Only 2 Persons Received AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine In Taraba, Kebbi
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, an agency of the Federal Government, has confirmed that only one person in Kebbi and Taraba states each had received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after about two weeks.
The agency did not say if the only person was the state governor.
But it added that over 300,000 people had received their first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 in Nigeria.
The NPHCDA said on its official Twitter on Friday, noting that those vaccinated so far in the country were 9.5 per cent as of March 26, 2021.
Only 2 Persons Received AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine In Taraba, Kebbi
It said over 374 585 people had been vaccinated across 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The Nigeria Immunisation Agency data showed that all states except Kogi had commenced vaccination against the infection in the country.
It said Kogi State was not supplied with the vaccines because their cold store was still under repair following vandalisation during the EndSARS protest.
It stated that Lagos State, the epicentre of coronavirus in the country, had vaccinated almost 92,000 people, making it the highest in the country; followed by Ogun with 36,953, Bauchi-31,321, Kaduna-29,426, Jigawa-22, 420 and Kwara- 20,060.
The agency noted that “states with the lowest number of vaccinated people were Kebbi, Taraba, with one each, while Abia had four.”
The NPHCDA said Nigerians could register for their COVID-19 vaccination by visiting its website nphcda.gov.ng and clicking on COVID-19 Vaccination e-registration.
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Only 2 Persons Received AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine In Taraba, Kebbi
How Jailed Professor Rigged Election For PDP, Not Me, Akpabio Revealed
The former Governor of Akwa ibom state and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said the jailed Professor Peter Ogban, who was found guilty of manipulating election results colluded with the Akwa Ibom Independent National Electoral Commissioner’s Resident Electoral Commissioner and the Peoples Democratic Party.
Akpabio said the three manipulated the election in Akwa Ibom State while debunking the claim by the PDP that the professor was punished for rigging for him and the APC.
“In their desperation in a continuing campaign of calumny against Senator Akpabio, the INEC in Akwa Ibom State twisted the context of the judgment and maliciously claimed that the election was rigged in favour of Senator Akpabio.
“Nothing could be further from the truth. The facts of the case put a lie to this assertion.
“Contrarily, Senator Akpabio was a victim of the fraudulent manipulation of the election of Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District held on February 23, 2019.
“He is vindicated that the perpetrators of the electoral fraud are being brought to justice. At last, the chickens are coming home to roost.
How Jailed Professor Rigged Election For PDP, Not Me, Akpabio
“It could be recalled that Sen. Godswill Akpabio had approached the National Assembly Election Tribunal to challenge the outcome of February 23, 2019, Senatorial District elections held in Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District,” the statement reads.
Akpabio accused Professor Ogban, the Returning Officer of Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District, alongside the REC, Mr Mike Igini, of hijacking the Election Results from the Senatorial District Collation Headquarters, Ikot Ekpene, to another Senatorial District at the INEC office in Uyo.
The statement further reads, “In that election, Sen. Godswill Akpabio’s votes, totalling about 61,329 in his LGA – Essien Udim Local Government, were not announced by Prof. Peter Ogban in accordance with the provisions of the Electoral Act.
“Rather, Prof Ogban who served as the Senatorial District Returning Officer joined the Resident Electoral Commissioner to Uyo where the votes/ scores of Sen. Akpabio were cancelled in various polling units and collation centres of different Local Government Areas constituting Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District including 61,329 votes of his home local government.
“An appeal from the National Assembly Election Tribunal to the Court of Appeal invalidated the elections and a rerun election was ordered in Essien Udim Local Government Area because of the fraudulent act of Prof Ogban and Mike Igini.
“The only surprise is that it is only the Returning Officer that was charged while the REC is still parading himself in freedom.
“In a judgment of the Court of Appeal, the justices allowed the appeal by Senator Godswill Akpabio and ordered a Rerun election, while the Certificate of Return of the PDP candidate was withdrawn and nullified.
“The court condemned the action of the INEC and that of Prof. Ogban for which Prof. Ogban was charged, found guilty and sentenced to three years imprisonment and a fine of N100,000. The sentence has vindicated Senator Akpabio and the APC that the election was massively rigged.
“The question is: who was the beneficiary of the electoral fraud and manipulation in Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District? Certainly, not Senator Akpabio, which was why he challenged the outcome of the election up to the Court of Appeal, which upheld his appeal and ordered a rerun election with very strong condemnation of the activities of the Returning Officer and INEC. How could the same man whose actions Senator Akpabio was dissatisfied with and challenged in court be said to have rigged the election for Senator Akpabio?
“In due time, we believe all the conspirators will be brought to justice as Prof. Ogban, either through the judiciary or divine.”
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Chadian Lady Arrested With Heroin In Private Parts
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a Chadian lady, identified as Vivien Tarmadji, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, with 234.35 grammes of heroin concealed in her private parts.
