Month: April 2021
Page: 9
The United Kingdom’s vaccine advisory body says under-30s are to be offered an alternative Covid jab to the AstraZeneca vaccine due to the evidence linking it to rare blood clots. It sad a review by drugs regulator MHRA found out that by the end of March 79 people in the UK had suffered rare blood […]
The Rivers state Commissioner for health, Professor PRINCEWILL CHIKE has urged the people in the state to work together in promoting equity in the society for better health outcome. Professor CHIKE who gave the advice as the World Health Day, takes centre stage today, urged everyone to always sustain clean environmental and personal hygiene. He […]
The Senate Minority Leader, ENYINNAYA ABARIBE is demanding a thorough investigation into the rising wave of attack on police formations across the country, especially the ones that happened recently in Imo State. ABARIBE condemned the frightening surge of violence in the South-East, particularly the attack on the Correctional Centre in Owerri, Ebonyi and Enugu states. […]
Vice President YEMI OSINBAJO has decorated USMAN ALKALI BABA as the new Inspector-General of Police (IGP). The decoration ceremony was held at Vice President Conference Hall at the State House in Abuja. Those present at the event include the former IGP, MOHAMMED ADAMU; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), BOSS MUSTAPHA and […]
Myanmar troops have fired at anti-coup protesters, killing at least five people and wounding several. Media said activists defied a bloody crackdown and internet blockade by the ruling junta. More than 580 people have been killed, according to an activist group, in the turmoil in Myanmar since a February 1 coup that ended a brief […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied hiring individuals or groups as consultants for staff recruitment. Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, made this known in a statement in Abuja. Okoye urged members of the public to report to security agencies, individuals or group claiming to be consulting for […]
The Nigeria Army are facing allegations of flogging pregnant lady in Oyigbo, Rivers State after alleged violation of the curfew. In an interview with our correspondent, the victim who pleaded anonymity alleged the incident took place at the Ehime Camp axis of Oyigbo on Monday. Our correspondent is making moves to reach the army spokesman […]
The United Kingdom Prime Minister, BORIS JOHNSON, has urged Britons to receive their Covid-19 vaccination when invited, following concerns about potential side effects of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. BORIS JOHNSON said getting vaccinated was “the key thing” and the regulator’s advice was to keep giving the jab. This came after a European Medicines Agency official, speaking […]
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice TANKO MUHAMMAD, has urged the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, to call off their ongoing strike. JUSUN had ordered its members across the federation to shut all courts to press home their demand for implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary. Consequently, members of the union locked […]
Gunmen have razed the Divisional Police Headquarters, in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area in Imo State. This came on the heels of an attack on Owerri Correctional Centre and the Imo State Police Command headquarters, which led to release some one thousand eight hundred inmates and destruction of over 50 vehicles. Recall that Professor YEMI […]
