06 Dec ALL THE RELEVANT NEWS : Sunday
š Justice Derefaka, the Technical Adviser on Gas Business and Policy Implementation to Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, who was reported to have said Nigerians will pay N250,000 to convert to autogas, walks back, now says the reports are false and incorrect.
šNigeria moves closer to AfCFTA ratification, deposits instrument with Africa Union
šThe federal government announced on Saturday that the United States has removed all visa reciprocity fees for Nigerians seeking visas to the country with effect from December 3.
šNew COVID-19 infections in Nigeria on Saturday were 310, with one death. There are now 68,937 confirmed cases, 64,650 recoveries and 1,180 deaths.
* Bahrain said on Friday it has granted emergency use authorization for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the second country after UK to do so.
*UK has received its first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, which it approved Wednesday. Other countries, including France and Portugal, plan to begin vaccinations in the coming weeks.
* US reported 1 million Covid-19 cases in the first five days of December
šPresident of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina says Africaās economy will decline by 3.4 percent this year.
šDISCOs failed to pay a total of N416.94bn for the electricity sold to them from January to September this year, according to the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc.
šAnnouncement of results begin after INEC on Saturday, conducted bye-elections for some federal and state legislative houses in 11 states. APC wins Lagos East Senate seat; Bukura constituency election in Zamfara declared inconclusive.
šThe Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, has warned that they would not tolerate āunpatriotic elementsā that want to take actions that will jeopardize national security.
šBusinessman, politician Harry Akande dies at 77; Gov Makinde mourns.
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