According to Punch, Tarmadji was trying to board an Ethiopian airline flight 911 en route to Addis Ababa-Italy when she was caught.
Tarmadji, who runs a saloon business in Italy since 2016 upon her relocation to the country via Libya, was nabbed by vigilant narcotics agents during an outward clearance of the airline at the boarding gate after being scanned.
In a statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, on Friday, said, under interrogation, Tarmadji claimed she was contacted by a man who called her from Italy to collect the drug from one man who delivered the illicit substance to her in a hotel she lodged in Lagos early in the morning before she took her flight to Abuja same day for onward journey to Italy.
She further claimed that the man brought 50 wraps of heroin for her to swallow but she couldn’t, and as such, she decided to insert 18 wraps into her private part and returned the remaining to the man that brought the drug to her in the hotel.
Chadian Lady Arrested With Heroin In Private Parts
Tarmadji said she came into Nigeria to raise money to pay for her house and shop rents which had expired in Italy, as life has been so difficult since the coming of the COVID-19 pandemic.
She said the owner of the drug was to pay her €10,000 for the successful delivery of the drug to Italy.
Another trafficker, Okojie James of Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State was arrested while boarding a Turkish airline flight en route to Abuja-Istanbul-Cyprus.
Babafemi said, “A number of illicit drugs including 1. 549kg of Cannabis Sativa; 223.80grammes of Tramadol; 192.34grammes of Rohypnol; 214.05 grammes of Flunitrazepam, all of which were concealed in tins of Bournvita and milk, packed in a bag of foodstuff were recovered from him.
“During interrogation, he claimed his friend, Mr Elvis who resides in Cyprus asked him to collect the luggage for him. According to him, Elvis’ sister sent the luggage to him in Abuja from Benin through a transport company, Big Joe Motors.
“He said he was into shawarma and noodles business in Benin before Elvis invited him to Cyprus claiming that he got him admission to school there.”
The Commander, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja Command of the NDLEA, Kabir Sani Tsakuwa, said while Okojie James was arrested last Saturday, Vivien was nabbed on Tuesday, March 23, 2021.
He added that both suspects would soon face prosecution.
Meanwhile, the NDLEA operatives at the NAHCO export shed of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja in Lagos seized abandoned five cartons of green leaves suspected to be KHAT with a gross weight of 105.70 kg.
Chairman/CEO of NDLEA, Mohammed Buba Marwa, has commended men and officers of the two airports commands and challenged them to continue with the offensive action to secure Nigeria from the damaging effects of the drug scourge.
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Chadian Lady Arrested With Heroin In Private Parts
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday offered a special prayer against another civil war in Nigeria.
President Buhari spoke at an event to welcome the World leader of the Tijjaniyya Islamic Religious Movement, Sheikh Muhammadul Mahy Niass, the Grand Khalifa of Sheikh Ibrahim Niass.
The President, who recalled that in the 30 months of the civil war, Nigerians on both sides lost numerous lives, prayed that “never again shall we experience such”.
President Buhari, in a statement issued by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, paid tribute to the patriotic martyrs of the civil war whose glorious sacrifices enabled the unity of this great nation.
Buhari, who thanked the Movement for their profuse prayers for an end to the war and the reunification of Nigeria, welcomed the Grand Khalifa to Nigeria and lauded their efforts in finding solutions to the problems of security in the country.
The President described the spiritual leader’s visit as historical and hailed the sect for its peaceful conduct.
The leader of the Tijjaniyya in Nigeria, Sheikh Dahiru Usman, described the sect as the largest with 70 million followers across the globe and prayed for continued peace and blessings for the country.
Sheikh Niass said he had come to formally introduce himself as the new leader to the Government and people of Nigeria.
He prayed for peace, unity and the greatness of Nigeria.
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The Nigerian Army Headquarters, Abuja, on Friday, stated that its soldiers attached to the Mobile Strike Team on Exercise Tura Takaibango in the North-East embarked on “complaints” about the obsolete weapons they were using and raised some other concerns which were addressed by the authorities.
However, the Nigerian Army, which was silent on the type of concerns, claimed the soldiers did not go on rampage over the issue of non-payment of allowances.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen Mohammed Yerima, stated in a statement that the soldiers had a right to raise questions about obsolete weapons, adding that the Federal Government was making efforts to deploy more fighting equipment to what the military had presently in the North-East.
On Friday reported that aggrieved soldiers at the Maimalari barracks besieged the headquarters of the Theatre Command in Borno State, shooting sporadically into the air on Thursday night following their redeployment.
They were also said to have protested about their unpaid allowances and the poor weapons they were given to combat Boko Haram and other insurgents.
But reacting, the army spokesman, Yerima, stated that although the soldiers raised some concerns, they were not based on the alleged unpaid allowances.
