Nigeria Receives Sample of Russia’s COVID-19 Vaccine

By Adedapo Adesanya  The Lagos State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) on Wednesday directed doctors working in three hospitals, General Hospital Lagos, Lagos Island Maternity Hospital, and Massey Street Children Hospital, to commence an indefinite strike action. This followed the tragic death of their colleague, Dr Diaso Vwaere, a medical house officer, from injuries sustained when a faulty elevator crashed at the hospital. The occurrence which is generating buzz and conversation around the handling of medical practitioners, happened at the Lagos General Hospital on Tuesday night. The deceased was reportedly trapped for more than 40 minutes. The medical

Thrombosis, or blood clotting, can affect people of all ages, races, and genders. And while both men and women are at risk of getting a blood clot, there are several stages in a woman’s life when that risk may be higher. Thrombosis is the formation of blood clots in the circulatory system, which can be dangerous if the clot blocks blood flow to vital organs, causing serious complications, such as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE). According to the World Thrombosis Day (WTD) campaign, blood clots can happen to anyone at any time. Surgery, hospitalisation, and cancer raise

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Lagos State House of Assembly has called for the immediate arrest of a doctor who performed surgery on a boy, Adebola Akin-Bright, whose intestines went missing in the process of going under the knife. At the plenary on Tuesday, the parliament urged the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to provide funds for the treatment of the boy outside the country. It was alleged that the 12-year-old Adebola underwent surgery at a private hospital, Obitoks Medical Centre, in the Alimosho area of the state. He is currently at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) receiving

By Modupe Gbadeyanka No fewer than 400 patients have undergone free cataract surgeries in Enugu State courtesy of GBfoods and its partners, Fundacion Elena Barraquer and Niger Foundation Hospital and Diagnostic Centre. The beneficiaries enjoyed the gesture in a five-day programme aimed at reducing cases of cataracts, a leading cause of preventable blindness, giving hope to individuals who had been suffering from impaired vision. The beneficiaries of the medical intervention included couples, young adults, and elderly patients, many of whom had previously relied on their wards and relatives for daily activities. With the restoration of their sight, these individuals now

By Ahmed Rahma The authorities in Iran declared on Thursday that they would close borders with Iraq in the southwestern Khuzestan province over the transmission risks of a new variant of COVID-19. The borders, according to the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA), will be closed for a week. Speaking, the Khuzestan Province Governor, Qassem Dashtaki, said, “From Saturday, Iran will close the borders of Shalamcheh and Chazzabeh for one week for passengers’ entrance. During this time, the Iranian officials will try to set up facilities for rapid testing and temporary quarantine in the two border points, he said. Iranian health

By Adedapo Adesanya Nigeria’s leading online training and job placement platform, Jobberman, has announced plans to host the largest-ever virtual career fair on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. The firm, in a statement, said 250 potential employers from various sectors, including digital, agriculture and creative industry will be on the ground to access about 10,000 highly qualified candidates, who are expected to pitch themselves. Jobberman explained that as unemployment and underemployment reached an all-time high in Nigeria, at over 40 per cent, due to the pandemic, the search for jobs has become an overcrowded marketplace, with 18-35-year-olds mostly impacted. So, the

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, has charged telecom operators and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to stop call masking and investigate how it originates. The Minister gave the charge in his Office recently during a meeting with the telecommunications operators over an increased rate of dropped calls and other unwholesome practices. The charge came as a result of correspondence the minister received from Office of the Secretary to the Government Federal (OSGF) and the Clerk to the National Assembly on the Senate resolutions on the issues of increased rate of dropped calls and other unwholesome practices

By Sodeinde Temidayo David Hespat Tech, a Nigerian tech company headquartered in Akure, has announced the creation and launch of the Hespat Super App, a safe hi-tech and consumer-focused umbrella app to offer all its services to Ondo State residents on a single platform. Launched last week, Hespat is set to promote a convenient lifestyle by connecting people to everyday needs while offering exceptional value-added services to boost Africa’s economy and has provided two thousand jobs to the neighbouring youths, with its new innovation becoming a ride-hailing platform. The jobs were created through a door to door delivery, bike and

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Mavins Record’s singer, Ayra Starr, has emerged as the most streamed female artist in Nigeria this year on the popular music streaming platform, Spotify. In its 2022 Spotify Wrapped, the platform said the singer beat respected acts like Tems, Rihanna, Asa, Beyonce and others to clinch the top spot. But overall, Grammy award winner, Burna Boy, claimed the top position, closely followed by Asake and Wizkid. The Spotify listing is always anticipated because it gives an overview of what people listened to on the platform in the year under consideration. This year’s data paints a picture of

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The promo cards microsite launched in October 2020 by Spotify for Artists has been expanded, a notice from the organisation has confirmed. The promo card microsite allows creators to easily generate eye-catching shareable social media assets to share with their fans on social media, including graphics to promote an artist, their songs, their album, or when they’re added to some of Spotify’s most popular playlists. With hundreds of thousands of cards having been downloaded and shared thus far, Spotify knows this is a popular tool for artists to connect further with their fans. Spotify has now expanded

By Adedapo Adesanya Some concerned Nigerians, including the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), have filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its failure to extend voter registration despite extending primaries for political parties. They want the court to “declare unconstitutional, illegal, and incompatible with international standards the failure of the electoral body to extend the deadline for voter registration to allow eligible Nigerians to exercise their rights.” Against its earlier stance, INEC recently extended the deadline for the conduct of primaries by political parties by six days, from June 3 to June 9. But the

By Adedapo Adesanya The 50th trading week on the NASD Over-the-Counter OTC Securities Exchange in the year 2020 ended on a positive note, thanks to four stocks. The four equities responsible for the 1.98 per cent week-on-week growth achieved last week were Nipco Plc, Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc, Niger Delta Exploration and Production (NDEP) Plc and FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc. According to data obtained by Business Post from the bourse, at the close of transactions, the index moved up by 14.24 points to 733.77 points as against 719.53 points it ended a week earlier. Also, the performance of