Dr Jonathan Obaje, a Nigerian Research Scientist based in Singapore, says based on preliminary clinical data coming from South Africa on the “Omicron” variant of the COVID-19 virus, African innate immunities may have already weakened COVID-19 virus significantly. Obaje, a former Vice President of Nigeria in Diaspora, Singapore, said this on Tuesday in a telephone interview. He quoted various media reports across South Africa, saying Hospitals across the country reported that symptoms of “Omicron”, the new COVID strain, are very mild and no record of death associated with it so far. “Around 90 per cent of all new infections in…
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Stakeholders in the North-Central zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have resolved to produce sole candidate for the 2023 presidential election. Prof. Yorwuese Hagher, a stakeholder and leader of the movement for north central presidency, hinted that former Senate President, Bukola Saraki would be the zones’s sole candidate. He told newsmen in Lafia that the zone was working towards the objective. Prof. Hagher, former Nigeria’s ambassador to Canada who described North- Central zone as the bleeding wound on the conscience of Nigeria, said it was time for the zone to lead the country. According to Hagher, the zone has…
Armed robbers killed a policeman and a Special Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Corps on Monday in Aramoko-Ekiti when they raided an old generation bank. A source who requested anonymity said that armed robbers stormed the bank through Igede-Ado-Ekiti Road after work had closed. According to the source, the armed robbers blew the main door to the banking hall with explosives believed to be dynamite to gain access. He added that the gun-wielding robbers had earlier opened fire on a police officer on guard before blowing up the main door. “The Special Marshall who was in his private vehicle…
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres has expressed deep concern over the restrictions imposed on travellers from southern African countries due to the emergence of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant, Omicron. Guterres, in a statement on Monday said, people of Africa should not be blamed for the immorally low level of vaccinations available in the continent. He said they should not be penalised for identifying and sharing crucial science and health information with the world on Omicron COVID-19 variant. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed Omicron as a “variant of concern” as a result of which countries around the world…
The Enugu state chapter of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide, says it would mobilize a one million man match to demand accountability from the government of the state. In a statement by the Director General, Strategic Planning and Implementations, Tony Obizoba on Monday, Ohanaeze said the governor Lawrence Ugwuanyi had “either performed far below rating level or that he has not performed at all, despite that monies due to the state is never denied it by the federal government of Nigeria and that Internally Generated Resources (IGR) of the state never stopped to come. “As a CAMA-compliant social cultural…
The International Press Centre (IPC) and Media Rights Agenda (MRA), have invited Nigerians from all works of life, to vote for the public institution adjudged to be most responsive to requests for information from members of the public under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, including those that have adopted innovative and access-friendly practices and procedures to ensure the public’s right of access to information in the country. The online voting exercise, which begins today and closes at midnight on Sunday, December 5, 2021, is the final selection process for the conferment of a “Public Institution FOI Best Practice Recognition”…
The Air Component of Operation Gama Aiki, OPGA, has eliminated scores of armed bandits in Niger state, PRNigeria has reported. Some civilians abducted by the bandits and held hostage in makeshift structures escaped during the military bombardments. A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) attack jet killed the criminal elements during air interdictions raid at bandits’ camps in Kusasu, a community along Abuja-Kaduna highway. According to a military intelligence officer who was involved in the operation, credible intelligence had revealed the presence of suspected bandits’ hideout and logistics base at Kusasu, while movement of some bandits from Kusasu towards Kaduna-Abuja Road was…
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has launched the Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES). He charged beneficiaries to utilize the loans for the purpose it was meant. He also inaugurated an 11-member Body of Experts to oversee the screening of prospective beneficiaries of the scheme aimed at tackling unemployment and underemployment among Nigerian youth. Performing the launch at the Bank’s Head Office in Abuja on Thursday, Emefiele disclosed that the formal launch of the TIES and inauguration of the Body of Experts (BoE) for the Scheme’s Developmental Component underscored the critical roles youth play in building new…
Togo becomes the first African country to have a certified vaccine passport, 3news.com has reported. The African Union (AU) has endorsed vaccine pass standard (Trusted Vaccines) and COVID-19 testing certificate standard (Trusted Travel) of the Republic of Togo. Togo is the “first country to offer a continental vaccine pass and testing certificate to its citizens”, a joint statement with the African Union on Thursday said. Meanwhile, many African countries are deploying the trusted vaccines solution and several more have launched trusted travel in recent months. The statement added that this is expected to improve its citizens’ ability to benefit from…
As new COVID-19 variants continue to surge with third world countries suffering most, the President of African Development Bank, AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina has posited that the Africa must accelerate manufacturing of its own vaccine. He also posted on his Twitter handle @akin_adesina on Sunday that the continent must set up its own “healthcare security defence system”. According to him, Africa must no longer outsource health security of its 1.8 billion people to the benevolence of others. “Africa must accelerate the manufacturing of its own vaccines and set up its own “healthcare security defence system”. “Africa must no longer outsource health…