Facebook Inc, on Monday said it had started adding labels to posts that discussed the safety of the shots and would soon label all posts about the vaccines. The social media company, which has been criticised by lawmakers and researchers for allowing vaccine misinformation to spread on its platforms, said in a blog post that measures were now in place to check that. It also said it was launching a tool in the U.S. to give people information about where to get COVID-19 vaccines and adding a COVID-19 information area to Instagram, its photo-sharing site. False claims and conspiracies about…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Army says the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole, have eliminated scores of the Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on Saturday in Borno. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Yerima said the encounters, which took place around the fringes of the Tumbus of Lake Chad region also led to the destruction of terrorists’ gun trucks and recovery of large cache of arms and ammunition. He said that the combined troops of Sector 2 advanced and cleared Daban Massara and Ali Sherifti villages among other…
The Osun Police Command has said that the killing of six persons by unknown gunmen at a farming settlement on Sunday in Wasinmi village in Irewole local government area of Osun was not connected to herders-farmers crisis. The state police Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, said in a statement that intensive manhunt was underway for perpetrators of the criminal act. “The Osun State Police Command wishes to state categorically that the unfortunate attack on a family at a settlement in the outskirts of Wasinmi Village, Ikire, Osun State, today 14th March, 2021, is not connected with any clash between farmers and…
Ex-while leader of the Niger Delta militants, Asari Dokubo has dared the Nigerian government by proclaiming a Biafra state. Declaring himself as the leader of the new Biafra defacto Customary Government (BCG), as reported by The Sun on Sunday, Dokubo said he would constitute a provincial government. The Head of Information and Communication of the customary government, Uche Mefor announced in a statement that while George Onyibe will serve as Secretary, Emeka Esiri will be in charge of the legal matters. According to Mefor, the reason for the new government was based alleged injustice and marginalisation on the Igbos in…
Stephen Akintayo Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has paid N2.5 million as school fees for 50 students in Nigeria. The founder of the group, Dr Stephen Akintayo, while presenting the cheques to the beneficiaries on Sunday at Ikeja, Lagos, said that the payment would help cushion the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the parents of the beneficiaries. He said that the cheques were written in favour of the beneficiaries’ schools, adding that the fees would be paid directly to the schools’ account on behalf of the students. According to him, this is to ensure the money is used for…
By Muhammad Nasir A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Future Leaders, through Qatar Charity Foundation, has provided life sponsorship for no fewer than 166 orphans in Sokoto State. The Chairman of the state Zakkat and Endowment Commission, Muhammad Maidoki explained at Gandi village in Rabah local government area on Sunday, that the sponsorship was part of the NGO’s individual endowment to the needy. Maidoki said that no fewer than 100 orphans from the camp of Internally Displace Persons (IDP’s) in Gandi were selected, while others were orphans from Sokoto metropolis and its environs. “Each of the orphans selected was chosen by an…
By Muhammad Nasir The Sultan of Sokoto and the President General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) , Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Monday March 15, as the first day of Sha’aban 1442AH. Abubakar, made the declaration in a statement by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto. “Sultanate Council Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs in Conjunction with the National Moonsighting Committee did not receive any report confirming the sighting of the crescent. “This is for the new moon of Sha’aban 1442AH on Saturday March 13, which is equivalent to the 29th day…
Stakeholders in the environment sector in North-East states, have called for the review of state laws to ensure adequate protection of the environment. Responding during a NAN survey, some noted that there were areas that called for urgent enforcement of environment laws, but had been ignored for political and religious reasons. One of the respondents cited the case of ‘noise pollution’ that often emanated from houses of worship as one of the sensitive cases. But, he lamented that appropriate authorities were too scared of taking measures against this type of noise pollution because of its implication on their political fortunes.…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto has observed that Nigeria is drifting and needed better leaders that could save it from the impending doom as well as get the leadership selection process right. He made this observation Saturday, at a reception and public lecture held at Sultan Palace in honour of members of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, who were appointed into his administration. Responding to a paper titled: ‘The Responsibility of a State and Stable Democracy in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects,’ delivered at the event by the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral…
A combined forces of security operatives comprising troops of the Nigerian Army, Police and some security volunteers, has foiled attempted kidnap of students of Government Science Secondary School Ikara in Kaduna state. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan who briefed newsmen on Sunday, said “between the late hours of Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday, suspected bandits stormed the Government Science Secondary School, Ikara, Ikara local government area, in an attempt to kidnap students.” He explained that the students used the security alert system to intimate the security forces, who quickly moved…