He said, “Reports claimed that the aggrieved soldiers besieged the headquarters of the Theatre Command in Borno State, shooting sporadically into the air to protest over alleged unpaid Operational allowances as well as obsolete equipment.
Real Reason Soldiers Embarked On Protest
“Preliminary investigations by Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Farouq Yahaya, revealed that what is described as a protest were mild complaints by few soldiers of the Mobile Strike Team deployed for Exercise Tura Takaibango in the frontline of operations.
“At about 3pm on March 25, some of the troops of Mobile Strike Teams 10 and 11, who were primed to conduct Phase 2 of Exercise TURA TAKAIBANGO in Bama after the first phase of the exercise, raised some concerns which were quickly addressed before they were re-launched to the second phase of the operations.
“On the issue of obsolete weapons as reported in some media, Army Headquarters’ position is that soldiers have the right to demand proper weapons to prosecute the operations. However, the Federal Government is making concerted efforts toward deploying new fighting equipment to augment the existing ones in the theatre of operation.
“The Army also wishes to deny the report that any soldier was owed any operational allowances. No soldier is owed any Allowance in the Theatre.
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BREAKING: Eight RCCG Evangelists Kidnapped On Their Way For Evangelism
Information reaching IBOM FOCUS that, Not less than 8 members of the Redeemed Christian Church’s evangelism team, Trinity Sanctuary, Kaduna have been kidnapped.
The Kaduna State Police Command spokesman, Mohammed Jalige, could not be reached for comments.
A statement from an eyewitness driver made available to journalists read in part: “Eight members of the evangelism team of the Redeemed Christian Church, Trinity Sanctuary Kaduna, were kidnapped this evening on their way to do evangelism in Southern Kaduna. They were kidnapped after passing Kachia.
“My contact called to tell me about the kidnap. He was told by an eyewitness, a driver in his neighbourhood, who said that he narrowly escaped being kidnapped but that the RCCG members’ bus must have been apprehended because they were following him.
Eight RCCG Evangelists Kidnapped On Their Way For Evangelism
“To confirm the story, shortly after my contact called me, a sister, who is a member of the Middle Belt Prayer Group, informed me that members of her church ( the RCCG) were kidnapped this evening on their way to Southern Kaduna. So let us commit them to God in prayers for their release. Pray that God intervenes in His way.”
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Oyo Traffic Wardens Arrested For Stealing COVID-19 Palliatives
Information reaching us that, Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Oyo State Command, have arrested three officials of the Oyo State Road Traffic Management Agency for allegedly stealing 70 bags of maize meant for distribution as COVID-19 palliatives.
The Commandant of the NSCDC in the state, Iskilu Akinsanya, stated this while parading the suspects on Thursday at the command’s headquarters at Agodi, Ibadan.
According to Akinsanya, the suspects were arrested on Wednesday around 9pm at the state secretariat, Agodi, while trying to load the stolen items.
The commandant said the NSCDC got a tip-off that some people were in the habit of breaking into the government secretariat’s warehouse to loot items.
He said, “Our efforts yielded results yesterday (Wednesday) around 9pm when the suspects were arrested while loading the items which were meant for the people in the state as palliatives.
Oyo Traffic Wardens Arrested
“This has been happening for a long time and we have been trying to pin them down. This is what we have been talking about; the government meant well for the society, but there are some unscrupulous people who want to truncate government’s efforts.”
One of the suspects, who did not disclose his name, said an official of the State Emergency Management Agency in charge of the palliatives gave the items to them.
He admitted that it was not the first time that they had been given the farm produce.
Another suspect, a 56-year-old driver and father of four, said he was not aware that the items were stolen, adding that he only obeyed the instruction given by an officer who asked him to help carry the items.
“The officer was one of those on the patrol team that I usually meet on the road,” the driver added.
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Information reaching us that, Cattle breeders in the South-East have announced plans to set up ranches in the region.
The Coordinator of the Southeast Association of United Farm Products, Traders and Livestock Dealers of Nigeria, Godwin Obasi, disclosed this on Friday when members of the association paid a courtesy visit to their National Patron, James Ugwu, to congratulate him over his election as Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party, South-East Zone.
Obasi said members of the association were already sensitised to set up ranches to be able to supply enough livestock in the region.
He noted that the South-East had the capacity and land to produce enough food for local consumption and for export, adding that it could not afford to rely on others perpetually for its food needs.
He said, “We must produce what we eat. We are looking at a point in our lives when we shall be producing massively for export.
“That is why the campaign within our association is organic farming so that our products will be accepted across the board.”
Also speaking, the PDP South-East Secretary, Ugwu, who was also the first chairman of Udenu Local Government Council in Enugu State, urged governors in the South-East to initiate policies and programmes that will promote agriculture.
He said: “I believe that the governors are aware that there is a need for food security in the region.
