Author: Asionye Augusta

The World Health Organization’s chief has on Wednesday, foretold when Covid-19 will end in 2022. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, maintained that the emphasis must remain getting vaccines to vulnerable people everywhere, rather than delivering additional doses to those who have previously been vaccinated. No country will be able to boost its way out of the pandemic,  hetold reporters. The COVID-19 pandemic must end by 2022, said WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking Wednesday during the organization’s final coronavirus briefing of the year. Tedros predicted that the pandemic would end next year because, after two…

The federal government has unveiled the 2021-2025 National Development Plan. The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, presented the Plan to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), during a brief ceremony ahead of the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council meeting. She stated that the NDP 2021-2025 is a successor plan to both the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP 2017-2020) and the Vision 20:2020. According to the Minister, the Plan will prioritize major infrastructure investment, promote economic stability, improve the investment climate, and improve social indices and living conditions for Nigerians, among other goals. Ahmed went…

The Plateau State University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU went on indefinite strike on Monday to press its demands for improved welfare and working conditions. This is stated in a statement issued on Tuesday in Jos and signed by the union’s chairperson and secretary, Dr. Hassan Zitta and Deme Bitrus, respectively. The union stated that the decision to go on strike was made during its Congress on Monday, December 20. It added that the Plateau administration had failed to honor the deal it had made with the union, leading to the decision to go on strike.…

The Enugu State Government  has on Monday, prohibited the unauthorised use of public educational institutions for social and sporting activities. The restriction is stated in a Public Service Announcement released by the State Commissioner for Education, Prof Uche Eze, headlined “Use of public schools in Enugu State for social and sporting activities.” He stated that the prohibition was enacted in response to an attempt by some unpatriotic and insensitive persons to vandalise and steal facilities put in place by the government at academic institutions at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels for the promotion of education in the state. The…

As a result of negotiations still underway, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has postponed its decision to strike. Last Thursday, the union issued a new three-week warning, accusing the federal government of coercion and propaganda. ASUU made the comment while accusing the Federal Government of abandoning efforts to study the draft 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement. ASUU committed to continue fighting for the welfare of professors in a statement headlined ‘Enough of Blackmail,’ signed by its president, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke. The ASUU stated once more that the Federal Government had failed to address all of the points addressed in the…

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has revealed that the Abuja-Kaduna railway service earns at least N300 million every month. This was revealed by Amaechi during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Hard Copy.’ The Minister, who revealed that the ministry is currently generating cash for the country’s growth. He also revealed that the federal government is planning to add 16 additional trains to the Lagos-Ibadan rail line to generate revenue from the axis. We make N300 million each month from the Abuja-Kaduna railway, he stated. Right now, we’re running Lagos-Ibadan on the proceeds from the Abuja-Kaduna rail line. Amaechi expressed…

No fewer than eight people were killed in a road accident that happened in Bauchi on Saturday. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Bauchi on Sunday, Abdullahi, Sector Commander of the Federal Traffic Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi, the  verified the occurrence. According to him, the road accident occurred at 9.30 p.m. in Goltukurwa Village along Dass-Bauchi Road, involving an Opel Vectra Car with plate number AA 954 GYD and one Tipper Mercedes Benz with plate number NIN 279 SA. The Sector Commander, who stated that it took around seven minutes for Corps men to arrive…

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the Federal Government had approved funds for the payment of deserved allowances and the revitalization of universities. Buhari stated that his administration has “consistently paid considerable attention to the issue of university funding,” which he characterized as a key challenge affecting the Nigerian university system and the principal cause of recurrent industrial action in the ivory towers. The President spoke at the 5th and 6th combined convocation ceremonies of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, where 2,599 students graduated across all departments. He was represented by a Director in the National Universities Commission, John Ahmadu.…

The Chinese government has offered to send a “high-level” group of criminal investigation experts to assist Nigerian security services in apprehending bandits and Boko Haram terrorists. “So now the (Chinese) central government has decided to send a high-level group of criminal investigation experts with real expertise,” said Cui Jianchun, the Chinese ambassador to Nigeria. “They come to Nigeria and talk to the people and the government about how they can work together to tackle the difficulty they are facing.” Mr. Jianchun made the announcement on Wednesday, December 15, in Abuja, while interacting with journalists on the sidelines of the China-Nigeria…

The Delta State Government is accused of diverting COVID-19 monies, despite the fact that five isolation centers in the state are currently closed due to the pandemic’s second phase. According to the findings, the isolation center at the Federal Medical Centre in Asaba is currently charging more than N100,000 for COVID-19 therapy. “Previously, it was free therapy, but now at the FMC, the COVID-19 treatment is N100,000 per person,” a source at the center revealed. Last week, the Federal Government disbursed over N1 billion from the COVID-19 budget to states, including Delta State, to tackle the recent Omicron virus. Federal…