Fight against Tuberculosis in Cross River goes Digital
…As Gov Ben Ayade launches wellness on wheels Truck TB response and indeed several other diseases challenging the health sector suffered huge set back in Year 2020 as attention was concentrated on COVID-19 response. This was not the case in Cross River state, as the state Ministry of Health was able to sustain and even […]
VP Pence says calls for invoking 25th Amendment misplaced
US Vice President Mike Pence has refused to invoke the 25th Amendment, describing the call as misplaced and saying it was designed to “address presidential incapacity or disability,” not as a “means of punishment or usurpation.” “With just eight days left in the President’s term, you and the Democratic Caucus are demanding that the Cabinet […]
Indonesia suspends search for crashed jet’s cockpit recorder
Indonesia on Wednesday temporarily suspended a search by divers for the cockpit voice recorder of a Sriwijaya Air that crashed with 62 people on board shortly after take-off on Saturday. The search in the Java Sea had to be halted due to bad weather that whipped up waves of up to 2.5 metres […]
COVID-19 vaccines efficacy debate worries Australia’s chief medical officer
Australian Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said on Wednesday that he was “concerned” that the debate around the efficacy of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines could erode public confidence. The Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology recently called on the Australian government to pause its planned rollout of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccines, saying it might not […]
US executes first woman in decades over fetal abduction
An American woman who murdered a pregnant dog breeder in order to steal her baby was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday, becoming the first female to be executed by US federal authorities in nearly seven decades. The US Justice Department said Lisa Montgomery, 52, was pronounced dead at 1:31 am Eastern Time (0631 […]
BukkyKoga: Awaiting the impact of COVID-19 vaccine to aid my business
Bukonla Ifedayo Esan, also known as BukkyKoga, a Nigerian, and UK-based graduate of Business Admin/HR, expresses how 2020 was a year companies, and local organizations experienced great transformation and how hopeful she is with the news of the COVID-19 vaccine. According to the CEO of @bkglam1 & @bkglamevents, the COVID-19 vaccine might be why businesses […]
‘WHO working with China’s COVID-19 vaccine producers’
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus has said that a WHO team in China is working with producers of China’s COVID-19 vaccines for potential emergency use listings.
YouTube suspends Trump channel over violence fears
Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday temporarily suspended President Donald Trump’s channel and removed a video for violating its policy against inciting violence, joining other social media platforms in banning his accounts after last week’s Capitol riot. Trump’s access to the social media platforms he has used as a megaphone during his presidency has been largely cut […]
Be wary of any Facebook account bearing Matthew Tonlagha – Otuaro
The Ibe-uyadonwei of Gbaramatu kingdom, Chief Dennis Otuaro has warned members of the public to be wary of certain Facebook Account to be that of the Executive Director of Fenog Nigeria Limited, Mr. Matthew Tonlagha, saying it was created for the purpose of impersonating him with masked intentions of defrauding unsuspecting people online. In a […]
Bakassi Peninsula: Nigeria disposed to maintaining peace with her neighbours — Gov Bagudu
Kebbi Governor Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, on Tuesday, observed that Nigeria had always been disposed to maintaining peace with her neighbours, especially on thorny boundary issues.
Court Martial sentences soldier to death by firing squad
…Jails 5 others for various terms, demotes another By Ndahi Marama A court-martial sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State capital yesterday sentenced Trooper Azunna Maduabuchi to death by firing squad for killing the adjutant of his unit, one Lieutenant Babakaka Ngorgi. Maduabuchi of 212 Battalion was arraigned for murder after shooting Lieutenant Ngorgi in July 2020 […]
Nine state commands, other formations get new CPs
By Evelyn Usman There was a major shake up at the Police High Command yesterday, as nine Commissioners of Police were posted to State Commands, while 12 others were redeployed to other Police formations across the country. Consequently, CP Ari Mohammed Ali, who was the Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of Operations, Lagos State Police […]
COVID-19: VCs, ASUU clash over varsities’ resumption
…We’re ready for resumption Jan 18 – VCs …Why we’re against re-opening of varsities amid pandemic – ASUU By James Ogunnaike Vice Chancellors of some federal and state universities and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, were at daggers drawn yesterday over resumption of universities in the face of the second wave of COVID-19 […]
Biden’s transition forces Pompeo to cancel last European trip
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has cancelled a final trip to Europe a day after it was announced, citing the transition to a new administration as President Donald Trump’s term in office comes to a close.
Youths shut down NDDC hqtrs over Akwa’s alleged divide and rule tactics
By Egufe Yafugborhi PROTESTING youths, yesterday, shut down Port Harcourt, Rivers State headquarters of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, over alleged divide and rule by the commission’s Sole Administrator, Effiong Akwa. The protesters, in their hundreds from Ibikalama, host community to the corporate head office of NDDC, besieged the premises, accusing Akwa of going behind […]
‘Universities won’t reopen unless…’
By Adesina Wahab, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Joseph Erunke, Ozioruva Aliu and Demola Akinyemi Non-aca- demic staff in the nation’s universities yesterday asked the Federal Government to sack Education Minister, Malam Adamu Adamu, and his Labour and Employment counterpart, Chris Ngige, for supporting the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, who they alleged of scheming to cheat […]
