Day January 7, 2021

Ghana plans to invest $17b to revive economy

Ghana plans to invest about 17 billion dollars (100 billion Ghana cedis) to revitalise its post-COVID-19 economy, the Ghanaian President, Nana Addo Akufo-Addo, said on Tuesday. Delivering an address in parliament to conclude his first term in office, Akufo-Addo said…

UK records over 1,000 daily deaths

The United Kingdom (UK) has recorded more than 1,000 coronavirus daily deaths for the first time since April as the government struggles to deal with a new and more infectious variant of the virus. The UK recorded 1,041 deaths and…

82 million Nigerians to be vaccinated this year

The Federal Government has revealed that about 82 million Nigerians will be vaccinated with the available and approved COVID-19 vaccines this year. This figure represents 40 per cent of the Nigerian population, which is estimated to be 206 million. It…