Thanksgiving Service Episode 3: “He Used His Thing to Put the Oil Inside Me”

“When we entered the altar place,” she began “Pastor Edwin asked me to wait for him in one room. The room resemble office but now look like self-contain apartment because parlour chair, bed and small wardrobe was there.” She pushed beyond the limitations of her fluency to paint a clearer picture. “Mhm?” I followed. “After some time, he came inside the room and said that God show him something.” A reckless driver I had been...

Yuletide COVID-19 Surge: FTC Admin Bans Nightclubs, Parties, Religious Congregations

The current status of COVID-19 in the Nation’s capital Abuja has forced the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to place ban on nightclubs, parties and religious congregations with over 50 worshippers. The administration in a statement Saturday by the Secretary, Health and Human Services Secretariat Dr. Abubakarl Tafida noted that the failure of residents to adopt simple preventive measures was worrisome. The statement said read in part, “Any gathering in excess of 50 people must...

Feds Increases Hazard Allowance for Doctors,  Other Healthcare Workers

It has been gathered that the Federal Government has increased the hazard allowance for medical doctors and other health workers in the country. It was also learnt that while the government increased the doctors’ allowance from N5,000 to between N32,000 and N40,000; other health workers like nurses, laboratory workers among others had theirs reviewed to between N15,000 and N34,000. This was according to a circular with reference number SWC/S/04/S.218/11/406 dated December 22, 2021 and signed...

Barbed Oddities of the Conformist

To dance another’s dance steps is to deprive your soul its freedom of expression. To think another’s thought is to suffocate the elasticity of your mind. To embrace war without defence is to dig a self-made grave. To fume anger without understanding is to get burnt with strange fire. To expect a harvest different from its seed is to nurture the weed of disappointment. To compare oneself to another is to fix round pegs into...

Thirty People Confirm Positive With Lassa Fever In Bauchi

Thirty people have been confirmed positive with Lassa fever in six local government areas of Bauchi State. The affected local government areas include: Bauchi, Bogoro, Ganjuwa, Kirfi, Tafawa Balewa and Toro. Executive Chairman, State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, gave the figure in an interactive with journalists on the current situation of the disease, held at the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) in Bauchi. Dr Mohammed attributed the surge of the disease due...

WHO Lists Nine COVID-19 Vaccines That Can Be Used for Emergency

On Friday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued an Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for NVX-CoV2373, expanding the basket of WHO-validated vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The vaccine, named CovovaxTM, is produced by the Serum Institute of India under license from Novavax and is part of the COVAX facility portfolio, giving a much-needed boost to ongoing efforts to vaccinate more people in lower-income countries. WHO’s EUL procedure assesses the quality, safety, and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines...

Thanksgiving Service Episode 1: “My Little Man With A Mind Of His Own”

It was the end of the year thanksgiving service- usually the longest church service we have in a year. Different heads and departments would dance respectively to the altar with a crowd of members or visitors accompanying them- Daddy/Mummy G.O and family, pastors, choir department, ushers, intercessors, and even individuals who had booked their special thanksgiving session, prior. At some point, I got exhausted from the hailing and periodic scream inspired in the congregation by...

FG Plan to Red List UK, Others Not Tit-for-Tat Over Omicron – Minister

LAGOS — The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Adeleke Olorunnimbe Mamora, has shed more light on the plan of the Federal Government to place on a red-list, countries that have placed Nigeria on a red-list in the wake of a new Omicron variant of the COVID-19. Dr. Mamora shared the insight while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s News a@ 10, he said that contrary to claims that the said plan was on...

National Film, Video Censors Board To Ban Smoking In Movies

Mr. Adedayo Thomas, Executive Director, National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) says the board has commenced engagement with practitioners and stakeholders in the movie and entertainment industry to enforce the law banning smoking in movies.  He made this known on Saturday while presenting a communique at the end of the entertainment industry stakeholders roundtable in Lagos. “The engagement is geared towards ensuring that practitioners in the movie industry adhered to no-smoking laws in Nigerian...

Omicron: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Suspend Flights From Nigeria

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has suspended flights from Nigeria due to the new Coronavirus variant, Omicron. This is coming a few days after Canada and United Kingdom extended the travel ban to travelers from Nigeria. A circular signed by Assistant President for Economic Policy and Air Transport, Dr. Faisal Al Sugair, titled ‘’Suspension of flights from and to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, said the ban affects all airlines operating in the airports of...

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