Peter Obi Explains Why he Wants to Dismantle Existing Political Structure

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaPeter Obi Explains Why he Wants to Dismantle Existing Political Structure

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 20, 2022

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has debunked the impression that he does not have the political structure to win in the forthcoming presidential poll. Speaking during an interaction with journalists in Uyo at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa Ibom State Council Secretariat on Monday, Obi said his goal was to dismantle the existing political structure in the country. According to him, the existing political structure is one of...

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India Records Decrease Of Coronavirus Cases

CoronavirusIndiaIndia Records Decrease Of Coronavirus Cases

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 27, 2022

India on Sunday reported a decrease of 442 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 43,994. The country is thirty-fifth among the most affected countries globally by active cases. On Sunday, it added 4,777 cases to take its total caseload to 44,568,114. And, with 23 new fatalities, including 11 more reconciled by Kerala, its COVID-19 death toll reached 528,510, or 1.19 per cent of total confirmed infections. With 1,563,151 more COVID-19 vaccine doses...

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422 Passengers Arrested With Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Cards In Nigeria

CoronavirusNews422 Passengers Arrested With Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Cards In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 14, 2022

The Federal Ministry of Health has said over 422 passengers were arrested with fake COVID-19 vaccination cards in July and August 2022. Geoffrey Okatubo, Director, Port Health Services disclosed this during the ministerial briefing and update on COVID-19 response and development in the health sector. Okatubo explained that a high number of passengers coming and leaving the country turned up with fake COVID-19 vaccination cards, though 96 percent of passengers coming to Nigeria were COVID-19 vaccinated. “176...

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41,235,148 Nigerians Receive First Dose Of Covid-19 Vaccine

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaVaccination41,235,148 Nigerians Receive First Dose Of Covid-19 Vaccine

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 24, 2022

The Nigerian Government said 41,235,148 of its eligible population have successfully been vaccinated with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of 23rd August 2022. The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) yesterday disclosed that it represented 36.9 percent of the country’s eligible population. Speaking at the maiden Quarterly review meeting of the Southwest Traditional Leaders Committee on primary health care delivery (SWTLC) held in Abuja, the Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib said: “As...

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World Bank Seeks Accelerated Implementation of NG-CARES by States

CoronavirusEconomyNigeriaWorld Bank Seeks Accelerated Implementation of NG-CARES by States

PilotnewsJune 17, 2022

ABUJA — The Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES), has urged the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to accelerate the implementation of the programmes. Prof. Foluso Okunmadewa, the World Bank, Lead Specialist, Social Protection, and Task Team Leader for NG-CARES, made the call at a two-day implemention status review meeting with States’ Coordinators on Thursday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NG-CARES is...

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Bridging the Gap in Nigeria’s Health Sector Beyond COVID-19 Pandemic

CoronavirusUnited NationsBridging the Gap in Nigeria’s Health Sector Beyond COVID-19 Pandemic

PilotnewsJune 14, 2022

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) describes the COVID-19 pandemic as a defining global health crisis of our time and the greatest challenge faced since World War II. The UN agency argues that since COVID-19’s emergence in Asia in 2019, the virus has spread to every continent except Antarctica. It says the pandemic is in fact much more than a health crisis taking into consideration its unprecedented socio-economic impact. Stressing every one of the countries...

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COVID-19 Is Not Over, WHO Warns

CoronavirusHealthNewsCOVID-19 Is Not Over, WHO Warns

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 23, 2022

Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO), has warned that COVID-19 is not over in spite of the reports that cases and deaths have declined significantly. Ghebreyesus said this at the opening of the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of WHO comprised of representatives of 194 countries, on Sunday in Geneva, Switzerland. The 75th World Health Assembly, the first in-person Health Assembly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, is being held in...

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Jehovah’s Witnesses Reopens Kingdom Halls Two Years After Covid-19 Pandemic

CoronavirusReligionJehovah’s Witnesses Reopens Kingdom Halls Two Years After Covid-19 Pandemic

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 4, 2022

Jehovah’s Witnesses in Nigeria and across the world have reopened their places of worship, known as Kingdom Halls, after observing two years of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions. At the outset of the pandemic, starting in March 2020, most of the Witnesses’ Kingdom Halls were closed in favor of biweekly meetings conducted via Zoom. The Christian body, however, resumed in-person worship on Friday, April, 1. Olusegun Eroyemi, spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Nigeria in a video announcement...

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Two local governments Are Still Under Boko Haram – Hon. Lawal

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaPoliticsTwo local governments Are Still Under Boko Haram – Hon. Lawal

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 2, 2022

The Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan, has lamented that Guzamala and Kukawa local government areas are still held by the terrorist group. Lawan was speaking at the official flag off ceremony for distribution of Phase IV Scholarship worth N5 million to 446 indigent students of Guzamala, displaced by insurgents in the last six years, studying at various tertiary institutions. The occasion which took place at the Kashim Ibrahim College...

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FG Scraps PCR Test for Fully Vaccinated Travelers

CoronavirusVaccinationFG Scraps PCR Test for Fully Vaccinated Travelers

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 22, 2022

ABUJA — The Federal Government, on Monday, said that fully vaccinated inbound travelers would no longer be required to take the pre-departure PCR Covid-19 test. The FG said they would, however, be subjected to rapid antigen test at the airport by the NCDC within the arrival hall of the airport free of charge. The decision was coming after the complaints by many travellers over the cost placed on the PCR test. The Secretary to the...

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