The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has solicited the National Assembly’s support to convert existing voting points in the country to polling units. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the appeal on Tuesday during a presentation on the state of voter access to Pulling Units (PUs) in Nigeria, to the National Assembly Joint Committee on INEC and Electoral Matters, in Abuja. He said that some of the voting points when converted to polling units would be relocated to underserved areas. Yakubu also urged the lawmakers and stakeholders to help de-politicise issues around the intention of the commission saying that the…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has declared as safe and efficacious, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, as Nigeria takes delivery of 3.92 doses of the vaccine. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the PTF Chairman, Mr Boss Mustapha, made the declaration in Abuja. Nigeria has received 3,9340,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from India. The doses are the first tranche of the 16 million doses expected under COVAX Facility arrangement. Speaking at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, the SGF said: “The arrival of the AstraZeneca vaccine today marks a significant milestone in the National Response to the COVID-19…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, press centre in Zamfara has been set on fire by suspected arsonists. The secretary of the council, Abubakar Ahmad told ASHENEWS in a telephone conversation Tuesday night that the fire gutted about four shops at the front of the press centre. “Some politicians had problem among themselves which led to the crisis that got one of the shops, which we let out to some of them, to be set on fire. “Three other shops cut up with fire also. But the Zamfara fire service has been able to put the fire off. The main…
By Habibu Harisu Police have established additional five units to strengthen the security activities against banditry and other criminalities in Sokoto State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Sakoto State command, Mr Sanusi Abubakar, disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Sokoto. Abubakar said that the units covered Eastern parts of the state comprising Gwadabawa, Illela, Sabon Birni, Isa and Wurno local government areas noting that the units were headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police. He said that the command had on Monday launched ”Operation PUFF ADDER II”, an intensive exersise to provide adequate security in areas overwhelmed by…
Zambia’s cabinet has approved the publication and introduction of a bill in parliament for the legalisation of the cultivation of cannabis, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday. Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya said the decision was made during a virtual cabinet meeting held on Monday, March 1. She said in a statement that the bill was meant to provide for the regulation of the cultivation, production, storage, and distribution of cannabis for medicinal, scientific, and research purposes. The government spokesperson said the cabinet expected that the country would benefit both medically and economically through the enactment of the law on…
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan announced on Tuesday that a Japanese woman in her 60s died several days after being administered a dose of the Pfizer vaccine. The woman, said to have no underlying conditions or allergies received the shot on Feb.26. She died on March 1, from what is presumed to be subarachnoid hemorrhage – a type of stroke affecting the space between the brain and the surrounding membrane. The ministry said that it would launch a probe to establish if the woman’s death was related to the vaccine. So far, there had been no…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has again successfully transmitted an enhanced peak generation of 5,801.60Mega Watts (MW) as at 9:30 p.m. March 1. TCN’s General Manager Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah said this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Mbah said the latest peak generation was transmitted at a frequency of 50.09Hz. She said the value of the transmission was higher than 5,615.40MW recorded on Feb. 28, by 186.20MW. Mbah said on Feb. 26, TCN equally transmitted a new Maximum Daily Energy of 116,891.14 MegaWatt Hour (MWH), which was higher than the previous value of 116,121.42MWH…
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the nation’s security chiefs to recover all areas being occupied by insurgents, bandits and kidnappers across the country. The National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, told State House correspondents that the president gave the order during the just concluded meeting of the National Security Council. The meeting was presided by Buhari at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. According to him, no sovereign nation will allow a group of non-state actors to bring it down to its knees and render the state in state of panic, apprehension, mistrust and…
The World Health Organisation, WHO, expert panel has advised against the use of hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19. WHO Nigeria in a statement posted on its media WhatsApp on Tuesday stated that the drug was no longer a research priority, noting that resources should focus on other more promising drugs to prevent COVID-19. “The anti-inflammatory drug hydroxychloroquine should not be used to prevent infection in people who do not have COVID-19, say a WHO Guideline Development Group (GDG) panel of international experts in The BMJ today. “Their strong recommendation is based on high certainty evidence from six randomised controlled trials involving…
Jangebe schoolgirls who were abducted by bandits in Zamfara, have disclosed that some of their kidnappers gave them phone numbers and promising to marry them. Many of the girls interviewed by Daily Trust said the bandits wanted the schoolgirls to call them back if they agreed to their request. One of the girls told Daily Trust that the bandits advised them to drop out of school and get married. “They were about to divorce us, and some of them came and started showing some of us that they wanted to marry us if we agreed, that we should not continue…