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COVID-19: WHO alerts to fake vaccines as FG receives more doses

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The World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, alerted of the falsified COVISHIELD Coronavirus vaccine (Recombinant) in circulation as Nigeria commences rollout of the phase two of vaccination programme with 4,000,080 Moderna vaccines donated by the United States of America (USA). The falsified products were reported to WHO in July and August. The genuine manufacturer of COVISHIELD (Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd.) confirmed that the falsified products were first reported at the patient level in Uganda and India. According to a statement by WHO, falsified COVID-19 vaccines pose a serious risk…

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Afghanistan renamed ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ by Taliban

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Afghanistan has been renamed the ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ by the Taliban after its fighters swept into the capital, Kabul, a bustling metropolis of six million that has turned into a male-dominated city without police or traffic controls. It was reported that scores of Afghans ran alongside a US military plane as it taxied on the runway and several clung to the side as the jet took off with Senior US military officials confirming that the chaos left seven dead, as well as several who fell from the flight. The…

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Teacher allegedly beat student to death in Abuja

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Mrs. Gibson, a teacher at the Federal Government College, Kwali in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has allegedly beaten one of her students, Yahaya Aliyu, to death. Mrs Gibson was said to have flogged the 13-year-old Junior Secondary school II student for failing to do his assignment. According to a source who pleaded not to be named, Aliyu was unable to complete his assignment because he was feeling unwell and had visited the school clinic for treatment. The source said, “On Monday, August 9, Aliyu…

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Gunmen abduct 15 students, kill cop in Zamfara

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Suspected armed bandits, Sunday night, attacked the College of Agriculture and Animal Science in Bakura Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing three persons, including a policeman and abducting 15 students, a teacher, his wife and two children. The Deputy Registrar of the college, Aliyu Bakura, who confirmed the development, informed that: “Last Sunday night around 10pm they entered and opened fire and took away 15 students and a teacher and his wife and two children.” Also speaking, Spokesperson of the Zamfara State Police Command, Mohammed Shehu, said: “The bandits…

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5 killed as hoodlums torched homes, vehicle in Kaduna

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A fresh attack in Madamai village, Kaura council area of Kaduna State by unidentified hoodlums has claimed five lives, while nine houses and a vehicle were torched during the attack. Kaduna State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, on behalf of the government, condemned the violence and appealed for calm. “The deceased have been identified as follows: Janet Yakubu, Gambo Yakubu, Jonathan Adamu, Mrs. Monday and Humphrey Barnabas,” he added. Share on: WhatsApp

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Man arrested for trafficking girlfriend to Mali

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A middle age man, Emmanuel Stephen, has been arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), for allegedly trafficking his 21-year -old girlfriend, (names withheld), to Mali for prostitution and sexual exploitation.   The suspect, Stephen, an indigene of Akoko, Ondo State, who resides in Karimajiji, Airport road, Abuja, was said to have been in a relationship with the victim for two years, with the promise of marriage.   NAPTIP in a statement, indicated that the suspect, in connivance with his elder sister residing in…

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Haiti earthquake death toll rises to over 1,200

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Death toll in Haiti’s powerful earthquake has jumped to over 1,200 on Sunday, as crews desperately dug through collapsed buildings for survivors in the Caribbean nation still reeling from its president’s assassination. In Les Cayes, as in other hard-hit cities on the southwestern peninsula, most of the population spent the night sleeping outdoors in front of their houses — or what remained of them — amid fears of new aftershocks. The streets there were filled with the grinding sounds of heavy equipment lifting debris from collapsed buildings, as well as…

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Italy-bound woman arrested with 100 wraps of heroin concealed in hair relaxer

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Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested an Italy-bound woman, Mrs. Nnadi Nora Chinyere with 100 wraps of heroin in Lagos. She was allegedly caught with 100 wraps of heroin and two parcels of same substance at the departure hall of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. Nnadi was arrested on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, during an outward clearance of passengers on Qatar Airways flight to Florentine, Italy. The drugs found on her were concealed in five containers of hair relaxer cream. Further investigation…

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Apostle Suleman: Sunday Adelaja Lied, We’re Pursuing Our Case with Israel Balogun, says OFM

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  The Omega Fire Ministries (OFM) worldwide has debunked a claim by one Pastor Sunday Adelaja that its General Overseer, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has backed off in his resolve to pursue legally the case of character assassination against his person by a YouTuber, Israel Goodnews Balogun. Balogun had been invited by the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for criminally defaming and cyber stalking Apostle Suleman based on the ministrations the cleric held in Atlanta, United States, and Auchi, Edo State, where worshippers showed their phones…

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Suspended JSS 1 student sues Ekiti Government, seeks N15m for damages

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A JSS 1 student, Gift Agenoisa of Immaculate Secondary School, Ado-Ekiti, who was flogged and suspended for coming to school with an “indecent hairstyle” has sued Ekiti state government and is seeking N15 million in damages for breach of her fundamental rights. In a suit number HAD/01/CR/2021 and sworn to, at the Ado-Ekiti High Court, on her behalf by her mother Odunayo Agenoisa, claimed her suspension infringed on her rights. Joined in the suit are the school principal, Oluwasanmi F.M, the Commissioner for Education, Olabimpe Aderiye; Ekiti State Teaching Service…

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