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Saturday, 29 January 2022 06:22

More Nigerians receive Covid-19 jabs after expired doses destroyed - Report

Abubakar Yusuf, an informal Nigerian trader, said he was scared to get a Covid-19 shot after hearing the country had stocks of expired vaccines. That changed, however, when health authorities destroyed more than a million expired doses last month. Nigeria's vaccine rollout has slowly gained pace since then as public confidence increases and the government has assured citizens they will not receive expired doses. Nigerians like Yusuf were rattled by reports of vaccines with looming expiry dates and worried about whether the shots they would get were safe and effective, complicating the government's efforts to get as many shots into…

Saturday, 29 January 2022 06:20

ECOWAS suspends Burkina Faso after military coup

West Africa's main regional bloc on Friday suspended Burkina Faso from its governing bodies over this week's military coup but stopped short of imposing any sanctions, its member states said in a statement. Burkina Faso's army overthrew President Roch Kabore on Monday, presenting the latest test to the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which has struggled to mount an effective response to a series of coups in the region over the past 18 months. A delegation of ECOWAS defence chiefs will travel to Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Saturday, followed by a ministerial mission a few days…

Friday, 28 January 2022 06:09

Despite FG’s repeated vow to stop petrol subsidy, Buhari suddenly backtracked. This is what happened

Details have emerged on how security advice forced President Muhammadu Buhari to make a U-turn on the decision to remove fuel subsidy. An impeccable security source told one of our correspondents that intelligence handed over to the president by security officials showed that the protests that would have accompanied the subsidy removal might have been far worse than the #EndSARS demonstrations, mass protests against police brutality that grounded many parts of the country in 2020. The official, who spoke on strict condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak with the press, said the president was eager to…

Friday, 28 January 2022 06:08

I’m overwhelmed by security situation in Northwest Nigeria - Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is overwhelmed by the security situation in the northwest region. Buhari spoke on Thursday at the palace of Sa’ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto. The president said while the situation in the northeast and southsouth has improved compared to when he assumed office, the challenges in the northwest are a different matter. Buhari, however, said he has charged the military and other security agencies not to spare any criminal posing a threat to the peace and safety of Nigerians. “Every day, we are worried about what is happening in the northwest. When we came, if Nigerians…

Friday, 28 January 2022 06:07

FIRS generated N6.4trn revenue in 2021 - Report

Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has raked in N6.4 trillion as revenue in 2021, the highest in its history. The 2021 revenue collection surpassed the N5.3 trillion generated in 2019 when Babatunde Fowler was the head. Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola, special assistant on media and communication to the chairman of FIRS, said this in a statement released on Thursday. According to Wojuola, Muhammad Nami, executive chairman of FIRS, said that despite the limitations faced in 2020/2021, the agency achieved over a hundred percent of its collection target. “The FIRS, in the year 2021 collected a total of N6.405 trillion in both…

Friday, 28 January 2022 06:02

UAE lifts entry, transit ban on passengers from Nigeria, Ethiopia, 10 other African countries

The United Arab Emirates will lift an entry and transit ban on Saturday on travellers who had recently visited South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia and eight other African countries. National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA) said late on Wednesday it was lifting the ban on those who had visited certain African countries in the previous 14 days, imposed due to the Omicron Covid-19 variant. The other countries are Tanzania, Republic of Congo, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Those travelling from African countries will have to obtain a negative Covid-19 PCR test 48 hours prior to…

Thursday, 27 January 2022 06:34

FG pays $298m for 29m doses of Covid-19 vaccine

Nigeria has spent $298 million on procurement of 29 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson jab. Besides, 14,093,873 eligible persons have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, while 5,252,406 eligible Nigerians have been fully vaccinated as at January 25, 2022. Also, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) is integrating childhood immunisation and other medicare in the current phase of Covid-19 mass vaccination. Speaking at the Covid-19 vaccination update Tuesday in Abuja, NPHCDA’s Executive Director (ED)/chief executive, Faisal Shuaib, linked emergence of the various variants to the large proportion of the eligible population yet to be vaccinated, thus giving…

Thursday, 27 January 2022 06:32

Rivers defeats FG in court case over FG’s deductions from Federation Account to fund police

