Pandemic

The consortium behind the long-stalled Cork event centre has submitted a raft of new detailed final design documents to city planners, fuelling hopes that the project could still be delivered. In what is the single most significant development in this long-running saga in years, the documents show that detailed design…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As covid-19 devastated communities across the nation in spring 2020, a group of Black ministers in this racially divided city made an urgent plea for more testing in their neighborhoods. Testing at the time “was outside of communities of color,” said the Rev. Jordan Boyd, pastor of…

A survey out on Wednesday showed social enterprises have been doing better in the post-Covid era but the recovery is not as strong as they hoped for. The General Chamber of Social Enterprises surveyed 122 organisations in July to assess their operations after the lifting of pandemic restrictions. Around 80…

A level grading is back to normal in England. Although for the covid generation of pupils, education has been far from normal. Most missed more than half a year of school during the pandemic and they didn’t sit exams for GCSEs. And yet the Education Secretary has defended the decision…

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Availability of products has transmuted into a major concern for 71% of consumers since the onset of the pandemic. FETHI BELAID/AFP Retailers are dealing with the ongoing problem of out-of-stock products, which has been compounded by a confluence of reasons, ranging from post-pandemic disruptions to inflationary pressures. As shoppers face…

 “To know that; which before us lies in daily life; is the prime wisdom. What is more is fume. John Milton, 1608-1674.  You have heard of money doublers before. You can now call me the first self-acclaimed “money Tripler” in Nigeria.  During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, I was locked…

Return-to-office mandates mean many of us are readjusting to commutes that involve actually leaving home—and our pets. And, as we’re getting used to the new norm, our fur babies (especially pandemic fur babies) are acclimating as well—or not, as the case may be. Claudia Prado, founder of the impact-driven pet…

International Monetary Fund (IMF) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to extend Nigeria’s deadline for repaying a $3.4 billion loan to 2027. The loan was originally due to be repaid between 2022 to 2026. The executive board of IMF had in 2020 approved the historic disbursement of $3.4 billion…

The United States Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Washington has extradited Sakiru Olanrewaju Ambali, one of two Nigerian citizens residing in Canada, for allegedly defrauding the pandemic unemployment benefit programmes in multiple U.S. states. Politics Nigeria learnt Ambali, 45, was arrested in February 2023 in Frankfurt, Germany, as he…