India’s Vaccine Delivery System Tested With Nationwide Trial
India tested its Covid-19 vaccine delivery system with a nationwide trial on Saturday as it prepares to roll out an inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic. The trial included data entry into an online platform for monitoring vaccine delivery, along with testing of cold storage and transportation arrangements for the vaccine, the health ministry […]
Britain Will Allow Mixing Of Covid-19 Vaccines On Rare Occasions
Britain will allow people to be given shots of different Covid-19 vaccines on rare occasions, despite a lack of evidence about the extent of immunity offered by mixing doses. In a departure from other strategies globally, the government said people could be given a mix-and-match of two coronavirus shots, for example if the same vaccine […]
Trump Criticises Republicans After US Congress Overrides Defence Bill Veto
The United States Congress has voted to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a major defence bill, bringing to an end a tumultuous legislative session and a political showdown that pitted the US president against members of his own Republican Party. In a rare New Year’s Day session, the Senate voted 81 to 13 to […]
Egypt Summons Ethiopia Diplomat Over Nile Dam Remarks
Egypt’s foreign ministry has said it has summoned Ethiopia’s top diplomat in Cairo over comments by an Addis Ababa official regarding a controversial dam on the Nile. The Egyptian ministry “summoned the Ethiopian Charge d’Affaires in Cairo to explain comments by the spokesperson for the Ethiopian Ministry for Foreign Affairs regarding domestic Egyptian affairs,” it […]
Iran Intends To Enrich Uranium To 20%, UN Says
Iran intends to start enriching uranium to 20% purity, the UN’s atomic watchdog says – its most significant breach of an international nuclear deal so far. This remains short of the 90% required to make a nuclear bomb. But under the 2015 agreement Iran was supposed to keep enrichment below 4%. Iran began breaching the […]
UK: Emergency Covid-19 Hospitals Re-opens, Closes London Primary Schools
Britain reactivated emergency hospitals built at the start of the pandemic and shut primary schools in London on Friday to counter the rapid spread of a much more infectious variant of the coronavirus. With more than 50,000 new daily cases of Covid-19 for the last four days, the health service said it was preparing for […]
Bishop Of Owerri Mose Chikwe Rescued In Imo
The Auxiliary Bishop of Owerri Archdiocese, Mose Chikwe, and some other kidnapped victims have been rescued without ransom. Spokesman of the police in Imo, Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed this on Friday. He said the rescue is sequel to a sting operation by men of the Imo State Police Command. The Bishop was abducted on Sunday night, […]
NIN: Nigerian Government Releases Policy For SIM Card Replacement
The Federal Government has released a policy for telecommunication service subscribers to replace lost, stolen, misplaced, or damaged SIM cards using their National Identification Numbers (NINs). This policy according to National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is part of the Federal Government’s efforts to reduce the burden on subscribers and simplify […]
Biden Appoints Nigerian-American Osaremen Okolo As Covid-19 Policy Advisor
US President-elect Joe-Biden has appointed Nigerian – American Osaremen Okolo as a member of his Covid- 19 Response Team. Okolo, the daughter of Nigerian immigrants, will serve as Biden’s Covid-19 Policy Advisor. The 26-year-old was among 100 names announced as additional members of the White House staff by the Biden transition team on Wednesday. According […]
New Year Brings Final UK-EU Brexit Split
The United Kingdom exits the European Union in a few hours, turning its back on a 48-year liaison with the European project for an uncertain future that will shape the fortunes of its people for generations to come. Brexit, in essence, takes place at the stroke of midnight in Brussels, or 2300 London time (GMT), […]
