An initial shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer arrived in Israel on Wednesday, the first of about 8 million Pfizer vaccines that the country is expected to receive. The Israeli health ministry said this in a statement. A DHL cargo flight from Belgium’s Brussels landed at the Ben Gurion airport outside Tel Aviv, carrying a small number of vaccines for a pilot run of the logistics of transportation and refrigerated storage procedure, statement said. “I...
By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ______ Amid incessant cases of kidnappings plaguing the state, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has warned kidnappers and other criminal kingpins to either leave or risk death penalty. Fintiri gave the warning , during a courtesy visit to Gangwari Ganye, HRH Alhaji Umaru Adamu Sanda, at the traditional council’s palace in Ganye Local Government southern senatorial district of Adamawa state. Fintiri said the state government would take a...
Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said Nigeria and other African countries to access COVID-19 vaccines from the end of January through the first quarter of 2021. The statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday quoted the former Finance Minister as disclosing this after a closed-door meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, in Abuja. She was quoted as saying, “As long as one person has it in...
The Nobel Laurette, Prof Wole Soyinka, has described the year 2020 as the most challenging year due to vicissitudes of problems. He added that Nigerian situation was worse as a result of the imperial nature of its leadership at the socio-cultural and religious levels. The Professor of Literature spoke at the Booksellers in Ibadan, Oyo State Capital, which is also the venue of his new book, Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth,’ a book...
By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state, said most of the Almajiris roaming the streets in the northern part of the country are foreigners from Niger Republic, Chad and Cameroun. The governor revealed this while declaring open a 3-day retreat organised in Kano by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). The theme of the retreat is, ‘Enhancing Basic Education in Nigeria towards a Robust Institutional Strengthening and Effective Stakeholder...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 550 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the country. The NCDC disclosed this via its verified website on Tuesday. It said that the 550 new cases had taken the total number of infections in the country to 70,195. The agency disclosed that it recorded an additional COVID-19-related death to take the total number of fatalities in the country to 1,182. The new cases, it said, were...
By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Amid dwindling economic fortunes, the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has called on the federal government to make concerted effort towards reviving the newsprint factories in Nigeria to boost the newspaper industry. NPAN made the call Tuesday in a communiqué after its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos, during which new executive members were elected. Those elected include Chairman Trust Media Limited, Malam Kabir A. Yusuf, (president); while Chairman Guardian Press Limited, Lady Maiden Ibru,...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore-in Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for the second and final five-year term in office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the swearing-in ceremony took place just before the commencement of the weekly virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council, (FEC), in the Council Chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Senate had on Dec. 1, confirmed the nomination of Yakubu for re- appointment as...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed Mobile Network Operators to immediately suspend the sales and registration of new SIM cards in the country to allow an audit of the Subscribers Registration Database. The NCC Director of Public Affair, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, made this known in a statement on Wednesday, saying that it was absolutely necessary for operators to comply pending the conclusion of the audit. In his words, the Minister of Communication and Digital...
By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ The Director General media to Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state, has called on a former chairman of the economic and financial crimes commission, Nuhu Ribadu, to clear the air on issues surrounding the financial misappropriation allegations levelled against him by his predecessor, Farida Waziri. Solomon Kumangar, the spoke’s man to the governor, made the call in Yola while reacting to Ribadu’s statement that Fintiri’s government is fraudulent....
