s trade and investment opportunities in Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economy to diversify Canada’s trade portfolio and support its...
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COVID-19: Nigeria
The Nigeria Center for disease control has confirmed 1024 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria; Lagos-653 Plateau-63 Benue-48 Zamfara-45 FCT-42 Rivers-27 Ondo-26 Adamawa-26 Kaduna-22 Edo-18 Ogun-16 Imo-12 Kano-9 Yobe-6 Ekiti-5 Jigawa-4 Osun-2 100,087 confirmed, 80,030 discharged and 1,358 deaths.
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Fire guts Nigeria Immigration Service headquarters
In the early hours of Sunday, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) reported that a fire incident occurred at its headquarters located along Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Road, Abuja. The fire which gutted some of its offices was put out by firefighters. In a statement issued on the NIS official Twitter page, the Service disclosed this. “A...