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The federal government will today, receive two million doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine donated by the European Union. The formal handover of the vaccines to Nigeria is billed to take place at the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA,  National Strategic Cold Store, Abuja. The donation is coming at the time government has begun another phase of …

• Businesses worry about inconsistent govt policies• .ng is 0.000504353 of 365.5m world’s registered ccTLD• INEC, banks, eCommerce firms, MDAs still adopt .com; .net; .org•  Country loses millions of dollar to foreign adoption About 17 years after the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) was formed, birthing the country’s code top-level domain (ccTLD), the .ng share of the nation’s identity on the Internet remains very low. The .ng is Nigeria’s …

No fewer than 40 persons died of Lassa fever within the first four weeks of 2022 in 43 Local Government Areas across 14 States of the country, out of a total of 211 persons that were confirmed infected within the period. Disclosing this in its latest Lassa fever Situation Report Epi Week 4:24 – 30 January, 2022, the Nigeria Centre …

• Buhari to rally ECOWAS leaders on restoring normalcy in Guinea-Bissau• Nigeria re-elected into AU Security Council President of African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has warned that Africa risks outsourcing the security of the lives of its 1.4 billion people to the benevolence of others if its leaders do not build the continent’s healthcare defence system. He disclosed …

Armed policemen with Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) on Monday took over the premises of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos as there are insinuations that the Lagos State Government may reopen the school soon. Our correspondent who was in the area observed that apart from the APCs deployed, mobile policemen in no fewer than five vehicles were keeping watch over the school …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says it plans to introduce self-service registration outlets in Abuja and Lagos to leverage the digital competence of its computer-savvy candidates. JAMB disclosed this in its Weekly Bulletin from the Office of the Registrar, on Monday in Abuja. It said that the system is expected to reduce crowds at its accredited Computer-Based Tests …

Telcos lose millions, customers’ verification affected, NIMC apologises as engineers battle crisis Thousands of telecommunication subscribers nationwide seeking to retrieve their lost Subscriber Identity Module cards or acquire new lines temporarily have been left stranded, following a technical glitch in the National Identity Management Commission portal that has grounded SIM-related services. The affected NIMC portal enables telecom firms, the Nigerian …

Minister of State for the Environment, Chief Sharon Ikeazor has announced that the recent fire incident at Ukpokiti Oil Field, involving the Floating Production Storage and Offtake of Shebah Exploration and Production Company Limited (SEPCOL), has been ‘totally’ extinguished. Ikeazor further assured that the National Oil Spill Detection Response Agency (NOSDRA), the scheduled agency under her ministry, will go for …

Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has revealed that it recovered and restrained cash and assets valued at N166.51 billion from corrupt persons in the last two and half years. This represents an increase of 378 percent over the assets recovery target of N44 billion under the Commission’s Strategic Plan 2019 – 2023. This achievement is contained …

—Says investigations still ongoing The Management of Shebah Exploration & Production Company Ltd (SEPCOL) has announced the rescue of three out of the 10 crew members on board it’s offshore facility, FPSO Trinity Spirit, when it was engulfed in fire in the early hours of last week Wednesday following an explosion. The management also said that a dead body was …