archiveJanuary 2021

  Israel has vaccinated more than 10.2 per cent of its population of about 9.3 million in less than two weeks, since the vaccination campaign began on Dec. 20, 2020. The number of people vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus in Israel has reached more than 950,000, the state’s Ministry of...

 The Management of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) says it has concluded plans to roll out no fewer than 90,870 meters to customers in its franchise areas of Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti in the first quarter of 2021. Mr Tayo Adekule, the BEDC head of Public Affairs, told newsmen...

    UK witnesses rise in Covid-19 cases by 53,285 with 613 more deaths Covid-19: Boris Johnson Out of Hospital (VIDEO) There has been a new rise in the number of coronavirus cases in the UK by 53,285, with 613 more deaths recorded, reports Skynews. This is following a rise...

The General Overseer, All Christians Fellowship Mission (ACFM), Rev. William Okoye, on Friday, urged Nigerians to pray and trust God for a better and fruitful 2021. Okoye, who stated this during the New Year service of his church in Abuja, said that to save the country, people needed to start...

Authorities of Covenant University have postponed the institution’s resumption till January 18, 2021. The directive was contained in a circular by the institution on Thursday. The university said this was in a bid to control the spread of COVID-19. It, however, said virtual classes would commence for students of the...

NEW YEAR SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1ST JANUARY 2021 My fellow countrymen and women, First, I would like to thank and praise the Almighty who saw us through the year 2020 and has given us the opportunity to witness the start...

  All residents of Ogun State are to obtain identification cards in this new year as Amotekun Corps begins operations in the state January. The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun disclosed this in his New Year broadcast on Friday. According to the Governor, implementing the Residents Identification Cards and the...

Nigeria’s total debt at the end of third quarter of 2020 stood at N32.223 trillion or $84.574 billion, Debt Management Office (DMO) revealed on Thursday. The DMO, which disclosed the total public debt stock in a statement explained that the profile is made up of the domestic and external debt...

  The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 1,031 new infections of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country has so far tested 948,048 persons since the first confirmed...

Activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters online newspaper, Mr. Omoyele Sowore has been arrested by the police in Abuja for staging a New Year Eve protest tagged #CrossOverWithProtest. Sowore and some activists were arrested at the #CrossoverWithProtest, a planned procession across the country on New Year eve. Some of the...