₦airaland Forum

omenkaLives:
A job like that which you have and have sworn to protect with your life? I'd rather pass.

Losing one's mind over excessive consumption of Mkpurumiri and coming online to drum up support for terrorists, arsonists, killers and rapists IS NO JOB kiddo. Sooner or later, the long arm of the law with have you pinched.

Pathetic.

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has set up a panel to probe alleged fraudulent sale of recovered assets of the federal government.

Mr Malami said the federal government was yet to commence sale of its recovered looted assets.

In a press statement on Tuesday, Mr Malami’s spokesperson, Umar Gwandu, acknowledged a media report, claiming that a “syndicate allegedly from the ministry sells federal government’s recovered properties without the knowledge of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.”

“It is important to set the record straight that the office of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has not officially started the sale of Federal Government’s property,” the statement read in part.

Mr Gwandu also said the AGF neither approved nor ordered the sale of any property.

“The Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN has set up a 5-member Committee to investigate and verify the authenticity of the media report which allegedly claims that syndicate from the Federal Ministry of Justice sells Federal Government’s recovered properties without the knowledge of the office of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.”

Mr Gwandu made reference to a circular signed by the Solicitor General of the Federation Umar Mohammed, dated November 29, 2021.

The circular was titled, ‘The Constitution of a Committee to investigate the alleged sale of Federal Government of Nigeria’s Property by syndicate in the Ministry’.

“A committee is hereby constituted to investigate the allegation with the view to unravelling the veracity or otherwise of the publication” the circular partly read.

According to the statement, the committee chaired by the Director Public Prosecution of the Federation, was inaugurated on Tuesday.

It is saddled with the responsibility of unveiling the accuracy of the publication and recommend ways of handling the matter in accordance with the provisions of the extant laws.

It is expected to complete the assignment within one week and submit its report of their investigation to the Solicitor General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Justice.

“Individuals, groups, companies, institutions or organisations that claimed to have associated with the alleged syndicate from the Federal Ministry of Justice in relation to purchase of houses, landed property, vehicles, vessels, plants and machineries belonging to the Federal Government are encouraged to come out with any information, evidence or document regarding the alleged sales,” Mr Malami was quoted to have urged Nigerians.

Mr Gwandu said the “Secretariat of the Investigation Committee can be contacted at the Office of the Director Public Prosecution of the Federation, Federal Ministry of Justice and be reached within one week from 1st December, 2021 or via email: investigation.committee@justice.gov.ng.”

omenkaLives:
Very good. I hope Mynd44 and Seun can finally do the needful.

Udele1 broke this news days ago but it never made fp. Now Arise has published same.

Hope ipob terrorists/pdp supporters like BeeBeeOoh and his coterie of flip floppers can see the product of their actions online.

Pathetic.

MelesZenawi:
Pack and go back to your state.

Ndi anambra will never entertain murderers apologist of any kind

omenkaLives:
Very stupid question. How do you lot balance supporting pdp and ipob terrorists at the same time?

If you wanna devote your time to the support of killers, like Gumi, do so without equivocation, and stop swinging between killers and a political party. Anything short of that connotes nothing but psychosis.

May ipob terrorists and all those who support them, either overtly or covertly, join ikonso in hell soonest, amen.

The Batch Stream 2 corps members posted to Bauchi State for the mandatory one-year national service have been assured that COVID-19 vaccine is safe and those yet to take the vaccine should do so without any delay.

The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, gave the assurance on Tuesday at the swearing-in of the 1,600 Batch C Stream 2 corps members at the NYSC permanent orientation camp at Wailo, in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of the state.

According to the DG, who was represented at the occasion by the Bauchi State NYSC Coordinator, Alhaji Namadi Abubakar, taking the vaccine would make the corps members safe.

Ibrahim informed that the Federal Government had made Covid-19 vaccine mandatory for Nigerians, adding that it had revealed plan to make presentation of evidence of being vaccinated by civil servants a prerequisite before gaining access to public offices as from 1st December, 2021.

He added that due to the fact that the rule may apply to corps members at their places of primary assignment, they should take the vaccine immediately.

“I, therefore, encourage those of you who are yet to take the vaccine to do so without further delay as the rule could apply to corps members in their places of primary assignment. Of greater significance is the fact that the vaccine will keep you safe,” General Ibrahim said.

He revealed that NYSC was in touch with relevant authorities to ensure that the vaccines were made available to corps members in the course of the programme.

