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How to Seduce Straight Guys AstraZeneca says it respects this week’s decision by Germany to restrict the use of its coronavirus vaccine – but reiterated that the jab has been deemed safe by other health bodies. “We respect the decision taken by STIKO [the Standing Committee on Vaccination] in their advisory capacity for use of vaccines in Germany,” the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company told dpa on Wednesday. “Patient safety remains the company’s highest priority.” It added that investigations by the British and European vaccine regulators were “not able to establish a causal relationship between the vaccine and clotting events.” On Tuesday, Germany’s federal and health ministers agreed to limit the use of the vaccine to people aged 60 and older due to concerns about blood clotting. AstraZeneca said the European Medicines Agency (EMA) found in its review that there was no link between the vaccine and blood clotting, but further analysis...

How to Seduce Straight Guys Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu Wednesday unveiled the Lagos State Government (LASG) Learning Management System (LMS), aimed at enhancing professionalism in the public service. Sanwo-Olu said during the unveiling at Ikeja that the learning platform would enhance capacity, human capital development, and improved public service delivery. He said that the unveiling of LMS was a crystallisation of the reform process, which his administration initiated to improve service delivery in public administration and governance. According to him, the platform helps the state personnel to be exposed to a wide spectrum of opportunities for enhanced competence and efficiency. ”Our administration places a premium on the competence of the public service to deliver government policies, strategies, and programmes for the benefit of the people. ”It is, therefore, necessary that we equip our public service personnel...

How to Seduce Straight Guys French president, Emmanuel Macron From the French role during the Rwandan genocide to its colonial-era crimes in Algeria and looting of indigenous art, President Emmanuel Macron has gone further than predecessors in recognising some of the darker chapters of his country’s past in Africa. But historians say more needs to be done to restore France’s image on a continent where its long history of meddling in former colonies has created a poisonous legacy, particularly for young Africans. The latest development in France’s reckoning with its past came on Friday, when a historical commission set up by Macron concluded that France bore “overwhelming responsibilities” in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The report accused France, which had close ties to the Hutu regime behind the massacre of ethnic Tutsis, of being “blind” to preparations for the mass killings, though it found no evidence of French complicity in the bloodshed. The French presidency said it hoped...

How to Seduce Straight Guys By Marie-Therese Nanlong, Jos Ahead of this year’s Easter celebration, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Zone 4 Command comprising Plateau, Benue and Nasarawa States has called on all road users and transport fleet operators within the Zone to abide by traffic rules and regulations as well as the COVID-19 protocol during the Easter festive period or risk arrest and prosecution. The Zonal Commanding Officer RS4, Assistant Corps Marshal Kayode OLAGUNJU, mni gave this warning in a release signed by the Acting Public Education Officer, Route Commander Olusegun Owoeye in Jos to herald the commencement in the Zone of the nationwide “EASTER SPECIAL PATROL OPERATION” with the aim of ensuring sanity and prevention of deaths and injuries on the road during the festive period. ALSO READ:  N544m Grass-cutting fraud: EFCC presents third witness against Babachir Lawal The statement noted “The Command is poised to reduce road traffic crashes and fatalities as...

How to Seduce Straight Guys Experts probing links between the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and blood clots have found no specific risk factors, including age, but are investigating further, the EU’s drug regulator said Wednesday. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said however that its safety committee expected to issue an “updated recommendation” on the controversial vaccine after its monthly meeting next week. Germany on Tuesday became the latest in a series of countries to advise against using the AstraZeneca jab for younger people after rare reports of clotting, despite the EMA saying it is safe. “At present the review has not identified any specific risk factors, such as age, gender or a previous medical history of clotting disorders, for these very rare events,” the Amsterdam-based EMA said in a statement. “A causal link with the vaccine is not proven, but is possible and further analysis is continuing.” The EMA statement came after experts met on Monday to discuss th...

