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COVID-19 vaccines are more than enough to go round, says Ehanire
Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has assured Nigerians that there are enough doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to go around. He made this known on Friday at the launch of the COVID-19 vaccination programme at the National Hospital, Abuja. The minister expressed that eligible Nigerians will get vaccinated when due, adding that non-eligible groups will have to “respectfully await” their turn. Ehanire said persons under 18 years and pregnant women are not eligible for vaccination at the moment, adding that there is no scientific assessment yet to guarantee the safety of the vaccines for them.
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Insecurity: We will not allow terrorists determine Nigeria’s peace – CDS, Irabor
The Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor has assured that the Nigerian Armed Forces will not allow terrorists to determine the peace of the country. Irabor spoke while addressing State House Correspondents after President Muhammadu Buhari decorated him and other Service Chiefs with their new ranks. He assured that the Nigerian Armed Forces will determine the country’s peace. “Peace and security is not just the security of the borders alone. It comes with having to build bridges across various divides. “We as members of the Armed Forces will never in any way leave the peace and security of our…
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”Is he in desperate need of medical attention?”- FFK blasts Sheik Gumi for saying if Nigerians can forgive coup plotters they can also forgive bandits
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fano-Kayode, has blasted popular Islamic cleric, Sheik Gumi, who said recently said that if coup plotters and those that instigated the civil war can be forgiven, he sees no reason why bandits can’t also be forgiven. Read here. Reacting to Gumi’s statement likening bandits to coup plotters, FFK via his Twitter handle wrote “If coup plotters are pardoned, why not bandits?”- Sheik Ahmad Gumi. Maybe we should give Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin, King Leopard 11 of Belgium, Osama Bin Ladin, Al Bagdadi, Abubakar Shekau & every other mass murderer& genocidal maniac in world history a posthumous pardon too!First…
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Benue State University Teaching Hospital cuts off woman’s breast only to later discover she doesn’t have cancer
A woman who went viral in 2019 as NGOs solicited funds for her cancer treatment, has now been discovered not to have had cancer. Serah Shimenenge Yugh was diagnosed with Stage I invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast at age of 33 on 21st August, 2017. By 2019, Serah’s story had gone viral and caught the attention of health minister, Osagie Ehanire, who said the federal government is planning to roll out a cancer treatment fund to reduce the burden of treating cancer. He said this at the National Health Dialogue that held in October 2019 in Abuja. Mr…
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If coup plotters are pardoned, why not bandits – Gumi
Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has once again called out that bandits be granted amnesty. He said if the government could pardon coup plotters that committed treasonable felony, there was nothing wrong with extending the same gesture to bandits. The Islamic cleric made this remark while responding to the Christian Association of Nigeria in Kaduna on Thursday who called for his arrest over his statements. Gumi in a recent statement called for Nigerians to live in peace and for that to happen there was a need to forgive bandits. He added, “Even those that instigated civil war, the civil…
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Nigeria’s unity not negotiable – Yahaya Bello says after meeting Buhari
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has expressed that the unity of the nation is non-negotiable. Governor Bello stated that this was President Muhammadu Buhari’s position during their meeting at the State House on Thursday. He said the President has assured a more secure and prosperous nation in the days ahead. The governor also spoke concerning the COVID-19 vaccination exercise, maintaining that coronavirus is not a novel disease. He added that he believes in vaccinations, but warns everyone to be careful when taking any form of the vaccine.
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Gumi should be in prison if not for Buhari’s nepotism – Omokri
Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide has expressed that controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi should be in jail for allegedly stirring up ethnic tension. Reacting to the recent killing of soldiers in Katsina, Omokri accused President Muhammadu Buhari of nepotism, saying that was the only reason the Islamic cleric is not in jail. He wrote: “Sheikh Gumi, “Bandits just killed an unspecified number of @HQNigerianArmy soldiers in Katsina. Do you see the result of your telling bandits that Christian soldiers are killing them just to ‘ignite crisis’. If not for @MBuhari’s nepotism, you should be in jail.”
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Buhari is in transition, not with us, yet to join our ancestors – Dino Melaye
The former senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari is currently not with Nigerians, neither with the ancestors but in transition. He said this in a video he posted on his verified Facebook page on Thursday evening. He said the current security situation is due to the absence of the president. “If the president is with us, we cannot be suffering perilous time that we are suffering now, we cannot be in the situation we are in this country”, he said. Melaye said that the insecurity ravaging the entire country, ranging from…
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Insecurity: Drug barons funding terrorism, banditry in Nigeria – Ahmed Lawan
President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that terrorism and banditry is being funded by drug barons Lawan made this known he was visited by Buba Marwa, the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. According to him, the proceeds of the illegal drug trade were being used to buy arms and ammunition for terrorist groups like Boko Haram, as well as bandits and kidnappers. “I believe that this agency needs restructuring now that you’ve taken over. My personal opinion is that NDLEA should be in the league of EFCC, ICPC, and therefore, the kind of support…
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“You, others put Nigeria in a mess” – Wike to Saraki
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has lambasted ex-Senate President, Bukola Saraki, over President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said the former Kwara Governor joined others to put Nigeria in a mess. He said the support ex-PDP governors, and stalwarts gave Buhari ahead of the 2015 general elections was the cause of Nigeria’s present problems. The governor spoke at the commissioning of the Government House Clinic in Port Harcourt, the state capital.Saraki, PDP Reconciliatory Committee Chairman, was among dignitaries that attended the event. “I thank you for coming. I will invite you to speak to your people,…
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Nigerian Lady injured in gas explosion dies (Photos)
A young lady, Onyinye Odo who was involved in a gas explosion accident has died. Details surrounding her death are still sketchy but it was gathered that Onyinye succumbed to severe burns she sustained following a gas explosion. One Edah Mmesoma, who confirmed the story on Wednesday, March 3, said the explosion happened at her place of work. Friends and colleagues have taken to Facebook to mourn her.
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Veteran actor, Sadiq Daba, laid to rest (photos)
The remains of veteran actor, Sadiq Daba, has been laid to rest at the Agege Hausa Cemetery in Lagos on Thursday afternoon, March 4 according to Islamic rites. Daba died on Wednesday, March 3 after a long battle with Leukemia and Prostate cancer
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