A federal high court in Abuja has declared that the direct deduction of funds from the federation account to fund the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is illegal. In a judgment delivered on Wednesday, Ahmed Mohammed, the presiding judge, held that the provisions of section 4(1)(a) (b) of the Police Trust Fund Act 2019, requiring the deduction of 0.05 percent of any funds in the federation account and 0.005 percent of the net profit of companies operating in Nigeria to fund the police are unconstitutional. Mohammed said the provisions are contrary to the provisions of section 162(1) (3) of the constitution,…

Thursday, 27 January 2022 06:31

Nigeria may have shortage of policemen as Southwest youths refuse to join police - PSC

Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith, has raised the alarm that if care is not taken, Nigeria may face shortage of policemen in the nearest future, which may make the campaign against crime and criminality more difficult. He made the observation at a one-day Southwest Zone police recruitment sensitisation forum at the Kola Daisi Civic Centre, Idi-Ape, Ibadan, Oyo State, yesterday. Smith, retired Inspector-General of Police (IGP), noted that the strength of the Nigeria Police of many years was far below the United Nations recommended police-population ratio. He added that his fear stemmed from the inability of many states…

Thursday, 27 January 2022 06:25

Popular Ekiti pastor, Samuel Aina, is dead

Samuel Olugbade Aina, a popular pastor in Ado- Ekiti is dead. He passed on to glory on Monday 24 January 2022. Aina,70 was until his death the founder of Pillar of Grace and Truth Ministry with 11 branches in Ekiti State. He was a regular face on the Nigerian Television Authority Ado- Ekiti every Sunday with his regular programme titled “Timeless Truth”. A graduate of the University of Lagos, Aina started his ministry over a decade ago. He is survived by his wife Grace Oseyemi Aina, nee Olamiti a younger sister of the well known media chief, Folu Olamiti, and…

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Thursday, 27 January 2022 06:22

N.Korea fires two missiles in latest display of new and operational weapons

Nuclear-armed North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said on Thursday, in what would be the sixth round of missile tests this month. It is among the most missiles ever launched by North Korea in a month, analysts said, as Pyongyang has kicked off 2022 by displaying a dizzying array of new and operational weapons. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said it had detected the launch of what it presumed were two ballistic missiles about 8 a.m. local time from near Hamhung, on the east…

Wednesday, 26 January 2022 06:09

Nigeria more corrupt in 2021 than the year before - Transparency International

Nigeria has dropped one place in the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranking released on Tuesday by Transparency International (TI). The country scored 24 out of 100 points in the 2021 index, which was revealed on TI’s official Twitter handle, @TranperencITng. It is Nigeria’s second consecutive year of a downward spiral on the TI’s CPIranking, the country’s score having dropped from 26 in 2019 to 25 in the 2020 assessment, and further to 24 in the latest 2021 record. The CPI is TI’s tool for measuring the levels of corruption in the systems of various countries around the world. The…

Wednesday, 26 January 2022 06:08

FG to amend Petroleum Industry Act to extend petrol subsidies

Federal government plans to amend its newly-signed Petroleum Industry Act and ask the National Assembly for an 18-month extension to keep its long-standing regime of subsidising imported petrol, its junior oil minister said on Tuesday. The law signed by President Muhammadu Buhari last August contains a provision for elimination of fuel subsidies within six months. However, labour unions have rejected government's planned hike in pump prices, threatening nationwide protest and urging authorities to speed up work on upgrading the country's four refineries, which have been poorly maintained for decades. Many view low petrol prices as one of the few benefits…

Wednesday, 26 January 2022 06:07

CJN calls for nominations to replace Mary Odili, 5 others Justices of Supreme Court

Tanko Muhammad, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), has called for the nomination of judges for appointment to the supreme court. In a letter addressed to all judicial officers in Nigeria, the CJN said it has become necessary to fill the vacant position caused by the death and retirement of justices. “You may recall that Olabode Rhodes-Vivour retired from judicial service on 23 March 2021 on attaining the age of 70 years, in compliance with the provision of Section 291 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended),” the letter reads. “Earlier on, Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta and…

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