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COVID-19: “Can Africa Afford Lockdowns?” by Chukwuma Charles Soludo CFR

By Ele Ifah Sunday April 24, 2020 160 0

This piece summarizes my contribution to an African debate. From Johannesburg to Lagos, Cairo to Dakar, Kinshasa to Kigali, Nairobi to Accra, etc the debate on how Africa should respond to the global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is raging. At an African regional policy platform, I had expressed some of these (personal) views some weeks ago […]Continue Reading

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10 Takeaway from Buhari’s second speech on Covid-19

By Theophilus Abbah April 14, 2020 175 0

 92% of all identified contacts with Covid-19 positive persons has been identified. Testing capacity doubled – 1,500 tests could be conducted daily 7,000 health care workers trained in ‘infection prevention and control’ Health care workers across all the treatment centers have been provided with the personal protective equipment NCDC team deployed in 19 out of […]Continue Reading

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[My Covid-19 Diary] Day 4: Fighting a deadly disease with ill-motivated forces

By Theophilus Abbah April 4, 2020 143 0

Tea. Yam. Eba. Beans. Bread. Food, food, food. Eat. Eat. Eat. I’ve begun to feel guilty, like I felt as a boy, and being fed by my mother. I tell this story to my children to discourage them from yielding to the snare of gluttony. On many occasions, my mother would whip me with her […]Continue Reading

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[My Covid-19 Diary] Day 3 – Breakfast without bread in a blackout

By Theophilus Abbah April 3, 2020 161 0

By Theophilus Abbah Blanket blackout, darkness, sweats and fatigue ruled and ruined the night before Tuesday, March 31, when life would grind to a halt and the curse, we, Abuja residents, feared most would be unleashed to drench and drown us. Blackout, because electricity supply had become so unreliable that both government and the governed […]Continue Reading

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10 Main Points in Buhari’s Covid-19 Speech

By Theophilus Abbah March 30, 2020 185 0

Whole instrument of government mobilized to tackle pandemic Covid-19 has no cure to date Three preventive measures are (i) regular hygiene (ii) sanitary practice (iii) social distancing N15 billion set aside as response Citizens in Lagos, FCT and Ogun should stay at home Air travels suspended Relief materials for satellite towns in Lagos and Abuja […]Continue Reading