archiveSeptember 2021

  A new Coronavirus strain, named Mu, has been designated a variant of interest by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Mu, or B.1.621, was first identified in Colombia and cases have been recorded in South America and Europe. The WHO’s weekly bulletin on the pandemic said the variant has mutations...

A former Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi, Tuesday honoured an invitation by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) over an interview he granted Channels Television’s breakfast programme, ‘Sunrise Daily’, last Wednesday. The retired senior officer visited the DIA headquarters in Abuja with his counsel, Femi Falana (SAN), who confirmed the visit. Defence...

confirms Nwanisobi as director of corporate communications, names 7 other directors The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has confirmed the appointment of Mr. Osita Nwanisobi as the Director, Corporate Communications Department, with effect from August 25, 2021. Nwanisobi was in an acting capacity since October 2020, when his predecessor, Isaac...

Justice Tijjani Garba Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, ordered the interim forfeiture of the funds as well as properties traced to the suspended aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Abidemi Rufai. Justice Ringim gave the order, following an...

Nigeria’s Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, current Director-General of Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), has been appointed Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) in charge of Health Emergency Intelligence with effect from November 1, 2021 A statement issued Monday night by the WHO Director General, Dr Tedros said Ihekweazu...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cancelled the general cut-off marks for admission into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions, 43 years after its introduction. The board broke the news during a virtual policy meeting chaired by the Minister of Education Alhaji Adamu Adamu. Founded in 1978, JAMB had been fixing...

  Nigeria recorded 626 new cases of COVID-19 with 14 casualties on Tuesday, Aug. 31, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The public health agency, on its official website on Wednesday morning, said that the surge in infections was driven by the third wave of the pandemic. The...