The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 930 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the number surpassed the previous record of 796 cases recorded on Dec. 11. The centre said Nigeria has conducted about 859,357 tests since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was announced in February this year. NCDC said...
Human trials began on Thursday for Nanocovax, Vietnam’s first home-grown COVID-19 vaccine, a Director of a National Medical Research Centre said. “In the first phase, we will choose a group of 60 volunteers. This morning, we have finished vaccinating three people. “They will be monitored for three days, and if they remain in good condition, we will continue to vaccinate the rest.’’ Ho Anh Son, Deputy Director of the Military Medical Research Institute, told dpa....
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Osogbo Field Office, has warned residents of the state against panic buying, hoarding and storing of petroleum products at home during the Yuletide period. Mr Benjamin Ogunnubi, the DPR Operations Controller in Osun, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Osogbo. Ogunnubi said there was no cause for panic buying, as the Federal Government had made adequate provision for availability of...
The Defence Headquarters says the military and other security agencies are reviewing operations to ensure safe rescue of the children abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operation, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, stated this while giving update on the military operations across the country on Wednesday in Abuja. Enenche said that the military had taken all the necessary brief from the operating agencies and the government of Katsina State on...
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Mr. Onyemuche Nnamani, as a member of Police Service Commission. This followed the adoption of the report of Senate Committee on Police Affairs, presented by the Chairman Sen. Jika Haliru during plenary. Presenting the report, Haliru said that the nominee passed the screening, adding that, there was no petition against him. Contributing, Sen. Chukwuka Utazi (PDP-Enugu), described Nnamani as `a nationalist’ who would help the commission achieve...
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Delta Safe have dismantled several illegal refineries and impounded large quantities of stolen products in Rivers and Delta within two weeks. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operation, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, announced this while giving update on the military operations across the country on Wednesday in Abuja. Enenche said that the Armed Forces of Nigeria in conjunction with other security agencies recorded huge successes while carrying out comprehensive anti-illegal refinery...
Israel is to begin its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination campaign on Sunday, with health workers first in line to receive the jab, the presidential office said on Wednesday. President Reuven Rivlin would take part in an official event at a hospital in Jerusalem, where he would also be vaccinated along with health personnel, the presidential office said. The vaccination campaign was initially scheduled to begin on Dec. 27, but there had been speculation that it would...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has appointed its former National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun as the chairman of its South-South Reconciliation Committee. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), announced this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Akpanudoedehe said that the decision to set up the committee was taken at the South-South leaders’ meeting held on Tuesday in Abuja. He said there was need for the South-South leaders to...
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti and other eminent personalities have advocated for more funds and powers to states in Nigeria. They stated this on Wednesday at the Third Annual Abiola Ajimobi Roundtable and 71st posthumous birthday of the late former Oyo State governor, held in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event was organised by the newly-established Sen. Abiola...
The Federal Executive Council says Nigeria has signed up with the World Health Organisation(WHO), Gavi and manufacturers in order to procure COVID-19 vaccine. Gave is an international organisation created in 2000 to improve access to new and underused vaccines. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Enahire, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The virtual FEC was presided over by Vice...
