Nearly half a million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Australia overnight, officials have said, the first batch of a swap deal with Britain that Australia is using to speed up its inoculation programme as it battles a surge in cases that has put more than half its 25 million population in…
Taiwan says 19 Chinese military aircraft, including nuclear-capable bombers, entered its southwestern airspace on Sunday, the latest in a string of almost daily incursions by China’s air force. The Ministry of National Defense said it tracked the 19 Chinese planes as they flew into its air defence identification zone (ADIZ), and issued radio warnings to…
Dr. AbdulAzeez Olatunde, the Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, has predicted that the party will govern the state in 2023. Olatunde spoke to newsmen in Ibadan on Saturday after the Ibadan South-East Local Government congress of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the new set of party executives…
Nollywood actor Uche Maduagwu has revealed why singer, 2Face Idibia’s silence over his marital issues while his brother, Charles, continues to trade words with his wife, Annie, on social media is wrong. The actor, in a post via his Instagram account on Sunday, noted that 2baba’s silence over the issue only portrays him as a…
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun says his administration is feeding no fewer than 30,000 vulnerable residents of the state every month. The governor disclosed this in Abuja while giving the scorecard of his three years in office at NAN Forum, the flagship interview programme of the News Agency of Nigeria. He said the feeding programme…
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), has approved immediate repair of the section of Lokoja-Obajana-Kabba highway that caved in on Monday. Mr Jimoh Kajogbola, Federal Controller of Works in Kogi disclosed this while on-the-spot assessment to ascertain the extent of the damage on Saturday in Obajana. a section of the…
Trust Africa News, Ayomide Otitoju Redwood Consulting has announced Jerry Sawyerr as General Manager, to lead the company’s reintegration and restructuring plans as the company expands its service offerings across its verticals – Public Relations, Marketing Consulting and Research. “Jerry is truly an exceptional find as he brings with him an impressive and well-rounded 20-years’…
Nearly two in five sharks are threatened with extinction due to overfishing, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has warned in an update of the wildlife Red List that also listed Indonesia’s Komodo dragons – the world’s largest living lizards – as “endangered”. Overall, about 28 percent of the 138,000 species assessed by…
Qatar has staked much on hosting the 2022 World Cup, but the official accommodation has now assumed a different role from that envisaged by the organising committee – housing Afghan refugees. “In our home, we don’t have facilities” like air conditioning or flat-screen TVs, says 28-year-old Ahmad Wali Sarhadi, who arrived a few days ago…
