The Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, has said the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 will focus on vaccine procurement in the first quarter of 2021. Mamora said this at the PTF national briefing on Tuesday in Abuja. The minister said that COVID-19 vaccine would be...
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The Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, on behalf of the institution, has commiserated with the family of the institution’s pioneer Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Isa Baba Mohammed. Na’Allah, who extended the condolence in a statement by the University’s Head of Information and Public Relations, Dr Habib Yakoob, noted that...
Kwara Government has donated relief materials to the state Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service as its intervention in meeting the needs new inmates. The Secretary to the State Government, Mallam Saba Jibril, presented the items, that comprised 230 pieces of Mattress, 230 pieces of Blankets, 250 pieces of...
The Federal Government has suspended the passports of 100 in-bound airline passengers who failed to take the second test of COVID-19 after arriving in the country. Mr Boss Mustapha, Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, disclosed this at the national briefing on Tuesday, in Abuja. Mustapha, also, the Secretary...
FC Barcelona suffered, in the absence of the injured Lionel Messi, as they drew 1-1 at home to struggling Eibar in La Liga on Tuesday after Martin Braithwaite missed a penalty for the Catalans. Eibar, who went into the game sitting one place above the relegation zone, took a...
Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette scored 43 seconds after coming on as a second-half substitute to secure a 1-0 win at Brighton & Hove Albion in the English Premier League on Tuesday. The visitors enjoyed plenty of possession but struggled to create chances, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang going closest five minutes...
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock at the news of the demise of Prof. Femi Odekunle, a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC). The president made his feelings known in a condolence message by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in...
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has predicted a significant increase in coronavirus infections in Nigeria by January, 2021. Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja, at the Presidential Task force (PTF) National Briefing, Director General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Iheakwazu said Nigeria would in January 2021 pay the price...
A farcical early own goal from Romaine Sawyers summed up a miserable day for West Bromwich Albion as the English Premier League strugglers were thumped 5-0 by Leeds United on Tuesday. Further first half goals from Ezgjan Alioski, Jack Harrison and Rodrigo, and a brilliant strike in the second...
The Family of late Mr Godstime Akugbo allegedly killed by the police, on Tuesday, pleaded with the Rivers Judicial Commission of Inquiry to prevail on the police authorities to release his corpse for a befitting burial. Mr Michael Akugbo, the elder brother of the deceased, on behalf of the...
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says his government has reactivated the isolation and treatment facilities and disease surveillance protocol to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state. Obaseki, in his broadcast Tuesday in Benin, said that the strategy was to tackle the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic...
The Kaduna State Government says the military securing the Kaduna-Abuja road general area has neutralised nine bandits following a firefight late on Monday night into the early hours of Tuesday.Mr Samuel Aruwan, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, said this in a statement on Tuesday in...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has visited the Kado Fish market as well as the Yarkasuwa makeshift market in Gwarimpa, which were both gutted by fire over the Christmas holidays The FCT Minister who was accompanied by the Executive Secretary...
Birnin Kebbi, Dec. 29, 2020 (NAN) The Governor of Kebbi, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, has approved the appointment of six new district heads. The new appointments were disclosed on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Hassan Shalla. According...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja, Professor Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, has, on behalf of the Governing Council, Senate, Staff and Students of the University of Abuja, commiserated with the family of the pioneer Vice – Chancellor of the University, Professor Isa Baba Mohammed, who died on ...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange reopened trading on Tuesday after the holidays to mark Christmas and Boxing Day celebrations with the All-Share Index crossing 39,000 mark. Specifically, the All-Share Index which opened at 38,800.01 inched higher by 310.16 points or 0.80 per cent to close at 39,110.17. Also, the market...
Zimbabwe’s preparations for the upcoming African Nations Championship (Chan) football tournament in Cameroon have been suspended after nine players tested positive for Covid-19. The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) on Tuesday said the nine tested positive when they returned to camp after a Christmas break. “In adherence to our Covid-19...
Prudential Zenith Life Insurance says it has raised its authorised share capital to N5 billion, surpassing the new minimum capital requirement of N4 billion by Dec. 31 set by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM). Mr Chuks Igumbor, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the firm said this in...
A Coalition of 92 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), led by Centre for Credible Leadership and Citizens Awareness(CCLCA),has blamed Nigerian politicians for the current security challenges facing the country.Dr Nwambu Gabriel,Director-General, CCLCA and Convener of the coalition said this at news conference in Abuja on Tuesday.Gabriel said that the group...