#COVID-19: Last Minute Rush As FG Set To Bar Unvaccinated Workers Tomorrow

Hundreds of federal civil servants especially in Abuja are rushing to hospitals and designated centres to take the COVID-19 vaccine ahead of tomorrow’s deadline, Daily Trust reports. This is in the wake of the ravaging effect of another COVID-19 variant named Omicron, which puts the world on red alert as many countries contemplate closing their

Gunmen Shoot Kogi Commissioner, Kidnap Others

Suspected kidnappers have shot the Commissioner for Environment in Kogi State, Adewale Omofaiye. According to sources, the attackers had laid an ambush for the commissioner before he was shot while some other persons were abducted from the scene. The incident occurred on Sunday evening between Ikoyi and Iyara in Ijumu Local Government Area (LGA) of

Cosmas Maduka, Coscharis loses wife

Wife of Nigerian businessman, President and Chairman of the Coscharis Group,Cosmas Maduka has died. Family source told THEWILL that she died on Sunday afternoon after suffering a stroke. She died in Nnewi, where she went with her husband to attend a function. Her family revealed they are still shocked as her death was sudden and unexpected.

WHO Renames New COVID-19 Variant ‘Omicron’

The World Health Organization on Friday declared the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of Covid-19 to be a variant of concern, renaming it Omicron. “Based on the evidence presented indicative of a detrimental change in Covid-19 epidemiology… the WHO has designated B.1.1.529 as a variant of concern, named Omicron,” the UN health agency said in a statement. Meanwhile, EU