NIGERIA – State governors and their deputies are to take the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi disclosed this at a virtual news conference on Thursday. Fayemi said that the vaccination was part of resolutions made by the governors […]
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Multiple explosions were reportedly heard in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Tuesday evening, throwing residents into a state of panic as 10 persons were killed and 47 injured. Hospital officials where the affected persons were rushed to, confirmed the figures to Governor Babagana Zulum who was there to assess the situation. Residents of the […]
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Nigerian troops have recovered New Marte and adjoining communities in Borno, killing scores of Boko Haram/Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists who had laid siege on the area for some days. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima said in a statement that the feat was achieved on Tuesday at about 3 p.m. […]
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Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has said that 90% of criminalities in Nigeria is linked to drug abuse and as such the war against the menace of illicit drug trafficking, peddling and abuse is a fight to finish with him in the saddle of […]
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The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has issued warrant of arrest on the Interim Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Effiong Okon Akwa, for failing to honour the panel’s invitation. The committee had on several occasions summoned the NDDC boss to offer explanation over the N6.2 billion spent by the commission […]
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The Canadian government has issued a warning to its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Nigeria, owing to the “unpredictable security situation throughout the country”. In a travel advisory to its citizens, Canada said there is a risk of inter-communal clashes, armed attacks and kidnappings. It advised Canadian citizens already in Nigeria to avoid travelling […]
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Tosin Ajaomo, the lawyer representing the former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday said the appointment of a new boss to head the anti-graft agency came as a shock. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday asked the Senate to confirm Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive […]
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Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria’s minister of health, says all COVID-19 vaccines carry a certain amount of risk. Recall that Nigeria is expected to receive its first batch of allocated doses by the end of February. On February 11, the World Health Organisation (WHO) released a document detailing the use and risks associated with the AstraZeneca […]
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A couple, Ebiesuwa Abayomi Fredrick and his wife, Tinuola Idayat Oyegunle, have been sentenced to 40 years imprisonment each. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State today, February 15, 2021 found them guilty on all four counts of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence brought against them by the Ibadan Zonal […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs to the Senate as non-career Ambassadors-Designate. In a letter to Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, President of the Senate, the President said: “In accordance with section 171 (1), (2) (c) & sub-section (4) of 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as […]
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