In this file photo taken on June 20, 2021 a resident receives a dose of vaccine against Covid-19. (Photo by Andre Borges / AFP) Court restrains Obaseki from making vaccination compulsory Edo civil servants get seven-day ultimatum to get inoculated New C.1.2. COVID-19 variant not spreading, says WHO Amid reactions to the declaration by Edo […]
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The Federal Government, on Tuesday, hinted that it might sanction anybody who refused to take COVID-19 vaccines after they had been made available to all Nigerians. Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, gave the hint of possible sanctions at a press briefing in Abuja. This was as a Federal High […]
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The Senior Special Adviser to the President of the Africa Development Bank on Industrialisation, Prof Banji Oyeyinka, has disclosed that $520m has been earmarked for the development of the first phase of Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones in some selected states across Nigeria. According to him, the AfDB committed $160m; the Africa Growing Together Fund $50m; […]
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Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Yemi Akinwonmi, on Tuesday, led a delegation of party leaders to visit ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, in his Abuja residence. Those on Akinwonmi’s delegation were Daisi Akintan, former caretaker secretary of the PDP in the South-West and the secretary of ex-officio forum and a member of the National […]
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Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has called on Nigerians to defend themselves against bandits, saying they have declared war on the country. It also insisted that there must be restructuring in order to solve the problems bedevilling the country, adding that it must be before the next elections in the country. It stressed that this is […]
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Oyo anti-open grazing law not effective two years after Afenifere raises concerns over alleged deployment of Northern youths Enugu residents seek enactment of anti-open grazing law Katsina bans inter-state transport of cattle Niger suspends cattle markets over insecurity Few hours after he suspended all activities in the state’s forest reserves, Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, […]
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The Federal Government, on Tuesday, hinted that it might sanction anybody who refused to take COVID-19 vaccines after they had been made available to all Nigerians. Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, gave the hint of possible sanctions at a press briefing in Abuja. This was as a Federal High […]
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Lalong relaxes 24-hour curfew in Jos North NANS summons emergency security summit ‘Don’t resort to self-help’ Plateau Assembly sealed. No, it’s not true, says Govt President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration is on top of events and is moving ahead with force to crush the perpetrators of the recent incidents of unrest […]
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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the end of the war in Afghanistan in the State Dining Room at the White House on August 31, 2021 in Washington, DC. The last American military aircraft took off from Hamid Karzai Airport a few minutes before midnight in Kabul, marking the end of U.S. military presence […]
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By Kunle Akogun There is no doubt that since his appointment as the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) five years ago, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede has remained one of the most visible poster boys of President Muhammadu Buhari’s war against corruption. The reason is simple: the Professor of Islamic Jurisprudence and former […]
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