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news you can trust I ** FRIDAY 12 june 2020 I vol. 19, no 583
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A promising nation undone by rudderless economic management
ZEBULON AGOMUO & ODINAKA ANUDU
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igeria was a promising nation at independence in 1960, but rudderless leadership and poor economic management have manacled a country that was once one of world’s biggest exporters of palm oil, leather, groundnuts and cocoa. Part of the leadership crisis arose as a result of military incursions into Nigerian politics. Thankfully, the country returned to civil
Analysis rule in 1999 after nearly three decades of intermittent military rule. Since the return to civil rule 21 years ago, Nigeria has oscillated from one political trouble to another. In the area of organising elections, it has fared badly. Economy-wise, it has been a tale of
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How local fashion designers respond to PPE shortages …as COVID-19 drives PPE to most wanted healthcare item ANTHONIA OBOKOH, GBEMI FAMINU, TEMITAYO AYETOTO (Lagos) & GODSGIFT ONYEDINEFU (Abuja)
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efore COVID-19 crept into our world of normal, the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) was largely reserved for surgeons to maintain a sterile field during operations or avoid respiratory droplets and spray of body fluids on the face. In other cases, it was used occasionally by sick patients to prevent the spread of pathogens to others – referred to as “source control”. But as the invisible enemy sparked in the style of pandemics, application of PPE has sharply moved from the shadows of critical clinical procedures to the stage
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FirstBank presents devices to Lagos towards moving 1m students to e-learning
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Babajide Sanwo-Olu (r), Lagos State governor, receiving the Roducate e-learning device from Adesola Adeduntan, CEO, FirstBank, to kick off the distribution of the preloaded Roducate e-learning devices to schoolchildren across the state in furtherance to the bank’s drive to move 1 million students to e-learning.
BusinessDay set to host national discourse on Nigeria’s COVID-19 P. 2 response