Covid-19: UK records first death with Omicron variant
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, on Monday, confirmed the death of one patient with the Omicron coronavirus variant. Johnson said the new variant was also resulting in hospital admissions and the "best thing" people could do was get their booster jab. Johnson said people needed to recognise "the sheer pace at which accelerates through the population". While visiting a vaccination clinic...
Champions League: Man Utd play Atletico, Barca face PSG, Chelsea take on Lille
Manchester United will now play Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last 16 after the draw for the knockout stages took place for a second time on Monday. A "technical problem" caused an error in the initial draw, which UEFA said had been "declared void". Champions League holders Chelsea still face Ligue 1 champions Lille while Premier League champions Manchester City...
NYSC DG to Prospective Corps Members: No vaccination, no service
Only fully vaccinated Prospective Corps Members (PCMs) will be allowed to register and partake in the NYSC scheme from January 2022. “From the next orientation in the year 2022, all incoming PCMs will show evidence of vaccination before they will be allowed into the camp for registration. “We want to ensure that we adhere strictly to the non-pharmaceutical safety protocols of...
COVID-19: EFCC turns back unvaccinated staff
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, turned back unvaccinated staff members from its headquarters. The exercise which started at about 7a.m., saw staff of the anti-graft agency without COVID-19 vaccine cards or evidence of being vaccinated being turned back home. Those who were able to provide the evidence of vaccination were allowed into the office. The enforcement of the...
Champions League draw: Man United face PSG as Chelsea take on Lille
Manchester United will face Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 of the Champions League. The draw, released on Monday, pits two of the greatest players of all time in Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Champions League holders Chelsea have been drawn to face French champions Lille, while six-time winners Liverpool play Red Bull Salzburg. Premier League champions Manchester City take on last...
EFCC: A serving governor withdrew N60bn cash in six years
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has revealed that a serving governor has withdrawn N60 billion cash in the last six years. “A governor in a North-Central state within the last six years (one individual) has withdrawn over N60 billion in cash,” the EFCC chairman stated in the anti-graft agency’s in-house monthly publication, EFCCALERT. Bawa is...
Omicron: How politics infested a virus
By DAKUKU PETERSIDE Containing the spread and impact of Covid-19 is a herculean task for Africa and African governments. It is even more challenging when western countries and their allies deliberately conspire to allow politics and economic nationalism instead of science to define global response to a virus that we know little about. Its origin, transmission and severity are still...
TUNDE ODESOLA: The truths Bisi Akande failed to say
By TUNDE ODESOLA Laughter is restorative, so is crying. It’s even beneficial when both are done simultaneously, scientists say. According to them, the same part of the brain, the hypothalamus, controls both laughter and crying. Laughter and crying are warm and cold springs issuing from different aquifers but ending up in the same confluence, like the Ikogosi warm springs. A Yale University...
Governors and ‘death’ of direct primaries
By EHICHIOYA EZOMON Politicians' think always about the next election, and how to stay in power. It's never about the people they pretend to represent their interests. Rather, it's all about their self interests. Nothing demonstrates this notion of "self" better than politicians' scramble for the crucial and critical 2023 general election that's barely 14 months away, going by the timetable drawn...
Agricultural and Infrastructural Development: Which is more important?
By ADEWALE KUPOLUYI What looks like a rhetorical question came from the sixth Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State, Prof. Kolawole Salako, while featuring on FUNAAB Radio 89.5FM special programme to commemorate the World Soil Science Day 2021 with the theme, “Halt Soil Salinisation, Boost Soil Productivity”. According to the Vice-Chancellor, who is a Professor of Soil...
