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Shehu Sani Former Senator, Shehu Sani, has said the Nigerian government’s planned $400 billion allocation for COVID-19 vaccine may be a waste of resources due to exploitation. Sani, who spoke on Wednesday at the launch of National Ear Care Centre (NECC) magazine in Kaduna, noted that Nigeria does not have the facilities required for the COVID-19 vaccine and might not achieve any success because of the conditions attached to the vaccine.   Shehu Sani He revealed that the $400 billion COVID-19 vaccine to be imported requires that it should be kept at – 70 degree census (-70°C), which is seemingly impossible to achieve in Nigeria. He said, “ln layman’s knowledge of temperature, if you put it in the fridge, that’s all. What’s the temperature of the normal fridge? By the time you move the vaccine from Lagos to Katsina, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Yola, among others, for how many days, and which electricity are you going to use to keep the vaccine for the temperature of -70 degree in Niger

President Buhari The National Publicity Secretary of Arewa Consultative Forum, Emmanuel Waye, has said he has lost faith in President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. In an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday, Waye lamented the worsening level of insecurity in the country, especially in the North.  He said, “How can I have faith in someone who presides over this kind of thing? I had faith in him when I followed him as a reporter and he chased away some foreigners who were coming to kill us. “When he was coming to be President, I had faith in him. I witnessed how successful this man was in chasing enemies out of our country in 1983. But now, 300 people (were) kidnapped in his home state.” Waye said he no longer feels safe travelling to his country home in Taraba State due to the frequent killings happening there.  “I can’t go to my home state of Taraba. The whole place is in chaos; they are killing people every day. That one is not publicised because there is

Workers handling the registration of national identity numbers in Delta State have resorted to extorting prospective registrants as they charged between N3,000 and N5,000 for the enrolment form which is supposed to be free.   SaharaReporters learned that hundreds of applicants who besieged the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) office at Effurun in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State were asked to pay to get the forms which are being hoarded by the commission’s staff. At Effurun, our correspondent who monitored the exercise on Wednesday at the council secretariat observed that the forms were available as expected because the staff hoarded the enrolment forms to sell to desperate applicants. A registrant told SaharaReporters that the extortion was being coordinated by the manager of the NIMC in the area, adding that those who could not afford N3,000 or N5,000 were treated with disdain. “Officials of the National Identity Management Commission are making a h

The Indigenous People of Biafra says that the newly created Eastern Security Network has many members who are university graduates and volunteers who relocated from the Diaspora to put an end to terror in the South-East region.  Also, the group said the unfavourable disposition of South-East governors towards its new security initiative would not affect the success of its mission to defend the region in any way. The Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, told SaharaReporters in an interview on Wednesday.   Speaking on the criteria used in recruiting fighters for ESN, Powerful said, “Willingness to die in defence of Biafraland against local and foreign terrorists. It is a volunteer force, but it’s not like the absurdity obtained in Nigerian security agencies. Many of our men are graduates; some relocated from North America, Asia and Europe to be part of ESN. “We have people of all stations and academic backgrounds. But what is paramount is that our men are high

Mubarak Bala The Nigeria Police Force has failed to release atheist Mubarak Bala, despite an order of the Federal High Court mandating the Inspector-General of Police to release him. Bala, who is also the President of the Nigerian Humanist Association, was arrested for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Mohammed in a Facebook post in April. Mubarak Bala A lawyer, S. S. Umar, subsequently petitioned the Commissioner of Police in Kano State, demanding Bala’s arrest. They arrested Bala in Kaduna State and transferred him to Kano where he has remained since April 28, 2020. Bala’s lawyers filed a fundamental human rights suit before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja. The court on December 21, 2020, ordered Bala’s immediate release. However, it was learnt that Bala spent Christmas and Boxing Day in prison and might spend the New Year in detention if the court order was not complied with by Thursday. Speaking with The PUNCH on Tuesday, Bala’s lawyer, Mr James Ibor,