How to Seduce Straight Guys The Gocreate App, which was recently launched by Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria (MCSN), has ushered a great awakening for the Nigerian music industry. Gocreate App equips right owners with data from airplay reports and analytics, and this makes rights management and royalty distribution more transparent and effective. ALSO READ:  Effium killings: Declare state of emergency in Ebonyi to save lives, AESID urges FG According to MCSN’s Managing Director, Mayo Ayilaran, within three weeks of the deployment of Gocreate App, the Collective Management Organization (CMO) has recorded 30% increase in its membership base. With this feat, stakeholders agreed that MCSN has taken a golden step in the right direction by making the technology available to right owners in Nigeria, especially to artistes, producers, writers and record labels, who are downloading the app in droves. “The Nigerian music industry is very vibrant and it’s no surprise that stakehold...

How to Seduce Straight Guys By Boluwaji Obahopo, Lokoja A Non-Governmental Organization, Mercy Corps has trained Chairmen and Vice chairpersons in the 21 council area of Kogi State on conflicts management at the council areas. The 3-day Capacity building training for Local Government Chairmen and Vice on interest-based Negotiation and Mediation was organised by the office of the state Sustainable Development Goals. Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Folashade Ayoade at the event urged the chairmen and vice to build a better working relationship with each other in order to effectively tackle conflicts for the development of the State. ALSO READ:  Banditry, insurgency: We’re making progress — COAS She noted that the Council chairmen need to acquire skills and norms on how to meditate and negotiate conflicts at their various local Government areas. Dr Ayoade called on them to established a symbolic working and living relationship among their people at the grassroots. Spe...

How to Seduce Straight Guys By Child Nkwopara, Owerri The full potentials of Nigerian women can be fully maximized “if people of good conscience mobilize requisite action towards addressing persistent socio-cultural norms and practices, hindering the maximization of this goal”. The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, Professor Francis C. Eze, made his feelings known yesterday, while flagging off a one-day seminar, to mark this year’s International Women’s Day, in the institution. Professor Eze said: “I celebrate our women, who have remained an indispensable backbone of our administration. I am delighted to note that every modest effort we have made to reposition our University, bears the indelible imprint of our women, working tirelessly in various capacities. ALSO READ:  Go hard on vandals, other criminal elements, FG orders NSCDC boss “We particularly raised the bar of women empowerment in the University, through strategic appointments into lea...

How to Seduce Straight Guys By Marie-Therese Nanlong, Jos Ahead of this year’s Easter celebration, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Zone 4 Command comprising Plateau, Benue and Nasarawa States has called on all road users and transport fleet operators within the Zone to abide by traffic rules and regulations as well as the COVID-19 protocol during the Easter festive period or risk arrest and prosecution. The Zonal Commanding Officer RS4, Assistant Corps Marshal Kayode OLAGUNJU, mni gave this warning in a release signed by the Acting Public Education Officer, Route Commander Olusegun Owoeye in Jos to herald the commencement in the Zone of the nationwide “EASTER SPECIAL PATROL OPERATION” with the aim of ensuring sanity and prevention of deaths and injuries on the road during the festive period. ALSO READ:  N544m Grass-cutting fraud: EFCC presents third witness against Babachir Lawal The statement noted “The Command is poised to reduce road traffic crashes and fatalities as...

How to Seduce Straight Guys Experts probing links between the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and blood clots have found no specific risk factors, including age, but are investigating further, the EU’s drug regulator said Wednesday. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said however that its safety committee expected to issue an “updated recommendation” on the controversial vaccine after its monthly meeting next week. Germany on Tuesday became the latest in a series of countries to advise against using the AstraZeneca jab for younger people after rare reports of clotting, despite the EMA saying it is safe. “At present the review has not identified any specific risk factors, such as age, gender or a previous medical history of clotting disorders, for these very rare events,” the Amsterdam-based EMA said in a statement. “A causal link with the vaccine is not proven, but is possible and further analysis is continuing.” The EMA statement came after experts met on Monday to discuss th...

How to Seduce Straight Guys   The European Union has fallen short of vaccinating 80 per cent of health care workers and people over the age of 80 against Covid-19 by the end of March, a target set by the bloc’s executive branch. Figures published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) show that no country in the EU achieved this goal. Only 56.7 per cent of over 80-year-olds and just over 60 per cent of health care workers had received a first vaccine shot on EU average, according to figures updated on Wednesday. And the number is even lower for those who were fully vaccinated: Only 27.4 per cent of over 80s and 47 per cent of health care workers received their second jab. The EU is racing to ramp up its sluggish vaccination campaign to save potentially thousand of lives. Older people are generally at a higher risk of dying from Covid-19, while health care workers are more exposed to contracting the virus because of their profession. Despi...

