Day: July 16, 2020

Covid-19: Vaccine raises prospect of containment as U.S. targets mass production

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The hope of containing the novel coronavirus has been raised by an investigational vaccine, mRNA-1273, developed by an American biotechnology company, Moderna, in partnership with the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH). The therapy was able to induce immune responses in all of the volunteers who received it in a first pre-trial. The early results, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Tuesday, showed that the vaccine triggered an immune response with mild side effects – fatigue, chills, headache, muscle pain, and pain at the injection site…

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Pastor arrested for defiling 10-year-old girl in Ogun

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The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 59-year-old pastor of Light Christian Church in the Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oketokun Abiodun, for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl. The pastor reportedly lured the victim to his room and had unlawful carnal knowledge of her. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, said the suspect was arrested on Saturday. He said, “The pastor was arrested following a report by the father of the victim, who reported at the Odeda Police Station. “The complainant said…

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Pension fraud: Niger fingers 15 officials behind N5.778bn missing pension fund

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About 15 persons have been fingered in the N5.778bn missing pension contribution in Niger state from 2009 to 2012. The state Director General of Pension Board, Usman Muhammed, made this known in Minna on Wednesday while announcing the resumption of the state to Contributory Pension Scheme. Recall that the state suspended the scheme in 2015 because of what it described as pressure on the then administration in the state. “A forensic audit report has confirmed that N5.778bn pension fund is missing and this was because the money did not pass…

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N1.5bn Fraud: Ex-NIMASA Director gets 7 years jail term

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Former Executive Director of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Captain Ezekiel Agaba, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for laundering N1,541,408,666. Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court in Lagos, convicted Agaba of the seven counts of conversion and criminal breach of trust filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Buba ruled that the EFCC proved beyond reasonable doubt that the convict stole the sum from NIMASA while he was in charge of Maritime, Safety and Shipping. He sentenced Agaba to…

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