He then expressed appreciation to those who contributed to ensure the success of the orientation programme within the context of “new normal”.

According to the DG, “I would like to express our profound gratitude to the Presidential Steering Committee on Covid-19 and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control whose support and guidance is facilitating the safe and efficient conduct of the orientation course within the context of the “new normal.”

“Our appreciation also goes to other stakeholders, including the National Agency for the Control of AIDS and the TY Danjuma Foundation who both donated tens of thousands of Rapid Test Kits to the Scheme.

“In the same vein, I thank state Ministries of Health as well as federal and state tertiary health institutions for their support in the areas of Covid-19 prevention and general health services.”

Meanwhile, General Ibrahim has explained that corps members were being deliberately posted out of their comfort zones with a view to broadening their understanding of the country.

He said that NYSC deployment was aimed at placing corps members in good stead for effective contribution to the promotion of national unity and integration.

While urging the corps members to advising them ensure healthy interactions, exchange ideas and build lasting friendships with a view to advancing the progress of a united Nigeria, the NYSC boss admonished them to always be security conscious during and after their service year.

DAILY POST reports that Bauchi State Chief Judge, Justice Rabi Talatu, who was represented by Justice Sa’ad Zadawa, administered the oath of allegiance to the 1,600 new corps members.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

omenkaLives:
Shut the hell up. You people are so disgusting.

Is it any news ipob terrorists have been killing people at random in the East? You ask about interview, tell us, how many people did you lot interview before running around to claim Fulanis or DSS are behind any murder?

Some dolts up there are blaming DSS. Why didnt you ask them the same stupid question? You two faced pdp supporters are just not fit to cohabit with sane humans.

slimghost:
FHE, Trans Nkisi. That’s if you know where that is. I am not meeting any IPOB member please. Ask people that own shops in main market and they will yell you.
This is my last response to you.

slimghost:
I don’t have time for this childish back and forth. Take a trip down to Onitsha and confirm it. Let me know when you are in Onitsha, so I can direct you further.
Keep on defending evil while innocent Igbos continue to lose their source of livelihood.

slimghost:
STFU! It is IPOB! They also wrote the chairman of main market Onitsha weeks ago warning him not to open the market on Mondays again.
Stop defending evil! These idiots are playing with people’s livelihood and terrorizing innocent people.

MelesZenawi:
Na turn by turn Dem go touch person very close to you then we will all come back to tell seun to sanitize the forum.

WibusJaga:


Oh God! Pls also intervene & stop many others from using expensive jewelry, expensive cars, expensive jets, even expensive coffins... & other needless luxury. Let them channel the money instead into helping the needy around them.

MelesZenawi:
Na turn by turn Dem go touch person very close to you then we will all come back to tell seun to sanitize the forum.

maynation:
In all of this, Rafael Benitez is who I pity the most.
After coaching clubs like Liverpool, Chelsea, Valencia and to an extent Real Madrid, he now settled for Everton? And he's about to be spanked by his old team.
I pity him really.

Hundreds of federal civil servants especially in Abuja are rushing to hospitals and designated centres to take the COVID-19 vaccine ahead of tomorrow’s deadline, Daily Trust reports.

This is in the wake of the ravaging effect of another COVID-19 variant named Omicron, which puts the world on red alert as many countries contemplate closing their borders and restricting movements.

The federal government had months ago announced that workers who were yet to receive the COVID-19 vaccine will be denied access into government offices from tomorrow, December 1, 2021.

Our correspondents who went round Abuja saw hundreds of civil servants rushing to get the jab as many centres recorded a high influx of civil servants.

An anonymous source at the Federal Secretariat vaccination centre said many people were rushing to be vaccinated.

“So far, we have been able to vaccinate dozens of civil servants and their family members with the Astrazeneca and Modena today. Also, we have been able to administer the second round of the COVID-19 vaccine to many people today. The second jab is administered eight weeks after the first jab,” the health worker said.

Long way to go

Daily Trust could not get the verifiable data of workers under the employ of the federal government with a credible source saying while some workers were being retired, others are dead and the speed at which replacements were being carried out was slow.

“It will be difficult to tell you the exact number of civil servants…It will not be easy because of ongoing replacements, new recruitments, deaths and all that. So, I don’t think if you will get the exact number of civil servants that have been vaccinated against COVID-19,” he said.

Also, the Director Communication, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHoCSF), Malam Abdulganiyu Aminu, said they could not be specific on the actual number of civil servants vaccinated, especially for the fact that the exercise was ongoing.

