Brazil has registered more than 300,000 deaths in connection with Covid-19 since the pandemic started, behind the United States with 545,000 deaths in the same period. The Health Ministry, which said this on Thursday, put the exact number of deaths at 300,685 people at 8 pm (2300 GMT) tally, including over 2,000 deaths in the previous 24 hours. A day earlier, Brazil recorded 3,000 deaths in a day for the first time. In the largest country in Latin America, more than 12.2 million coronavirus infections have been recorded so far. Intensive care units are working at maximum capacity in most…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N82 billion for the completion of infrastructure projects in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Rehabilitation of the Federal Secretariat, Abuja is also included in the project. The Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammed Bello, made the announcement while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday. Bello said that about N8.1 billion of the amount was approved for the rehabilitation of the Federal Secretariat. “I presented six memos and all have to do with infrastructure and infrastructure-related projects. “The first…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 96 new cases of COVID-19 late on Wednesday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 162,178. The NCDC, which made the announcement on its official Twitter handle made no mention of any death from the disease within the past 24 hours. “On the 24th of March, 96 new confirmed cases were recorded in Nigeria. “Till date, 162,178 cases have been confirmed, 148,726 cases have been discharged and 2,031 deaths have been recorded in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. “The 96 new cases are reported from 15…
The British-Swedish pharmaceuticals company AstraZeneca has provided new data which it says proves that its COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective. The vaccine has a 76 per cent efficacy rating against symptomatic COVID-19; AstraZeneca said in a statement on Thursday morning, citing further data from its phase III study with around 32,500 test subjects. For people over 65, the efficacy rating is 85 per cent, the company added. This means that among the older subjects in a vaccinated group, 85 per cent fewer cases of illness occurred than among those in a control group. AstraZeneca spoke of 100 per cent efficacy…
Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger state has said that only people of impeccable character could be in positions of leadership to fix Nigeria for the better. Governor Sani Bello stated this while declaring open a three-day training for youths, a collaborative programme between the state government and Lead Generation Initiative (LGI), held at Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference Centre, Minna. “The quality of leadership, integrity and the character of whoever we vote for is what will fix this country”, he said. He said, for Nigeria to get the desired change, people must actively participate in the political process because no…
Russia can play a great role in financing energy projects and gas development in Mozambique, Senegal, Tanzania, Nigeria and other countries The inter-party online conference drew attention to the developments of Africa’s energy market, navigating relations on the continent for Russia-Africa partnerships and highlighting the announcement of the creation of the Russia-Africa Energy Committee aimed at developing clean power and strategic framework towards the continent’s energy crisis. While the agenda for the United Russia Party is aimed at growing Russian presence on the continent, Presidents and delegates across Africa were able to address their countries economic challenges, technological advances,…
…As CNG warns against impunity A human rights lawyer, Mr. Rickey Tarfa (SAN), has given the Department of State Services, DSS, 48 hours to either release the 26 Bureau de Change, BDC, operators in its custody or take them to court. This is also as the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, warns against further rights abuses by authorities’ subversion of the rule of law. The senior advocate, in a letter addressed to the Director-General of DSS, Yusuf Bichi Magaji in Abuja, sighted by ASHENEWS, said that if the DSS failed to act, he would approach court and demand for the…
A 43-year-old Muhammad Abba, has been exposed by his wife for allegedly looting women’s shoes during the Katsina Central Market inferno, which occured on Monday. Abba, according to the spokesperson of the state police command, Mr Gambo Isah disclosed to newsmen, has been arrested along with 33 other persons suspected to have looted traders’ wares. Speaking specifically on Abba, the spokesperson alleged that the suspect looted seven pairs of women shoes during the incident, and kept them in his house. According to him, Abba’s wife, after trying in vain to get her husband to return the shoes to the relevant…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is clear that the world needs to intensify efforts to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, stated this at the special session of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board at the agency’s headquarters at Geneva on Wednesday. In his speech posted on its website, he said it was important to end AIDS as public health threat by 2030, because of the disruption COVID-19 pandemic has caused AIDS services. Ghebreyesus, however, said the world should remember that of the 700 thousand deaths from HIV last year, one…
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the report of the Auditor General for the Federation, AGF, on accounting and financial infractions by government and international organisations. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep Abdullahi Abdulkadir in Abuja on Wednesday. Moving the motion, Abdulkadir said that the AGF had raised several queries on the federation account, particularly covering 2015 to 2017 as regards losses of income due to leakages. He said that the quarries further bothered on financial misapplication, misappropriation, under-reporting and falsification. He added that this was corroborated by the Forensic Audit Report by KPMG that…