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A heavy storm reported around the Benin airport forced his aircraft to make a detour.
Governor Godwin Obaseki confirmed the situation in his address at the ‘Edo 2020’ opening ceremony.
“His plane had to be diverted due to the bad weather”, NAN quoted him as saying.
Osinbajo was to stand in for President Muhammadu Buhari. The afternoon downpour delayed the commencement of the event.
Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports delivered the President’s message.
Dare announced that the festival would showcase Nigeria’s best talents in over 32 different sports events.
“The NSF is the biggest sports fiesta in the country, where both professionals and home-based athletes converge to display their prowess”, he said.
Nigerian govt explains stoppage of COVID-19 vaccination
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The Nigerian government has explained its directive to states to put COVID-19 vaccination on hold once they used half of the doses allocated to them.
Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, addressed the media at Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Tuesday.
The official explained there was no confirmation yet on the timeframe for delivery of second batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
He said it was important that those who already received their first jab complete their vaccination.
“In a situation where we still cannot determine when the next batch of AstraZeneca vaccine will arrive, it is better for us to vaccinate people fully.”
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Amid the current hardship being endured by Nigerians, some major economic sectors in the country have decided to shut down over the inability of the Federal Government to meet their demands.
In less than a week, about three major sectors embarked on indefinite strike actions to register their grievances against the government.
This is happening few days after President Muhammadu Buhari departed Nigeria for the United Kingdom for medical check-up.
Following ‘unproductive’ efforts by the FG to stop the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) from embarking on its proposed strike, the association, on Thursday, April 1st commenced an industrial action, shutting down the medical sector indefinitely.
COVID-19: Active cases drop as NCDC confirms 1,585 recoveries
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This brings the total number of recovery since the outbreak in Nigeria to 153,630.
The health agency made the announcement on Tuesday night while giving reports on new cases via its official website.
NCDC has also confirmed 58 new cases of the virus in 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The development brings the total number of recorded infections in the country to 163,388.
Meanwhile, no fewer than 2,058 patients have died of COVID-19 communications since February 2020.
The report reads: “58 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
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Today’s report includes:
“1007 community recoveries in FCT, 496 in Niger State, and 52 in Bauchi State managed in line with guidelines”.
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Lagos State Government has deployed newly recruited female water guards to jetties and terminals.
In a statement on Tuesday, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) said the development was to ensure efficient operations.
Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, the General Manager, explained that the jetties had insufficient personnel.
The official disclosed the guards underwent a series of training in basic waterway safety, jetty operational procedures and conflict resolution.
“They have been equipped to ensure adequate safety compliance by boat operators and ferry passengers on the waterways and at jetties.”
The personnel were posted to the Odo Agemo jetty in Egan Igando area, Isashi jetty off Iyana school and Ojo Iyana Iba jetty.