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British health officials have warned that anyone with a history of significant allergic reactions should not have the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for the time being.The warning came after two members of the National Health Service who were among the first to receive the vaccine suffered allergic reactions and needed treatment.NHS England medical director STEPHEN POWIS said both workers, who had a history of reactions, were now recovering well....

Five people have been killed in violence linked to Ghana’s national elections, the police have announced.The Police also said sixty-one electoral and post-electoral incidents nationwide were reported, in a statement issued two days after the vote.Of these, 21 are true cases of electoral violence, six of which involve gunshots resulting in the death of five....

President of the Senate AHMAD LAWAN has assured that the National Assembly will pass the Electoral Act Amendment Bill by the first quarter of 2021.LAWAN gave the assurance at a public hearing on the repeal of the Electoral Act 2010 and enactment of the 2020 Electoral Act.The Senate President at the public hearing said the National Assembly will work to make this possible so that the amended 2020 Electoral Act will be tested in early elections to gauge its e...

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, MAHMOOD YAKUBU has said preparations for the 2023 general elections have started.He added that the commission would work with the National Assembly to ensure a speedy passage of the amendment to the nation’s Electoral Act in other to confront the challenges ahead.YAKUBU said this in an interview with State House correspondents shortly after he took his oath of office for his second term at...

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has arraigned Professor IGNATIUS UDUK of the University Of Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State on a three-count charge bordering on electoral fraud and perjury.Professor UDUK is accused of trying to rig the 2019 Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District election, with previous attempts by INEC to arraign him not successful as he went into hiding.UDUK is charged with three counts of abandoning his assigned duties as the col...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed Mobile Network Operators to immediately suspend the sale and activation of new SIM cards to allow an audit of the Subscriber Registration Database.The Director of Public Affairs at NCC, IKECHUKWU ADINDE, in a statement, said it was absolutely necessary for operators to comply until the audit exercise had been concluded.According to him, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, DR ISA PANTAMI, ...

FLOYD MAYWEATHER, the former five-weight boxing world champion, has announced he will take on Youtuber, LOGAN PAUL in a "special exhibition" fight in February 2021.There has been speculation the fight would be agreed for several months and PAUL, who has more than 22 million subscribers on Youtube, has taunted MAYWEATHER on several occasions, with both of them exchanging insults on social media.The fight, which will take place on February 20 next y...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised Nigerians to moderate their taste for foreign goods with a view to stabilizing the nation’s economy.The Governor of the apex bank, GODWIN EMEFIELE, gave the advice during an interactive session with stakeholders on the five-year policy thrust of the apex bank in Kaduna State.Represented by the Assistant Director of Corporate Communications, SAM OKOGBUE, the CBN governor urged Nigerians to return to product...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said it would not end the strike it embarked on until government paid all the salaries of its members it withheld.The President of ASUU, Prof. BIODUN OGUNYEMI, in an interview with news men, said government should not expect the lecturers to resume without paying the withheld salaries.Prof. OGUNYEMI explained that the members of ASUU were still consulting and at the same time waiting for the government to fulfill...

Governor BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU of Lagos State has congratulated TOKUNBO ABIRU and OBAFEMI SAHEED on their victories in the just-concluded bye-elections. ABIRU and SAHEED were declared winners of the bye-elections in Lagos East Senatorial District and Kosofe State Constituency II respectively.According to a statement by the governor’s media aide, GBOYEGA AKOSILE, SANWO-OLU said the emergence of the lawmakers is a validation of peoples’ confiden...