The Taraba Team Lead of Follow the Money, an initiative of Connected Development (CODE), Yahuza Magaji on Saturday, called on stakeholders to overhaul the Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in the country. Magaji, who made the call in Jalingo at a town hall meeting with stakeholders in the health sector, said overhauling PHCs would work for the efficacy of vaccination against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. According to him, CODE executed COVID-19 vaccination transparency and accountability projects in 15 selected states with the aim of tracking donations made toward the eradication of the pandemic. He said CODE would also monitor the conditions…
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South Africa’s governing party African National Congress (ANC) on has called for an end to the politicisation of the origins of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Lindiwe Zulu, chairperson for the International Relations Sub-Committee in the ANC National Executive Council, made the position of the party known on Friday. Zulu said while the ANC supported the scientific investigations into the origins of COVID-19, they must not be politicised. She expressed concern over the “politicisation” of the inquiry into the origins of COVID-19. “Research into the origins of the virus is important from a scientific and global health policy perspective and it should…
The Nigerian Army says the troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have taken custody of 91 Boko Haram/Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists and their families who surrendered recently in North East. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the troops of 202 Battalion took custody of eight insurgents and their families, comprising 10 adult females and 22 children, who surrendered at Ruwaza village in Bama local government area of Borno. He said the troops of Forward Operational Base (FOB) operating along BoCobs-Bama road also arrested 20…
By Abujah Racheal Nigeria has recorded more than 500 COVID-19 cases in daily figures for the third time on Friday as the government struggles to deal with a new and more infectious variant of the virus. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said figures on Saturday morning showed another 590 cases were reported. In July 28, some 535 cases were reported, July 29, 558 were registered and on July 30, 590 cases were logged, which is now the biggest daily increase in the country since March 4, 2021, when 708 cases were registered. According to the NCDC, the number…
The World Health Organisation, WHO, says COVID-19 deaths have increased by 80 per cent in the past one month in Africa, mostly driven by the highly-transmissible Delta variant. The Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said on Friday at his regular COVID-19 briefing that the Delta variant had been detected in at least 132 countries. Ghebreyesus said almost four million cases worldwide were reported last week to WHO and the agency expected the total number of cases to pass 200 million in the next two weeks. “And we know this is an underestimate. “Infections have increased in every region of the world, with…
The World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) say in the next four months, conflict, COVID-19 and the climate crisis are likely to increase hunger in 23 countries. Ms Eri Kaneko, the Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, António Guterres said this while briefing correspondents at the UN headquarters on Friday in New York, on a new report released by the two UN agencies. Kaneko said Ethiopia and Madagascar were the world’s newest “highest alert” hunger hotspots, according to the report. “The highest alert list also includes South Sudan, Yemen, and northern Nigeria. In some areas of…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted three days thunderstorms and rain across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Friday in Abuja predicted thunderstorms over parts of Taraba Kebbi, Zamfara and Sokoto State in the morning hours of Saturday. According to it, isolated thunderstorms are expected over parts of Gombe, Bauchi, Taraba, Adamawa Katsina, Zamfara and Kaduna State in the afternoon and evening hours. ” Intermittent rains are anticipated over parts of Kogi, Benue, Niger, Nasarawa and the Federal Capital Territory in the morning hours. Later in the day, there are prospects of isolated rains over parts of Plateau,…
The federal government has approved 114 new Standards for the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), to boost Nigeria’s economic growth, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo has said. The new standards cut across various sectors of the economy such as, civil and building engineering, food technology, mechanical, liquefied petroleum gas as well as energy management systems. He told a council meeting in Abuja that the approval was in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s Agenda on Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). Adebayo, represented by Dr Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, Permanent Secretary in the ministry, stated that 77 of…
Kwara governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq on Friday, approved the appointment of Kawu Mohammed-Kudu, as the new Emir of Lafiagi, headquarters of Edu local government area of the state. Mohammed-Kudu was, until his appointment, the Director (North Central) of Polaris Bank. The appointment of the new emir was in conformity with the powers conferred on the governor by Chiefs Appointment and Deposition Law of the state. Consequently, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Aliyu Saifudeen, has presented letter of appointment to the first-class traditional ruler, on behalf of the governor. Saifudeen, while presenting the letter, congratulated the new emir on…
Next month’s European Super Cup match between Chelsea and Villarreal in Belfast can be attended by up to 13,000 fans, the European continent’s football ruling body UEFA said on Friday. UEFA said ticket applications for the Aug. 11 game at Windsor Park have started. It added that all ticket-holders require a negative coronavirus test to enter the stadium and supporters from abroad are subject to local coronavirus regulations. The curtain-raising Super Cup brings together winners of the last Champions League (Chelsea) and Europa League (Villarreal). dpa