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Wednesday, 03 February 2021 04:11

'Oxygen, oxygen, oxygen': Covid-19 patients battle for access as shortages worsen

The Lagos businesswoman recalled the “horrendous” week she spent in the Covid-19 wing of a city public hospital, where the sense of crisis was lifted only briefly by whoops of joy when a patient secured one of the few available tanks of oxygen. “There was a shortage,” the 47-year-old, who did not wish to be named in order to protect the staff who struggled to treat her, told Reuters. “It was discussed all around. It felt like that was the main issue – oxygen, oxygen, oxygen,” she said, convalescing in a private hospital to which she moved. Authorities are battling…

Wednesday, 03 February 2021 04:11

FG delays SIM card registration order for second time

Federal government has given telecommunication providers an extra eight weeks to add valid National Identification Numbers (NIN) to every SIM card registered in the country, according to a statement from the Nigeria Communications Commission. The providers originally had two weeks, until Dec. 30, to make the changes before the deadline was extended for a first time. The latest deadline is April 6. Adding the numbers to the some 200 million active mobile phone lines is a daunting task, one made more difficult by the fact that not all Nigerians have a national identification number. MTN has said it would take…

Wednesday, 03 February 2021 04:09

Northern elders cry to Buhari, govs over alleged attacks on Fulani in Southern Nigeria

Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has lamented alleged attacks on Fulani herders in some states in the South East and South West, and appealed to President Muhammdu Buhari, State governors and the police to intervene. NEF, in a statement, yesterday, by its Director, Publicity and Advocacy, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, warned against the profiling of Fulani as terrorists and kidnappers, explaining that not all of them indulge in such act. He said: “Northern Elders Forum (NEF) is deeply worried by reports of ejections under threats and attacks on Fulani herders, families and communities in some states of the South. “The Forum has been…

Tuesday, 02 February 2021 06:14

FG expects 41m Covid-19 vaccine doses from African Union

Nigeria expects to receive 41 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from the African Union, the head of the country’s primary healthcare agency said on Monday, while the health minister said vaccines from Russia and India were being considered. Authorities in Africa’s most populous country, which has 200 million people, plan to inoculate 40% of the population this year and another 30% in 2022. The African Union initially secured 270 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from manufacturers for member states. Last week it was announced that the bloc would receive another 400 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Faisal Shuaib, who heads the…

Tuesday, 02 February 2021 06:07

There’s only one medical doctor attending to almost 6,000 Nigerians - Senator

Out of the 72,000 registered medical doctors in Nigeria, only 35,000 are currently practising, it was learnt on Monday. This is even as stakeholders in the Health sector blamed the high maternal and pre-natal mortality rates and poor ratio of healthcare seekers to the available healthcare givers in the country. These revelations came to the fore at a public hearing on Bills seeking to establish health-related institutions, regulatory council and healthcare development fund organised by the Senate Committee on Health. Sponsor of the Bill seeking to establish a Federal University of Health Sciences in Otukpo, Benue State, Abba Moro, said…

Tuesday, 02 February 2021 06:06

Ibarapa residents to Makinde: We’ll defend ourselves if you continue to fail to protect us

Some aggrieved residents and youths of Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Council of Oyo State, yesterday, welcomed Governor Seyi Makinde with placards, demonstrating their displeasure with the way the security situation in the region was handled. The inscriptions on the placards include “Ibarapa Land Not Fulani RUGA”, “Fulani Must Stop Raping Our Women”, “No More Seriki, No More Carnage” “Stop Fulani Massacre of Ibarapa People”, among others. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Igangan Development Advocates (IDA), Abideen Oguntowo, who spoke with our correspondent, said the residents used the placards to communicate their grievances to the governor. Besides, indigenes and residents…

Tuesday, 02 February 2021 06:05

Sunday Igboho storms Ogun to ‘flush out killer herdsmen’

Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader better known as Sunday Igboho, on Monday, visited Ogun to “flush out” killer herdsmen from the state. Igboho made news headlines after he issued an ultimatum to Fulani herders in Ibarapa local government area of Oyo state. His action had sparked tension in the state, leading to the destruction of properties in the area. His house in the Soka area of Ibadan was also torched, days after he went to Ibarapa to effect the quit notice. Addressing his supporters in Abeokuta, Ogun capital, Igboho said his clamour for the eviction of herdsmen is not limited…

