US Trial Finds AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine 79 Percent Effective, No Blood Clot Risk
AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine is 80 percent effective at preventing the disease in the elderly and does not increase the risk of blood clots, the biotech firm said Monday, following its US phase III efficiency trials. It was 79 percent effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19 in the overall population and 100 percent effective at preventing severe […]
Nigeria: GunmenAbduct Ogun Community Leader
Gunmen have kidnapped a community leader in Imope, Ijebu-North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Tajudeen Omotayo. Omotayo, popularly called Oba Alade meta of Imope town, near Ijebu-Igbo, was kidnapped by gunmen on Saturday afternoon. A source who is a resident of the town told Channels Television on Monday that the man left his place […]
Doctor Reunited With Family After Living In An RV For Last Year To Keep COVID-19 Away
Last March, one BJC doctor on the front lines made the decision to distance herself from her family so she didn’t bring COVID-19 home. “I had the same concerns every health care provider had which was one, am I gonna infect myself? But more importantly, am I going to infect my family?” Tiffany Osborn said. […]
Nigeria: South-south Insists On Zoning, Says Southerner Must Replace Buhari In 2023
As Nigeria’s 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, the South-south has said a southerner must replace President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. The zone said their position was in line […]
Thousands Protest Against PM Netanyahu Ahead Of Tuesday’s Israeli Elections
Thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, just days before the country’s fourth general election in less than two years. Widespread protests have been taking place since July 2020, with people demanding Netanyahu’s departure over alleged corruption scandals and the government’s handling of the pandemic, including protracted […]
Nigeria: Governor Ortom Escaped Death In Suspected Herdsmen Attack
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt Saturday as suspected herdsmen ambushed him on his farm in Tyomu community, less than 20 kilometers from the Benue State capital, Makurdi. According to the Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Terver Akase, the herdsmen opened sporadic gunfire on the governor but that he […]
Iceland Volcano Remains Hazardous After Eruption Near Reykjavík
Volcanic activity has “somewhat decreased” in the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland, southwest of the capital Reykjavík, where a volcano erupted Friday night, the the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) announced Saturday. The current eruption is “small” with the “volcanic activity” having “decreased somewhat” in the area, the agency said on Twitter. The eruptive fissure is approximately 500-700 meters […]
How The Border Problem Caught The Biden Team Off Guard, And How They’ve Scrambled To Fix It
As the number of unaccompanied children in Border Patrol custody ballooned this month, President Joe Biden‘s team raced to find more places to house them, leaving thousands of children stuck in jail-like facilities for longer than the 72 hours allowed under the law. But the process of scouring government sites for adequate shelters was taking too long for Biden, who is now staring […]
Ethiopian Leader Warns Fugitive Tigray Leaders To Surrender Or Face ‘Severe Punishment’
Ethiopia’s prime minister has issued a “final notice” to the fugitive leaders of the country’s embattled Tigray region, saying they should surrender peacefully to avoid “severe punishment.” At the same time, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed urged the untold hundreds of thousands of ethnic Tigrayans who have fled their communities over the past four months of […]
US Hits Biden’s Goal of Administering 100 Million Covid-19 Shots
The US has cleared President Joe Biden’s goal of injecting 100 million coronavirus shots, more than a month before his target date of his 100th day in office. With the nation now administering about 2.5 million shots per day, Biden, who promised to set a new goal for vaccinations next week, teased the possibility of […]
