Facial nerve paralysis experienced after receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine shot against COVID-19 is a rare complication, an official has said. Prof. Leonid Eidelman, an Israeli doctor and the former Head of the World Medical Organisation, said this on Wednesday that it does not last long but the cause of side …
Read More »How Biden’s inauguration will be different from past US presidents’ —Report
The inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States will hold on Wednesday but with a bit of difference from other inauguration ceremonies in the history of the country. Biden and incoming Vice President Kamala Harris won the US presidential election of November 3, 2020, defeating …
Read More »Apapa Customs command intercepts 133 containers of drugs, generates N518b
The Apapa command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Lagos has made a total seizure of 318 containers, including 133 containers of unregistered pharmaceutical products. Giving the breakdown of the seizures, the command’s Area Controller, Mohammed Abba-Kura, said: “Some of the seized items are 133 containers of unregistered pharmaceuticals, including …
Read More »NAF airstrikes destroy Boko Haram ammunitions depot, kill scores in Borno – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has launched airstrikes against a Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHT) training camp, destroying a suspected ammunition depot, and killing several terrorists at Nuwar in the Bama area of Borno State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major …
Read More »Retired Gen Buba Marwa Appointed NDLEA Director-General
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Brigadier General Mohammed Buba Marwa Rtd as the New Director-General, DG of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Gen. Marwa was until recently the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Drug Abuse. Mohammed Buba Marwa …
Read More »Traffic robbers on the rampage in Lagos
Police arrest 13 in fresh operations There is palpable fear by road users in Lagos over the upsurge in the operation of traffic robbers who have taken advantage of gridlock caused by road construction workers and tanker drivers along major routes. Chief among the roads where the hoodlums operate are …
Read More »Security lockdown in Washington DC ahead of Biden’s inauguration
Unitd States (U.S.) capital Washington DC and many others states are under security lockdown ahead of Wednesday’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. The security beef-up came after Wednesday’s impeachment of President Donald Trump by the House of Representatives for “incitement of insurrection.” It was the second time the House would …
Read More »NBS: Nigeria’s public debt hits N32.22tr in Q3
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said as at Third Quarter (Q3) 2020, Nigeria’s total debt stood at N32.22 trillion. The NBS In a report titled: “Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt – Q3 2020,” explained that further disaggregation of Nigeria’s foreign debt showed that $16.74billion of the debt was …
Read More »CAN condemns Islamic group asking Kukah to apologize or leave Sokoto
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed displeasure over the call by the Muslim Solidarity Forum on the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, to apologise for his alleged attack on Islam and Muslims or leave the Caliphate. The forum, which labelled itself as an umbrella body …
Read More »Nancy Pelosi reveals next move after Pence refused to remove Trump
Following VP Mike Pence’s refusal to invoke 25th Amendment for the removal of US President Donald Trump, the US House of Representatives Speaker, Nancy Pelosi has revealed her next move. In a sign that the Democrats are moving quickly to impeach the embattled President, the Speaker on Tuesday announced the …
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