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5G, or fifth generation, is the latest wireless mobile phone technology, first widely deployed in 2019. 5G is expected to increase performance and a wide range of new applications, including strengthening e-Health (telemedicine, remote surveillance, telesurgery).

Claims that 5G somehow causes or…

In the fourth quarter of 2020, the total value of Nigeria's exports was N3.19 trillion, while the total value of imports stood at N5.93 trillion. The country's trade balance was therefore N-2.73 trillion.

The average price paid by consumers for premium motor spirit (petrol) decreased month-on-month by -0.97% from N165.70 per litre in December 2020 to N164.09 per litre in January 2021.

The country’s GDP per capita (nominal gross domestic product divided by the mid-year population as per World Bank estimates) was US$2,229 in 2019.

 

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Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt were considered Africa’s largest economies in 2021 based on their gross domestic product.

From 3 January 2020 to 10 March 2021, there have been 109,164 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,879 deaths, reported to the World Health Organization. This amounts to 203 cases and 3.5 deaths per 100,000 people. 

No. According to the World Bank’s latest Global Findex database, 73% of adults in Kenya had a mobile money account in 2017. In Uganda and Zimbabwe, the figure stood at about 50%. The share of adults owning a mobile money account in Ghana in 2017 was 39%. 
 

In a statement issued on 4 January 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted patients and health care providers of the risk of false results, particularly false-negative results – a test that says you don’t have the virus when you actually do have the virus – with the…

Tinnitus is commonly described as a ringing in the ears, but it also can sound like roaring, clicking, hissing, or buzzing. It may be soft or loud, high pitched or low pitched. You might hear it in either one or both ears.

Tinnitus is not a disease. It is a symptom that something is wrong in the…