COVID-19: 42 African countries off track on global target – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has predicted that Africa could miss the goal of vaccinating the most vulnerable 10 per cent of its population against COVID-19 before the end of September. New WHO data shows nearly 80 per cent of countries on the continent, or 42 out of 54, are off track on meeting the global target set in May...
Labour rejects plans by FG to slash salaries
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Waba, who said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, noted that the plan was tantamount to a “mass suicide” wish, for Nigerian workers. Waba said that NLC was shocked at a statement credited to the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, on the plan to reduce the high cost of...
