The governors of Nigeria’s 36 states have agreed to take the COVID-19 vaccine on live television to help drive acceptance among the populace. The Chairman of the Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi, made this known on Friday in Abuja when he fielded questions from State House Correspondents at the end of a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. “We too will like to demonstrate to our citizens that we believe that vaccines will work. “The Governors’ Forum managed the polio vaccines administration in the country and we have garnered a lot of experience. “We have worked with the Primary…
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The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday reported 12 deaths and confirmed 1,544 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC, on its verified website on Friday, also confirmed additional 12 coronavirus-related deaths. The country’s daily new infections accelerated to a record high of over 1,500 cases for the third time bringing the total to 97,478. There is now a rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases nationwide similar to the second wave of infections occurring in other countries. The NCDC said that the new infections were from 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It said…
Twitter on Friday evening wielded the big stick against outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump, suspending his account permanently. Announcing this in a blog post, the company said it took the decision “due to the risk of further incitement of violence’’. “After a close review of recent tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them, we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence. “In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of…
The Shehu Maikoli Foundation, has donated sanitary items to Makarantar Mai Hidima, one of the non-begging Almajiri schools in Sokoto state. Making the donation on behalf of the foundation, the deputy chaurman, Mallam Buhari Alhaji Dagara and partnership and collaboration officer, Aliyu Shehu said it is part of the foundation’s efforts of rendering educational and livelihood assistance to the needy. In the same vein, the foundation pledged to renovate three toilet facilities in the school within a period of five months. In his remark, the Coordinator of Almajiri Integration and Mainstreaming, who is also Deputy Director Planning, Research and Statistics…
After being mentioned as one of the finalists for the Food System Vision Prize in August 2020. the Rockefeller Foundation has named Darkpore Media Africa Ltd as one of the top visionaries after completing an intensive, three-month accelerator. As a top Visionary, the team will be awarded $200,000 to tackle malnourishment in Nigeria, especially since Covid-19 will have long-term impacts on food insecurity, to build a more nourishing food system, where access to nutritious food is a reality for everyone. The team outlines a multi-faceted plan to build a more regenerative and nourishing food system. The three-month Accelerator focused on stakeholder engagement, storytelling, communications,…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has demanded transparency in the implementation of the federal government’s job creation project aimed to employ 774,000 Nigerians in all the 774 local governments in the country. ASHENEWS reports that government inaugurated the programme on Wednesday, in which Delta has received the sum of N1.59 billion for beneficiaries in the state. The demand by the group is contained in a statement by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola issued on Saturday. “We warmly welcome the flagging off of the pilot Special Public Works Programme which is domiciled in the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) for implementation. We have…
The Police Command in Zamfara has confirmed the kidnap of six children of one Alhaji Sani Gyare and one other in Kadauri village of Maru local government area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Shehu Mohammed, confirmed the incident on Friday in Gusau. He said the command received information on the abduction of seven children, six of whom are children of Alhaji Gyare and the seventh, a female picked from a neighbouring house all in Kadauri village in Jabaka district of Maru LGA. “The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Abutu Yaro has deployed a combined…
President Donald Trump of United States tweeted on Friday that he would not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. He posted this on his Twitter handle @realDonaldTrump on Friday. “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” he tweeted. Earlier before this declaration, Trump assured his supporters that they would have “Giant Voice”. “The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or…
The MGT Group, a multi sectoral and multidisciplinary firm in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has expressed readiness to build a world-class specialist hospital and a medical diagnostic center in Osun. Chairman of MGT group, Mr Ashok Puri, made the commitment when playing host to the governor in Dubai. A statement issued on Friday in Osogbo by Mr Ismail Omipidan, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, quoted Puri as saying during the visit that the group had been following news of the state’s giant strides in the health sector. According to him, it was ready to…
In the face of the surging second phase of the deadly COVID-19, in which the country has recorded higher number of new cases of over 1,000 in three consecutive days, the National Universities Commission, NUC, has directed Vice Chancellors of Nigerian universities to resume academic activities on January 18, 2021. The directive, contained in a statement by the Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration) of the commission, Mr Chris Maiyaki on Friday, explained that the instruction was given in line with the directive of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on the resumption of schools across the country. Maiyaki urged the…