June 15, 2022

EU Acquires 110,000 Vaccine Doses To Fight Monkeypox

June 15, 2022 4:46 am

The European Union on Tuesday revealed that it has purchased almost 110,000 vaccine doses to help tackle the monkeypox outbreak and would share them out among the bloc’s members.

The jabs, made by Danish firm Bavarian Nordic, are currently authorised for use in the EU against smallpox, but officials say they will also work against the monkeypox virus.

‘With the agreement signed today, we ensure that member states will have access to much-needed vaccines to protect people exposed to monkeypox,’ EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides disclosed.

The World Health Organization says that, since the start of May, 1,285 monkeypox cases …

APC Officially Loses Two Senators To Opposition PDP

June 15, 2022 4:42 am

Two frontline members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senate Majority Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi and another Northern Senator, Adamu Aliero, have officially announced their defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The formal defections of the two APC senators from Kebbi State were conveyed in two separate letters addressed to Senate President Ahmad Lawan, and read at plenary on Tuesday

Sen. Ailero and Sen. Abdullahi represent Kebbi Central and Kebbi North Senatorial districts respectively.

Also to defect formally from the PDP to the All Progressives Grand Alliance on June 15, is the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe.

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ADC: Moghalu Bribed State Chairmen But Still Lost – Kachikwu

June 15, 2022 4:38 am

The winner of the 2023 presidential ticket of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu has hit out at his opponent in the race alleging that Kingsley Moghalu, who lost the presidential primaries, bribed state chairmen of the party but still lost.

Kachikwu, in an interview with Channels TV which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York, revealed that Moghalu sent some of the state chairmen N1 million and cash to some delegates before the election.

The ADC chieftain, who claimed that he has evidence to back up his claim, further stated that the party has asked its legal …