Tuesday, 02 February 2021 06:04

Ex-information minister Tony Momoh is dead

A former Minister of Information and Culture, Tony Momoh, has died at the age of 81. Sources close to the deceased told our correspondent that he died on Monday at his residence in Abuja. Momoh was appointed Minister of Information and Culture by General Ibrahim Babangida, holding the position from September 1986 until 1990. He was Chairman of the African Conference of Information Ministers from 1988 to 1990. He was educated at Government School Auchi, the school Momoh the First had established at Auchi in 1922. He also attended Teacher Training College, Abraka, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, the University…

Monday, 01 February 2021 06:06

Buhari to appoint new IGP as police chief Adamu retires today

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to name a new Inspector-General of Police as the incumbent police chief, Mohammed Adamu, is due to take a bow out of service today, multiple sources told Daily Trust yesterday. As the president’s action is being awaited, prominent socio-cultural groups and civil society organisations have called on the president to do the right thing and stick to the rule of law in taking his decision. While the IGP’s days in the police are officially up, on account of attaining 35 years in service, the president has the pejorative to extend his stay. But informed sources…

Monday, 01 February 2021 06:04

Third Mainland Bridge reopens ahead of schedule

Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, on Sunday, said that the total shutdown of the Third Mainland Bridge would be lifted at midnight of Jan. 31, 24 hours ahead of schedule. Popoola said the contractor was able to complete the repair works on the bridge on Saturday, hence the lifting of the total closure at midnight. “The casting of the expansion joints was completed on Saturday. Therefore, the Third Mainland Bridge will be opened by 12 midnight of Jan. 31. “Motorists can start plying the bridge as from 12 midnight,” he said. While thanking road users for their understanding,…

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Monday, 01 February 2021 06:03

Walking cattle from North to South should be banned - Ganduje

Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, says there should be a law banning movement of cattle from the north to the south. Speaking with journalists after he and All Progressives Congress (APC) governors met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina state, Ganduje said if the movement of cattle is not stopped, there will be no end to farmer-herder conflicts. The governor said his administration is already constructing a settlement for herders in a forest near Kano’s border with Katsina. He said the settlement will have houses, a dam, an artificial insemination centre, and a veterinary clinic. “We are building…

Monday, 01 February 2021 06:02

Military coup underway as Aung San Suu Kyi and other Myanmar leaders arrested

Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained in an early morning raid, the spokesman for the governing National League for Democracy (NLD) said on Monday. The move came after days of escalating tension between the civilian government and the powerful military that stirred fears of a coup in the aftermath of an election the army says was fraudulent. NLD spokesman Myo Nyunt told Reuters by phone that Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other leaders had been “taken” in the early hours of the morning. “I want to tell our…

Sunday, 31 January 2021 06:08

Buhari appoints new ADC as former Chief Detail gets promotion

President Mohammadu Buhari has appointed Yusuf Dodo, a lieutenant colonel, as his Aid-de-camp (ADC). The new ADC replaces Mohammed Abubakar, a lieutenant colonel, who is due for the rank of brigadier general. Mr Abubakar is to proceed on a course in February. Until his appointment, Dodo was the Academy Adjutant of Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. The new ADC’s appointment is coming less than a week after the president named new service chiefs. In a statement by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina on Tuesday, the President appointed Lucky Irabor, a Major General as the Chief of Defence Staff. Others are Ibrahim…

Saturday, 30 January 2021 05:33

Ondo workers have accepted to be paid 50 percent of their salaries. Here’s why

Workers in the employ of Ondo State Government have agreed to collect 50 per cent of their salary for November 2020. They also agreed to adopt the model in use by the local governments/State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) for future salary payment. This was because Governor Rotimi Akeredolu declined to further borrow to augment salary payment. The governor was said to have told workers that borrowing to augment payment of salary was no longer sustainable. It was learnt that the Labour leaders agreed to the half salary after they were shown realities of the state finances. At a meeting…

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