COVID-19 third wave imminent in Nigeria, expert warns
Published 21 April 2021
A professor of virology, Oyewale Tomori, on Tuesday said the third wave of COVID-19 is imminent in Nigeria except the people change their attitude.
The expert, while speaking on the topic, ‘COVID-19 vaccines: To take or not to take,’ at the media round table organised by the Nigerian Academy of Science, said the testing rate of the country was not good enough.
He said, “According to the figures we have as of April 19, we’ve already passed the 1.8 million samples tested but there is nothing to be proud about that in a country of about 200 million people.
Prof. Oyewale Tomori
Chairman, Expert Review Committee on COVID-19, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, has established how COVID-19 impacts on education, technology and human development in Nigeria.
Tomori, who is also a virologist and pioneer, Redeemer’s University, provided reasons why COVID-19 has so far spared more African countries unlike what is happening in Europe, America and India.
Tomori, who is also a Fellow and Past President, Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS), in a paper titled “Nigeria & COVID-19: Impact On Education, Technology And Human Development” delivered at the 12th Convocation lecture of Bell’s University of Technology (BELLSTECH) on Friday, April 9, 2021 at The Bellstech Convocation Ground, Ota, Ogun State, said: “So, why did we not see the predicted devastation? And what could have been responsible for the woeful failure of the predictions of doom? First these predictions were based not on science but on emotion, misconceptions, and incomplete knowledge of th
Immortalise Eze Aro with quality road, Arochukwu indigenes beg FG
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By Steve Oko
The people of Arochukwu ancient kingdom in Abia State have passionately appealed to the Federal Government to expedite action towards the completion of the Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal highway to immortalise their deceased monarch, Eze Ogbonnaya Okoro (Eze Aro).
Chairman Aro National Rites of Passage Committee, Prof. Okoro Ijeoma, who made the appeal during an event marking the royal rites of passage of the late monarch, decried the deplorable condition of the colonial road.
Following the sorry-state of the road, a trip from Umuahia the state capital which ordinarily should take one hour now takes about three hours.
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