How to Seduce Straight Guys As women demand strategic role in peacebuilding By Gabriel Ewepu – Karu As women continue to be under-represented in governance, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, yesterday, decried poor implementation of 35 per cent Affirmative Action in Nigeria. Expressing displeasure over the poor treatment meted out to Nigerian women in terms of elective positions and appointments in public offices including being worst hit by current insecurity challenges in the country, Country Director, AAN, Ene Obi, during a ‘Workshop on Strengthening State Level Institutional Capacities to Enhance Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peace and Security in Nigeria’ held in Karu, Nasarawa State, said women’s voice in terms of national issues remains at the back-burning including issues, directly and indirectly, affecting them. Obi recalled the promise made by President Muhammadu Buhari, during his campaign on giving 40 per cent appointments in his government to women, but up till now the p...

How to Seduce Straight Guys The Gocreate App, which was recently launched by Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria (MCSN), has ushered a great awakening for the Nigerian music industry. Gocreate App equips right owners with data from airplay reports and analytics, and this makes rights management and royalty distribution more transparent and effective. ALSO READ:  Effium killings: Declare state of emergency in Ebonyi to save lives, AESID urges FG According to MCSN’s Managing Director, Mayo Ayilaran, within three weeks of the deployment of Gocreate App, the Collective Management Organization (CMO) has recorded 30% increase in its membership base. With this feat, stakeholders agreed that MCSN has taken a golden step in the right direction by making the technology available to right owners in Nigeria, especially to artistes, producers, writers and record labels, who are downloading the app in droves. “The Nigerian music industry is very vibrant and it’s no surprise that stakehold...

How to Seduce Straight Guys By Boluwaji Obahopo, Lokoja A Non-Governmental Organization, Mercy Corps has trained Chairmen and Vice chairpersons in the 21 council area of Kogi State on conflicts management at the council areas. The 3-day Capacity building training for Local Government Chairmen and Vice on interest-based Negotiation and Mediation was organised by the office of the state Sustainable Development Goals. Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Folashade Ayoade at the event urged the chairmen and vice to build a better working relationship with each other in order to effectively tackle conflicts for the development of the State. ALSO READ:  Banditry, insurgency: We’re making progress — COAS She noted that the Council chairmen need to acquire skills and norms on how to meditate and negotiate conflicts at their various local Government areas. Dr Ayoade called on them to established a symbolic working and living relationship among their people at the grassroots. Spe...

How to Seduce Straight Guys By Child Nkwopara, Owerri The full potentials of Nigerian women can be fully maximized “if people of good conscience mobilize requisite action towards addressing persistent socio-cultural norms and practices, hindering the maximization of this goal”. The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, Professor Francis C. Eze, made his feelings known yesterday, while flagging off a one-day seminar, to mark this year’s International Women’s Day, in the institution. Professor Eze said: “I celebrate our women, who have remained an indispensable backbone of our administration. I am delighted to note that every modest effort we have made to reposition our University, bears the indelible imprint of our women, working tirelessly in various capacities. ALSO READ:  Go hard on vandals, other criminal elements, FG orders NSCDC boss “We particularly raised the bar of women empowerment in the University, through strategic appointments into lea...

How to Seduce Straight Guys   The European Union has fallen short of vaccinating 80 per cent of health care workers and people over the age of 80 against Covid-19 by the end of March, a target set by the bloc’s executive branch. Figures published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) show that no country in the EU achieved this goal. Only 56.7 per cent of over 80-year-olds and just over 60 per cent of health care workers had received a first vaccine shot on EU average, according to figures updated on Wednesday. And the number is even lower for those who were fully vaccinated: Only 27.4 per cent of over 80s and 47 per cent of health care workers received their second jab. The EU is racing to ramp up its sluggish vaccination campaign to save potentially thousand of lives. Older people are generally at a higher risk of dying from Covid-19, while health care workers are more exposed to contracting the virus because of their profession. Despi...

