08 Dec ALL THE RELEVANT NEWS: WEDNESDAY
🌍Stories from the Villa:
President Buhari has approved the sack of the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over the strike by the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) that grounded activities of the company, causing blackout in Abuja and some states.
* He flagged off the planned $300 million African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) to be built in Abuja by Afreximbank and partners, including the Bank of Industry, Kings College Hospital, London, University of Winsconsin Teaching Hospital, USA and Christies Hospital, Manchester.
*Buhari has reiterated his promise to support the judiciary to ensure it discharges its mandate efficiently.
* He wrote the Senate over the passage of Finance Bill 2021
* In a keynote at the World Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association (WLPGA) in Dubai, VP Osinbajo said the use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as a transition fuel is the viable option for Nigeria to address climate change and energy poverty.
🌍COVID-19 Update: Nigeria confirmed 107 new cases, 17 recoveries and zero deaths on Tuesday. So, there are now 214896 confirmed cases; 207495 recoveries and 2980 deaths.
*The NCDC, yesterday reported three additional cases of the Omicron variant, detected in persons with recent travel history to South Africa.
* Lagos Governor, Sanwo-Olu has alerted Nigerians of an impending fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The state has banned unvaccinated persons from attending social events and gatherings in the state.
* The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority says international airlines will be made to pay $3500 fine on each passenger flown into the country not complying with the FG’s Revised COVID-19 Provisional Quarantine protocol.
* The Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Rev. Justin Welby has said the inclusion of Nigeria in UK’S COVID-19 red list is without justification and calls for it to be scrapped.
* British drugmaker GSK says its antibody-based COVID-19 therapy with U.S. partner Vir Biotechnology is effective against all mutations of the Omicron variant.
* But a study suggests Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine may only partially protect against Omicron
🌍Oil Monitor: Prices eased on Wednesday, after two days of gains, as investors waited for an assessment of full impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant on global economy and fuel demand as well as the effectiveness of existing vaccines. Brent crude futures dropped 40 cents, or 0.5%, to $75.04 a barrel at 0748 GMT, after settling 3.2% higher on Tuesday.
🌍The EVC of NCC, Prof Danbatta says the commission will carry out its mock auction of the 5G in on Friday, December 10, 2021, as preparation for the main auction, scheduled to hold on Monday December 13, 2021, in Abuja.
🌍Nigeria’s telcos lost 14m internet subscribers in one year.
🌍Equinix Inc., US-based internet connectivity giant, has announced plans to acquire MainOne, a West African connectivity and data solutions company, for $320 million.
🌍The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Maryam Katagum has declared that that the Nigerian economy had now been fully diversified from oil and gas.
🌍Senate laments the spilling of 2 mln barrels of oil and gas in Bayelsa State.
🌍Police say two people, not 15, died 12 injured in Lagos school children accident.
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