The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, (NPHCDA), has announced a distribution plan for the COVID-19 vaccine in the country, saying that the rate of infection in each state would be the criteria to used in the distribution. It revealed the plan alongside the publication of the latest infection rates for the disease by the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) on its verified website on Saturday. NCDC said it recorded 1,585 new infections of the deadly Coronavirus with additional eight coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The centre as saying that the country’s COVID -19 infections increased from 97,478…
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Outgoing 45th President of the United States of America, Donald John Trump, was said to have German roots. His mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, is said to be Scottish. His paternal ancestry is traceable to Bobenheim am Berg, a village in the Palatinate, Germany, in the 18th century. Johann Trump, born there in 1789, moved to the nearby town of Kallstadt where his grandson, Friedrich Trump, the grandfather of Donald Trump, was born in 1869. However, I think this is shallow. In the spirit of Kunta Kinte, Trump is an African, even though he called the continent a s**t hole. But…
By Tina George, Minna The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) has assured Nigerians that the COVID-19 vaccines would be safe to use when it arrives in Nigeria. The Agency said that the first batch of 100,000 doses from Pfizer is expected in the country by the end of January 2021 or early February. The Director of Disease Control and Immunization at the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Bassey Okposen gave this assurance while speaking to newsmen during a virtual sensitization meeting with media gatekeepers on COVID-19 vaccine introduction on Friday, He said that despite undergoing the…
As the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Muhammad Adamu is set to retire on February 1, three Deputy Inspectors General of Police, DIGs, and 10 Assistant Inspectors Generals, AIGs, will also exit the Nigeria Police Force. Relatedly, six of the remaining 19 AIGs will also leave the Force between March and October this year, the Sunday Sun has reported. Those AIGs that would retire with IGP Adamu are AIG Hosea Karma, AIG Mohammed Mustafa, AIG Jonah Mava, AIG Olusholla David and AIG Yununa Babas. Others are AIG Nkereuwem Akpan, AIG Olafimihan Adeoye, AIG Agunbiade Lasore, AIG Undie Adie and AIG…
Mr Abhay Thakur, Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, has said that the government of Indian was ready to supply its COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria, after it is rolled out next week. Thakur, who made this known on Saturday, in Abuja, at the commemoration of the 16 Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PDB) convention, also known as the Indian Diaspora Day, said the vaccines would be made available on concessional terms after completing all the necessary registration requirements with the Nigerian regulatory authorities. “We will be rolling out next week as the vaccines are already announced, so we will be quite keen to…
In order to reinvigorate the system, for greater performance and effectiveness, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has approved new postings and redeployments of some senior officers to different divisions, units and formations. to rekindle the spirit of professionalism and enhance productivity. A statement by its spokesperson, Brig.-Gen. Sagir Musa on Saturday, the posting is also aimed to rekindle the spirit of professionalism and enhance productivity. He said that the postings saw the redeployment of Maj.-Gen. FO Agugo, from the Headquarters, Nigerian Army Signals Corps, Apapa, Lagos, to Defence Headquarters, as Chief of Defence Communications. Similarly, Maj.-Gen. M.…
The Nigeria Customs Service, Kwara Command, has said that three persons died during a mob attack on its sector 3 check point and operational base in Ilesha-Baruba area of the state, according to Mr Zakari Chado, the command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO). In a statement in Ilorin, on Saturday, Chado said information received from the Sector 3 team leader in Ilesha-Baruba indicated that the three persons were part of the mob that attacked the check point and attempted to overrun the base. The PRO said: “On January. 8, at about 8pm, Sector 3 security operatives at Ilesha Baruba, while conducting stop…
A clash between the operatives of Oyo State Amotekun and some herdsmen on Saturday, claimed lives of three persons and two others injured at Aiyete in Ibarapa North local government area of the state. The clash was said to have started at Okebi village on Saturday morning but the cause of the clash could not be ascertained immediately. The Police Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, CSP Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the incident on Saturday in a text message in Ibadan. Fadeyi said that three persons lost their lives while two others were injured. “When the DPO of Ayete got wind…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Saturday extolled Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State as he attained the age of 55, describing him as an outstanding nationalist, democrat and excellent administrator. Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP Publicity Secretary, in a statement in Abuja said Tambuwal had continued to demonstrate an unmatched patriotism and commitment toward stability and growth of Nigeria and the party. Tambuwal is also the Vice Chairman, Nigeria Governors Forum and Chairman of PDP Governors’ Forum. Ologbondiyan said that the PDP was particularly proud of Tambuwal for his selflessness in service, leading to his excellent performance when he was the…
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has disclosed that, added to the requirement for the National Identification Number, NIN, for the renewal of Driver’s License, the same will be required for the renewal of vehicle registration by the second quarter of 2021. ASHENEWS reports that FRSC has since commenced with the introduction of compulsory provision of NIN by applicants of the National Driver’s License (NDL). This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the commission, Bisi Kazeem on Saturday. According the statement, “in full compliance with the directives of the Federal government on the harmonisation of citizens’ data,…