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Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the director general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, is up for the challenge.
CHIKWE IHEKWEAZU

What it’s like to lead the Covid-19 response in Africa’s most populous country

Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the director general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, is up for the challenge

  • Aanu Adeoye
7 min read
Abba Kyari’s cause of death was Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, a presidential spokesman confirmed on Twitter.
ABBA KYARI

Nigeria’s president loses his right hand man to Covid-19

Abba Kyari was Muhammadu Buhari’s powerful chief of staff, and the jockeying to replace him has already begun

  • Aanu Adeoye
6 min read