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  U.S. regulators on Thursday approved updated versions of COVID-19 vaccines, shots designed to more closely target newer strains of the virus and, hopefully, variants that could cause problems this winter. With the Food and Drug Administration [FDA’s] After authorization, Pfizer and Moderna are ready to begin shipping millions of doses. A third U.S. manufacturer, Novavax, expects its modified version …

Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, on Friday, called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of food emergency due to widespread hunger and anger among Nigerians. Speaking at his residence in Asokoro, Abuja, on Friday, Chief Clark stressed the need for urgent action, stating, “The people are starving.” He spoke while receiving a …

Experience a night of transformative worship with renowned African gospel music maestro, Funke Akinokun, at the “Sounds from Africa 2.0” concert, live at Dominion Chapel in Houston, Texas on September 13, 2024. As a follow-up to the acclaimed “Sounds from Africa 1.0” – an extraordinary night where the richness of African heritage was intertwined with the vibrant essence of the …

Executive Secretary/CEO, National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF) Tosin Adeyanju has disclosed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is assisting in the recovery of debts owed to the Fund amounting to over N9 billion. Adeyanju disclosed this on Friday, when he led the NLTF management team on a courtesy visit to the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede …

Call for Expression of Interest To Provide Technical Support to the Enhancing Climate    Information System for Resilient Development in Liberia (CIS) Job Title: Procurement Officer  Division/Department Executive Location Monrovia Expected Start Date: Immediately  Duration: Three (3) years (renewable annually based on performance)  Report to:     Project Manager Background The Government of Liberia through the Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with the African …

A dispatcher was killed in a car accident along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos on Friday. However, two other people were rescued from the crash near Chevron by emergency workers. The General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA), Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, disclosed this in a statement signed by the agency’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Mr. …

Call for Expression of Interest To Provide Technical Support to the Enhancing Climate    Information System for Resilient Development in Liberia (CIS) Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Department Executive  Location Monrovia Expected Start Date: Immediately   Duration: Three (3) years (renewable annually based on performance)  Report to: Executive Director  Background The Government of Liberia through the Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration …

  The Director General of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Gbenga Komolafe, has allayed fears of job losses among workers of international oil companies who are leaving Nigeria or divesting from onshore to offshore. Komolafe was speaking at the Energy and Labour Summit 2024, currently underway in Abuja, organised by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association …

The last of the eight National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) recruits kidnapped in Zamfara State has been rescued. Eight university graduates and their bus driver were kidnapped in Zamfara on their way from Uyo, Akwa Ibom to Sokoto to undergo their one-year national military service in August 2023. Security agents had rescued seven victims before the latest development. NYSC Director-General, …

  ●Promises completion in 18 months Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Friday started construction of the 70-kilometre Abeokuta-Ifo-Ota-Lagos expressway, pledging to complete it in 18 months. From left to right: Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun; his deputy, Eng. Noimot Salako-Oyedele and a member of the National Operations Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Tolu Bankole, …