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Understanding how corruption impacted Nigeria’s COVID-19 response, By Uche Igwe

Worldwide evidence of large-scale corruption during the pandemic affected the resources destined to fight it. Transparency International found that five months into the pandemic, the government purchased some goods at 25 times the original prize. Corruption in service delivery was identified in more than thirty countries. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic took the world unaware, tested the…

Super Eagles To Get 102M From Femi Otedola If They Win AFCON

Femi Otedola, a billionaire businessman, has given the Super Eagles $250,000 in naira (N102,895,000) if they win the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon in 2021. The Eagles would also earn N49,389,600 ($120,000) from the Coalition Against COVID-19 for the six goals they scored in the ongoing continental showpiece’s group stage. CACOVID, a private-sector-led platform designed to aid the government…

BUA slams CACOVID, reveals evidence of vaccine payment

Don’t play politics with Nigerian lives-BUA cautions CACOVID A drama is playing out on the acquisition of a million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine as the BUA Group has expressed surprise and described a statement issued by the Coalition Against COVID-19, CACOVID, disowning its (BUA) earlier claims on the purchase as “petty”. CACOVID had issued a rebuttal on BUA’s earlier claim on the purchase of…

No individual can purchase vaccine from manufacturer, CACOVID disowns BUA claims

No individual can purchase vaccine from manufacturer, CACOVID disowns BUA claims Following a widespread report that BUA has purchased a million doses of COVID-19 (AstraZeneca) vaccines for Nigerians, the Coalition Against COVID-19, CACOVID, has disowned the statement, stating that no individual or company can purchase vaccines directly from any legitimate and recognized manufacturer. In an…

* Stop Lying, You Cannot Singlehandedly Purchase One Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses for Nigeria, CACOVID Tells Abdulsamad Rabiu of BUA “CACOVID is dismayed to learn of reports on social media today alleging that BUA is singlehandedly purchasing one million COVID-19 vaccine doses for Nigeria. “Alhaji Abdulsamad must have been misquoted because these claims are not factual as CACOVID operates on…

JUST IN: CACOVID denies BUA’s vaccine donation

The private sector-led coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID) on Monday expressed dismay and disowned the statement by the BUA group, stating that the company has purchased one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for Nigeria. Earlier on Monday evening,  a statement issued by the BUA group had announced that it had secured one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, through the AfreximBank…

Nigeria records 13 B117 COVID-19 variant

[files] Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha. Photo: TWITTER/FAANOFFICIAL Mr Boss Mustapha, Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, on Monday disclosed that Nigeria had recorded a total of 13 of the B117 variant of COVID-19. At a briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja, Mustapha, also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said: “A total of 13 B117…

Tension over rising oxygen demand in hospitals

• Reliance On Cylinders For Oxygen Responsible For Shortage – Okwesil • Health Institutions Depending On Vendors For Supply Endanger Patients – Amah • Teaching Hospitals, FMC Must Have Oxygen Generating Plants • Lagos Commissions Oxygen Plant, Uses 300 Cylinders Daily • Consumption Of Medical Gas In Rivers State Shots Up • Patients At Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Consume 100 Cylinders Daily –…