Morocco has secured the acquisition of 65 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from two suppliers, Health Minister, Khalid Ait Taleb, announced this during the weekly cabinet meeting. The North African country is aiming for mass vaccination of 25 million people or 80 per cent of its total population. The two vaccines secured by Morocco are developed by China’s Sinopharm and Britain’s Oxford University and AstraZeneca, the minister said. Preparations for the vaccination campaign have reached a “very advanced” stage, Ait Taleb said, adding that all the targeted population will get the vaccine for free. Morocco, on Wednesday night, imposed a…
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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has described the death of renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Lemu, as shocking. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, MURIC Director, said this in a statement in Lagos, on Friday. “We have every reason to mourn Lemu. He was a great scholar and visionary leader. He was kind, transparent and dedicated to the cause of Islam. “He was also a great teacher and a role model. Lemu was the founder of the popular Islamic Education Trust (IET) and the Da’wah Coordination Council of Nigeria. “His career as a versatile Islamic scholar saw him serving as Shariah judge and Chief Shariah…
As everybody knows, it is the turn of the Igbo to rule. No, others will say, the Yoruba have done so much for this regime so that qualifies them to take over when the tenure of the President ends. rom Buhari. Then the murmurs – who said the Hausa-Fulani are ready to relinquish power. These are the narratives we have always had as the political elite position themselves to access power in Nigeria. When they are in power, the rules are clear, the power elite from the geo-political groups will join hands to loot, rule and ruin the Nation together…
Governor Bello Muhammad of Zamfara on Thursday swore in five new special advisers and four permanent secretaries. Speaking during the event, which lasted until about 1.30 a.m. on Friday, Muhammad said that the new appointments would cover the manpower gaps recently created within the system. “As we speak, no fewer than ten permanent secretaries are due for retirement. We must take steps to cover such manpower gap for effective service delivery. “We also need the special advisers to take charge of some government agencies that have yet to get political leaderships. “This is in the interest of effective administration,’’ the…
Alhaji Musa Sale Kwankwaso, father of former Kano State Governor, Rabi’u Musa-Kwankwaso, and District Head of Madobi in the northwestern state, is dead. A statement by Shaifullahi Hassan, media aide to the former governor, indicated that the District Head died in the early hours of Friday. He was aged 93. It said that the deceased would be buried in Kano by 3.00 p.m. on Friday.
US President Donald Trump has reaffirmed the commitment of the United States to support Libya’s restoration of its sovereignty and national unity, saying that the announced ceasefire and progress in the political process are crucial steps towards resolving the conflict in Libya. This is contained in a message to the President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, on the occasion of the celebration on Independence Day on 24 December, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mohamed al-Gueblawi said in a tweet published on Wednesday. According to al-Gueblawi, the U.S. President urged the President of the Presidential…
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has signed into law the 2021 appropriation bill of more than N147.6 billion. The governor, who assented to the bill on Thursday in Jos, thanked the members of the state House of Assembly for the speedy passage. The governor presented the proposed budget estimate tagged “Budget of Economic Recovery and Consolidation of Inclusive Infrastructural Growth” to the assembly on November 11. Lalong said that the speedy and successful passage or the bill would enable the government to settle down to vigorously implement it. “This is a very significant event for the economic prosperity and peace of our…
The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Iheakwazu, said the mutant strain of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK has not been found in Nigeria. Iheakwazu, who made the disclosure on Thursday in Abuja during the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) briefing on COVID-19, however, advised Nigerians to stay calm and safe. He, however, noted that viruses by their very nature mutate. He said that the NCDC, in collaboration with the Africa Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), did some sequencing in the past but did not find the UK variant which he described as deadlier…
The Tunisian Coast Guard on Thursday recovered 20 bodies of illegal migrants whose boat capsized off Sfax port in central Tunisia, according to a Ministry of Defence spokesman. He said that five migrants were rescued by National Guard units assisted by fishing boats that were on the scene. Contacted by PANA, the National Guard spokesman said that all the migrants were sub-Saharan nationals who were heading to the Italian coast, close to Tunisia. Ali Ayari blamed the shipwreck on the outdated and overloaded boat on which there were between 40 and 50 migrants, in addition to the bad weather conditions…
Two Mauritian women – Ritta Marie Noélie and Rose Marie Noëlla – on Wednesday celebrated their 100th birthday at a municipal hall, in Rose-Hill, 20 km south of the capital, Port Louis. They are the first twins in Mauritius to celebrate their 100th birthday. At a ceremony organised in their honour by the Ministry of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity, the Minister, Mrs Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo, said centenarians are the repositories of values and traditions. “They play an instrumental role as guides for the new generation with their rich life experiences”, she emphasised. The minister recalled the measures put…