Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has been fined by the police for breaking Covid-19 social distancing rules. Solberg was fined 20,000 Norwegian crowns ($2,352) for organising a family gathering to celebrate her birthday. “Though the law is the same for all, all are not equal in front of the law,’’ Police Chief Ole Saeverud, told reporters yesterday in Oslo. The Read More
Poverty is a chronic affliction of human society and a common challenge faced by the whole world. China had long been plagued by poverty at a scale and a level of severity that has rarely been seen anywhere else in the world. As a result, the challenge of poverty alleviation in China almost defies imagination. Over the past century, the Read More
The Senate through its Committee on Health has faulted the federal government for converting the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID – 19 to Steering Committee on the pandemic without required collaboration with the National Assembly. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe made these declarations Thursday during a public hearing on a bill titled: “Federal Medical Centre, Read More
Late last month, the European Union, United States, Britain and Canada each announced sanctions against China over alleged human right abuses in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, claiming an unproven repression of the Uyghur ethnic group. Also in a report of human rights published by the United States, it accused China of carrying out “genocide” against the Uyghur ethnic group. Read More
The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has clarified that the 20th National Sports Festival, Edo 2020, is going on as planned with competitions going on as scheduled. A press statement from the ministry, signed by the assistant director Press Ramon Balogun on Thursday morning, said, “the Ministry and the Main Organizing Committee (MOC) for the festival are unaware of Read More
Kogi state government has called on the people to volunteer themselves for the vaccination exercise against the scourge of COVID-19 pandemic. The Commissioner for Health, Doctor Saka Haruna, stated this Wednesday during the flag off of COVID-19 vaccination exercise in collaboration with the Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (KPHCDA) at the premises of the Ministry of Health, Lokoja. Read More
The federal government said Tuesday that state governments administering COVID-19 vaccines have been asked to stop the exercise if they use half of the doses allocated to them because the country is not sure when it will receive the second batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, at the Read More
In a bid to ensure transparency and accountability around government funds, donations and interventions towards combating COVID-19 in Enugu state, a non-governmental organisation, Connected Development (CODE) in partnership with OXFAM Nigeria has carried out a two-day advocacy visit to relevant MDAs in the state. The non-governmental organization, led by Dr Onyekachi Onuoha of CODE, had explained that the purpose of Read More
The federal government has received an additional 100,000 doses of the Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccine from India. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, who disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja said the vaccines, donated by the government of India to Nigeria, will help boost the number of Nigerians to be vaccinated. Details loading…
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has postponed the conduct of 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates. Head of WAEC Patrick Areghan who disclosed this in Lagos said the examination was postponed indefinitely due to the effects of Covid-19 pandemic. He said the pandemic distorted academic calendar, hence it was not possible to hold the Read More
Critical stakeholders in Nigeria’s auto industry have alleged that they are yet to receive the N10 billion COVID-19 bailout fund released by the federal government as intervention fund to operators. Recall that the federal government had released the fund in 2020 as intervention to the auto industry to rescue ailing companies and firms in the sector. It was gathered that Read More
The coronavirus pandemic indeed brought the world to its knees, with various countries imposing lockdown in the bid to stop the further spread of the virus. Consequently, efforts were deployed towards developing a vaccine that would halt the further spread of the novel coronavirus. In Nigeria, it was not any different as the country was also in lockdown. The government Read More
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has expressed worry over the trapping of $601 million airlines’revenue blocked in 17 African countries since the onset of COVID -19 over a year ago. Blocked funds are owed to airlines that could not be repatriated to their country in routes they fly to. According to the global airlines’ regulator the inability of these Read More
President of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, Dr Temitope Hussain said it was not true that 17 doctors died of COVID -19 in the hospital. Dr Hussain in a statement he personally signed and made available to journalists by the hospital Public Relations Officer, Mr Toye Akinrinlola, denied ever granting an interview saying 17 Read More
Dr Joe Okei Odumakin, the widow of the late human rights and pro-democracy activist, Yinka Odumakin, has said her husband died of respiratory issues due to COVID-19 complications. She her husband had recovered from COVID-19 out a week ago. In a statement she personally signed on Saturday, titled; “A part of me is gone.” The statement read in part: “With Read More
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has appealed to all citizens of Kaduna state to embrace their common humanity and uphold their obligations for peace and harmony in their various communities. Speaking in an Easter message to Christian faithful in Kaduna state on Saturday, the governor advised citizens to isolate and expose the criminals in their midst. ‘’While we all do our utmost Read More
Team Kaduna departed Kaduna on Saturday for the Edo 2020 National Sports Festival (NSF) with 400 athletes and officials, as the state government charged the team to be good ambassadors of the state. Team Kaduna will participate in 27 individual and team sports at the Edo 2020 Festival scheduled to hold from April 2 to 14, 2021 in Benin City, Read More
Spokesman for pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, Mr Yinka Odumakin, is dead. Reports say Odumakin died after COVID-19 complications at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital isolation centre. His wife, Mrs Joe Okei-Odumakin, who is heartbroken has already confirmed her husband’s demise. Details loading…
Thirty cases of rare blood clotting have been recorded in Britain among more than 18 million people who have had the AstraZeneca vaccination, the national medicines regulator said Friday. “The benefits of the vaccines against Covid-19 continue to outweigh any risks,” the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said, urging the public to keep taking the vaccine. Up to Read More
Aisha Aliyu Tsamiya is 30 years old; according to most members of Kannywood, she is upright and down-to-earth in her dealings. She tells ALIYU ASKIRA in this interview that since the Covid-19 pandemic, she has diversified her businesses by mostly concentrating on advertisements for companies and dealing in beverages and others. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, you have been scarce; what Read More
The Emir of Zaria, Alhaji Ahmad Bamalli, has urged Nigerians to imbibe the teachings of Jesus Christ on love and sacrifice. He also called for more security consciousness and observance of all COVID-19 prevention protocols by citizens. The emir made the call in an interaction with newsmen at his palace in Zaria on Friday. Bamalli said “in festive periods like Read More
The special adviser on politics and strategy to the Niger state governor, Alhaji Nma Kolo, has cautioned Nigerians on the need to strictly observe the Covid-19 protocols during the Easter celebrations, warning that “the virus is not yet totally tamed.” Kolo, who gave the advice in a statement issued in Minna on Friday, insisted that people should celebrate with great Read More
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Thursday, in Abuja presented cheques amounting to N125 million to four entrepreneurs and innovators. The entrepreneurs and innovators were adjudged winners of Jaiz Bank’s Covid-19 challenge competition. The competition is part of the bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) aimed at spurring ideas and innovation on how to curb Read More
COVID-19 vaccinations of seafarers must be prioritised amid concerns that lack of inoculation for vessel crews could leave the global supply chains vulnerable, five top UN bodies agree. The World Health Organisation, International Labour Organisation, International Maritime Organisation, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).issued a joint statement last week urging all United Nations Member Read More
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday begun the vaccination of members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Chapter, with a view to enhancing public confidence on the vaccine. The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, who inaugurated the exercise, at the NUJ Secretariat in Utako, said the administration considered it necessary to vaccinate journalists because they are Read More
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