Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, has urged youths in the state to shun methamphetamine, otherwise known as ‘mkpuru mmiri’ and other forms of hard drugs. Uzodimma, who was represented by Placid Njoku, the deputy governor of Imo, said this on Saturday at the 33rd convocation ceremony of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO). He […]
The United Kingdom has added Nigeria to its red list category as it tightens travel restrictions in an effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 variant, Omicron. “From 0400 on Monday 6 December, Nigeria will be added to the red list for entering England,” the UK government’s travel advisory on Nigeria said. This means […]
A 27-year-old man, Darlington Ugboaja, was beaten to death at Anara market in Imo state, after a local drug, Methamphetamine, but popularly known as Mkpurummiri, was found on him. The development has caused panic on the market as treaders who out of fear of a reprisal attack from the victim’s kinsmen hurriedly shot their stalls. […]
‘ President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja called for a stronger emphasis on people-to-people relations between South Africa and Nigeria to evolve a bond that will be of benefit to both countries and the entire African continent. According to a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, President Buhari who received President Cyril Ramaphosa, at […]
The Canadian government has banned travellers from Nigeria and nine other African countries over concerns about the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The country earlier announced a ban on South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Namibia. In a statement on Tuesday, it said it was expanding the travel ban to Egypt, Nigeria, […]
Activities remained unaffected at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, Tuesday, following the discovery of a new variant of coronavirus known as Omicron in Canada. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA had Monday, said it was waiting for directive from the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 on modalities to guide against possible infiltration of […]
The federal government says it will release a new travel protocol on Tuesday as a proactive measure to prevent the Omicron COVID variant from entering Nigeria. Mukhtar Muhammad, the national incident manager of the presidential taskforce on COVID-19, said this on Monday at a media briefing in Abuja. The index case of Omicron was detected […]
The Plateau Assembly has announced the death of member representing Pankshin South Constituency Henry Longs. Longs of the All Progressives Congress (APC) died in Jos on Sunday after undergoing a surgery. The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Philip Dasun, confirmed Longs’ death. He said: “It’s true we lost one of our members this […]
The Ministry of Health in Ontairo, Canada, says it has confirmed two cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant in two individuals who recently travelled from Nigeria. In a statement, the health ministry said Ottawa Public Health is conducting case and contact management. “Today, the province of Ontario has confirmed two cases of the Omicron variant of […]
Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has advised world leaders not to label or penalise African nations for new COVID-19 variants and mutations happening across the world. Adesina, one of the strong advocates of equity in vaccine distribution, said this in a series of tweets on Sunday in the wake of the […]