In an interview with one of our correspondents, he said, “But reports reaching us from the various vaccination centres are encouraging. Many civil servants are responding to the call to get vaccinated.”

The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaibu, had said that as of November 26, a total of 6,242,224 Nigerians had received the first dose of COVID-19.

He also said 3,487,298 Nigerians had received their second dose and therefore fully vaccinated.

This meant only 1.7 per cent of the total population target of 111,776,503 has been vaccinated.

The federal government had last Friday ordered federal workers from Grade Level 12 and below to resume normal duty effective from Wednesday, December 1.

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF), Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, gave the order in a circular with ref. no: HCSF/3065/Vol.1/107 dated November 26, 2021.

She recalled that as part of the measures to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic, officers on GL 12 and below were directed to work from home.

She, however, said President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the Vaccine Mandate Policy, which would require all federal government employees to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination.

Also, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, had announced that all federal workers would be barred from office from December 1, unless they showed proofs of their vaccination against the coronavirus.

Speaking with Daily Trust on Monday in Abuja, some of the federal workers expressed mixed feelings about the development.

While some of them said it was good that the government made the COVID-19 vaccination mandatory in the interest of the nation, few others said it violated their fundamental rights.

“I am happy that the government has made it mandatory for workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19,” a worker with the ministry of power, said.

“It is sad that we don’t trust our government because from the look of things, millions of Nigerians are not willing to take the jab and this is dangerous.

“Look at how the variant is mutating! Look at the Omicron that is ravaging the world. Government must deploy all the resources it has to ensure that all Nigerians are vaccinated not only civil servants. The civil servants are a fraction of the over 200m people in the country. It is saddening that up till now less than 2 per cent have been vaccinated. We are sitting on a time bomb,” he said.

“I hope the government is not using style to embark on workers retrenchment”, another worker with the ministry of education, said.

“Some of us have not been vaccinated and I need to be convinced that I would be fine after taking it. We need serious sensitisation because some people alleged that they took ill after taking the jab,” he said.

Daily Trust reports that as of Monday, November 29, Nigeria’s COVID-19 infection toll stood at 214,092; active cases at 3,862; total discharged cases at 207, 254; and the death toll at 2,976.

FG to review travels, other protocols over Omicron variant

As the world’s attention shifts to the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, the federal government said that it will review Nigeria’s travel and other protocols to curtail the entry or spread of the disease.

SGF Boss Mustapha said this on Monday in Abuja at the national briefing of the committee.

Mustapha said, “The world has been hit with a new COVID-19 Variant of Concern called Omicron as announced by the World Health Organisation (WHO). This variant is potentially dangerous and Nigerians and residents are required to exercise extra caution and vigilance in practice and enforcement of preventive measures.

“As the DG WHO stated today, the emergence of the highly-mutated Omicron variant underlines just how perilous and precarious our situation is. South Africa and Botswana should be thanked for detecting, sequencing and reporting this variant, not penalised,” he said.

He said that the PSC was reviewing the situation around the world and putting in place measures to curtail the impact of the variant on the country and that the new travel protocols would cover travels, testing, enforcement, surveillance and risk communication.

The SGF also said that the impasse on the Nigeria-UAE flights had been resolved in the interest of both parties.

“A date for the commencement of flights between the two countries will be announced in due course,” he said.

We should resist unscientific travel restrictions - Ramaphosa

Speaking elsewhere on the debate on restricting movement, South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa has said that the world needed to resist unjustified and unscientific COVID-19 travel restrictions that mostly hurt developing nations.

Ramaphosa said his country was being punished for its advanced ability to detect new variants early, as bans and restrictions threaten to harm tourism and other sectors.

“We need to resist unjustified and unscientific travel restrictions that are damaging the economies and sectors of the economies that rely on travel,” Ramaphosa said during a speech at the opening of the China-Africa Summit in Dakar.

“There is a world order where a country’s wealth is the difference between sickness and health,” he added. Senegal’s President, Macky Sall, who was hosting the summit, replied that Africa was in solidarity with South Africa and Africa “Will not close its doors to South Africa.”

Lagos airport, others on high alert

Our correspondent in Lagos reports that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) had alerted relevant agencies in charge of health screening of inbound passengers at all international airports in the country.

Daily Trust learnt that officials had ramped up medical checks of passengers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, which is the busiest entry point into the country.

