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The Dalai Lama has received his first dose of coronavirus vaccine
The Dalai Lama has received his first dose of coronavirus vaccine, reports Sky news.
After being given a jab tonight at the Zonal Hospital in north India, the report reveals that the 85 year old spiritual leader urged others to be brave and get vaccinated.
Message from the coordinator of the Pastors' seeds family
The Coordinator of Pastors' seeds Family Pastor Leke Adeboye delivers a message to all seeds worldwide. See the video below:
Love you for ever uncle Pete - Genevieve
Genevieve Nnaji tweets a birthday message in commoration of Pete Edochie's 74th birthday "Happy birthday to the man who showed the bull her horns from the start. Thank you for your wisdom and grace. May you reign be long. Love you for ever uncle Pete."
Love you Dad - Yul Edochie
Nigeria's Nollywood Star Yul Edochie celebrates his father's 74th birthday via his IG with this beautiful message of prayer "Happy Bithday Daddy. Many more great years I wish you. May God be with you always. Love you dadd."
See the screenshot of his message and related video below:
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COVID-19 Vaccine will not be mandatory in Nigeria – Minister
The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, has said COVID-19 vaccination will not be mandatory in Nigeria, adding that nobody will be forced to take ant vaccine, reports Punch.
In the report, Nigeria yesterday (Tuesday) received nearly four million doses of COVID-19 vaccines shipped via COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO.
Appearing on Arise News to answer questions on the vaccines, Mamora was asked if vaccination would be mandatory in Nigeria
You see, when you’re 40 you have a lot to prove - Linda
Linda ikeji via her IG handle sends a message to her fans “This 2021, while a lot of you are working on being richer and smarter, I’m concentrating on being finer and sexier. You see, when you’re 40 you have a lot to prove”. What do you think?
See screen shot of her post below:
SHATTA SENDS A MESSAGE TO HIS FANS
Nigeria’s Comedian Shatta Bandle has taken to his IG to send a message to his fans “I’m not a comedian, I’m a rich man so stop laughing on my stuff it’s not funny. I repeat I’m a rich man …
$2M, N17M STOLEN FROM MY PALACE – Oba Akiolu
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has said that $2 million and N17 million were stolen when youths attacked his palace hours after soldiers opened live ammunition on #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza.
He made this statement Wednesday during the commissioning of the Glover hall Memorial in Lagos, adding that those who attacked his palace were ignorant of the implication of what they did.
“I will support anything that will move Lagos forward”, he said further. “I have appealed to the Federal Government to assist Lagos with what we have suffered. We host many people here, not Lagosian alone. The incident that happened here from October 20th to 23rd is so saddening.
SADIQ DABA GOES HOME
Veteran broadcaster and actor, Sadiq Daba is dead.
Media reports have it that he died Wednesday at about 8.30pm. In 2017, Daba announced that he had been diagonised with Leukemia and Prostate Cancer and was supported with fundraising by several Nigerians.
He reportedly died at his Marwa garden residence in Alausa, Lagos State.
NJIDE OKONJO-UDOCHI BECOMES FIRST BLACK FEMALE “PHYSICIAN OF THE YEAR” IN THE US
Njide Okonjo-Udochi, sister to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), becomes first black female to emerge Physician of the Year 2021 in Maryland, United Sates.
The award was bestowed on Okonjo-Udochi by the Maryland Academy of Family Physicians (MDAFP), which honours a standout member that exemplifies the values and traditions of the family physician.
NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT AND HIS VICE TO RECEIVE COVID-19 VACCINES ON SATURDAY – NPHCDA
The Executive Director, National Primary Heath Care Development agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, on Thursday disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will receive shots of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday.
According to Mr Shuaib, the exercise will boost the confidence of Nigerians to receive the vaccines shipped into the country on Tuesday.
“The next step in the vaccination programme given that we’ve now received the vaccines is a launch that will be taking place at the National Hospital tomorrow (Friday). The time scheduled for that launch is 10am. The launch will be conducted by the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha.
