June 21, 2022

COVID-19: Only 19% Eligible Nigerians Vaccinated, FG Laments

June 21, 2022 5:55 am

The federal government on Tuesday revealed said the country has been able to fully vaccinate 21,236,404 of its eligible population with COVID-19 vaccine.

Speaking at a ministerial press briefing organised by the Federal Ministry of Health in Abuja, yesterday, the Executive Director of the National Primary HealthCare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib said: ‘As at 10pm yesterday, the 19th of June 202, of the 111,776,503 eligible Nigerian residents target for the entire vaccination cycle, a total of 21,236,404 people were fully vaccinated with different mix of COVID-19 vaccines while 28,426,564 people were partially vaccinated, indicating 19.05 per cent and …

2023 Elections: ‘No One Can Buy Our Integrity’ — INEC REC

June 21, 2022 5:51 am

Malam Garba Attahiru-Madami, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Kwara, has stated his intention to deliver the best elections in the state’s history in 2023, stressing that ‘nobody can buy his Integrity.’

At a news conference in Ilorin on Monday, Attahiru-Madami declared this in the wake of an allegation levelled against him by the state’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) spokesman, Prince Tunji Morounfoye.

According to reports, Morounfoye claimed in a public statement that the REC had been compromised and that he was in a secret meeting with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.

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Armed Men Gruesomely Murder 20 Civilians In Mali

June 21, 2022 5:45 am

Raiders in Mali, yesterday killed no fewer than 20 civilians in attacks on villages near the northern town of Gao, while a UN peacekeeper was killed by a landmine in the turbulent region.

According to a senior police officer who requested anonymity, ‘criminal terrorists’ slaughtered at least 20 villagers in several hamlets in the Anchawadj commune, a few dozen kilometres north of Gao, yesterday.

The killings took place near Ebak, 35 kilometres (23 miles) north of Gao, the region’s largest town, according to a local official who blamed the attacks on jihadists and estimated the dead toll at 24.…

Nigeria Withholding $450m Belonging To Foreign Airlines -IATA

June 21, 2022 5:40 am

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has revealed that Nigeria is holding back about $450 million in revenue earned by foreign airlines operating in the country.

Vice President for Africa and the Middle East, IATA, Kamil Al Awadhi, made the remark yesterday at the opening of its 78th annual general meeting and world air transport summit in Doha, Qatar.

‘A financially viable air transport sector supports jobs and must be a driving force for Africa and the Middle East economic recovery from COVID-19,’ Al Awadhi said.

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Chances Of Swift NATO Admission For Finland, Sweden Dwindles

June 21, 2022 5:32 am

While Finland and Sweden will meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss their delayed NATO bids with Turkey, experts say the chances of a resolution before the alliance gathering next week are dwindling.

Officials from the three nations were scheduled to meet with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to discuss the Nordic countries’ membership applications, which have been stalled by Ankara.

‘I think it is possible but it would be very difficult,’ Paul Levin, director of the Institute for Turkey Studies at Stockholm University, told AFP, adding it would require both parties to compromise.

NATO and the two Nordic countries had …

Bola Tinubu: The Dangerous Man, And His Crooked Personality

June 21, 2022 3:47 am

With details about his life shrouded in ungodly secrecy, his source of stupendous wealth undetermined, and several question marks hanging around his troubled face, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the former Governor of Lagos State and Presidential candidate of Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has easily assumed the unceremonious position of the most crooked human being to run for the number one seat in Africa’s most populous country.

Perhaps, one tool that he has smartly used to his advantage over the years is the media. He has managed to conceal his crooked personality, de-emphasise his shortcomings and ascribe a …