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 President Muhammadu Buhari has on Sunday, returned to Abuja, Nigeria, from the Dubai Expo 2020, which held in the United Arab Emirates, UAE. The President arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, in Abuja, this afternoon, after a 4-day official trip to Dubai. Recall, that President Buhari who left Nigeria on...
Emerging report indicates that armed Fulani bandits, on Saturday, blocked the Kontagora-Minna Road, in Niger State, causing gridlock in the area, and leaving many vehicles and travelers stranded, around the Yakila and Garun Gabas areas, near Kundu, in Rafi Local Government Area. It was gathered that the blockage of the road lasted for about 1-hour,...
A Federal High Court Judge, in Abuja, has ordered the Department of State Security Services, DSS, to allow the Leader of the the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, “to have a change of clothes”, get medical attention, and practice his faith, while in custody, Page 36 learnt. Justice Binta Nyako gave the order...
Emerging report indicates that gunmen have shot the Commissioner for Environment in Kogi State, Adewale Omofaiye, kidnapping some other persons from the scene of the crime. According to sources, the attackers had laid an ambush for the Commissioner before he was shot. The incident occurred on Sunday evening, between Ikoyi and Iyara, in Ijumu Local...
Emerging report indicates that some gunmen suspected to be armed Fulani bandits, on Thursday evening, kidnapped 5 persons, which include the Principal of the Auga Community Grammar School, along Auga-Ise Road, in Akoko East Local Government Area, Ondo State, Joshua Adeyemi; the Vice Principal, Ifedayo Yesufu; a Teacher of the School, Mrs. Oloyede Bukola; as...
The Nigerian Armed Forces, NAF, has on Thursday, said that the activities of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and its Eastern Security Network, ESN, have been “drastically reduced in recent times” by men of the Nigerian Army, Page 36 learnt. In a statement signed by the Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier-General Bernard...
Emerging report reaching Page 36 on Tuesday, indicates that the recently defected Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chieftain, and new All Progressives Congress, APC, member, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Lagos. Fani-Kayode was said to be under investigation, for alleged forgery and manipulation of certain undisclosed documents....
The Group Managing Director, GMD, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mele Kyari, has on Tuesday, said that subsidy would have been eliminated in 2020, but certain factors prevented it, adding that, it will most definitely come to an end in 2022, and the pump price of petrol may now range between N320 and...
