Udom Emmanuel, Akwa Ibom State Governor, has said he has no plans to impose a successor to reach him at the end of his tenure in 2023. At a parley with Chapel heads and selected journalists at the Government House in Uyo on Tuesday, Emmanuel said only God will decide his successor, adding that he would not allow the issue of succession derail his completion agenda. “We are making efforts to ensure the timely completion of projects, therefore, I am not going to be distracted on the issue of succession plan, as only God can decide who succeeds me in 2023,”…
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The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that Coronavirus vaccine will be given for free. Sani Aliyu, National Coordinator, Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 (PTF), gave the assurance when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday. Aliyu said through the GAVI arrangement, there is the assurance that over 40 million Nigerians will be vaccinated. “Yesterday, the president gave the PTF the mandate to proceed with preparations with regard to the vaccine,” Aliyu said. “The president has also given us a marching order that the COVID-19 vaccine be available in Nigeria. “Making use of the GAVI arrangement, we…
Mohammed Adamu, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), says the force will no longer allow bandits and other criminals to operate freely in Katsina State. This is coming after the recent successful rescue of 344 abducted schoolboys of Government Science Secondary School Kankara, in Katsina. Speaking before going into a meeting with top officials of the police and the police high command in Katsina, Adamu said the Kankara schoolboys abduction would be the last of such incidents in state. “The recent Kankara incident was unfortunate. I am in Katsina to ensure that such an incident will and shall never happen again,”…
Tanko Yakasai, a northern elder statesman and founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum, has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to name the governor behind armed banditry and killings in the country. It would be recalled the ruling party last Thursday, accused a governor from one of the six North-West states as being responsible for the intense upsurge of banditry and killings in the region. Yekini Nabena, the APC acting National Publicity Secretary, had said that “an intelligence report” linked the governor to the heightened cases of banditry, abductions and other violent crimes in the zone. However, the party…
The Catholic Church has given its nod to the use of coronavirus vacinne, stating that it is morally acceptable. MERIDIAN SPY understands that COVID-19 vaccines are developed using cell lines derived from aborted foetuses. But the Vatican announced, in a statement released on Monday, that in the absence of any alternative, such vaccines “can be used in good conscience.” It added that this would “not constitute formal co-operation” with the terminations that took place. The church also stressed that there was “a moral imperative” to ensure that poorer countries received access to effective vaccines.
11 corps members at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Taraba State have tested positive for coronavirus. Innocent Vakkai, the state Commissioner for Health, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Jalingo, the state capital. Vakkai said the corps members are asymptomatic and are responding to treatment at an isolation centre in the state. According to him, the corps members were tested based on the directives by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that all members of the scheme should be tested on arrival at various orientation camps. ”So as part of the guidelines of the presidential task force on…
Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has revealed that four of his children have tested positive for coronavirus. Mustapha revealed his children’s COVID-19 status at a press briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday. The SGF who self-isolated week ago after testing positive for the virus, also revealed that a one-year-old family member tested positive for COVID-19. He revealed that though he and his wife tested negative for the virus, his children are currently receiving treatment. “The first test we ran, the result came back with six members within my household testing…
Elisabeth Källström, a Volvo Diagnostic Engineer, has launched an all-important initiative against the prevalent negative effects of carbon emissions from fossil-powered engines in Africa. The initiative, established as a Nonprofit Organization, is tagged: “Clean Air for Africa Initiative” and focuses on creating awareness and advocacy that will promote renewable energy, proper waste management and legislation around emission levels to promote clean air in Africa. The birth of the initiative comes with a pertinent call on the need for sweeping legislation in Africa aimed at combating the effects of a warming planet, as well as save the lives of people in…
Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has said the newly-formed security outfit of the group, will not be dissolved regardless of the disapproval of the South-East governors. It would be recalled the proscribed indigenous group had launched the “Eastern Security Network (ESN)” to protect the South-East and South-South regions from “criminal activity”. But David Umahi, Ebonyi State Governor and Chairman of the Governors in the region, disowned the security outfit, describing it as “very laughable and should be totally ignored”. Reacting in a statement on Sunday, Kanu said it is too late to make a reverse, noting…
Garba Shehu, Media Aide to President MuhammaduBuhari, has asked the #BringBackOurBoys campaigners to return the money they allegedly collected for their campaign for the rescue of the 344 abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina. Recall the government secured the release of the students on Thursday and they have since reunited with their families. However, in an article titled, ‘Five Takeaways from the Safe Return of 344 Kankara Schoolboys’ on Sunday, Shehu said while patriotic citizens prayed for the safe return of the students, “these merchants” were renting crowds and trending suspicious hashtags”. “There will always be…
Barrister Bawa Wuse, Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, has tested positive for coronavirus. Mohammed Kagara, the state assembly clerk, and some members of the House have also tested positive for the virus. This comes two weeks after a female member of the House, was said to have tested positive to the virus which necessitated other members including the Speaker to embark on the routine check. MERIDIAN SPY learnt the two principal officers of the Assembly are doing fine as they are responding to treatment. More details soon.
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the push for registration of Nigerians for National Identity Number (NIN), and withdraw the threat to block SIM cards. Recall the Federal Government last week issued an ultimatum to all telecommunications operators in the country to block all Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) without National Identification Number (NIN). It also ordered the network operators to ask all their subscribers to provide valid NIN to update their records and suspend SIM registration. But in a statement on Sunday, the human rights group asked the President to “instruct the Minister of Communications…