Sources told our correspondent that the Airport Manager at Lagos Airport was directed to summon an emergency meeting of all relevant agencies in charge of health checks at the airport.

The intent, it was learnt, was to impress on every stakeholder to be on high alert to detect any passenger.

It was learnt that authorities at other international airports like the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja; Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano; Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers and Enugu International Airports have been put on high alert to prevent the importation of the new variant into the country.

General Manager, Corporate Communications of FAAN, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, in a chat with our correspondent confirmed the development.

AfDB Investment Forum postponed

Also, following consultations with the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), the 2021 Africa Investment Forum, which was scheduled for December 1-3, 2021, in Abidjan, has been postponed until further notice.

The President of AfDB, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina said: “The Africa Investment Forum is the premier investment marketplace for Africa. Several billion dollars of investment projects were scheduled for investment board rooms with project sponsors and investors at this edition of the Africa Investment Forum. Unfortunately, with rising global travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 Omicron variant and heightened concerns for health and safety, it is necessary, regrettably, to postpone the event. The health and safety of everyone come first.”

Similarly, the German Biotechnology Company, BioNTech, which manufactures vaccines, has started the development of a new COVID-19 vaccine that aims to combat the Omicron variant.

This was made known by the BioNTech spokesperson yesterday saying that to avoid wasting time, the company was developing an updated vaccine as well as testing its existence shot pending when the data is available.

The vaccine manufacturer, which partners with US giant, Pfizer on COVID-19 vaccines, is reported to have said that it had initiated the development of an adapted vaccine for Omicron to allow it to move forward quickly.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Qualer:
Watch 'The Thaw' na this kind situation!


Even the things wey happen for The Mummy no show them how things fit be!!

AsomArchitectNG:
Zero fashion sense even with the cost of all the stuffs she's putting on and moreover she still looks ugly.

Candidlady:
very funny

when "why" is sick he quick to grab meds at the pharm... Now how can "why" tell he nat already making an "unknown covenant" by using those meds?

like itold pastor "na grace of god dey sustain 'erbody"

but what do iknow? I and Jcole are BORN SINNER

Candidlady:
may iask why?

pocohantas:
Na surgery dey reign na.

Destiny cannot have that heavy nyash with her recent cinched waist naturally. She doesn’t work out and I am sure she eats akpu, okpa and abacha every day in Enugu.

She would soon go the way of Ini Edo. Ini wey be full option before, but overdo come turn her to mannequin.

Righteousness2:
I rather be Die than take this Evil.

illicit:
The world is ending

Candidlady:
unle read! Read! Knowledge/understanding discovered by "self" is the best! Again read read
icant always show you 'erthing


@op wil be raining curses on us lol ¤ikuku cari umbrela, so let it rain¤

The federal government on Monday said it will review the nation’s travel and other protocols to curtail the entry or spread of the new Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus in the country.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said this in Abuja at the national briefing of the committee.

Mustapha said, “The world has been hit with a new COVID-19 Variant of Concern, called Omicron, as announced by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

“This variant is potentially dangerous, and Nigerians and residents are required to exercise extra caution and vigilance in practice and enforcement of preventive measures.

“As the DG WHO has just stated today, the emergence of the highly-mutated Omicron variant underlines just how perilous and precarious our situation is.

“South Africa and Botswana should be thanked for detecting, sequencing and reporting this variant, not penalized.”

He said that the PSC is reviewing the situation around the world and putting in place measures to curtail the impact of the variant on the country and that the new travel protocols would cover travels, testing, enforcement, surveillance and risk communication.

The SGF also said that the PSC is aware of some travellers circumventing the travel protocols by providing fake COVID-19 test results, Permit to Travel Certificates or declaring fake vaccination status at our Points of Entry.

“The weight of the law is heavy and will come hard on these people,” he said.

Mustapha said that the Vaccine Mandate will come into effect fully on 1st December 2021, thus, every federal government worker and in essence, all Nigerians and residents are to get vaccinated.

He said, “With the developments around the world, people will not be able to travel without their verified vaccination cards.”

Meanwhile, the Federal Ministry of Health and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) are monitoring emerging evidence on the new Omicron variant and its implication.

Nigeria, UAE flight spat resolved

The SGF also said that the impasse on the Nigeria-UAE flights have been resolved in the interest of both parties.

He said that though this process took so long to pull through with its ripple effects, everyone that was involved in getting this deal done deserved commendation.

“A date for the commencement of flights between the two countries will be announced in due course,” he said.