COVID-19: Averting the ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’, By Isaac N. Obasi
On 1st September 2021, the Associated Press (AP) in a news report by Ricardo Alonso-Saldivar titled Questioning a catchphrase: ‘Pandemic of the Unvaccinated’ said that […]
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Enforcing FG’s ‘compulsory’ COVID-19 vaccination policy, By Isaac N. Obasi
For many discerning minds, the announcement by the Federal Government on Wednesday, 13 October 2021, to make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for its employees with effect […]
On UK’s refusal to recognise Nigeria’s COVID-19 vaccination certificates, By Isaac N. Obasi
Writing on COVID-19 and enforcement of compulsory vaccination policy, this column on Friday, 24 September 2021 made the point that “from all indications, COVID-19 pandemic […]
COVID-19 and enforcement of compulsory vaccination policy, By Isaac N Obasi
From all indications, COVID-19 pandemic is a very controversial, divisive and manifestly a conflict-ridden phenomenon. Right from its emergence in Wuhan, China in 2019, not […]
Chikwe Ihekweazu: Celebrating Nigeria’s COVID-19 dogged fighter, By Isaac N. Obasi
In our last article, this column celebrated the ranking of Nigeria’s COVID-19 response as the fourth most successful in the world by the World Health […]
COVID-19 and Nigeria’s policy response: Celebrating WHO’s positive rating, By Isaac N Obasi
The news report on 14 August 2021 by THE CABLE newspaper that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has ranked Nigeria’s response to COVID-19 as the […]
COVID-19: Managing Nigeria’s 3rd wave surging cases, By Isaac N. Obasi
It is no longer news that the coronavirus (COVID-19) third wave is here in Nigeria, and unfortunately its emergence coincided with the discovery of the […]
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 […]
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 […]