COVID-19 historic 4 million global death toll, By Isaac N. Obasi
In a media briefing on COVID-19 on 7 July 2021, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, painfully announced that […]
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COVID-19 rapidly spreading Delta variant, By Isaac N. Obasi
Despite the impressive and highly commendable efforts made by scientists across the world to stem the tide of the ravaging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic […]
COVID-19 vaccine nationalism vs equity, By Isaac N. Obasi
National policy responses to the containment of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as it ravaged the world in 2020 varied across nations particularly more markedly between […]
Sustaining PTF’s dogged spirit in PSC on COVID-19, By Isaac N. Obasi
In an earlier write-up, this column described the transformation of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 as a […]
From PTF to PSC: Nigeria’s COVID-19 coordinating policy response revisited (2), By Isaac N. Obasi
Since the announcement of the transformation of Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF on COVID-19) to Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC on COVID-19), analysts […]
From PTF to PSC: Nigeria’s COVID-19 coordinating policy response revisited (1) By Isaac N. Obasi
Prior to April 1, 2021, Nigeria’s coordinating institutional response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was through the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF on COVID-19). […]
COVID-19 and fate of sceptical political leaders (2), By Isaac N Obasi
The first part of this discussion started with a focus on five political leaders (across three regions of the world) who were sceptical about the […]
COVID-19 and fate of sceptical political leaders (1), By Isaac N Obasi
The untimely and shocking death of two East African controversial political leaders one at 61 and the other at 55, is an unforgettable lesson in […]
COVID-19 vaccine euphoria in Nigeria and its critics (2), By Isaac N. Obasi
As we observed in the first part of this piece, the tweet by Dr. Faisal Shuaibu ED/CEO of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency […]
COVID-19 Vaccine euphoria in Nigeria and its critics (1), By Isaac N. Obasi
Euphoria over the discovery, approval, distribution and administration of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine is a worldwide phenomenon and not limited to specific countries in the […]
COVID-19 numbers in Nigeria: The 10 leading states, By Isaac N Obasi
A bit of history is necessary for making sense out of the coronavirus (COVID-19) numbers we are presenting and discussing today. On 12 June 2020, […]
COVID-19 war: Kogi State in focus, By Isaac N. Obasi
•Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State The hostile attitude adopted by the Kogi State Government towards the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) has become a […]
COVID-19 and the vexed question of vaccine in Nigeria, By Isaac N. Obasi
It is ironical if not ridiculous that when the serious scientific people of the world started the race for the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine shortly after […]
COVID-19 and Nigeria’s avoidable second wave conundrum (2), By Isaac N. Obasi
•Boss Mustapha, Chairman, PTF on COVID-19 As we pointed out last week, the key drivers of Nigeria’s avoidable coronavirus (COVID-19) second wave include: (a) ignorance […]
COVID-19 and Nigeria’s avoidable second wave conundrum (1), By Isaac N. Obasi
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF on COVID-19) on Thursday, 17 December 2020 officially announced the commencement of the period of second wave of […]
COVID-19 and ‘a week-like-no-other’ in Nigeria, By Isaac N. Obasi
•Boss Mustapha, Chairman, PTF on COVID-19 The week of 7th (Monday) to 13th (Sunday) December, 2020 (i.e. last week) is an unforgettable week of bad […]
COVID-19 data on infections and deaths in Nigeria, By Isaac N. Obasi
Looking closely at the global data across countries as tracked by the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resources Centre (https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html), the obvious conclusion would be that […]
CACOVID, TETFUND and revitalisation of universities; By Isaac N. Obasi
One is wondering if the private sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) are the long awaited game changers that […]
COVID-19 and the non-compliant international air passengers, By Isaac N. Obasi
•Boss Mustapha, Chairman, PTF on COVID-19 By the end of December 2020, the extension granted to the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF on COVID-19) […]
Vanishing fear of COVID-19 in Nigeria and its consequences, By Isaac N. Obasi
Since the period of mammoth political rallies in both Edo and Ondo states, and followed closely by the #EndSARS protest and its aftermath, Nigerians have […]