USAID-IHP engages Ebonyi govt on mass COVID-19 …
THE UNITED STATES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT-INTEGRATED HEALTH PROGRAM (USAID-IHP) HAS SAID IT HAS CONCLUDED PLANS TO BEGIN MASS COVID-19 VACCINATION IN EBONYI STATE
USAID-IHP MADE THIS KNOWN IN A MEETING HELD IN ABAKALIKI THE EBONYI STATE CAPITAL, ALONG WITH THE NEW MEMBER OF THE CONSORTIUM, SYDANI INITIATIVE FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ENGAGED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR HEALTH EBONYI STATE DR. DANIEL UMEZURIKE.
THE PROGRAMME OFFICERS CHUKWUEMEKA NEBE AND EZINNE OBETA SAID THAT THE VACCINATION WILL USE TWO STRATEGIC APPROACHES WHICH INCLUDE MASS VACCINATION, AND MOBILE/BUS OUTREACH.
CHUKWUEMEKA SAID THAT THE MASS VACCINATION TEAM WILL CONDUCT FIVE MASS VACCINATION SESSIONS PER DAY, AND 20 MASS VACCINATION SESSIONS WEEKLY FOR 5 AND A HALF MONTHS, WHILE THE MOBILE VACCINATION TEAM WILL VISIT 2 SETTLEMENTS PER DAY FOR FIVE WORKING DAYS IN THE SAME PERIOD.
HE SAID IT IS EXPECTED THAT WITHIN 22 WEEKS, THE TEAMS WOULD HAVE CONDUCTED 440 MASS VACCINATION AND 220 MOBILE OUTREACHES TARGETING A MINIMUM OF 50 PERSONS WITH COVID 19 AND 6 PERSONS, WITH ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION DAILY.
33,000 PEOPLE WILL BE REACHED WITH COVID-19 AND 3960 WITH ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION BY THE END OF THE EXERCISE.
RESPONDING, OUR CORRESPONDENT IN EBONYI STATE, EMMANUEL NNAJI, GATHERED THAT THE COMMISSIONER FOR HEALTH IN EBONYI STATE, DANIEL UMEZURIKE, URGED THE TEAM TO CARRY-OUT OUT THE ADVOCACY, TO THE CLERGY, TRADITIONAL RULERS, COMMUNITY MOBILIZERS, AND TOWN CRYERS AS THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO 60% OF OWNERSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY.
Kwankwaso won’t serve as Peter Obi’s running mate — NNPP
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dismissed reports that the presidential candidate of the party, Rabiu Kwankwasobhas accepted to be the running mate of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi.
National Publicity Secretary of NNPP, Agbo Major, says contrary to reports, there was never a time such a discussion or negotiation was held between Kwankwaso and Obi.
Agbo Major, however, admitted that there is an alliance talk with the Labour Party on how to rescue the country’s democracy from failing totally.
Major described the report as misleading and embarrassing to the NNPP.
2022 WAFCON: Oparanozie Out Of Super Falcons Squad
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has announced that Desire Oparanozie will not feature at this year’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco next month.
Oparanozie’s exclusion from the squad was confirmed via NFF’s Twitter handle.
However, no reason has been given for her exclusion from the squad.
She will now be replaced by Sweden-based player, Anam Imo.
Macron loses majority as French vote fragments
French President, Emmanuel Macron has lost control of the French National Assembly following a strong performance by a left alliance and the far right.
this is less than two months after he was re-elected president,
Reports say He had called on voters to deliver a solid majority. But his centrist coalition lost dozens of seats in an election that has left French politics fragmented.
The prime minister he had only recently appointed, Elisabeth Borne, said the situation was unprecedented.
Renegotiation of 2009 agreement at advanced stage, says ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement between the Federal Government and the union has reached an advanced stage.
The union made this known in a memo signed by its National President, Emmanuel Osodeke, and made available to all branches of the union.
Osodeke, in the memo, noted that the union had a total of five meetings with the representatives of the Federal Government, while two meetings were held with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.
Imo police arrest woman suspected for child slavery
The police in Imo State have confirmed the arrest of a 26-year-old woman, Victoria Nwosu, for allegedly abusing and enslaving her three stepchildren.
A video clip had gone viral on the Internet showing the three minors being chained and made to undergo mental and physical torture.
A concerned resident, who made the video, called on Nigerians to come to the rescue of the children.
Subsequently, the state chapter of the International Federation of Women Lawyers swung into action, which led to the arrest of the woman and her husband.
Confirming the arrest of the couple, the police spokesperson in the state, Micheal Abattam, said the children had been rescued and assured that the couple will be charged to court at the end of investigation.
MATA SET TO JOIN IGHALO AT SAUDI CLUB, AL HILAL
FORMER MANCHESTER UNITED MIDFIELDER JUAN MATA HAS RECEIVED A BIG OFFER FROM SAUDI ARABIA PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE CLUB AL HILAL.
