The African Development Bank has through funding from the African Development Fund’s (ADF) Regional Public Goods window, initiated a training and research capacity building programme which has awarded 90 Master’s and five PhD scholarships to further strengthen the capacity of inclusive and green growth policy formulation in Africa. A total estimated grant of $6.8 million was used to boost the Research Capacity and Knowledge Enhancement for Africa’s Transformation Project implemented by the African Economic Research Consortium. A total of 100 persons were beneficiaries of the graduate training programme which was initiated between 2016 and 2019. The beneficiaries of the training…
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The World Trade Organization has given measures of safeguarding trade. According to the WTO a member may take a safeguard action by temporarily restricting imports of a product. inorder to protect a specific domestic industry from an increase in imports of any product which is capable of causing serious injury to the industry. The WTO stated that safeguard measures were usually available under the General Agreement on Tarriff and Trade. Though they were inconsistently used, and subject to the fact that some governments preferred to protect their industries through voluntary export restraint arrangements on products. The WTO in furtherance noted…
The World Trade Organization has today given update on “US tarriffs on Chinese goods”. WTO, revealed that United States has appealed the panel report in respect US tariffs on Chinese goods. According to World Trade Organization, The United States made known it’s decision to appeal the report given by the panel, in the case brought against the US by China regarding “Tariff Measures on Certain Goods from China” The US made this known to the dispute settlement body on the 26th October 2020. Recall that the panel report was circulated to World Trade Organization members on 15 September, 2020.…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has today informed the general public that information has reached them from the United States of America’ Food and Drug Administration on an increased risk of a false positive result with BD SARS-CoV-2 Reagents for the BD Max System test. According to NAFDAC, the manufacturer discovered that approximately 3% of results were false positive results. The BD SARS-CoV-2 Reagents for BD Max System test is manufactured to detect viral nucleic acid from the virus that causes COVID-19 in upper respiratory specimens, such as nasal swabs. However this warning applies…
The University College Hospital Ibadan has in a post noted that they are aware of plans by suspected hoodlums to attack the University College Hospital, Ibadan. In lieu of this, the Federal Ministry of Health has alerted all Teaching Hospitals, Federal Medical Centres, Specialist Hospitals and other tertiary hospitals in Nigeria of the planned attack on them. All Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) and Medical Directors (MDs) have therefore been ordered by Ministers in various ministries to provide adequate security around their facilities. UCH has therefore taken bold steps to ensure the safety of lives and properties within the Hospital. The…
The management of Zenith Bank has today 26th of October 2020, disclosed to their customers and the public at large that financial operations have resumed at the bank. Zenith Bank in a post on it’s page stated that, the bank has resumed branch banking operations and other states of the federation where the imposed curfew have been relaxed by state governments. The bank thereby stated that banking operations will take place between the hours of 9a.m to 1 p.m starting from Monday 26th of October. However their branches at Lekki, Ikota and Ajah are exempted from the resumption of banking…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has today hinted the public on the dangers of smoking especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO stated that smoking causes damage to the lungs and other parts of the body which makes smokers more liable to coronavirus infection. According to WHO it’s high time smokers quit smoking inorder to enjoy a safer and better health which can be countered by smoking. The World Health Organization further stated that continuos smoking might result in severe COVID-19. Smoking ordinarily causes damage to the lungs by blocking the airways in the lungs which causes lung diseases such as…
The management of Access Bank Plc has today announced the close down of some of its branches in Nigeria. This was related to the general public on the bank’ page. According to the bank the close down of it’s brancy was done in respect of the 24 hours curfew issued by the government. Access Bank noted that the temporary close down of its branches are effected in locations where the curfew have been imposed by the government. The there bank thereby urged their customers who might want to perform any banking activity to make use of their ‘Digital Banking Channels’…
The World Health Organization has given more non-pharmaceutical measures for containing the spread of coronavirus. WHO today gave recommendation on the type of face mask people should wear while on a flight. The World Health Organization in a post stated that a medical face mask is recommended for people above 60 years of age and people who have underlying health condition. WHO noted that wearing medical face mask for those above 60 years or those with chronic illness, protects them from others who may have this virus. According to WHO people who are healthy and don’t feel any symptoms of…
The African Development Bank has invested $1.3 million in urban poor sanitation improvement in Uganda. As a result of this there has been an improvement in the decline of Typhoid fever and Diarrhoea significantly in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. Kawempe being a subdivision of Kampala has developed rapidly over the years, but water and sanitation infrastructure in this area dominated by swampy lowlands has been scarce. Urban Poor Sanitation Improvement Project (KUPSIP), carried out in the area from 2013 to 2018, has helped to reduce typhoid fever cases by 7.7% and diarrhoea cases by 49.3%. The project was highly successful…