Nigeria’s race towards procuring trustable vaccines to tackle COVID-19 pandemic will start yielding fruits from January, the Minister of Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire has said. Ehanire stated this while addressing State House Correspondents after the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in the Council Chambers, the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He revealed that the country will get the vaccines from more than one source, adding that the Ministry of Health had already commenced bilateral talks with manufacturing companies and countries that have developed solutions. The minister, however, listed the delicateness of storage of some types of vaccines, their effectiveness and…
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Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the reopening of four land borders with immediate effect, while others will be reopened subsequently. The Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning Mrs Zainab Ahmed, who disclosed after the week’s virtual FEC meeting, also said restriction on the importation of some commodities, like rice and other products, would continue to be enforced. The borders opened for now include Seme Border in the Southwest, Ilela Border in the Northwest, Mfun Border in the Southsouth and Maigatari Border in the Northwest. Details shortly…
The Federal Government has inaugurated the ‘Bipartite Plus Committee’ on technical framework on the pricing of Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol. This is happening as the new price regime for PMS announced last week by the government officially took off on Monday. The inauguration was sequel to the outcome of a series of bipartite meetings between the Federal Government and the organised labour represented by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Unions Congress to fashion out a framework to monitor and stabilise the petrol pump price. The parley had agreed on December 8 to reduce the fuel…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, on Monday called for an increased salary structure for judges to enable the Judiciary effectively discharge its constitutional responsibilities. He said: “The welfare of judicial officers is another critical issue that we can’t afford to sweep under the carpet. The paltry sum of money being collected as monthly salaries is an issue that needs urgent redress. “The annual budget has been on a steady decline; and that has adversely affected the state of infrastructure in our courts.” The CJN worked against disrespect of the court and its decisions and urged governors…
A truce meeting between the Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was cancelled on Monday. It was the second time in a row. No reason was given for the cancellation of the parley scheduled to discuss the union’s current strike. It was gathered that ASUU was still consulting with its organs on the latest offer by the Federal Government to the striking university teachers. The Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr. Charles Akpan, announced the postponement in a text message. “Good morning, colleagues.…
Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has said the Federal Government’s Finance Bill 2020 be made to serve the benefit of all and not to the detriment of the states. He said, as a measure to ensure that the Bill does not impact negatively on states, the governor’s forum was actively engaging with the Federal Ministry of Finance Budget and National Planning on the provisions of the Bill, especially those impacting state taxes and jurisdiction. The NGF chairman noted that in view of the current economic challenges, “it is important the Bill serves the…
A body, the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has resolved to seek the rescue of the 333 abducted students through indefinite protest in front of President Muhammadu Buhari’s home in Daura, Katsina State. It said it was already mobilising people, including parents of the kidnapped pupils, in all the northern states for the purpose. The group’s Spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, made this known while featuring on Rave FM ‘Frank Talk” programme, in Osogbo, Osun State yesterday. He also stressed the need for the Presidency to reshuffle the security architecture to curtail the killings and banditry in the North. His words: “When the massacre of rice farmers…
Nigeria hass reportedly recorded 201 new cases of the deadly COVID19 as at Monday, December 14. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Kaduna recorded 74 new cases, the highest for the day. Other states with new cases include Lagos-53, Katsina-40, Rivers-11, Plateau-9, Kwara-6, Bauchi-2, Ogun-2, Taraba-2, Edo-1 and Sokoto-1. Nigeria now has a total of 73,374 confirmed cases. 66,314 patients have been discharged so far with 1,197 deaths recorded.
The Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Abdulaziz Garba Gafasa and the House Majority Leader, Kabiru Hassan Dashi, have resigned their positions. Member representing Doguwa, Salisu Ibrahim Riruwai, confirmed the resignation of the duo. No specific reason has been given for the decisions. The resignation letters were received at 1:08am Tuesday by the Kano Assembly. “The speaker resigned on his own personal reason, according to his resignation letter sent to the 9th Assembly platform at 1:08am, while the majority leader did not give reason for his resignation,” Ibrahim said. A new speaker and a majority leader, according to…
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has arguably fallen into the Jose Mourinho trap and needs to sort things out before they get out of hand. Sir Alex Ferguson often spoke about how, when setting his teams up, he would mostly focus on his own side and only a little attention was spent on the opponent. The legendary Scotsman made it a point to reiterate the balance was delicate and couldn’t sway too much in the other direction or it’d become dangerous. Mourinho often set United up on a match by match basis and it was why he was accused…