FG raises alarm over fake COVID19 vaccines from China

 

The Federal Government has raised alarm over three thousand doses of fake COVID19 vaccines sent to Africa from China.

 

The Director of Hospital Services of the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), Dr. Adebimpe Adebiyi, made this known in a letter dated March 26, 2021, to the Chief Medical Directors/Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Health Institutions.

 

The letter in part reads

 

“The Ministry is in receipt of a letter from the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 regarding the arrest of about 3,000 doses of fake COVID-19 vaccines which were Africa-bound from China.

The report further indicates that the fake COVID-19 vaccines are already in circulation in Africa.

To prevent the importation of fake vaccines, kindly note that the Nigeria Customs Service has designated Nnamdi Azikiwe international Airport as the only Point of Entry (PoE) for imported COVID-19 vaccines.

I am therefore to bring this to your notice and dispel any possibility of COVID-19 vaccines being available for sale or being administered by any unauthorized institution. Please accept the assurances of my best regards.”

 

As of the time of writing this report, The Nation reporter tried to reach Dr Adebiyi via calls to authenticate the said letter, but to no avail.

 

However, a top source in the FMoH confirmed to The Nation that the letter is authentic, and emanated from the Ministry to the CMDs and MDs of Federal Tertiary Health Institutions across the country.

Paul Onuachu's goal helps Super Eagles defeat Benin 0-1 as Nigeria seal AFCON Qualification with a game to spare

 

Belgium league goal scoring machine, Paul Onuachu scored a late winner as the Super Eagles of Nigeria beat Benin 1-0 at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on Saturday night, March 27, at the 2021 African Cup of Nations qualifier.

Onuachu nodded home in the 93rd minute ending Benin’s eight year unbeaten home run, after scrambling for the ball during a frantic goal mouth action.

 

With the goal, the Super Eagles now top Group L with 11 points from five games.

Benin will now have to fight for qualification next week in Sierra Leone, after Sierra Leone drew 0-0 in Lesotho earlier today.

 

The Super Eagles will now play Lesotho in Lagos next week, but the game will have no significance giving Rohr an opportunity to test fringe players.

 

 

Burna Boy is a pride of Rivers state - Governor Wike says

 

Governor Nyesom Wike has described Grammy award-winning Afrobeat artist, Burna Boy, as the pride of the state.

 

Governor Wike said this when Burna Boy, his parents and management team paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Saturday March 27.

 

“There is no Rivers person that will say he or she is not happy with the kind of pride you’ve brought us. I am very happy and I can tell you, whatever you think we can do to promote you, we will continue to do it.” he said

 

Wike congratulated Burna Boy for the honour he did to the people of the state all over the world explaining that when news broke that Burna Boy was the winner in the Best Global Music Album category with his Twice As Tall album, the entire state was elated.

Kano people need more education than flyovers - Kwankwaso tells Ganduje

 

Former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has told his successor Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to prioritize education instead of flyovers in the state.

 

Commenting on Ganduje's plan to construct a flyover with a N20bn loan at Hotoro roundabout in Kano Metropolis in an interview with BBC Hasua Service on Friday March 26, Kwankwaso said the project is the responsibility of the federal government and not the state government.

 

He said; 

 

“Even though we need flyovers in Kano, but what people need the most in the state is education. They need to focus more on our children to be educated and get entrepreneurial skills to depend on themselves.

“Instead of Ganduje to go and see the president and ask him to do the bridge, because it is the responsibility of the federal government to do the flyovers connecting Kano City to Wudil, the governor went ahead and presented a photo that was badly designed which even the president did not understand and has something better in his office.”

 

Kwankwaso who noted that it was not a good idea to add to the debt of the state just because of a flyover, disclosed that his administration did not leave any debt to the state government. He added that he is surprised from that moment till now, Kano had N185bn debts to settle.

Actress Yetunde Barnabas and Footballer Peter Olayinka hold their wedding introduction

 

Actress Yetunde Barnabas and Footballer Peter Olayinka have held their wedding introduction in Lokoja, Kogi state's capital. 

 

Yetunde who shared photos from the event on Instagram, wrote; 

 

Thank you for showing me that true love does exist and that’s why I’m urs forever.

Nigerian cinema will soon be turned to YouTube - Actress Yvonne Jegede knocks her colleagues over rush in movie production

 

Actress Yvonne Jegede has taken a swipe at her colleagues in the Nigeran movie industry over  the rush in movie production. 

 

In a tweet she shared, Yvonne Jegede expressed fear of Nigerian cinemas being turned into YouTube with the rush. 

 

She tweeted; 

 

Today they are on set shooting, and next minute they have a cinema date, next tomorrow the movie don enter cinema. Them go soon turn Nigerian cinema to YouTube.

 

Grammy Award-winning singer, Grey DeLisle reveals how she mistakenly confessed to her husband that she cheated on him

 

Grey DeLisle, a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and actress, has revealed how her first marriage ended.

 

She said she got married at 19 and was playing Scrabble with her husband when he asked if she had cheated. She immediately started crying and confessed to cheating on him.

 

It was too late by the time she realised he was asking if she had cheated at the game they were playing.

 

She wrote: "I got married at 19 and things ended when we were playing Scrabble. He asked me if I was cheating and I immediately broke down crying and tearfully confessed everything...because I didn’t realize he was talking about the game."