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ANFASSC salutes Pinnick over FIFA Council election victory

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Published 14 March 2021
Authentic Nigeria Football and Allied Sports Supporters Club has congratulated the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick on his election as a member of the FIFA Council.
Pinnick was on Friday elected into the FIFA Council at the Confederation of African Football’s 43rd General Assembly in Rabat, Morocco.
National president of ANFASSC, Abayomi Ogunjimi, said the victory had paved way for a bigger Nigerian football project across the globe.
“Right from day one, I never doubted Pinnick’s capabilities; he’s a man of enormous quality and his antecedents speak volume of what he can do. It’s a victory for all, one that is coming at the right time,” Ogunjimi said in a statement.

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Ekiti, Bauchi, Kano deploy 1,500 teams to administer COVID-19 vaccine

Ekiti, Bauchi, Kano deploy 1,500 teams to administer COVID-19 vaccine
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Published 14 March 2021
About 1,500 teams of health workers will be deployed by Ekiti, Bauchi and Kano state governments in different parts of the states to administer doses of COVID-19 vaccine jabs,
Sunday PUNCH has learnt.
Our correspondents gathered that 78 teams would be moblised in Ekiti, 872 in Bauchi while a team of health workers would be deployed across each of the 509 designated centres in Kano.
The Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Rilwan Mohammed, said the state Governor, Bala Mohammed, had directed that the administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine be commenced immediately.

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Ebola virus found in semen of survivors, months after infection — Study

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Published 14 March 2021
A new study has revealed that the Ebola virus can be found in the semen of survivors, six months after infection.
The researchers also found that longer persistence of the virus was significantly associated with severe acute EVD and older age.
The study, published in an open-access peer-reviewed journal, PLOS Medicine, was titled ‘Persistence of Ebola virus in semen among Ebola virus disease survivors in Sierra Leone: A cohort study of frequency, duration, and risk factors.’
The study was led by A. E. Thorson of the Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organisation.

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I consulted N'Delta leaders when Yar'Adua nominated me as deputy — Jonathan – Punch Newspapers

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Published 14 March 2021
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Saturday, said he consulted with Niger Delta leaders, including the late oil mogul and philanthropist, High Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs, after his nomination as the running mate to the late President Umaru Yar’Adua in the 2007 presidential race.
Jonathan, who spoke in the Lulu-kiri, Abonnema Local Government Area of Rivers State, during Lulu-Briggs’s funeral, described the deceased as a father, urging his heir, Dumo Lulu-Briggs, to walk in the shoes of his father whom he said came from humble beginnings and became successful.
Though the late billionaire’s widow, Seinye, was noticeably absent, dignitaries from all walks of life from within and outside the country graced the ceremony.

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Bunny Wailer: Last of the Wailers

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Published 14 March 2021
If you attend church or been to a dance party or a night club, there is a very good chance you have rocked to the rhythm of reggae. In that case you owe some obeisance to Bunny Wailer, who died early this month, just eight days before his 74th birthday. He was one of the reggae trio, The Wailers, that took reggae to its international stature. He was the only one of the trio that lived to witness UNESCO proclaim reggae a World Cultural Heritage in November 2018.
The other members of the trio, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, were much more famous. Yet, in many ways, Bunny Wailer was the soul of The Wailers, and he remained a musical icon in his native Jamaica and the global reggae fandom until his death. His mellow tenor was the distinctive voice of the early Wailers. In fact, the man who changed his name from Neville Livingston to Bunny Wailer when they formed the group was the smoothest vocalist of the three.

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New remittances policy'll deepen bank customers' trust — Ecobank MD – Punch Newspapers

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has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the Nigerian banking sector?
The COVID-19 pandemic came with lots of uncertainties regarding the duration, the extent of impact and how it will pan out in terms of impact on the overall economy and global supply chains and then the financial markets. There was quite significant uncertainty at the beginning but as various countries took steps quickly first on the health front through various lockdowns and protocols, the financial industry saw the need to take major steps to stimulate the economy to withstand the impact of such lockdowns and shocks to the system.

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LASG demolishes illegal structures

The Lagos State Building Control Agency and Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority on Thursday, demolished illegal structures erected along...

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One winner, four finalists to represent Nigeria at Annecy Film Festival

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Published 14 March 2021
The pair of Mbuotidem Johnson and Ukpeme Uwakwe has been selected as the winner of the renowned Annecy International Film Festival, which holds in France. Egbelughe Philip and Stanlee Ohikhuare, OyikanOdunlami and Temidayo Odunlami, Brian Wilson and Eseme Joseph, Oluwayomi Samson and Omotunde Akiode, were also among the top five finalists with the best creative animation projects to pitch their works as part of the Nigerian focus during the 2021 edition of the festival.
Annecy International Film Festival is regarded as the world’s top reference for animation films. It gathers every year in the city of Annecy in the French Alps with over 13, 000 industry professionals from around the world in attendance.

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N42bn debt: FG stops telcos from disconnecting USSD services

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Published 13 March 2021
The Federal Government, on Saturday, asked telecommunication operators to put on hold, their impending suspension of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data services over a N42bn debt owed by banks.
This was contained in a statement signed by Femi Adeluyi, technical Assistant on Information Technology to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami.
The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria said telcos will disconnect Financial Service Providers from USSD services from March 15 until they pay their over N42bn debt.
ALTON had explained that the service withdrawal become necessary due to the lack of agreement on a payment structure with the banks that did not involve the end-user being asked to pay.

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Banditry: Ex-EFCC chair seeks safety for women, children

Banditry: Ex-EFCC chair seeks safety for women, children
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Published 14 March 2021
A former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Farida Waziri, has decried the spate of insecurity in the country which she said had left women and children as scapegoats and victims of criminality.
According to Waziri, Nigeria must be made safe for women and children to grow and flourish, while opportunities must be provided for them to fulfil their dreams without any hindrance.
She wondered why insurgents, bandits and kidnappers in Nigeria continued to feast on the most vulnerable and innocent in the society as their soft targets.

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