This could prove fatal for many people who took the vaccine in the past weeks or months in South Africa. OnyxNews Nigeria gathered that the president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa bought a batch of COVID-19 vaccines in the past months and it was great news that many citizens were going to fight the ravaging pandemic virus called coronavirus (COVID-19). The government bought a batch of COVID-19 vaccines from Johnson & Johnson and many frontline workers were among the first to get vaccinated by Johnson & Johnson, according to @AdvoBarryRoux/twitter. Meanwhile, according to the CNN, the US has ordered the halt of the distribution of the J&J vaccines over blood clot concerns. This could prove fatal to the patient who took the vaccines. There has been no news
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Air Peace pilots, cabin crew receive COVID-19 vaccine
Air Peace airline says its pilots, cabin crew and other customer-facing personnel have started receiving the COVID-19 vaccine as part of efforts to curtail the spread of the virus. The Spokesperson of the airline, Mr Stanley Olisa, in a statement on Friday in Lagos, said the vaccine was being administered by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Olisa, who commended the Federal Government for making the vaccine available, stressed that Air Peace prioritised the wellbeing and safety of its staff and customers, adding that all frontline personnel had been directed to receive the vaccine. “We directed that our staff, especially those on frontline duties, get vaccinated to protect them and make the flying public feel more confident and reassured whenever
Lai Mohammed Shift Blame On Nigerians for Twitter’s Decision To Locate African Headquater In Ghana
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday blamed Nigerians for the decision of Twitter’s to locate its new African headquarters in Ghana over Nigeria. He also noted that the decision was not based on commercial considerations, in view of the large market available in Nigeria. This is even as ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, countered the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for lambasting the President Muhammadu Buhari’s adminstration over the decision of Twitter to cite the headquarters of its African operations in Ghana. The Minister, in an interview with Vanguard, condemned the unpatriotic attitude of some Nigerians, especially the media, who he said had always struggled to outdo one another in painting Nigeria as hell where no one could
Violence Erupts As French Embassy Urges Citizens To Vacate Pakistan
The French embassy in Pakistan on Thursday, 15 April, advised all French nationals and companies to temporarily leave the country after violent anti-France protests paralysed large parts of the country this week. “Due to the serious threats to French interests in Pakistan, French nationals and French companies are advised to temporarily leave the country,” the embassy said in an email to French citizens. “The departures will be carried out by existing commercial airlines.” Anti-French sentiment has been simmering for months in Pakistan since the government of President Emmanuel Macron expressed support for a magazine’s right to republish cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed deemed blasphemous by many Muslims. On Wednesday, the Pakistani government moved to ban an extremist political party whose leader had called for the expulsion of
6-Year-Old Girl Whose Genitals Were Mutilated By Ritualists In Bauchi Eecovers After Successful Reconstructive Surgery(Photos)
The 6-year-old-girl, Hawa’u, whose genitals were mutilated by ritual suspect in Jama’are Local Government Area of Bauchi State has been discharged from hospital after undergoing successful reconstructive surgery. It would be recalled that the suspects, 20-year-old Adamu Abdul Ra’uf and 19-year-old Abdukadir Wada Haladu last December, lured the child into an uncompleted building where they cut off her genitals for ritual purposes. Governor Bala Mohammed had donated N1m for the commencement of her treatment at the Aminu Kano University Teaching Hospital in Kano. Hauwa'u and her parents recently paid a thank you visit to the Governor and his wife, Dr. Aisha Bala Mohammed at the government house. On receiving Hauwa'u and her parents, the first lady used the occasion to call on parents to be more vigilant on their
Problem: Chinese Authorities Seize 7,221 Human Penises On Cargo Ship From Nigeria
A total of 7,221 penises of African origin have been seized by the Chinese customs officers in what has now been tagged the world’s biggest seizure of human organs in history. The organs which were hidden in a refrigerated freight container were seized when the ship harboured in the Shanghai Port following information from an anonymous informer who alerted the Chinese authorities. The organs were packed in 36 boxes labelled as ‘plantains’ inside the refrigerated container on a ship that transited from Lagos, Nigeria and the ship’s crew consisting of four Nigerians, two Malians and two Cameronese now being detained. Speaking on the seizure, the spokesman of the Chinese general administration of customs, Li Wu, says an increasingly large number of armed groups in Africa use
Piers Morgan Who Is Obsessed With Meghan Markle Throws Another Shade At Her In His Tribute To Prince Philip
Even while mourning the death of Prince Philip, Piers Morgan did not miss a chance to throw shade at Meghan Markle. Though the British TV host did not call Meghan's name in the tribute, it was clear he was mocking her by pointing out the difference between her and the late Prince Philip. Everything Piers has ever accused Meghan Markle of - being whiny, wanting fame, granting interviews, playing the victim, complaining, and shunning the upper lip encouraged by the Royal family - he pointed out that Prince Philip was all that and more as he paid tribute to him. Sharing newspaper photos announcing Prince Philip's death, Piers Morgan wrote: "He hated celebrity culture, shunned fame, distrusted the media & barely gave any interviews
Doctor Testifies To Jury, Says George Floyd Died From ‘Low-Level Of Oxygen’
A respiratory doctor testified Thursday that George Floyd died from a lack of oxygen and that police officer Derek Chauvin’s knee was on his neck almost all the time he was facedown in the street with his hands cuffed behind his back. Martin Tobin, a pulmonologist, told the jury at Chauvin’s murder and manslaughter trial that he had watched videos of Floyd’s May 25, 2020 arrest “hundreds of times.” “Mr. Floyd died from a low level of oxygen,” Tobin told the nine-woman, five-man jury hearing the high-profile case in a heavily guarded Minneapolis courtroom. “This caused damage to his brain,” he said, and arrhythmia — an irregular heartbeat — which “caused his heart to stop.” The 45-year-old Chauvin, who is white, was seen in
JUST IN: Amid Protest To Harass Him Out Of London, President Buhari On His Way To Saudi Arabia To Continue His Medical Treatment
President Mohammed Buhari this afternoon left London where he was booked to meet his Personal physician to Saudi Arabia as protesters took over Abuja house in London, Presidency source disclosed to OBSERVERS TIMES. Recall, Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Friday led a group of people to protest against President Muhammadu Buhari’s medical trip to the United Kingdom. The protest is taking place in front of Abuja House, London.Since assuming office in 2015, President Buhari has embarked on numerous trips to the UK to seek medical care since he assumed office. His recent medical trip has been criticised across the country. Keeping to his promise, Omokri, in a series of tweets on Friday, said the protesters were at the Abuja House to
REVEALED: 13 Nigerian Security Chiefs, Others Stole Over N152billion, Stash Loot In UAE –HEDA
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda has said assets and funds worth more than $400m (about N152 billion) stolen from Nigeria were stashed in the United Arab Emirates. The leading anti-graft group explained that out of the 800 assets uncovered by investigators, 216 assets were linked to 13 top security officials, while the remaining 584 have been traced to public officials. Olanrewaju Suraju, HEDA’s chairman, disclosed this on Tuesday at the public presentation of a report titled, ‘Fixing Illicit Financial Flows: A Critical Review of UK and UAE Policies, Laws and Practices in Financial and Non-Financial Institutions.’ He explained that the report was borne out of the need to review some of what they considered as loopholes in the laws and policies governing