Mrs Zeenat El-Zakzaky, wife of Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has tested negative for COVID-19 virus. The Acting Controller-General, NCoS, Mr John Mrabure, disclosed this in statement by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) Controller of Corrections, (CC) Mr Francis Enobore on Monday in Abuja. Zeenat was said to have contracted the virus while in custody in Kaduna prompting a call for her evacuation to an NCDC isolation centre in the state. According to Mrabure, although the order was later reversed, she was not convinced with the…
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The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says Nigeria will stick with AstraZeneca vaccine based on its epidemiological and equity assessment done by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, made the disclosure at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Monday in Abuja. “As earlier communicated, Nigeria is no longer expecting the 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BIONtech vaccine through the COVAX facility but has been allocated about 16 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. “This was based on epidemiological and equity assessment done by WHO. “These vaccine will be arriving in…
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), is presently studying the Russian Sputnik V and India’s Covax vaccines against COVID-19, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says. Ehanire made the disclosure at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 national briefing on Monday in Abuja. According to him, Nigeria has kept abreast of global development of the COVID-19 vaccines and supports the call from the World Health Organisation (WHO) for a fair and equitable distribution of vaccines, since COVID-19 has become a threat to mankind. “We subscribed to two multilateral vaccine access platforms; the first being…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 643 new cases of coronavirus COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to 140,391. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Monday. The country continues to report a trend of steadily declining active cases, for the second day after the active cases dropped below 1,000 mark for the third time since January. The first lowest daily count was on Jan. 2, 2021 when 576 people were confirmed positive with the virus and the second lowest this year was Feb. 7 when NCDC registered 506 infections. According…
The Presidency says no fewer than 30,000 erstwhile N-Power beneficiaries have been hired as agric enumerators. The N-Power, cash-for-work programme, inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016 with 500,000 of direct beneficiaries, is spread across the key industries targeted by the programme – Agriculture, Health, Education, and Tax. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. He said that Ministers and heads of agencies reported further progress in the implementation of the Federal Government’s Economic Sustainability Plan (ESC) as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo presided over…
A notorious leader of bandits, Auwalu Daudawa and six members of his gang on Monday, repented and surrendered 20 AK-47 riffles and one RPG to security agencies in Zamfara. Daudawa and six others had declared their repentance from banditry before Governor Bello Muhammad and security agencies in Gusau on Monday. Daudawa who spoke on behalf of other bandits sort the forgiveness of the state government and the people of the state. Responding, governor Muhammad commended the gang leader and his members for denouncing banditry and keying in to the peace process of the state government. Matawalle also lauded the council…
The Rochas Care Nigeria (RCN) has concluded plans to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with some northern NGOs on implementation of a back-to-school programme for about five million out-of-school children from the zone. The Director-General of the foundation, Alhaji Salisu Sabo, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. He said that the novel school enrolment programme, with approval and funding from the Chairman and Founder, Sen. Okorocha Rochas, was aimed at bridging the huge education gap in the North. According to him, the back-to-school programme, which would be flagged-off on March 20 at Wudi Local…
The Chairman of Nigeria’s Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha on Monday, disclosed that the country had recorded a total of 13 B117 variant of COVID-19. At a briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja, Mustapha, also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said: “A total of 13 B117 variant had so far been detected in Nigeria.” He said that six of them were detected in the last one week, adding that all of them came out of samples collected from November to January. “The PTF, through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, is working with the…
The Inspector-General of Police, Muhammad Adamu has denied media report that he paid N2 billion to get his tenure elongated by president Muhammadu Buhari. An online publication had alleged that the IGP paid the said amount to facilitate getting his tenure extended. However, the IGP in a statement by the Force spokesperson, CP Frank Mba and made available to newsmen on Monday, debunked the media report, labeling it as “untrue, unfounded, defamatory and libellous.” “The Police High Command has described as untrue, unfounded, defamatory and libellous, the publication by Sahara Reporters, dated February 07, 2021, which alleged that the Inspector-General…
By our special correspondent A fire outbreak Monday afternoon, destroyed residential properties worth millions of Naira, as well as cash and documents The cause of the fire, which started at 1pm at the residence, located opposite Dogon Daji House in Sokoto metropolis, was not immediately ascertained by ASHENEWS. Our correspondent who visited the scene of the fire incident, reports that though no life was lost, a total of twelve rooms were completely razed down by the inferno. However, the fire was later put out by the combined efforts of the firemen of the Federal and State Fire Service Departments and…