The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of the new Service Chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari. Those confirmed were- Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff, Maj-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff and AVM Isiaka Amao, Chief of Air Staff. Their confirmation followed the adoption of the report of Senate Committee on Defence at plenary. Presenting the report, Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Wamakko Aliyu said the nominees responded satisfactory to questions during their screening. He said also that there were no petitions written against them, saying that the nominees were also cleared by the…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
President Muhammadu Buhari presided over a meeting of the National Security Council on Tuesday, few hours after the release of 279 school girls abducted in Jangebe, Zamfara. Gunmen abducted the girls from the Government Girls Junior Secondary School in Jangebe, in Talata Mafara local government area of Zamfara last Friday, but they were released on Tuesday. The president had earlier expressed joy over the release of the students. He directed security officials to apprehend all the kidnappers involved and bring them to justice. Tuesday’s meeting of the National Security Council might review on-going renewed onslaught against insurgency, banditry and other…
The Initiative for Youth Awareness on Migration, Immigration, Development and Reintegration (IYAMIDR), said situations in the country would likely drive many Nigerian into irregular migration. Mr Solomon Okoduwa, Executive Director of IYAMIDR, who is a former aide to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Illegal Migration, made this known in an interview in Benin on Tuesday. He noted that apart of the post COVID-19 challenges, the current economic situation would also form part of the reason why many Nigerians will be seeking greener pastures outside. Okoduwa said that the activities of some syndicates who lure young people abroad was also…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is unlikely the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will end in 2021. “I think it will be very premature and unrealistic to think that we are going to finish with this virus by the end of the year. “What we can finish with – if we are smart – is hospitalisations, deaths and the tragedy associated with this pandemic,’’ Mr Michael Ryan, Director of WHO’s health emergencies programme, said at a news conference on Tuesday. Ryan said that WHO’s focus at present was to keep transmissions as low as possible and vaccinate more and…
As expected, the 3.94 million doses of COVAX’s Oxford AstraZeneca, manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII), has arrived. . The United Nations (UN) system disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday. COVAX is co-led by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), working in partnership with UNICEF, the World Bank, civil society organisations, manufacturers and others. The UN system said the arrival marked a historic step towards the goal to ensure equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines globally, in what would be the largest vaccine procurement…
The Image Merchants Promotions (IMPR) Limited, publisher of both PRNigeria and Economic Confidential is ranked number one and identified as the most creative PR agency worldwide in the 2020 Global Creativity Index (GCI). The index, produced by PRovoke, formerly Holmes Report ranks the most awarded PR campaigns and firms in the world, weighting their impacts, while taking cognisance of their staff size. In ranking agencies against their peers, the weighted table is segmented along regional lines, producing top five rankings for North America, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. Image Merchants, which is not affiliated to any larger PR firm, is also ranked…
The federal government of Nigeria has launched an e-registration portal for COVID-19 vaccination as the country expects to take delivery of 3.92 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine today (Tuesday). The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, launched the e-registration platform on Monday, for electronic management of the vaccination. The portal captures data and schedules individuals for vaccination and contains functionalities to retrieve vaccination certificates by the use of an PreVac/ Vaccination Number. The NPHCDA and Federal Ministry of Health launched the EMID system in Abuja under the T.E.A.C.H Strategy for COVID-19 vaccination. T.E.A.C.H. is an acronym for a 5-point…
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says it is expecting three types of vaccines to cater to the needs of Nigerians. The Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, gave the hint at the PTF briefing on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. Mamora said that Nigeria has the option to increase supply if need be. “For now, there will be no need for ungoverned private importation of vaccines,’’ the minister said. The minister said that vaccine deployment would be done by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) until further notice. The minister that all manufacturers of…
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed “overwhelming joy” over release of abducted female students of Government Girls Science Secondary School, Jangebe, in Zamfara. While reacting to the development in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday, the President said: “I join the families and people of Zamfara in welcoming and celebrating the release of these traumatized female students.” President Buhari said he was excited that their ordeal came to a happy end without any incident, adding that “being held in captivity is an agonizing experience not only for the victims, but also their families and all of…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the power sector has recorded an all-time national peak of 5,615.40MW. A statement issued on Tuesday in Lagos by Ms Ndidi Mbah, General Manager, Public Affairs, TCN, said the new record was achieved on Feb. 28. The statement said the power generated was efficiently transmitted through the nation’s transmission grid at a frequency of 50.20Hz by 9.30pm on the said date. According to the statement, this transmission surpassed the previous peak generation of 5,593 40MW which occurred on Feb. 25 by 22.0MW. It said : “Also, on Feb.26, 2021, TCN equally transmitted a…