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Also, some boat travellers, including a lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, who were sailing from Andoni to Port Harcourt were abducted and whisked away by armed men suspected to be pirates.
It is shameful that Nigeria is begging for COVID-19 vaccines ― Okebukola It is shameful that Nigeria is begging for COVID-19 vaccines ― Okebukola
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Former Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC) and Chairman of Governing Council of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof Peter Okebukola, has described as shameful, that Nigeria is begging other countries for the supply of COVID-19 vaccines.
He said if there was massive investment in Nigeria’s healthcare system especially in research relating to healthcare delivery, the country would have been able to develop and produce home-grown vaccines against the virus.
He argued that even if the country would have needed vaccines from other countries, it would only be in small quantity to complement the locally produced vaccines rather than to rely solely on the imported vaccines for the populace.
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Gunmen have abducted the monarch of Ikuru town in the Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, HRM Aarom Ikuru, at his residence on Sunday night.
Also, some boat travellers, including a lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, who were returning to Port Harcourt from Andoni were kidnapped and whisked away by armed men suspected to be pirates.
Mr Maurice Ikuru, who is the monarch’s palace spokesperson, confirmed his principal’s kidnap to
The PUNCH on Monday morning. “Yes, it’s true. It happened about 8:30 or 9pm,” he said.
When contacted, spokesman for the State police Command, Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed that some Port Harcourt-bound travellers were kidnapped but was yet to get their identities.
The victim was said to be returning from a meeting with members of his local language Bible translation committee when he was abducted along Andoni-Ogoni Road, Rivers State, according to newsmen.