The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, has on Thursday, announced that every State in the country has received supplies of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, except Kogi State, Page 36 learnt. Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director of the NPHCDA, made the development known today. He said that Kogi State is yet to receive the...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has on Monday, advised that Nigerians when sick, should first ensure it is not Covid-19 they are suffering from, before treating for malaria, Page 36 learnt. The NCDC Director-General, Chikwe Ihekweazu, stated this in a series of tweets on his Twitter handle, @Chikwe_1, today. He wrote: “We have...
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has on Thursday, said that over 100 million Nigerians would have received the Covid-19 vaccine by March 2021, Page 36 learnt. This was stated by the NCDC Director-General, DG, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, while speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme. Dr. Ihekweazu expressed confidence in the Covid-19 vaccine,...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has on Wednesday, announced that Nigerians should expect to receive the Covid-19 vaccine by the end of January 2021, Page 36 learnt. He stated this during the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja, presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo....
Emerging report reaching Page 36 on Sunday, indicates that not less than 18 Military Generals of the Nigerian Army have tested positive for Covid-19, following the breakout of the virus during the aborted 2020 Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference. The top Military Officers are all confirmed to have participated in the Annual Conference, which...
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has on Saturday, announced that he has gone back into isolation, over a new Covid-19 scare, Page 36 learnt. He made the announcement in a broadcast on Saturday, adding that, the measure became necessary, as family members and senior government Officials around him tested positive for Covid-19. According...
The Presidential Task Force, PTF, on Covid-19, has appealed to Nigerians abroad, to suspend any plans of coming home for the 2020 Christmas festivities, Page 36 learnt. Dr. Sani Aliyu, the National Coordinator of the PTF, made this known during the weekly Media briefing of the Task Force According to him, this is one of...
The President Muhammadu Buhari Federal Government, through the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said that Nigerians will be part of the early beneficiaries of the Covid-19 vaccine, when it is developed in commercial quantity, Page 36 learnt. The Minister of Health, in Abuja, on Tuesday, stated that anytime a potent vaccine is found...
Emerging report indicates that Nigeria has finished at 74th position on the medals table, with two medals, bronze and silver, at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. While Ese Brume won a bronze medal in long jump, Blessing Obodururu secured a silver medal in the women’s freestyle wrestling, Nigeria’s first one ever in the wrestling sport, since...
Nigeria’s only hope of winning a medal at the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Blessing Okagbare, has been suspended from the competition, after failing a drug test, Page 36 learnt. The Athletics Integrity Unit, AIU, the independent body created by the World Athletics that manages all integrity issues for the sport, announced the decision on Friday....
Ahead of Saturday’s Ward Congresses across the country, the National Leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has threatened to sanction any member or group who organises “any purported; parallel Congress, parallel party organ, and or parallel party office”. The National Caretaker Committee, in a notice issued to all members and signed Friday, in Abuja,...
Legendary Football Superstar, Diego Maradona, from Argentina, has died, after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest, Page 36 learnt. According to Argentine Newspapers, Clarin and Ole, Maradona died on Wednesday morning, local time, in the town of Tigre. The World Cup Winner, only recently had surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain, following a fall....
The Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, may be in the dug-out for the last time, after Nigeria’s second leg clash against Sierra Leone on Tuesday, Page 36 learnt. His fate may have been sealed on Friday night, after a meeting was held following the Super Eagles’ shambolic performance, which saw them throw away a...
International Football Superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, has tested positive for the coronavirus, Page 36 learnt. He will miss Portugal’s Nations League game against Sweden, on Wednesday as a result of his new medical status. The Juventus Forward is “doing well, without symptoms, and in isolation”, according to a statement from the Portuguese Football Federation, PFF. The...
Bayern Munich are now the winners of the 2019/2020 UEFA Champions League, after beating Paris Saint German 1-0, in Lisbon, Portugal, on Sunday night, Page 36 learnt. Kingsley Coman scored the only goal of the match for the German side, 59 minutes into the match, to gift Bayern Munich their 6th UEFA Champions League title....
The Confederation of African Football, CAF, Executive Committee, has on Tuesday, announced the postponement of the 2021 African Nations Championship by one year, Page 36 learnt. The decision was reached after the Committee met via video-conference, to discuss the future of competitions and other related issues, amid the Covid-19 pandemic. “After consultation with Stakeholders, and...
Emerging report indicates that armed Fulani bandits have released 90 abducted Students and Staff of the Federal Government College, in Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, after 118 days in captivity, Page 36 learnt. The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Nafi’u Abubakar, confirmed the release of the Students and their Teachers to Newsmen, but did not...
The Anambra State House of Assembly, has on Tuesday, passed the State Anti-Open Grazing Bill, Page 36 learnt. The Bill titled: “Anambra State Open Grazing of Cattle and other Livestock Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Bill 2021″, was passed after third reading at today’s plenary. The Lawmakers at the Committee of the Whole House, took turns...
The Akwa Ibom State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has debunked the reports making the rounds that the Governor of the State, Udom Emmanuel, is planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2023 general elections, Page 36 learnt. Recall, that the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari,...
Emerging report indicates that armed Fulani bandits in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area, Kaduna State, are now demanding for cooked food as ransom for kidnapped victims. The bandits were said to have retrieved from attacking communities since the State Government under Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s leadership banned weekly Markets, as part of the measures to tackle...
The Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has accused Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of being as dangerous as President Muhammadu Buhari, adding that, the duo plot evils together to destroy the country intentionally, Page 36 learnt. He noted that contrary to the Vice President’s recent assertion that President Buhari is the most popular Nigerian President,...
Emerging report indicates that residents of Zamfara State, on Sunday, gathered to pray to God for intervention, over the continuous attacks and abductions by the killer Fulani bandits in the State, due to the inefficiency of the President Muhammadu Buhari Federal Government to bringing banditry in the region to a complete end. They also once...
Report reaching Page 36 on Saturday, indicates that at least 19 Traders have been killed by armed Fulani bandits who raided a weekly Market, at Unguwan Lalle, in Sabon Birni Local Government Area, Sokoto State. The attack also left several others injured, who are currently receiving treatment at the General Hospital, in Sabon Birni. An Eyewitness...
Emerging report indicates that the Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Wakama Ward, in Nasarawa State, Waziri Enwongulu, has been attacked. Enwongulu, while narrating his ordeal on Saturday, in Wakama, when Officials of the APC and Stakeholders visited him, said that he does not know why the unidentified men attacked him and burnt...
