Stanford University, United States of America-based Elsevier B.V has named two Nigerian professors among the topmost productive scientists in the world. Elsevier B.V is an academic publishing company that publishes medical and scientific literature. The two Nigerian professors are Prof. Kayode Oyewumi, the Dean of Faculty of Physical Sciences and Prof. Musa Yakubu, immediate past Director, Central Research Laboratories, both of the University of Ilorin. The university stated in its bulletin issued on Wednesday in Ilorin. Speaking on behalf of the duo, Oyewumi said researchers’ ranking had become a global tool for evaluating intellectualism, academic prowess, research excellence and impact…
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Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says the agency is working with international partners to ensure Nigeria gets vaccines with long expiration date. Adeyeye spoke against the backdrop of the one million doses of vaccines that expired in November and were destroyed by NAFDAC and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency and the Abuja Environmental Protection Agency. The 1,066,214 doses of expired AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines were destroyed at the Gosa Dumping site in Abuja. Adeyeye said on Wednesday in Lagos that the expired vaccines had very short expiration which made…
Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has commiserated with the families of the boat mishap in Zhigiri village of Shiroro local government that claimed seven lives. The governor in a statement by his spokesperson, Mary Noel-Berje on Wednesday, described the incident as painful and unfortunate. He observed that though travelling around the community was hitherto by land, the construction of Zungeru Dam had forced residents of the affected communities to adopt water transportation. He therefore called on the Hydro Power Producing Area Development Commission (HYPPADEC) to as a matter of urgency, provide safety precautions such as live jackets, sensitization of…
The Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that the video clip by a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain in the state, has vindicated the state governor as well as the APC from any link to the crisis following PDP congress. The PDP had alleged that the APC had a hand in the crisis that is rocking the party in the aftermath of the congress. However, a statement by the state secretary of the APC, Yusuf Idris made available to ASHENEWS on Tuesday, said a video clip by “PDP’s own executive clears Zamfara APC’s of the alleged…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned the public against dealings with FinAfrica Investment Ltd and Poyoyo Investment. A circular by the management of SEC and published on the commission’s website said the activities of the companies were not registered by it. The commission described the business of Poyoyo Investment (Pilvest) Nigeria Ltd., as a Ponzi scheme, where returns were paid from other people’s invested sums. “The attention of SEC has been drawn to the activities of an illegal operator, FinAfrica Investment Limited. “The company claimed to be an investment company that engages in business development in commercial sectors…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) will miss its target to vaccinate 40 per cent of the population in every country by the end of the year, with the shortfalls especially serious in Africa. Of the WHO’s 194 member countries, about half of them will not meet the goal. In about 40 countries not even 10 per cent of the population had been vaccinated. The WHO has pinned much of the blame on vaccine hoarding, particularly among a handful of wealthy Western countries, which are already administering booster jabs. Worldwide, more than 8.6 billion vaccine doses had been administered by Tuesday,…
By Abujah Racheal Established by President Muhammadu Buhari on March 9, 2020, the Presidential Task Force (PTF), which later metamorphosed into the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, was mandated to provide overall policy direction, guidance and continuous support to the National Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). It also provided such direction to other Ministries and Government Agencies involved in response activities to devise and implement a National Response Strategy on COVID-19. Headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, the PTF hit the ground running and gave hope…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has said that all candidates, clients and other members of the public, who are below the age of 18 years are not required to produce any vaccination card before being allowed access to its facilities. A statement by the spokesperson of Board, Dr Fabian Benjamin on Tuesday said, this category of persons are not covered by the NCDC Vaccination Policy. “You will recall that the Board had announced a policy of no vaccination card, no entry into any of its facilities nationwide but discovered that many underage candidates were making frantic efforts to…
The Zamfara state chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has told its opposing Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to face its crisis and allow the state to enjoy its peaceful atmosphere. This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the party, Yusuf Idris made available to ASHENEWS on Tuesday. According to the statement, the APC government will not allow any breach of peace arising from PDP’s “shire carelessness and unfair treatment of members.” Read the statement below: It is highly disheartening to wake up in a peaceful atmosphere only for it to be short-lived by the sad incident of…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, says infectious diseases remain a danger to every country, pushing health systems to the brink and upending daily life for all of humanity. Guterres, in his message to mark the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, said that COVID-19 continued to demonstrate how quickly an infectious disease can sweep across the world. The International Day of Epidemic Preparedness marked on December 27 is to advocate the importance of the prevention of, preparedness for and partnership against epidemics. “It also revealed our failure to learn the lessons of recent health emergencies like SARS, avian influenza, Zika, Ebola and…