COVID-19 Vaccine: Africa CDC’s, MasterCard Saving Lives In Nigeria

The coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines purchased by the Mastercard Foundation and the Africa CDC through the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative have arrived in Nigeria. The Johnson and Johnson brand vaccines arrived at the international wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja at 4.30p.m. on Monday, November 29. According to the organisation, UNICEF Nigeria received the vaccines and will be responsible for the logistics and delivery to the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) for cold storage and distribution to vaccination centres. Saving Lives and Livelihoods is focused on the…

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Bukola Saraki Welcomes Lagos APC Breakaway Members To PDP

Dr Bukola Saraki Nigeria’s former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Saturday, led a disgruntled faction within the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State known as the ‘Lagos4Lagos Movement’ to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Saraki, who is the Chairman of PDP National Reconciliation Committee, met with hundreds of members of the Lagos4Lagos Movement, and its leader, Olajide Adediran, at an event organised in Lagos for the defection of the APC members to the opposition party. The Adediran faction had in September 2021 held a parallel local government congress at…

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Nigeria Most Viable & Attractive Investment Destination In Africa – Buhari

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has acknowledged that Nigeria remains the most viable and attractive investment destination in Africa stating that the country is on the path of becoming Africa’s leading industrial and trading nation. The president, who stated these in Dubai, United Arab Emirates while addressing a trade and investment forum at Dubai Expo 2020, said Nigeria is reaping from the efforts his administration has made to consciously improve the investment environment. According to him, “Nigeria’s pavilion at the Expo 2020 clearly shows why we remain the most viable and…

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Terrorist Explosions Rock Maiduguri Housing Estate

According to reports, not less than four different explosions were recorded early morning in some communities of Gomari ward and 1,000 Housing Estate in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Saturday. The explosions, suspected to have been masterminded by terrorists, fired rockets at different directions as troops and Air Force Task Team engaged them to repel the attack. Eyewitnesses said the explosions started very early with the first two exploding at Gomari Airport and the third one landing in a building at 1,000 Housing Estate near Hajj Transit Camp, where…

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