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The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 said 1,173,869 or 58.3 persons have been vaccinated with the first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine in the current phase. Mr Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the committee, disclosed this on Monday Abuja while speaking at the national briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC). Mustapha, who is also the Secretary of the Government of …

No fewer than nine people were killed on Monday when hoodlums invaded Ukpomachi Village, Awkuzu in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. The state police command confirmed the deaths in a statement, saying that detail of the invasion was still sketchy, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. The statement was signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has reassured that his administration will continue to focus on human capital development to reduce youth unemployment and tackle illegal migration. Obaseki gave the assurance when he received the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Jerome Pasquier, who was on a courtesy visit to the governor at the Government House in Benin City. The governor commended …

By Okhide Em’ya David Contrary to the nine deaths reported  in an accident that occurred on Saturday at Ekpon junction on the Agbor-Ewohimi road in the Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State, Edo  state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Henry Benamaisia, says  only five persons  died,  According to him, three unconscious victims were rushed to …

A member of the House of Representatives, Yusuf Gagdi, has said the Department of State Services didn’t send any report to the National Assembly on the past extremist views of the embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, during his ministerial screening in 2019. The lawmaker, who is the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Navy, said he …

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has called on the Federal Government to expose all the over 400 Bureau De Change operators recently arrested for allegedly funding the activities of Boko Haram insurgency in the country. Ndume, who is representing Borno South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, made the call in an interview with journalists in …

Microsoft is testing a series of new features for the Edge PDF reader Microsoft appears to be working on a set of much-needed upgrades for the PDF reader that comes bundled with its flagship browser, Edge. At the start of the year, the company announced a new-look search functionality for the Edge PDF reader. But now, new features discovered in early-access builds have …

How to fast track the setting up of a joint regional security outfit to tackle the worsening insecurity in the region was top on the agenda of the Sunday’s security meeting by the South-east governors in Enugu State. Beyond the general insecurity in the South-east, the meeting appeared to have been prompted by the daring attack on the country home of the …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said more than 500 of its members in federal universities nationwide are currently being punished by the Federal Government for not enrolling into the newly introduced Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). The body said the punishment is in form of non-payment of their salaries since February last year despite the …

Mr. Olayomi Koiki, media aide of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Ogboho, has alleged that gunmen attacked the Ibadan residence of the Yoruba rights activist in the early hours of Monday. In a live video on his Facebook page, Igbohos’s aide alleged that the attackers were Nigerian security forces. In the video which was recorded in a compound with a …