Thisday Newspaper News Today Wednesday 31st March 2021
Top Nigeria news Dailies Update from Thisday Newspaper News Today 31/03/21
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Tambuwal Takes COVID19 Jab as A’Ibom Begin Mass Vaccination
Okon Bassey in Uyo Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal yesterday received the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine just as the Akwa Ibom State Government officially unveiled mass vaccination statewide. In Sokoto, the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Ali Iname led a team of medical personnel to administer the vaccine on the governor at the Government House, Sokoto.
ECOWAS to Formulate Regional Action Plan on Disability
Michael Olugbode in Abuja The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the weekend disclosed that it would unveil Regional Action Plan on Disability to fully include persons with disabilities in all strata of the society. ECOWAS, a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries, also revealed that it had initiated a regional
Under Buhari, Unemployed Population Surges by 17 Million
· Working age rises by 19.93%, total unemployed by 396% · LCCI asks FG to ease policy constraints to investment Gboyega Akinsanmi The number of unemployed citizens in the country has increased from 6,063,482 in the 2nd quarter 2015 to 23,187,389 in the 4th quarter 2020, indicating a difference of 17,123,907 people who are not
Umahi Endorses Moghalu for Anambra Guber Race
By Benjamin Nworie Chairman of South East Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi has described Dr. George Moghalu as a very good material that will give other parties a run for their money in the November 26th Governorship election of Anambra State. In a consultation visit paid to the governor at his
AstraZeneca Vaccine Comes Under More Scrutiny after Death in Denmark
Two people suffered brain hemorrhages after jabs, one dead, the other critically ill Denmark has reported that two people experienced brain hemorrhages after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. One of them died while the other is critically ill, according to New York Times. The report said Danish Medicines Agency was looking into whether the condition
Falana: EFCC Can Mandate Bank MDs, Executives to Declare Assets
· Says some bankers facing prosecution for contravention · Enforcement can end $18bn illicit financial flows, says TI Gboyega Akinsanmi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is charged with the responsibility of enforcing the provisions of all laws relating to economic and financial crimes, Africa’s leading human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has
UNILAG VC Wins €38,000 Global Biodiversity Information Facility Grant
Another botanist wins an institutional level grant of €18,850 US opens education advising centre in Calabar By Funmi Ogundare The Vice- Chancellor of University of Lagos, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, and another botanist, Temitope Onuminya, have won 2021 Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) grants. Nonye Oguama, a Principal Assistant Registrar, Corporate Affairs of the institution, made the
Shinkafi Rejects Claim Jets Fly Arms into Zamfara
By Tobi Soniyi The claim that helicopters and jets fly in arms in exchange for gold in Zamfara State is an indictment on security agencies, the Executive Director of the Patriots for the Advancement of Peace and Social Development (PAPSD), Dr Sani Abdulahi Shinkafi has said. In a statement he issued yesterday, Shinkafi said the
South-south Insists Southerner Must Replace Buhari in 2023
•Says zoning agreement subsists •Calls Bauchi Gov’s recommendation irrational, inconsistent •Wants report tossed into the trash bin Chuks Okocha in Abuja As the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) struggle to hammer out a deal on the zoning of their presidential slots ahead of the next general election,
SGF, NSA, IG, Minister, SSGs Endorse Joint Operations to Flush out Bandits
Tobi Soniyi A joint operation to deliberately deny criminals room for manoeuvre and change of locations and hideouts has been approved by a forum of prominent state players as part of a new initiative to curb the growing insecurity in the country. Key actors, who endorsed the move, include Secretary to the Government of the
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