August 3, 2020

Russia Aims To Produce ‘Millions’ Of Vaccine Doses By 2021

Russia Aims To Produce ‘Millions’ Of Vaccine Doses By 2021

August 3, 2020 6:24 pm

Russia said Monday it aims to launch mass production of a coronavirus vaccine next month and turn out “several million” doses per month by next year.

The country is pushing ahead with several vaccine prototypes and one trialled by the Gamaleya institute in Moscow has reached advanced stages of development and is about to pass state registration, officials said.

“We are very much counting on starting mass production in September,” Industry Minister Denis Manturov said in an interview published by state news agency TASS.

“We will be able to ensure production volumes of several hundred thousand a month, with an …

Nobel Peace Prize Winner, John Hume, Dies At 83

Nobel Peace Prize Winner, John Hume, Dies At 83

August 3, 2020 6:23 pm

John Hume, the Northern Irish politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for his role in the British province’s peace process, has died aged 83, his family announced Monday.

Hume, the former leader of the mainly Catholic Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), shared the Nobel with David Trimble of the pro-British Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) after the pair helped forge the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement.

“We are deeply saddened to announce that John passed away peacefully in the early hours of the morning after a short illness,” his family said in a statement.

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Beetle swallowed by frog survives, comes out via anus

Beetle Swallowed By Frog Survives, Comes Out Via Anus

August 3, 2020 6:22 pm

A beetle-like insect called Regimbartia attenuata can escape even after being devoured by certain species of frog, Japanese ecologist Shinji Sugiura of Kobe University announced on Monday.

Like other kinds of frog, Pelophylax nigromaculatus’ lack of teeth makes it unable to kill the insect before eating it. This is done instead by the digestive tract.

But that mostly doesn’t work with Regimbartia attenuata, which, Sugiura says, stimulates the frog to defecate and, like Tim Robbins’ wrongly imprisoned Andy Dufresne in 1994 film “The Shawshank Redemption,” crawls through a river of excrement to its freedom.

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Nobody Can Say PDP Is Not Fulfilling Promises In Rivers – Wike

I Gave Cars To Judges As Part Of Anti-Corruption Fight – Gov Wike

August 3, 2020 4:38 pm

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said he gave judges car gifts, as part of his fight against corruption.

Wike stated this during the presentation of the cars on Monday in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

He urged the judges to rededicate themselves to their duties and shun acts of corruption.

“There should be no more excuses for corruption and indolence in job performance among our judges with the level of incentives and entitlements we are providing.

“The point cannot be overemphasized that the most important consideration of their calling is to ensure that justice gets to everyone

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WAEC Timetable Is Anti-Muslim – MURIC

WAEC Timetable Is Anti-Muslim – MURIC

August 3, 2020 4:38 pm

Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has rejected the timetable of the 2020 West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE).

The body said the dates clashed with Muslims’ Friday prayers.

The examination will commence on the 17th August, 2020.

MURIC Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, in a statement on Monday accused WAEC of creating a wedge between young Muslims and the mosque.

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“There are at least three clashes between examination periods and Muslim prayers on Fridays: Management-in-Living (2 pm, Friday 14th August, 2020); Literature-in-English (2 pm, Friday 21st August); Health Science (1.30 pm, …

Governor Badaru Directs All Civil Servants To Resume Work

Governor Badaru Directs All Civil Servants To Resume Work

August 3, 2020 4:36 pm

Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar has directed all civil servants to resume work effective tomorrow, 4th August, 2020.

The Governor gave the directive while briefing newsmen at the Government House in Dutse, the state capital.

Africa Daily News, New York had reported that the state government earlier directed civil servants from grade level 12 and above to resume work and to fully follow all the preventive measures in office.

But he said the latest decision followed the successes recorded in the fight against COVID-19 across the state so far.

