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Nigeria is one of 92 countries that will receive the free Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccines through COVAX. Nigeria will on Tuesday receive the first batch of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines through COVAX, the global sharing programme designed to make vaccine access more equal. Because it is cheap – costs less than two bottles of beer – easy to make and store, AstraZeneca is regarded the …

The Senate at plenary on Tuesday approved the passage of the Older Persons (Rights and Privileges) Bill 2020 and an amendment to the Child’s Right Act of 2003. The passage of the bills followed the adoption of reports by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Senator Betty Apiafi. The upper chamber, had last year organised an event to get …

Some of the 317 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State, kidnapped last Friday were freed in the early hours of Tuesday. President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed joy over the release of some abducted students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State. PREMIUM TIMES had reported how majority of the 317 female students abducted from the school were …

The long-awaited AstraZeneca – Oxford Covid-19 vaccines have arrived Nigeria. The vaccines arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe international Airport, Abuja around noon on Tuesday, onboard an Emirates airline. At the airport to receive the vaccines were the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 and Secretary General to the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha. Also present were the Minister for Health, …

Senior Executive Course 43 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) will perhaps hold the key to unlock the mystery of failed or poorly implemented policies and projects in Nigeria, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said. Osinbajo (SAN), who spoke earlier today while inaugurating the Senior Executive Course 43 of the NIPSS hoped that the participants’ action …

Edo State has, in the last 72 hours, recorded 23 new cases and four more deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of deaths recorded in the second wave of the pandemic to 54. The State COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Andrew Obi, disclosed this on Monday during the daily virtual meeting of the State COVID-19 Taskforce, chaired by the state governor, Mr. Godwin …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki clarified on Monday that his administration has no problem with teachers in Edo, but a section of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) leadership “that wants to continue to politicize education.” Obaseki made the clarification while launching the ‘Let’s Go To School’ and ‘Parent’s First’ campaigns with the mandate that all children in the …

The education sector in Nigeria has been confronted with many challenges, including labour strikes, poor funding, decay in infrastructure, and the recent kidnapping cases. Thus, it is fast becoming extremely difficult for students in Nigeria to attain their educational dreams. This may not be unconnected with the long decay in the education system which has deprived many the opportunities to …

The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria says its leaders have been invited by the Department of State Services for blocking the supply of foodstuff and cattle from the North to the South. The General Secretary, AUFCDN, Ahmed Alaramma, said this at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, adding that the President of the association, Mohammed …

…We need God intervention to end Kidnappings, Banditry -Minister Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, on Monday condemned the wave of violent attacks on students, saying that about 1,157 students have been kidnapped in seven years. Dame Tallen, who stated this during a press briefing in commemoration of 2021 International Women’s Day, with the theme: Zero Discrimination Day’ lamented …