Members of Nahuche community in the Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State protested at the Government House in Gusau on Sunday over continuous killings and abductions by bandits in the community.
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Good morning.
We’re covering Omicron’s effect on the pandemic and the continuing costs of
Brexit. |
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| Dr. Anthony Fauci said the evolution of the pandemic was still unclear.Salvatore Di Nolfi/EPA, via Shutterstock |
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Will Omicron
bring an end to the pandemic? |
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Speaking at the
online World Economic Forum, Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s top medical
adviser for Covid, said it was too soon to say how the Omicron variant would
change the course of the pandemic. The sheer volume of cases could have a
meaningful effect on collective immunity, he said, but the evolution of the
pandemic was still unclear. |
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“It is an open
question as to whether or not Omicron is going to be the live virus
vaccination that everyone is hoping for,” he said, adding: “That would only
be the case if we don’t get another variant that eludes the immune response.” |
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Cases remain
extremely high across the U.S., averaging nearly 802,000 per day, an increase
of 98 percent over the past two weeks. An average of nearly 156,000 people
with the virus are hospitalized nationwide, a record. Deaths now exceed 1,900
per day, up 57 percent over two weeks. |
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Next steps: Dr. Fauci said the world was still in the first phase of the pandemic — “where the whole world is really very negatively impacted.” The next phases are deceleration, control, elimination and eradication. In the control phase, he said, the virus will become a “nondisruptive presence” and be considered endemic. |
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FOLORUNSO ALAKIJA, Nigerian billionaire
business woman and philanthropist |
Nigeria's richest woman, Folorunso Alakija, on Friday, shared videos of her and other persons engaging in street evangelism in the Surulere area of Lagos, Punch Newspapers report.
According to the report, she and her fellow preachers were all dressed in yellow T-shirts with 'Perfect peace' written on them and blue turbans.
A Nigerian lawyer, bestselling author and human rights activist Reno Omokri via his Instagram page has dropped ‘men-folk’ a vital message.
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| Seyi Makinde, Oyo State Governor |
This morning, we worshipped at Living Spring Chapel International, Ibadan, to give thanks for God’s protection last year and to commit this year into His Hands. I appreciated Pastor Femi Emmanuel - the presiding pastor, and the rest of the congregation for their warm welcome.
Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde dropped the message via his Instagram page a few hours ago.
According to the message, the governor in his remarks during the occasion shared the rationale for some of the projects being carried out by his administration. He also thanked everyone for their prayers and support, and encouraged them to get involved in the political process to choose Nigeria’s next set of leaders as the 2023 elections approaches.
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Just a day ago Punch Newspapers brought us a report captioned “Meet Lagos Hawker Who Gave Money To Prison Inmates In Lagos Traffic”.
Today the same news media has updated the report with the caption “Viral Video: Obi Cubana to sponsor hawker to university”.
According to the earlier report, Ekuma Jeremiah, the hawker, who was caught on camera giving money to the occupants of a Nigerian Correctional Service bus in the area of Ajah, Lagos State, said he did it because he was concerned for them.
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A report by Punch Newspapers submits that actress, Queeneth Agbor, has said that before she agrees to a kissing scene in a movie, certain things have to be put in place.
She told Saturday Beats, , according to the report that “The actor involved will determine if I will agree to a kissing scene in a movie. Having a good breath is very important to me and smelling nicely is also important.”
Asked if she had ever had a bad kissing experience while shooting a movie, she said, “An actor with bad breath actually wanted to make the kissing scene real even after we agreed to mime and it went really wrong because I couldn’t bear it. Trust me, mint couldn’t even help the situation. The director had to scrap the scene because I refused to put myself through such trauma.”, the report stated adding that Agbor finds it ‘annoying’ when celebrities fight on social media. She said, “I find it very stupid and annoying. Because when the going was good, I wasn’t invited. When the enjoyment goes wrong, they would want to scatter our eyes and ears with unnecessary information. Celebrities should not bring drama we won’t benefit from to social media this year.”
The national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, paid a condolence visit to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on the recent deaths of two prominent traditional rulers, the Soun of Ogbomoso, Jimoh Oyewumi; the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Saliu Adetunji and a former governor of Oyo, Adebayo Alao-Akala.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former governor of Lagos State and some of his political associates visited Mr Makinde at the State Government House, Agodi in Ibadan.
SEB gathers that during the meet governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State expressed his believes in the country that it deserves to be led by its best hands as the nation inches closer to the 2023 general elections.
Stumbled on this story from Punch Newspapers IG page about Peter Obi replying to a tweet allegedly directed at him.
According to the story Obi tells the man asking him to run for presidency that he does not have money for court case.
The report states further that former
governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has told a tweep, tweet he doesn't have
money to fund a court case if sued.
American singer and songwriter, Lady Gaga went full glam to virtually receive her House of Gucci award. The superstar took to Instagram to thank the Palm Springs International Film Awards for giving her their Icon Award for her performance as Patrizia Reggiani:
The police in Delta state have arrested a 26-year old man Paul Ogilo for allegedly killing a 29-old man, Twere Shipiode in Otu-Jeremi community in Ughelli South Local government area after the two men were involved in fight, TVC News reports.
According to the report, the Delta police command Public relations officer, Bright Edafe, in a statement says the police, acting on intelligence after receiving a distress call about incident, the suspect was trailed to an uncompleted building in Otu-Jeremi where he was seen with a kitchen knife suspected to have been used in committing the crime and he was immediately arrested.
Top rated Canadian singer, Celine Dion posts a heartbreaking tribute to her late husband
I would be lying if I said I’m fine, I think of you at least a hundred times, cause in the echo of my voice I hear your words just like you’re there… I miss you – Céline xx…
By Victor Adeoti
The Federal Government says it is adopting digital revolutions for job creation, better governance and
youth empowerment in the country.
Prif. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications commission (NCC), stated this while delivering the combined 10th and 11th Convocation Lecture of Fountain University, on Thursday in Osogbo.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lecture has as its theme: “Empowering Nigeria Youth Through Information and Communications Technology (ICT).”
According to Danbatta, ICT is now synonymous with empowerment, as it transforms processes effectively and plays the role of an enabler in the various sectors of the economy for national development.