Read Also: COVID-19: FG Sends Fresh Warning To Civil Servants

Badaru explained …

Adesina Calls For Cancellation Of NBA Elections, Akpata’s Removal

Adesina Calls For Cancellation Of NBA Elections, Akpata’s Removal

August 3, 2020 4:35 pm

Dele Adesina (SAN), one of the candidates in the recently concluded Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential election, has asked the Board of Trustees of the association to cancel the results.

He made the demand in a petition addressed to the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Association on Monday.

Olumide Akpata had defeated Adesina and Babatunde Ajibade (SAN), to emerge the 30th NBA President.

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However, in the petition, Adesina alleged that the election was tainted by over-voting, disenfranchisement of some eligible voters.

He also alleged that there was …

NDDC Contract Saga - Orji Kalu Replies Akpabio

NDDC Contract Saga: Orji Kalu Replies Akpabio

August 3, 2020 3:34 pm
Former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has reacted to report by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio that he was one of the beneficiaries of the contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

Kalu, who is the Senate’s Chief Whip, said the NDDC had not paid the contractors who constructed the roads he facilitated, saying that he believed that the issues at stake in the NDDC had to do with missing funds and not works done.

The lawmaker, in a statement issued by Emeka Nwala of office of the Senate Chief Whip, said …

Journalists Fume As Udom Bars Them From Akwa Ibom State Event

Journalists Fume As Udom Bars Them From Akwa Ibom State Event

August 3, 2020 2:16 pm

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State today barred journalists in the State from covering the inauguration of new members of the State Executive Council as well as the newly elected executive of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which held at the Banquet Hall of the Government House, Uyo, over COVID-19 scare.

But Correspondents of national newspapers in the State during an editorial meeting held at the Chapel’s secretariat on Monday expressed reservations over the government’s decision.

The members who described such move as stigmatization threatened to boycott the report of government activities going forward.

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Tax Keeps Nigeria Afloat Not Oil Money – FIRS Tells Nigerians

Tax Keeps Nigeria Afloat Not Oil Money – FIRS Tells Nigerians

August 3, 2020 2:15 pm

The Federal Inland Revenue Services, FIRS, has urged Nigerians to pay their taxes.

Muhammad Nami, the Executive Chairman of FIRS, said the tax revenues generated by the service have kept the Nigeria’s economy going despite the outbreak of COVID-19.

He disclosed that allocations shared among states was an off-shoot of tax and not oil as being speculated.

Nami spoke on Monday in Abuja during a live appearance on the popular morning show, Kaakaki, on Africa Independent Television (AIT) as part of his national public enlightenment on voluntary tax compliance, especially educating the citizenry on stamp duty payments.

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Private School Parents Protest ₦25,000 COVID-19 Test Fees In Ogun

Private School Parents Protest ₦25,000 COVID-19 Test Fees In Ogun

August 3, 2020 11:58 am

Parents of SS 3 students in private schools in Ogun State on Sunday protested vehemently over compulsory ₦25,000 the state government ordered them to pay to test their wards for COVID-19 before they will be allowed to resume.

The Ogun State Government had asked all SS 3 students in boarding schools in the state to undergo compulsory COVID-19 and malaria tests before resumption.

Many of the parents, who took their demonstrations to the streets, faulted the decision of the government to ask them to pay ₦25,000 on each pupil before they would be allowed to resume.

The dissatisfied parents on …

Pastor Zango Released After 12 Days In Boko Haram’s Camp

Boko Haram Gunmen Massacre 18 Civilians, Gravely Injure 11

August 3, 2020 11:57 am

Boko Haram gunmen have killed no fewer than 18 civilians in a raid on the night of Saturday to Sunday in Cameroon’s Far North region.

The attack took place at a place called Nguetchewe, located in the sub-division of Mayo-Moskota near the border with Nigeria, the staging post of the terrorist Boko Haram.

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Eleven villagers were also seriously injured, according to the security sources who asked not to be named.

The attack happened about two weeks after the assassination of a soldier by Boko Haram in Touski in the Far North region.…

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