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COVID-19 Vaccines Unavailable Until 2021, Says Nigeria’s Health Minister, Ehanire

Nigeria Health Minister, Dr Osagie Ehanire The Nigerian Government has said no vaccine for the Coronavirus would be available until 2021. Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, made the revelation on Thursday while speaking during the briefing of Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. Nigeria Health Minister, Dr Osagie Ehanire VON He said, “Vaccines will not be available until next year at best. No reliable therapeutics has been confirmed but our country must restart businesses, including travel to allow citizens to earn their livelihood. “Compliance with all the recommended measures like wearing your masks, social distancing, avoiding gatherings etc will go a long way to help. “I also use this opportunity to renew my calls to members of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) to put the plight, safety and well-being of their patients into consideration and to call off the ongoing strike while the differences are being addressed by negotiations. “It is important to remind ourse

Edo Grudge Match Reaches Final By Azu Ishiekwene

Azu Ishiekwene It couldn’t get worse. Like many family feuds, offence festered as quickly as affection grew. In this case, though, there was some hope that the feuding parties had too much going for them to risk losing all. And for what? Comrade Adams Oshiomhole was the common glue. A decorated unionist and two-term governor of Edo State, Oshiomhole once made trenches his home.  He led the fight to dislodge the principalities of godfather politics embodied at the time by Tony Anenih, a man famous for bringing his own shade wherever trouble offered no trees.  Oshiomhole humiliated Anenih and degraded the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo. He made an open show of the old man and declared an end to godfather politics in Edo. In that fight against Anenih, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, was on the other side; that is, he was for some time on Anenih’s side against Oshiomhole. Though he was a founding member of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), one of the legacy parties that formed the A

Lawmaker Who Sponsored Bill Allowing Governor Uzodinma Arrest Persons Arbitrarily Says Document Was Altered

Frank Ugboma Honourable Frank Ugboma, Deputy Minority Leader, Imo State House of Assembly, who sponsored the recently signed Imo State Administration of Criminal bill No 2 of 2020 (ISACJL, 2020) has revealed that the bill had been altered. Governor Hope Uzodinma on Thursday signed into law the ISACJL, 2020, which empowers him to arrest and detain any resident of the state for as long as he wishes. Ugboma, who spoke after the bill was met with wide criticisms, said some sections were sneaked into the bill by some unknown individuals. Frank Ugboma Describing the development as a “rude shock”, Ugboma stated that the bill had 372 sections, noting that the controversial section that empowers the governor to arrest and detain contravenes the fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution. He said, “For the avoidance of doubt, the Bill I presented had about a total of 372 sections. How and where it was amended, recreated and reshaped into Section 484 and beyond remains a mys

Nigerian Soldier Fighting Boko Haram Commits Suicide, Leaves Letter For Wife

File Photo A soldier fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East has reportedly killed himself. According to TheCable, the soldier, a lance corporal attached to the Nigerian  Army 27 Task Force Brigade in Buni Gari, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State, committed suicide on Thursday at his duty post.  “He shot himself in the head and died immediately before other soldiers could even rush to help,” a military source told the newspaper. File Photo The soldier was also said to have left a note for his wife.  His body has been evacuated and sources said investigation into what led to the incident was in progress. See Also Exclusive EXCLUSIVE: Newly Married Soldier Killed By Fellow Military Colleague In Borno 0 Comments 1 Month Ago In July, a soldier in the army’s 202 Battalion in Bama, Borno State, killed a lieutenant , who did not give him pass to visit his family.  In 2019, a soldier hanged himself in Abuja. Also in 2017, another soldier committed suicide

Boko Haram Terrorists Kill Three Persons In Borno Communities

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists have attacked two villages in Borno, killing no fewer than three persons while others were injured. SaharaReporters gathered that the insurgents attacked Gareri and Kuwami communities both in Magumeri Local Government Area. Magumeri is North and about 40km drive from Maiduguri, the state capital, which had witnessed series of Boko Haram attacks. Residents said many of them escaped to the bush to avoid being abducted during the attacks. “Two people were killed at Gareri while one person was killed by the gunmen in Kuwani,” a security source told SaharaReporters. Boko Haram Insurgency Terrorism News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3krCMAv via EDUPEDIA