“The plan is to vaccinate the frontline health workers that work in the treatment centre of the National Hospital, those will be the first people to take the vaccines.
House of Representatives Cancelled Its March 4 Session
The House of Representatives cancelled its Thursday session after receiving information about a possible security threat at the Capitol on March 4, reports USA Today.
In the report, the United States Capitol Police said Wednesday they were aware of a “possible plot to breach the Capitol by an identified militia group”, and a notice sent to all congressional offices and the agency was bolstering its security presence on Capitol Hill.
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Mistrust in the government is nothing new for the residents of Flint, Michigan
Mistrust in the government is nothing new for the residents of Flint, Michigan, CNN reports.
According to the report, in 2014, the state’s public officials assured the residents that their water was safe to drink. It wasn’t. Now, with the coronavirus vaccine rolling out across the country, some Flint residents are wondering whether or not it’s safe. Hesitancy is particularly high in some Black communities, which have a history of being discriminated against in the US health care system.
Residents Flee Homes In Niger
In their bid to escape incessant bandit attacks, Men, women and children from Pandogari district of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have reportedly thronged Tegina.
According to media reports, one of the displaced persons who gave his name as Mahmood through the phone of a source said they had to flee to stay alive because they no longer had peace in their community
Ama, what is it that you have with Nautica? He’s been asking after you everywhere? - Toyin
My dear (hesitates, then changes the subject) … someone proposed love to me the other day and I couldn’t say it to his face that I didn’t love him. I couldn’t tell him that he was not my kind of guy.
... Ama
It’s Laurel’s first birthday party
Laurel
It was Laura Ikeji’s baby first birthday Sunday. See it in pictures below:
Now we are here, let’s stick together and work together – Okonjo
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| NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA, DG, World Trade Organization |
The first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Monday officially resumes with message via her Instagram handle “I want tonide this opportunity to thank you all for being so amazingly supportive through this journey. Now we are here, let’s stick together and work together.
“God bless you all.”
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It is important & timely that they’ve apologized – Okonjo
Director-General of World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has via her IG commented on the apology advanced by a Swiss newspaper that had dismissed the seasoned international professional as a “grandmother”
“I’m thankful to all my sisters, UN Women Leaders and the 124 Ambassadors in Geneva who signed the petition on calling out the racist & sexist remarks in this newspaper. It is important & timely that they’ve apologized.”
See the screen shot of her post below:
Why does it take so long for women to be diagnosed with endometriosis?
Shelley Hopper, a 31-year-old single mother, said she spent two years suffering from debilitating pain until she found a doctor who "believed me."
Hopper, of Roseville, California, was diagnosed with endometriosis, a disease that researchers believe affects more than six million women in the U.S. and as many as 200 million women worldwide.
Happy Birthday @JustinBieber – Ellen
Ellen DeGeneres celebrates birthday boy, Justine Bieber on her show. See the video below:
We Present To You, Justin Bieber!
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls we present to you – Justin Bieber … Oh! Not him? Well, I mean, 27 years ago. Yep! He posted this baby picture of himself via his IG, taking his followers back in time his cradle stage. Still quite handsome even then, don’t you think?
Scarcity Of Meat Hits Lagos
A Business District Street In Lagos, Nigeria.
The south of Nigeria mostly depends on the north for its food, but the farmers-herders crises is driving a wedge through that business relationship, reports Pulse Nigeria.
According to the report, Alhaji Bello, a peripatetic salesman who hawks beef around Surulere, Lagos, has been forced out of business for well over a week now.
“Meat is so expensive now”, he told Pulse, his blackened hands quickly shoved into his blood stained trousers. “In fact, we don’t even see the meat to buy anymore.”
In the last couple of weeks, suspected hoodlums and brigands in the northern region have been impounding food trucks making their way down Nigeria’s south in what has been labelled a reprisal move, as ethnic tension stemming from a recurring farmers-herders crisis engulfs Africa’s most population.
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