The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill of N1.163 trillion, seven weeks after the budget was presented to the Assembly by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The House passed the budget after the report of the appropriation was presented during plenary by the Chairman, Joint Committee on Economic Planning and Budget and Finance, Gbolahan Yishawu (Eti Osa II). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gov. Sanwo-Olu had on Nov....
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has predicted a significant increase in coronavirus infections in Nigeria by January 2021. Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja, at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) National Briefing, Director General of the NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Iheakwazu said Nigeria would in January 2021 pay the price of violating the COVID-19 protocols during the festivities. “We just faced the worst week since we started responding to this outbreak. We had more cases in...
The Federal Government has suspended the passports of 100 in-bound airline passengers who failed to take the second test of COVID-19 after arriving in the country. Mr. Boss Mustapha, Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, disclosed this at the national briefing on Tuesday, in Abuja. Mustapha, also, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), said that the names of the passengers would be published on Jan. 1, 2021, while the suspension of...
By John Campbell It was long expected that Africa, with its weak public health infrastructure and the impoverishment of its population, would face particular disaster with the outbreak of COVID-19. It arrived later than in other parts of the world, apparently mostly from Europe. The disease’s earliest, high-profile victims were among those able to travel abroad, and South Africa—the country with probably the most extensive links to the rest of the world—early became the epicenter of the...
Please remember that when you left this world, the level of insecurity especially in the northern part of the country was not as bad as it is today. People in many northern states are now at the mercy of armed gangs who roam towns and villages, wreaking havoc and killing at will. ____ I write this postmortem letter to you, Your Excellency, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule Dan Masanin Kano of blessed memory, to intimate you...
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 397 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country has so far tested 932,327 people since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced on Feb. 27. The public health agency said that the new infections were reported from 17 states...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Monday, called on the international community to make 2021 “a year of healing” in his video message for the new year. “Together, let’s make peace among ourselves and with nature, tackle the climate crisis, stop the spread of COVID-19 and make 2021 a year of healing,’’ the UN chief said. “Healing from the impact of a deadly virus; healing broken economies and societies; healing divisions. “And starting to heal the...
An average of nine to 10 people in Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the United States (U.S.), currently test positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) every minute, local health officials said. The county’s Department of Public Health reported 13,661 new COVID-19 infections and 73 more deaths in a daily release, pushing its cumulative cases up to 733,325 with 9,555 related deaths. Officials estimated there were delayed reports of 432 additional deaths due to...
U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Tuesday said she would, on assuming office, bring a bill to Congress with a roadmap to citizenship for 11 million undocumented people. Harris said on Twitter that her first priority after assuming office would be to save American lives from the coronavirus pandemic. Together with Biden. she also vowed to join the Paris climate agreement from which the Trump administration had withdrawn earlier. “Day one @JoeBiden and I will...
Iran tested its locally developed Coviran Barekat Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine for the first time on Tuesday. According to the state broadcaster, three test subjects were given the vaccine in the presence of the Iranian health minister. An additional 56 people are set to receive the vaccine in the first phase of testing, and results should be announced in less than a month. President Hassan Rowhani said Iran would import foreign vaccines as well as use...
