South Korea is investigating three more deaths following inoculation with AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, the Korea Agency for Disease Control and Prevention (KDCA) said on Thursday. This is in addition to the two fatalities reported earlier in the week.On Wednesday, the Yonhap news agency reported that two South Korean citizens, who had multiple underlying diseases, died after receiving AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine. The first person, in their 50s, died the day after receiving the vaccine after showing symptoms of heart failure. The second person — a 63-year-old man with cerebrovascular disease — also died on Wednesday morning, four days after receiving the…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
North East Governors Forum has appealed to the Federal government to fast-track work on the Mambila Hydroelectric Power Project. Making the appeal in a communique issued late Wednesday, and signed by its chairman, Gov. Babagan Zulum of Borno, after a meeting in Bauchi, the Forum observed that the project existed only on paper, but in reality, had yet to commence. The Forum stressed the need to accord the project the attention it deserved, adding that its anticipated positive impact of turning the fortunes of the sub-region and the nation at large upon completion, could not be over-emphsised The Forum also…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC/ Transparency International Nigeria, has advised Nigerian government to ensure transparency and accountable distribution of the 3.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, which it received on Tuesday. This is contained in a statement by the executive director of the Centre, Auwal Rafsanjani and made available to ASHENEWS on Wednesday. CISLAC also commended the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility (COVAX) scheme, which is formed to ensure fair access to vaccines for low- and middle-income states and led by the World Health Organization. “CISLAC categorically states that the Nigerian government through the Covid-19 Presidential Task Force…
The Police Service Commission has assured Nigerians that “no part of this country has been deliberately short changed in the promotion of officers of the Nigeria Police Force.” A statement by the spokesperson of the commission, Mr Ikechukwu Ani made available to ASHENEWS on Wednesday, also noted that “promotion in the Police Force is guided by defined rules and regulations that have nothing to do with ethnic or religious considerations. “The Commission wishes to state that it has since sanitized the processes of recruitment, promotion and discipline in the Force and has ensured that these processes are also governed by…
Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, KAEDCO, has confirmed that the ongoing reconductoring of Birnin Kebbi/Sokoto 132KV line by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, is the reason for the persistent power outage in Sokoto. The company also said electricity would be restored on Friday when work on the towers is expected to be completed. This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the company, Abdulazeez Abdullahi and made available to ASHENEWS on Wednesday. “The Management of Kaduna Electric, informs its esteemed customers in Sokoto State that the persistent outage being experienced by residents is due to the ongoing re-conductoring…
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, UNFAO, says the African Continental Free Trade Area, AFCFTA, is a unique opportunity for the transformation of the continent’s food system. FAO’s Regional Representative for Africa, Abebe Haile-Gabriel, said the AFCFTA would address the continent’s hunger issues. A statement from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Wednesday said Haile-Gabriel made the remark at the ongoing Seventh Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) in Brazzaville, Congo. The meeting was co-organised by the ECA and the World Food Programme (WFP) in collaboration with the government of Congo. Haile-Gabriel said Africa…
The Senate has mandated its Committees on Works, Finance, National planning and Economic Development, to investigate the abandonment of the Badagary-Sokoto expressway. This followed the adoption of a motion by Sen. Umar Suleiman on the “Need For Construction of Badagary -Sokoto Expressway to Promote Economic Growth and Development” at plenary on Wednesday. Suleiman, while presenting the motion said that the Badagary -Sokoto expressway was a Federal government project connecting 12 states. According to him, the original concept of the road was a link road between the North and South as well as some West African countries through Seme Border. He…
AstraZeneca said on Wednesday that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District decided in favour of the company in litigation against Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc and Kindeva Drug Delivery LP. It determined that asserted claims in three of AstraZeneca’s patents protecting Symbicort in the U.S were not invalid. AstraZeneca initiated litigation in October 2018 against Mylan and subsequently against 3M Company asserting infringement of various U.S patents covering Symbicort. In July 2020, Kindeva was added as a defendant in the action. 3M was voluntarily dismissed from the case. In September 2020, Mylan and Kindeva stipulated to patent infringement to the…
Troops of ‘Operation Safe Haven’ have arrested nine suspects in connection with the deadly attack in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna, according to a statement by the commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan. “Nine suspects have been arrested in connection with the recently reported attack on Kurmin Gandu village, Zangon Kataf local government area, Aruwan confirmed on Wednesday, in Kaduna. Aruwan recalled that armed bandits carried out an attack on the village late on Sunday, leaving five people dead, as reported in a security update he issued on Monday. “The nine suspects were apprehended,…
The National Dermatology (Specialist) Hospital Bill, on Wednesday scaled 2nd reading at the Senate. The bill sponsored by Sen. Aishatu Dahiru was aimed at establishing Specialist Hospital that would specifically focus on the treatment of leprosy, skin cancer and other skin related diseases. Leading debate on the Bill, the lawmaker recalled that as far back as 1929, an International Hospital was established for Garkida Agricultural Leper Colony by the Church of the Brethren Mission (USA). “it was an ambitious effort located on 2, 500 acres of land designed for treatment of leprosy and other illnesses. It was also an isolation…