The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday listed the COVID-19 vaccine Ad26.COV2.S, developed by Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), for emergency use in all countries and for COVAX roll-out. WHO, in a statement posted on its website, said the decision came on the back of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) authorisation, which was announced on Thursday. The statement quoted WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, as saying “every new, safe and effective tool against COVID-19 is another step closer to controlling the pandemic. “But the hope offered by these tools will not materialise unless they are made available to all people in…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that it was aware of blood clot concerns linked to “a specific batch” of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, but maintained that to date, no-one has died from any coronavirus vaccine. WHO spokesperson, Dr Margaret Harris, in a videoconference in Geneva, said the development came after several European countries suspended the rollout of the jab as a precaution. “As of 9 March, there have been over 268 million doses of vaccine delivered since the start of the pandemic, “Based on data reported – that’s data reported to WHO by national governments – no causes…
Troops of Quick Response Force of 1 Division, Nigerian Army, has foiled attempt by bandits to kidnap some students of Turkish International Secondary School located in Rigachikun, Kaduna State. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, in a statement on Friday, said the troops quickly mobilised to protect the school from the bandits following a tip off on the planned abduction. According to him, troops also responded to another distress call that bandits had stormed the Federal School of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Igabi Local Government Area of the state with aim of kidnapping the staff and students. “The troops…
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court on Friday sentenced a 38-year-old lecturer, Adebisi Ademola, to six months imprisonment over his involvement in love scam. Ademola, who teaches at the State College of Health Technology (Health Tech), Offa, was among the 33 suspected internet fraudsters arrested on Sept. 14, 2020, in Offa local government area of Kwara. The defendant was prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on one-count charge bordering on romance scam. The offence is contrary to and punishable under Section 95 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria.…
The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, has condemned the recent abduction of over 200 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna state. This is contained in a statement by the national president of the association, Ladi Bala and made available to ASHENEWS on Friday. According to her, “The latest abduction which is the fourth in the series of attacks on schools in last two months, calls for urgent and proactive actions by the Federal government and security agencies to halt the activities of criminals in the country. “From Kankara in Katsina State, to Kagara in…
In spite of the recorded BBC interview, Babagana Monguno, the National Security Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, has denied that he said the huge funds approved by the president for the purchase of arms were missing. The NSA earlier on Friday, granted an interview to the BBC Hausa and published here where he said the that the new service chiefs did not see the arms supposed to have been purchased with the ‘huge funds’. However, reacting to media reports carried in various media, Monguno, in an “Urgent Press Statement”, issued by the office of the National Security Adviser on Friday,…
One year after, the Lagos State Police Command, have arrested Mr Adelaja Segun Moses, aged 26. Moses, who hails from Emuren, Ogun State was arrested on Saturday 6th March, 2021 at about 2am, in Emuren Ogun state during a sting operation. The spokesperson of the command, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement on Friday said the suspect was arrested for his involvement in the kidnapping and killing of one Chinese national in February last year. According to the statement, the suspect, a strong member of Aiye Confraternity, and his cohort kidnapped the Chinese national at Okunowa, Ijebu, in Ogun state…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says equity, justice and fairness for all segments of society are imperative in the pursuit of unity in the county. Osinbajo said this on Friday in Sokoto while delivering the Convocation Lecture of the Sokoto State University. The vice president, who was received at Sokoto airport by Governor Aminu Tambuwal, also paid courtesy call on the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar. Osinbajo spoke on the roles that leaders must play to engender unity in his lecture entitled: “Nigeria, Some Defining Issues for the Future.’’ The vice president said that any fear or allegation of marginalisation or…
By Tina George, Minna The Alubarika Women Cooperative Group in Fazhi community in Edati local government area of Niger state, has received shea butter processing centre from the PZ Cussons Foundation. The Executive Secretary of the Board of Trustees of PZ Cussons Foundation, Mrs Jacqueline Ezeokwelume, at the handing over ceremony, said that the aim was to support women and make them economically viable. Represented by Mr Peter Ozondu, she said that the project would further empower the women and help in addressing some of the economic challenges faced by women in the community. “The project is an opportunity to…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday inaugurated a 13-member Governing Council and a 10-member Board of Trustees of the Ogoni Trust Fund on Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP). Buhari, while inaugurating the bodies in Abuja, said that the project was for the benefit of the impacted communities in Ogoniland and the nation at large. The Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammad Abubakar is the Chairman of the governing council while Mr Michael Nwileaghi is the Chairman of the board of trustees. Buhari was represented by Mr Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). He said that the minister…