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BUSTED!!! 115 Nursing mothers whose breast milk were harvested by a milk factory arrested in Abuja

BUSTED!!! 115 Nursing mothers whose breast milk were harvested by a milk factory arrested in Abuja

The Nigerian authorities rescued 115 mothers in Abuja, whose breast milk was being harvested every day and then turned into different dairy products like cheese, butter, and fresh milk. Some of these girls were as young as 16, the oldest being 22, and most of them were reported missing in the last 3 years. Police suspect that their capturers recorded everything they did to them for the past three years and uploaded it to the dark web to entertain their clients. The girls were raped and impregnated live on the internet, and after giving birth, they milked them like cows…
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Covid-19: Wear face mask or we go into another lockdown- Presidency

Covid-19: Wear face mask or we go into another lockdown- Presidency

“The Presidency is worried by reports of non-compliance with just signed Executive Order that makes mask wearing and observation of social distancing in the public mandatory, appealing to Nigerians to give their maximum cooperation for success of the policy. President Muhammadu Buhari introduced the order with the best of intentions and not with any motive to punish citizens. The Presidency appeals to State Governments, traditional rulers and religious leaders to play active roles in the sensitization and enforcement of the Executive Order. According to Mallam Garba Shehu, SSA to the President on Media and Publicity, The Presidency said “To achieve…
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Covid-19 Violators: Don’t intimidate Nigerians with jail term,    improve their standard of living before comparing them with others – Eholor

Covid-19 Violators: Don’t intimidate Nigerians with jail term, improve their standard of living before comparing them with others – Eholor

Democracy Observer General of Nigeria and Global President of One Love Foundation, Chief Patriot Patrick Osagie Eholor(Ultimate Equals) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and his advisers not to play with the emotions of over 200 million Nigerians with the signing of a bill seeking to jail violators of covid-19 protocols for six months. Eholor said such move by the President is insensitive, reckless, clueless and anti-people considering the high level of poverty and hunger in the land. He wondered why the nation was in a hurry to sign such a bill when Nigerians are already tired of seeing the faces…
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Coronavirus: Safety Measures: Violators of Covid-19 Protocols to spend six months in jail as President Buhari signs bill to law

Coronavirus: Safety Measures: Violators of Covid-19 Protocols to spend six months in jail as President Buhari signs bill to law

NIGERIA - President Muhammadu Buhari has signed a new law prescribing a six-month jail term for anyone found guilty of flouting any of the COVID19 protocols. The president signed the COVID19 health protection regulations 2021 in Abuja on Wednesday, January 27. The signed law provides a legal framework for the prosecution of any defaulter. The law states that an offence under these Regulations is punishable, on summary conviction, by a fine or a term of six months imprisonment or both in accordance with Section 5 of the Quarantine Act. The law adds that security agents including Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigeria…
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Covid-19: After Vaccine Shortage, EU and AstraZeneca to resolve crisis with vaccine supply

Covid-19: After Vaccine Shortage, EU and AstraZeneca to resolve crisis with vaccine supply

The European Union and the UK-based Covid vaccine maker, AstraZeneca have vowed to work together to resolve a bitter row over supply shortages to the 27-member countries. According to BBC, This comes after crisis talks which both sides described as "constructive". AstraZeneca earlier said it could deliver only a fraction of the dozes it promised in January-March, blaming production issues at European plants. But the EU said the firm must honour its commitments and deliver the jabs by diverting stock from the UK. The contract between the EU and AstraZeneca contains a confidentiality clause - but the EU has asked…
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Breaking News: Covid-19: Governor Ortom test positive for coronavirus

Breaking News: Covid-19: Governor Ortom test positive for coronavirus

  Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom says the latest result of his COVID-19 test has returned positive. This follows the test results of most of the Governor’s close aides who also returned positive in the last few weeks. Though the Governor has not shown any symptoms of the disease, he has already commenced treatment as prescribed by medical personnel. He advises those who have come in contact with him in the last couple of days to go for test. The Governor says it is equally important that those who came in contact with other persons who have tested positive for…
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COVID-19 ravages NYSC camps as 138 test positive out of 34,785 tested – NCDC Boss

COVID-19 ravages NYSC camps as 138 test positive out of 34,785 tested – NCDC Boss

No fewer than 34,685 people have been tested for coronavirus (COVID-19) across all the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camps in the country. The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this on Monday at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja. He told reporters that those whose samples were collected included corps members and NYSC officials in various camps. Dr Ihekweazu noted that of the number tested, the results of 138 people returned positive and have been isolated. He said, “We tested over the last few weeks a…
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As the world celebrates Abia born doctor, Onyema Ogbuagu in Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough

As the world celebrates Abia born doctor, Onyema Ogbuagu in Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough

Dr. Onyema Ogbuagbu, is at the centre of the Pfizer-led research, development and trials that have culminated in a breakthrough for COVID-19 vaccines. Pfizer, after the conclusion of its trials, recently announced that its COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90 per cent effective. A few days after, Moderna also reported that its own version of the COVID-19 vaccine was 94 per cent effective. The announcement by Pfizer, followed by Moderna, remains a game changer in the quest for COVID-19 vaccine. Ogbuagbu, however, said he had been involved in the trials of the vaccines by Pfizer An Associate Professor of Medicine…
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Pfizer, BioNTech say experimental COVID-19 vaccine shows 95% effectiveness

Pfizer, BioNTech say experimental COVID-19 vaccine shows 95% effectiveness

Pfizer and BioNTech said Wednesday that a completed study of their experimental Covid-19 vaccine showed it was 95 percent effective. They said the two-dose vaccine had no serious safety concerns and that the companies will apply for emergency use authorization from US regulators “within days.” The announcement came as coronavirus cases are surging in the US and other parts of the world, and boosted hopes for an end to the pandemic that has upended life around the globe. “The study results mark an important step in this historic eight-month journey to bring forward a vaccine capable of helping to end…
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Panic As Another Covid-19 Case Recorded In Lagos Boarding School.

Panic As Another Covid-19 Case Recorded In Lagos Boarding School.

Lagos State Commissioner of health, Professor  Akin Abayomi Friday announced new incidences of COVID-19 positive cases in another secondary boarding school in the state. Professor Abayomi in a press statement said that a staff of the school tested positive for COVID-19 at the Lagos State Biobank on November 2 after initially receiving first aid for an illness at the school clinic. Mr. Abayomi noted that contact tracing revealed that a student and four contacts of the staff member were positive for COVID-19. “Most of the infected persons are predominantly asymptomatic, while some have mild symptoms,” he said. The commissioner said…
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