“Given what happened at the onset of COVID-19, everybody came to realise that access to food is important. Without food or a garden around your house, you are in trouble.
“That thing which you think money could buy, that money could not buy it at that time.”
Ugwu added that he would use his new position in the PDP to enhance the activities of the association to ensure food sufficiency in the region.
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Soldiers of an unidentified battalion in Operation Lafiya Dole have protested their posting to a location in the Theatre of Operation.
According to Channels Television, the aggrieved soldiers at the Maimalari barracks besieged the headquarters of the Theatre Command in Borno State, shooting sporadically into the air on Thursday night following their redeployment.
They cited nonpayment of allowances and poor equipment as reasons for their rebellion.
Some of the soldiers who spoke under anonymity recall how a whole unit that went for reinforcement when Marte was captured last month, perished under the superior firepower of the enemy forces.
The Media Coordinator for Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Ado Isa, confirmed the incident.
While blaming the protest on the soldiers’ minor admin/welfare, he said the issues were promptly addressed.
This protest is coming on the heels of a statement made by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, that billions of naira meant for purchasing arms and ammunition could not be accounted for.
According to the NSA, the funds were released during the time of the last set of service chiefs but the current set could not explain the whereabouts of the funds or equipment.
No less than $1 billion was released for the procurement according to Monguno, a retired Major General.
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Angry Nigerians React To Reports Of Buhari Son’s Planned Marriage To Kano Princess
Social media has been flooded with reactive comments towards the news of President Muhammadu Buhari’s son getting married to a Kano princess.
Yusuf, the son of President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to marry the daughter of the Emir of Bichi in Kano State, Nasir Bayero.
While Zahra Bayero is currently studying architecture in the United Kingdom, Yusuf graduated from the University of Surrey, Guildford, the United Kingdom in 2016.
Sources told DailyNigerian that the wedding ceremony would take place “in the next two to three months
“Preparations are on top gear for the grand event. As the tradition provides, the parents of the groom have met with the parents of the bride to express Yusuf’s interest in marrying Zahra,” the source said, pleading anonymity.
The source added that the event would have taken place earlier but for the absence of the groom’s mother, Aisha Buhari, who recently returned from a six-month medical trip in Dubai.
“Now that his mother returned a few weeks to Ramadan [Muslim holy month], it is clear the wedding will take place after Sallah holidays,” the source said.
Nigerians, however, on Facebook reacted to the planned wedding, with many blaming the first family for the poor state of the country.
For instance, Arthur Williams said, “May your marriage be like Nigeria’s economy. May your union be blessed like the educational sector. May children come smoothly like Nigeria’s roads. May you be as happy as the Nigerian Army. May your marriage be as peaceful as Nigeria. May you live long and happily as those #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate. I wish you what your father turned this country to. Happy Married Life.”
“So, Buhari son did not see any beautiful lady in the North that is from a poor home?” Gloria Daniels asked. “He wants to marry from a wealthy home. So, the daughters of poor Northerners are not good for marriage. Instead, of circulating the wealth so others can benefit. They keep it in their circle. The lady he wants to marry must be educated. But they use Boko Haram/bandits to disturb the little education the children of the poor can afford. They don’t even marry for love. Only ‘arrangie’ (arranged) marriage all the time. Fake people everywhere.”
Comfort Enekere commented, “Wetin concern me? l dey hungry (How is it my business, I’m hungry), provide food for the nation.”
“The Bible says parents are not to be punished for the sin of their son, same as a son is not to be punished for the sin of their father. Happy married life bro. But your dad has caused us more pains,” Julius Chosen reacted.
Igwe Chisomunazu Udeh questioned, “Where is her hijab? Isn’t she a Muslim? The Hisbah should get her arrested for this.”
“Wetin concern us about this? Wicked people (are) getting richer at the expense of the masses (that are) suffering. God will Judge,” Okiki Ola Gold lamented.
Marriage To Kano Princess
Nnaelo Chiadikaobi Serguis said, “Why wouldn’t he marry after they have siphoned our common (resources of the) nation, leaving the citizenry in abject poverty?”
Chukwuma Lex Okorie said, “The rich marry the rich, the Alimajris clap and support them in poverty.”
“So mummy Buhari came back for her son’s wedding,” Divine Favour Dominic bemoaned. “Thought she missed Nigerians and came to check on us over the rising insecurity across the country. Lol! We are on our own ooo.”
Shokunbi Sulaimon Oriola commented, “The richest president’s son in the world that never work before still the richest. Nigeria, nawayo!”
Yemi Oyedele said, “Jobless youth marrying a princess. I greet Mr. Integrity…”
“We only have two religions…the poor and the rich,” Ikenna Daniel reacted.
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Angry Nigerians React To Reports Of Buhari Son’s Planned Marriage To Kano Princess
