March 2021

Nigerian government has directed airlines to resume in-flight refreshment on domestic flight with immediate effect.

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, gave the directive during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday.

In-flight refreshments were suspended owing to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The decision was taken in consideration of the businesses involved in the provision of in-flight refreshments that had been paused as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

The minister disclosed that modalities and protocols for the resumption of …

In partnership with the UK Border Force, the British Deputy High Commission in Lagos, the Ministry of Defence (MoD), and the National Crime Agency (NCA) has donated a Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

The RHIB is aimed at improving NDLEA’s already effective capability to patrol and intercept vessels of interest and detect criminality that operates in and around the waterways surrounding Lagos.

The deployment of the NDLEA patrol RHIB will also be instrumental in deterring criminals and reducing maritime crime such as drug smuggling, piracy, robbery, and kidnapping.

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Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, has stated that no fewer than 3 million vulnerable Nigerians need to be vaccinated with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19.

The vulnerable groups include the elderly, Persons Living with Disabilities (PLWDs), Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and the vulnerable poor.

Farouq reiterated that her ministry will be working with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) to reach these demographics  within the shortest period of time.

‘The Ministry is now working to support vulnerable persons under our purview that requires vaccination in line with the …

Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemi, popularly known as Sunday Igboho has alleged plot by terrorists to attack his mother.

Igboho disclosed that two terrorists’ attempt to allegedly harm his mother in her residence in Oyo State was foiled.

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He claimed that while one of the terrorists was arrested, the other escaped.

This was disclosed by Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, via his Twitter handle.

‘I just spoke to Sunday Igboho and he told me that two terrorists were apprehended in his mother’s home in Igboho, Oyo state this evening.’

‘Their

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced a new remote work visa that allows employees from all over the world to live and work in Dubai remotely.

The Vice President/Prime Minister of the UAE, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed, made the announcement via his Twitter account on Sunday.

According to him, the decision was made after the work-from-home policy in Dubai was widely accepted due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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He also stated that this new visa allows employees to live and work in Dubai even if their companies are in another …

A new survey unveiled Monday by British pollsters YouGov has indicated that the trust in AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine in many European countries has heavily crashed following controversy around the jab in recent weeks.

A majority of people in the biggest European Union member states, including Germany, France, Spain and Italy, now see the inoculation as unsafe, the recent poll found. However, views of the Anglo-Swedish pharma giant’s jab remain overwhelmingly positive in Britain, where two-thirds of respondents said it is safe, compared to just nine percent believing it is not.

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