President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed delight over the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, stating that it must be equitably distributed. The vaccine according to preliminary analysis can prevent more than 90% of people from getting infected. While announcing the arrival of the vaccine, Albert Bourla, the chairman of Pfizer, said the company will […]
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The United States recorded its 10 millionth case of the coronavirus Monday, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University, the same day that Pfizer and BioNTech announced their vaccine showed 90 percent effectiveness. Shortly before 1400 GMT Monday the tracker by the Baltimore-based university showed 10,018,278 cases recorded in the United States since the […]
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has hailed Monday’s announcement of an effective COVID-19 vaccine by U.S. pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer Inc., and its German partner, BioNTech. The vaccine, according to the firms, has a 90-per-cent success rate having been tested on 43,500 people in six countries with no safety concerns. In a statement on Monday, Biden described […]
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It was a day of change of batons in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC even if temporary, as the Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu temporarily step aside. He handed over the affairs of the commission to National Commissioner, retired Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Ahmed Mu’azu pending the confirmation of his second tenure. […]
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The minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, has projected that Nigeria’s debt profile would hit N38.68 trillion by December 2021. Speaking when she appeared before the senate committee on local and foreign debts on Tuesday, Ahmed estimated that both external and domestic debt would rise to N32.51 trillion by December 2020. According […]
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The minister of foreign affairs, Godfrey Onyeama, has lamented the high debt the country is owing different countries and organizations. Onyeama made this known when he said the landlord of the building where the Nigerian embassy in Hungary is located is threatening to evict the embassy. The minister was speaking while defending the ministry’s 2021 […]
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The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Announcing the result on Monday, the council’s Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, said 1,003,668 candidates, representing 65.24 per cent, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. “Out […]
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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that the results of the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will be released on Monday. The exam body broke the news on its Twitter page on Sunday night. It added that the results will be released at 10:30am. “This is to inform candidates […]
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A top British official has revealed that the government of the United Kingdom trained the operatives of the disbanded special anti-robbery squad (SARS) for four years. In a letter dated October 29, 2020, James Duddridge, UK minister for Africa, said the former operatives of SARS participated in a training “designed to improve human rights.” The […]
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed that Nigeria recorded an all-time national peak of 5,459.50 megawatts (MW). In a statement on Thursday, Ndidi Mbah, TCN general manager of public affairs, said the new record was achieved on October 28. She said the power generated was efficiently transmitted through the nation’s transmission grid at […]
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