The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib has hinted that President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Saturday be taking the COVID-19 vaccine. The NPHCDA boss disclosed this on Thursday during a briefing in Abuja. According to Dr....
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ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- The police authority in Bauchi State have arrested a house wife, identified as Aisha Abdullahi Gaide, for allegedly burning the private part of her eight year old step daughter with matches. The Spokesman of the Bauchi State Police Command, DSP Ahmed Wakil, who disclosed this in...
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) would not be barred from participating in the Open Market Operations (OMO) auctions, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has said. Emefiele, in a telephone interview with Thisday, highlighted the importance of portfolio inflows to the economy, saying that forex liquidity plays...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has tasked the Delta Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) to ensure that the state’s March 6, local government councils poll was free, fair and credible. This is contained in a statement by the state APC Publicity Secretary, Mr Sylvester Imonina in Asaba. “Democracy is the...
More than 30 years after Prince Akeem Joffer and his sidekick Semmi first travelled to the U.S. to find a royal bride, Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall reprise their roles in comedy sequel “Coming 2 America. Murphy, creator and star of the 1988 film – which proved more popular...
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has vowed to end the knockdown and indiscriminate assault on patrol operatives on the highway across the country. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in...
A bomb blast claimed the life of a female doctor in Jalalabad city, capital of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, provincial government spokesman Ataullah Khogiani said. The explosive device, planted in the cavities of a rickshaw, went off in Police District 3 in the morning rush hour. The...
At least 38 people were killed in Myanmar on Wednesday in what the UN described as the “bloodiest day” since the coup took place a month ago. UN envoy to Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener said there was shocking footage coming out of the country. Witnesses said security forces opened...
Prince Harry’s wife Meghan has accused Buckingham Palace of “perpetuating falsehoods” about her and her spouse, saying the royal couple would not be silent in telling their story. Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, made the comments to American talk show host Oprah Winfrey in an interview about why they...
Security has been ramped up at the US Capitol in response to “a possible plot to breach” the building on Thursday, Capitol police say. The move was prompted by intelligence about threats made by a militia group, a statement said. The force said it was “prepared for any potential...
—Presidency says private jets drop arms for bandits—- Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agents to shoot anyone illegally possessing sophisticated weapons such as AK-47, his spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, has said. Mallam Shehu told the BBC in an interview on Wednesday that the president also directed a...
The Federal Government has directed all Public Servants on GL12 and below to continue working from home till the end of March 2021. A statement signed by the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan says the directive was in adherence to the advice of the...
The veteran broadcaster and actor, Sadiq Daba died this evening after a long battle with leukemia and prostate cancer. His death has been confirmed by filmmaker Kunle Afolayan with whom he worked recently on the 2020 motion picture, Citation. According to Afolayan, the ace broadcaster died on the evening...
Captain Roy Ilegbodu, Chief Executive Officer, Arik Air, has called for the immediate vaccination of aviation workers as COVID-19 frontline workers. Captain Ilegbodu made this call when he hosted the Publisher of Atqnews and organiser AKWAABA Africa Travel and Tourism Market, Mr Ikechi Uko, at his office on Wednesday...
The United States has promised to support African countries’ economic and political independence “in the face of undue foreign influence”. This is contained in the Interim National Security Strategic Guidance released by the President Joe Biden administration on Wednesday. The 24-page document also expressed the Biden administration’s commitment to...
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his recent Purim message responded to the continued threats of annihilation of Israel by the enemies of the Jewish state by reminding them of the biblical story of Haman. Haman obtained an irreversible decree to kill all the Jews in Persian and...
There are not only political but several technological obstacles that we collectively as a nation will determine how to overcome. The origin of those technological challenges was in fact highlighted in the first part of this piece, And, as a natural reaction, it is possible for readers that have...