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Warri- Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has identified vaccination and clean environment as factors necessary in checking the outbreak of yellow fever. Okowa made this known on Thursday at the flag-off of preventive yellow fever mass vaccination campaign in Delta at the Events Centre, Asaba. He said that the objective of the vaccination was to increase population immunity (herd immunity) to yellow fever thereby reducing the risk of transmission of the disease in communities. He stated that poor community and environmental hygiene) practices were risk factors for the yellow fever disease. According to him, the fight against it and other…

Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are volunteering to get their COVID-19 vaccines on camera to promote public confidence in the vaccine’s safety once the US Food and Drug Administration authorizes one. The three most recent former presidents hope an awareness campaign to promote confidence in its safety and effectiveness would be a powerful message as American public health officials try to convince the public to take the vaccine. Freddy Ford, Bush’s chief of staff, told CNN that the 43rd President had reached out to Dr. Anthony Fauci — the director of the National Institute of…

Mikel Arteta says Arsenal are planning for the January transfer window and they will be prepared for what he expects to be an ‘unpredictable’ market. The Gunners were active in the summer, signing Gabriel Magalhaes and Thomas Partey in big money deals and also snapping up Willian on a free transfer from Chelsea, but Arteta knows he needs to add more to his squad, especially in the attacking midfield area, with Red Bull Salzburg star Dominik Szoboszlai a player of genuine interest. The January market is set to be a difficult one, however, with clubs across the globe still massively…

Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC has leveraged technology in organising the 2020 edition of Together4ALimb, the flagship Corporate Social Investment (CSI) initiative of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC. The event held virtually in compliance with the social distancing guidelines provided by the Government, due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Together4ALimb was introduced to create awareness about the plight of children living with limb loss. The financial institution organises a series of activities, culminating in a walk by the employees of the institution, members of the beneficiaries’ family and other well-wishers. Through this initiative, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC has given hope…

ABAKALIKI – A 20-year-old girl, Chinenye (surname withheld) has accused one Emeka Chukwuani, 39-year-old man, of raping her, biting her private part and ear, while trying to overpower her to commit the act. The victim, Newsjaunts gathered, was on her way home alongside her younger sister at about 8.30 am on Saturday, when the rapist accosted them and snatched her phone along Onwe Road and ran into a recreational centre in Fatilami Park, Abakaliki. Chinenye, who said she ran after the rapist in a bid to recover her phone, revealed that she was subdued and raped inside the Park. Narrating her…

Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has called for increased collaboration and cooperation from revenue regulatory agencies to enhance revenue accruals to the federation account. The Chairman of the commission, Mr Elias Mbam made the call in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Mr Nwachukwu Christian. Mbam was quoted as making the call at a stakeholders meeting with the heads of the revenue regulatory agencies in Abuja. He said that the meeting was necessary to familiarise regulatory agencies on the mandate and activities of the commission. The chairman also said it would enable agencies to seek for collaboration…

Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, December 2, 2020. Mitchell Elegbe, Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of Interswitch Group, has urged young people to be accountable, focused, positive and trustworthy, to drive the growth of the country’s capital market and the Nigerian economy at large. He said this during the digital graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020 of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Graduate Trainee Programme which held on Friday, November 20, 2020. Delivering his keynote address, Mitchell stressed the need for the graduands to engage in constant learning, take calculated risks and imbibe the virtue of trustworthiness. This, he said,…

Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, December 2, 2020. Mitchell Elegbe, Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of Interswitch Group, has urged young people to be accountable, focused, positive and trustworthy, to drive the growth of the country’s capital market and the Nigerian economy at large. He said this during the digital graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020 of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Graduate Trainee Programme which held on Friday, November 20, 2020. Delivering his keynote address, Mitchell stressed the need for the graduands to engage in constant learning, take calculated risks and imbibe the virtue of trustworthiness. This, he said,…

NATO experts have prepared the NATO 2030 – United for a New Era report, which claims that in the upcoming 10 years, China will become the second-worst enemy of the Alliance after Russia, and that the bloc must be urgently reformed in order to counteract it, establishing a number of specialized structures, a source in Brussels told TASS Tuesday. “According to the NATO 2030 report, which Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will present at the NATO Foreign Ministers’ video conference Tuesday, in the upcoming decade, the Alliance must concentrate, besides the response to traditional threats [deterrence of Russia and humanitarian interventions], on countering…

Pennsylvania’s two-month-old coronavirus exposure notification app can now be used by mobile phone users as young as 13 as health officials work to stop the virus’ spread in schools around the state, officials said Monday. The app, named COVID AlertPa, had previously been limited to people 18 and over. “By expanding the age range, middle- and high-school students will be able to add their phones to the fight and help in contact tracing that occurs in their schools if a positive case is identified,” state Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said at a virtual news conference. A parent or legal…