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No fewer than 905 million COVID-19 shots have been administered worldwide, according to Our World in Data (OWID). The OWID is a scientific online publication that focuses on large global problems such as poverty, disease, hunger, climate change and war. OWID, disclosed this on its official website handle on Tuesday. It added there was already a stark gap between vaccination …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has mourned the passing of Civil-Military historian and Cardiologist, Dr. Nowamagbe Omoigui, who died at the age of 62. In a statement, the governor described the death as painful, noting that late Omoigui was a noble ambassador of Edo State, who exhibited characteristic excellence and intellect of Edo people to the admiration of the whole world. According to him, “It …

Windows 10 vulnerability has reportedly existed since 2018 Microsoft has finally fixed a vulnerability in Windows 10 that could potentially enable threat actors to crash the operating system simply by opening a specially crafted folder. According to reports, Microsoft initially patched the bug in Windows Insider builds in February, before pushing it to all Windows 10 users last week with the latest round of Patch …

*Wants American foreign policy reset to increase security cooperation with Africa Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of Nigeria, has tasked the United States to lend its weight to the call for a just global transition to zero emissions and lead the effort to ensure easy access to COVID-19 vaccine by all countries. Osinbajo also called on the US to reset its …

The management of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, has revealed that out of the about 200 of its health workers that were infected with COVID-19, no less than four had died. The tertiary hospital said among those killed by the global pandemic were two consultants and a senior matron. It didn’t state the category of the fourth worker who …

Microsoft’s Edge browser has been gaining a dedicated following in recent months thanks to an ever-increasing list of features that its users seem to favor over offerings from rivals such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, and we’re getting word that yet another feature is in development that could give it the ‘edge’ over the competition.“Performance Mode” will allow you to optimize web browsing …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has made the case for diversification of the country’s revenue base away from crude oil. The governor, while speaking to journalists in Benin City, called for a quick diversification of the nation’s economy to increase non-oil revenue. Obaseki said: “Before the Civil War, we had no crude oil: The regions relied on the resources …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has stressed the need for a strong maintenance culture to preserve the quality of public infrastructure, reassuring that his government has put in place structures to ensure the sustenance of the newly rebuilt Government Science Technical College (GSTC) and other government assets. The governor said his administration has set up the Edo Public Building and Maintenance …

Nigerian-American pre-eminent interventional cardiologist in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, and foremost Nigerian civil-military and Benin historian, Dr. Nowamagbe Austin Omoigui, has passed on, following an illness. Nowa Omoigui, as he was popularly known, shed his earthly bonds on Sunday April 18, 2021 at the age of 62, according to a statement, signed by his junior brother, and US-based physician, …

Virtually all parts of Nigeria are currently battling with one form of insecurity or the other with various crimes going on, largely unabated. Despite attempts by the Muhammadu Buhari administration to curb the rising criminalities and killings across the country, the nation’s security apparatus appears to be overwhelmed with criminals having a field day killing, maiming and extorting their victims. …