Italian Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, went to see the head of state on Tuesday to hand in his resignation. This is as he hopes to be given the opportunity to try to put together a new coalition and rebuild his parliamentary majority. Conte lost his absolute majority in the upper house Senate last week when a junior partner, the Italia Viva party, headed by former premier Matteo Renzi, quit in a row over the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis and economic recession. Efforts to lure centrist and independent senators into the coalition ranks to fill the hole left by…
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Star forwards Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku have avoided extra suspensions following their tussle in the Milan derby Italian Cup quarter-final last week, an Italian sports court said on Friday. Both players have each received a one-game ban. AC Milan’s Ibrahimovic was dismissed for a second yellow card after the head-to-head confrontation with Inter Milan’s Lukaku, who was also booked. As Lukaku had already been booked in the competition, he misses Tuesday’s semi-final with Juventus through an accumulation of cards. Inter Milan had progressed 2-1 from the fiery last eight clash with their city rivals. Ibrahimovic received the standard ban for…
The Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) on Friday expressed their readiness to welcome the COVID-19 vaccine, as Nigeria awaits the arrival of 100,000 doses of the vaccine. Mr Abdulkadir Ibrahim, National Coordinator of the group, gave this indication in an interview in Abuja. Ibrahim who described the vaccine as a good development, said it would help contain the spread of the pandemic. “First, we will welcome the vaccine, it is a good development. We are ready to be vaccinated,” he said. The National Coordinator who reiterated the determination of people living with HIV to accept the…
The United Kingdom has added three more countries to its “red list,” banning flights to and from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Burundi and Rwanda over the spread of the Coronavirus from Friday, official said. The UK Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, disclosed on Friday. “From Friday, we’re extending our travel ban with the UAE, Burundi and Rwanda all added to the UK’s red list,” Shapps wrote on Twitter. Under the new regulation, people who have been in or transited through the countries in question will be denied entry. The ban does not apply to the UK, as well…
…as Nigerians welcome product with mixed reactions By Tobore Ovuorie Better days are ahead for women globally as the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a vaginal ring; which can prevent the contracting of HIV, to be added as a prevention choice for women who are substantially at risk of the virus. This was disclosed Thursday, at the HIVR4P virtual conference by Michelle Rodolph of the WHO, while addressing the 2021 HIVR4P media Fellows. The ring, Ms. Rodolph said would be offered as a choice preventive like other contraceptives. The WHO guideline is a critical step for having HIV prevention…
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent stood at 3,515,047 as of Friday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. According to the agency’s dashboard, the death toll related to the pandemic in Africa was 89,993 on Friday. A total of 2,990,890 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered across the continent. Southern Africa is the most affected region in Africa in terms of the number of confirmed positive cases, followed by the northern Africa region, according to the agency. The most affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases include…
President Muhammadu Buhari says has communicated the appointment of the Service Chiefs to the National Assembly, NASS, and sought the confirmation of the said appointment by the Senate, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on NASS matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare has disclosed. Constitutional lawyer, Femi Falana had posited that President Buhari could not appointed new service chiefs without the confirmation of the National Assembly. However, Omoworare on Friday, said Buhari communicated with the Senate President through a letter dated 27th January 2021, in furtherance to section 18 (1) of the Armed Forces Act Cap. A.20 Laws of the…
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has donated 126 units of Patient Monitors and 63 units of Oxygen Concentrators, worth $600,000 dollars, to 21 Federal healthcare institutions, across the six geopolitical zones, said Mr Uche Orji, the NSIA Managing Director. Speaking at the formal handover of the equipment to the institutions, on Thursday, at a virtual ceremony, Orji said each institution would receive four regular patient monitors, two Intensive Care Unit (ICU) monitors, and three dual oxygen concentrators, to augment government’s ongoing effort of enhancing patient care in the treatment of COVID-19. Similarly, he added, that the donation would also…
Afreximbank has disbursed $250 million as part of its support for Trans Niger Oil and Gas Ltd (TNOG) to acquire 45 per cent stake in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 17 onshore oilfield. The NNPC holds 55 per cent equity in the Lease. The disbursement is about a quarter of the financing required to enable TNOG to buy stakes in the Lease from Shell Petroleum Development Company, Total E&P Nigeria Ltd. and ENI (AGIP). The total support package from Afreximbank – Africa Export Import Bank – is 1.1 billion dollars, it said in a statement issued in Cairo on Thursday. It…
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned against the promotion of ethnic and religious prejudices, saying such actions will not augur well for the development of the country. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement, said Buhari gave the warning when he met with leadership of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) in Abuja on Thursday. The leadership of the NSCIA was led by its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar. The president, however, stated that his administration would continue to create the enabling environment for religious freedom as guaranteed…