Tag: nigeria
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Covax details rollout of 238 million vaccine doses
Geneva, March 2 (AFP/APP):Pakistan, Nigeria and Indonesia will be among the biggest recipients of free Covid-19 vaccines before June — more than 10 million doses each — the Covax scheme announced Tuesday. Some 238.2 million doses will be distributed around the world by the end of May through the programme aimed at boosting access to…
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All 279 kidnapped Nigerian students released: governor
All 279 girls kidnapped from their boarding school in northern Nigeria have been released
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Waiver war at WTO over Covid jab IP rights
The World Trade Organization faces calls led by India and South Africa to waive intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines
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Nigeria set for first delivery of Covid vaccines
Abuja, Feb 28 (AFP/APP):Nigeria will this week receive its first delivery of Covid-19 vaccines with nearly four million doses set to arrive in Africa’s most populous nation through the global Covax programme, officials said Sunday. The agency in charge of the country’s vaccination campaign did not say in its announcement when inoculations would begin, but…
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Pope condemns mass abduction of Nigeria schoolgirls
Vatican City, Feb 28 (AFP/APP):Pope Francis condemned on Sunday the kidnapping of more than 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria last week as “vile”. “I join the bishops of Nigeria in condemning this vile abduction of 317 young girls,” the pope said following his weekly Sunday Angelus address to the Catholic faithful on Saint Peter’s Square in…
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Victims of mid-February Nigeria school abduction freed
Lagos, Feb 27 (AFP/APP):Kidnappers have freed 42 people, including 27 children, snatched from a school in central Nigeria 10 days ago, officials said on Saturday, a day after more than 300 schoolgirls were abducted by gunmen in the northwest. “The abducted students, staff and relatives of Government Science College Kagara have regained their freedom and…
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UN chief demands ‘immediate’ release of kidnapped Nigeria schoolgirls
United Nations, United States, Feb 26 (AFP/APP):United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the immediate release of more than 300 schoolgirls abducted by gunmen in northwest Nigeria, his spokesman said Friday. “The secretary general condemns in the strongest possible terms and called for their immediate and unconditional release,” Stephane Dujarric told a press conference.…
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Hundreds of girls unaccounted for after new abductions in Nigeria
Kano, Nigeria, Feb 26 (AFP/APP):Gunmen raided a school in northwestern Nigeria overnight, abducting students, local authorities said Friday, raising fears that the country had been hit by another mass kidnapping. The suspected armed bandits attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe in Zamfara state, kidnapping an unknown number of students from dormitories. In the…
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Turkey says 15 sailers kidnapped off Nigeria are free
Istanbul, Feb 12 (AFP/APP):Turkey on Friday announced the release of 15 sailors kidnapped on a cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria last month. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the Mozart’s crew were all in good health and would fly back to Turkey from the Nigerian capital Abuja within days. “We are going to repatriate…
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UK top court allows Nigeria spill claims against Shell
London, Feb 12 (AFP/APP):Britain’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that more than 40,000 people in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria can make pollution claims against Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell in English courts. The ruling overturned a 2017 decision against the Ogale and Bille communities, who brought legal claims for clean-up and compensation following decades…