THE 34-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN RELEASED BY MANCHESTER UNITED WITH HIS CONTRACT SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
SPORTS REPORTS SAY AL HILAL HAS OFFERED MATA A DEAL WORTH €10M-A-YEAR TO MOVE TO SAUDI ARABIA WHICH HE HAS REJECTED, ALONG WITH OFFERS FROM TURKEY IN RECENT DAYS.
INSTEAD, MATA SEES HIMSELF RETURNING TO SPAIN NEXT SEASON, WHERE HE HAS INTEREST FROM SEVILLA, REAL BETIS AND REAL SOCIEDAD.
LEADERSHIP TUSSLE: ONU ACCUSED OKORIE OF FORGERY AND LOOTING PDP PARTY’S TREASURY
A STATE FACTIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP), IN EBONYI STATE SILAS ONU, HAS ACCUSED TOCHUKWU OKORIE WHO IS ALSO STATE FACTIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE PDP OF CONNIVING WITH STAFF AND MANAGEMENT OF ACCESS BANK, TO CHANGE SIGNATORIES OF THE PARTY’S ACCOUNT AND WITHDRAWING OF OVER FIFTY MILLION NAIRA FOR HIS PERSONAL USE.
ONU WHO TOLD BLAZE FM CORRESPONDENT EMMANUEL NNAJI THIS IN EBONYI STATE ALLEGED TOCHUKWU OKORIE CONNIVED WITH SOME NONE STATE WORKING COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF PDP IN EBONYI STATE TO CHANGE HIS SIGNATURE AS THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PARTY’S TREASURER TO PERPETRATE THE ACT.
ONU SAYS OKOIRE MUST RETURN ALL MONIES HE ILLEGAL WITHDREW FROM THE PARTY’S ACCOUNT WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT OR FACE THE WRATH OF THE LAW ON FORGERY AND STEALING.
WHEN CONTACTED BY OUR CORRESPONDENT IN EBONYI STATE, OKORIE, SAID MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD DISREGARD ONU’S CLAIMS, SAYING THE WITHDRAWAL HE MADE WAS USED TO CONDUCT PDP PRIMARIES ON THE 4TH AND 5TH OF MAY 2022 IN EBONYI STATE.
OKORIE THEREFORE ACCUSED ONU, THE TWO VICE-CHAIRMEN FROM EBONYI NORTH AND CENTRAL,THE SECRETARY, AND THE PARTY’S WOMEN LEADER OF ILLEGALLY TRANSFERRING TEN MILLION NAIRA EACH TO THEIR ACCOUNTS FOR DOING NOTHING FOR PDP IN EBONYI STATE.
OKOWA’LL ADD ELECTORAL VALUE TO PDP, SAYS OHANAEZE
THE OHANAEZE NDIGBO HAS DESCRIBED GOVERNOR IFEANYI OKOWA OF DELTA STATE AS A “DETRIBALISED PATRIOT, PURVEYOR OF MORALS AND A POSTER PERSONALITY WHILE CONGRATULATING HIM ON HIS EMERGENCE AS THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
OHANEZE SAYS IT IS OPTIMISM HIS CANDIDACY WILL ADD ENORMOUS ELECTORAL VALUE TO THE PDP, AS HE HAS SERVED SKIRMISHES WITHOUT IN ALL HIS WORK.
OHANAEZE SAID THIS THIS FRIDAY IN A STATEMENT SIGNED BY ITS NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY, ALEX OGBONNIA, TITLED “OHANAEZE NDIGBO CONGRATULATES OKOWA AS VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE”.
AGN REACTS AS ACTOR ALLEGEDLY RAPES MINOR
THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE ACTORS GUILD OF NIGERIA (AGN) EMEKA ROLLAS HAS REACTED TO THE ARREST OF ONE OF ITS MEMBERS, MOSES ARMSTRONG FOR ALLEGEDLY RAPING A MINOR DESCRIING ARMSTRONG’S CASE AS A VERY SERIOUS AND SAD DEVELOPMENT.
ROLLAS WHO SAID THE ACCUSATION IS NOT A WELCOME DEVELOPMENT AND NEITHER HIMSELF NOR THE ASSOCIATION REPRESENT SUCH ALLEGED ACT BUT WOULDN’T WANT TO COMMENT ANY FURTHER ON THIS CASE.
THE AGN PRESIDENT SAYS THE ARREST AND CASE AGAINST ARMSTRONG IS BEING HANDLED BY THE AKWA IBOM FIRST LADY, MARTHA UDOM-EMMANUEL THROUGH HER FAMILY EMPOWERMENT AND YOUTH RE-ORIENTATION PATH INITIATIVE.
ARMSTRONG, AN A ACTOR, AND SINGER, WAS ARRESTED BY MEN OF THE AKWA IBOM STATE POLICE COMMAND FOR ALLEGEDLY DEFILING A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND UNTIL HIS ARREST, ARMSTRONG WAS A SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE AKWA IBOM GOVERNOR, UDOM EMMANUEL.