First COVID-19 Vaccine Tested On Humans Yields Positive Results
The first COVID-19 vaccine to be tested on humans has produced positive initial results. Moderna, the biotechnology company leading the effort, made the announcement on Monday. Stéphane Bancel, CEO of Moderna, said this was based on the results of an initial clinical trial involving eight humans, who were given two doses of the vaccine mRNA-1273 back at the start of March. ...
Jail Me Instead Of 13-Year-Old Boy Sentenced For 10 Years, Foreign Activist Writes Buhari
Piotr Cywinski, director of Auschwitz Memorial in Poland, says he is ready to be imprisoned in Nigeria so that Umar Farouq, a 13-year-old boy sentenced for blasphemy, can regain freedom. A Sharia court in Kano had sentenced Farouq for “using disparaging language on Allah” during a disagreement with his friend. In a letter dated September 25 and addressed to President Muhammadu...
“We Will Kill Your Husbands, Sons And Put You In Poverty” – Sokoto Bandits
Every morning, a group of women files out of an abandoned, uncompleted housing estate in Goronyo Local Government of Sokoto State. What they have in common is that they are all widows living in a makeshift camp for displaced persons. Originally conceived as resettlement estate for persons displaced by the 2010 floods in Goronyo, the abandoned, uncompleted estate now houses...
Like OUK Like MUK
By Onyendi Victor Kelechi They golden descendants of Uzor Kalu dynasty. Gold they always say is very precious. So they great descendants of Uzor Kalu dynasty are gold and they are precious. The history of Abia politics can never be complete without making reference to the great exploits of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu the Senate Chief Whip (Miri yiri Enyi ala...
Ndi Ori Na Crisis: Abia State A Case Study By Ifeanyi Okali
Conflicts sometimes could be positive. It could be the magic wand that businesses, jobs, or romantic relationships require for a total turnaround. When a family welcomes a newborn baby, that momentary cry is what gives such family assurance that their baby is normal. Where this does not happen, it creates room for fear, apprehension, and panic. In democratic governance for...
No Matter How Strong A Woman Is Or How Much She Earns, She Can Never Be Head Of The Home – Reno Omokri
Popular Social Commentator and ex-presidential aide, Reno Omokri, recently took to his social media page to share his opinion on a very controversial topic. In a post which seemed to be aimed at strong and independent women, Reno Omokri wrote that a woman can never be the head of a home, no matter how strong she may be or how...
Over 100,000 Sign Petition For Prosecution Of IGP, Adamu By Int’l Criminal Court
More than 100,000 people have signed a petition asking the International Criminal Court (ICC) to arrest and prosecute Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police (IGP), for alleged crimes against humanity. As of Monday night, at least 105,000 signed the petition which accused the police IG of “unleashing war” against Nigerians protesting abuse of human rights by the police. Fresh cases of police brutality triggered...
A’Ibom Works Commissioner, Ephraim Inyang and his failed roads
Abasifreke Effiong If you drive slowly from Ikot Akpaden, Mkpat Enin to Uyo through the 12.742 kilometres Mkpat Enin-ONNA road, from Comprehensive High School Ikot Ayan to the Y junction which leads to Awa, you will count about 50 potholes and multitude distresses of different geometric patterns. The road has moderate volume traffic with limited heavy vehicles, yet it...
Chief Princess Monica Uche Ottah Bags Traditional Title Of ‘ADA KA IBEYA’ In Ohafia, Pledges N10million (Photos, Video)
Board member National Films and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, Chief Princess Monica Uche Ottah has bagged the chieftaincy title of Ada Ka Ibeya of Ohafia Ancient Kingdom. ABN TV reports that the honour was conferred on her on Sunday by the Chairman, Ohafia Council of Monarchs, Ezie. Prof. E.U.L Imaga in recognition of her philanthropic and humanitarian...
MY JUNE 12 BIRTHDAY AND A DATE IN OUR HISTORY, By Ifeanyi Okali
June 12 has in the past 28 years become a very remarkable date in the annals of our history as Nigerians. This date prior to this moment has been more popular only within the confines of South Western Nigeria where the late Chief MKO Abiola, the winner of the annulled June 12, 1993, election hails from. The historical value...
