ALL THE RELEVANT NEWS : Sunday

13 Dec ALL THE RELEVANT NEWS : Sunday

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🌍 The search for students abducted by bandits from Government Science secondary School, Kankara, continues as President Buhari says they have been sighted in a hideout of the bandits.

🌍 Although the daily count reduced on Saturday, perhaps because 4,012 samples were tested across the country against a total of 838,333 tests on December 11, the 617 new cases and 4 deaths were recorded still gave reason for concern on a day Lagos State Governor Sanwo-Olu also tested positive. The new pandemic numbers are now 72,757 confirmed cases, 65,850 recoveries and 1,194 deaths.

🌍 The United States has approved the emergency use of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, and it will begin vaccination early Monday. The landmark development comes as the US recorded a daily toll of 3,309 Covid-related deaths on Saturday, the highest ever in any country.

🌍 President Buhari has said his administration will implement the 12-point recommendations on Population Growth and Human Capital Development in Nigeria submitted by graduates of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Senior Executive Course 42.
* Approves the appointment of Effiong Okon Akwa as the Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to replace Pondei

🌍 GMD Kyari has said that the Corporation made more money from gas than the oil industry during COVID-19 pandemic and Nigeria is to focus on gas going forward.

🌍 Catfish exporters in Nigeria are worried by the ban on Nigeria’s processed catfish by the United State government, which they say has affected them negatively.

🌍 The United Kingdom Department for International Trade says it will have new trade agreements in January with 14 African partners with the prospect of more countries to follow.

🌍 Econet Global is planning a re-entry into the Nigerian economy with the establishment of a $100 million data centre facility in Lagos.

🌍 The Industrial Training Fund has presented the first Made in Nigeria indigenous phone, a 4G Iphone.

🌍 Anthony Joshua said he wants to unify all four world heavyweight boxing titles in an all-British clash with Tyson Fury after a dominant ninth round knockout of Bulgaria’s Kubrat Pulev at London’s Wembley Arena on Saturday.

🌍 The CNN yesterday told Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS-related Abuses and Lekki Toll Gate Incidents that it would not honour its summons because it does not fall under the territorial jurisdiction of the panel.