COVID-19

November 27, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has said the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia/Ukraine war stalled the planned take-off of the full operation of Ajaokuta Steel Company. Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, said this when...

October 13, (THEWILL) – During a recent COVID-19 European Union Parliament hearing, Pfizer’s President of International Developed Markets, Janine Small, admitted that the COVID vaccines had never been tested on their ability to prevent transmission, contrary to what was previously...

September 29, (THEWILL) – For the more than a million spectators attending the World Cup in Qatar this year, coronavirus vaccinations will not be required, the Gulf state announced on Thursday. However, if COVID-19 cases increase once more, players and match...

September 22, (THEWILL) – A significant step in Manchester United's recovery from the financial damage of the COVID-19 epidemic is a disclosure that the club earned £583.2 million in revenue for the 2021/2022 season, an 18% increase in turnover...

September 21, (THEWILL) – Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has tested positive for COVID-19, after attending the funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, the Danish royal palace said on Wednesday. The 82-year-old is resting at the Fredensborg Palace, 30 kilometres north...

September 21, (THEWILL) – The German football federation has confirmed that Manuel Neuer and Leon Goretzka have tested positive for COVID-19. In order to distance themselves from the rest of the German national team, the 36-year-old Neuer and 27-year-old Goretzka,...

September 14, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has approved the production of vaccines in commercial quantity to support routine immunisation programmes in the country. To this end, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday, approved the process to set up...

September 02, (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, is proposing a Debt-for-Climate (DFC) swap deal, in a call that can at once significantly advance the course of global net-zero emissions targets, facilitate energy access and the development of...

May 25, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has received 4,400,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, donated by the Government and people of Spain to Nigeria. Speaking at the brief ceremony to mark the formal delivery of the vaccines...

May 12, (THEWILL) - North Korea reported its first Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on Thursday, calling it the “gravest national emergency.” The government, therefore, ordered a national lockdown, with state media saying that an Omicron variant had been detected in the...