Nigeria: Setback in Battle Against Covid As WHO Disqualifies Nigeria From Vaccine Supply

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Nigeria: Setback in Battle Against Covid As WHO Disqualifies Nigeria From Vaccine Supply

[Daily Trust] The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disqualified Nigeria from the first round of supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

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When the economy continued to stagnate, and with it Senghors popularity, he resigned after 20 years at the helm in favor of his protégé, Abdou Diouf. Diouf, who led the country for the next 20 years, initiated further economic and political liberalization, including the sale of government companies

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