How to Seduce Straight Guys As women demand strategic role in peacebuilding By Gabriel Ewepu – Karu As women continue to be under-represented in governance, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, yesterday, decried poor implementation of 35 per cent Affirmative Action in Nigeria. Expressing displeasure over the poor treatment meted out to Nigerian women in terms of elective positions and appointments in public offices including being worst hit by current insecurity challenges in the country, Country Director, AAN, Ene Obi, during a ‘Workshop on Strengthening State Level Institutional Capacities to Enhance Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peace and Security in Nigeria’ held in Karu, Nasarawa State, said women’s voice in terms of national issues remains at the back-burning including issues, directly and indirectly, affecting them. Obi recalled the promise made by President Muhammadu Buhari, during his campaign on giving 40 per cent appointments in his government to women, but up till now the p...

How to Seduce Straight Guys Kebbi State contingent to the 2020/2021 National Sports Festival, on Tuesday, began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, ahead of their departure for the competition on April 2. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the festival, tagged “Edo 2020” has been scheduled to hold between April 2 and 14, with all the 36 states and Abuja participating. Speaking after receiving his dose, the Kebbi state Director of Sports, Alhaji Usman Umar-Ladan, who led the delegation, said the state was fully prepared for the festival. Also read: Kaduna govt advises civil servants against strike “As you are aware, it is mandatory for all participating states to be vaccinated, you can see, today, all the athletes that will represent Kebbi have taken their vaccine and we are ready for the competition. “The festival will be taking place in Benin, Edo State, and Kebbi contingent is set to compete favourably in different events and by the grace of God Almighty we will leave ...

How to Seduce Straight Guys Kebbi State contingent to the 2020/2021 National Sports Festival, on Tuesday, began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, ahead of their departure for the competition on April 2. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the festival, tagged “Edo 2020” has been scheduled to hold between April 2 and 14, with all the 36 states and Abuja participating. Speaking after receiving his dose, the Kebbi state Director of Sports, Alhaji Usman Umar-Ladan, who led the delegation, said the state was fully prepared for the festival. Also read: Kaduna govt advises civil servants against strike “As you are aware, it is mandatory for all participating states to be vaccinated, you can see, today, all the athletes that will represent Kebbi have taken their vaccine and we are ready for the competition. “The festival will be taking place in Benin, Edo State, and Kebbi contingent is set to compete favourably in different events and by the grace of God Almighty we will leave ...

How to Seduce Straight Guys PDP and its colour flags The South-West Zonal Caretaker Committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has nullified the suspension of the chairman of the party in Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State, Mr Olaniyan Fredrick Ifedayo, his Deputy, Hon. Olu Falekulo and seven other members of the Local Government Executives. The Zonal Caretaker Committee said their suspension by the State Working Committee fell short of procedures as laid down in the party’s Constitution. The Caretaker Committee, in a letter signed by the Zonal Secretary, Hon Daisi Akintan and addressed to the Ondo State Chairman of the party, Hon Fatai Adams, a copy of which was made available to newsmen, called for restraining and urged the chairman to always ensure that his actions were in consonance with all extant laws of the party. The letter dated March 28, 2021, was copied to the National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus and others. It reads “The Zonal Caretake...

How to Seduce Straight Guys By Ozioruva Aliu THE Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has condemned the vandalisation of some facilities of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) by unknown persons in Agbede, Etsako West Local Government Area of the state. Obaseki stated this who received the TCN Manager in Edo, Mr. Isaac Okpe on a courtesy visit at the Government House, Benin City, ordered for thorough investigation into circumstances that led to the incident. “As a government, we are very concerned about this incident. Why will people go out to vandalise such structures with such a high risk?” he queried. The governor continued: “We need to get to the bottom of our investigation to know why people engage in such incidents. READ ALSO: COVID-19: How Nigeria can successfully vaccinate its population ― Lawan “We need to know the purpose. If you recall, about four years ago, we set up a committee to look at the menace of settlement of where these equipment are sited. “Some comm...

How to Seduce Straight Guys Govt urged to meet 10% budgetary allocation on agriculture By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Over 15, 000 smallholder women farmers’ cooperatives have benefited from ActionAid Nigeria, AAN’s, Public Financing for Agriculture, PFA, project in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in boosting productivity. This was disclosed by the Country Director, AAN, Ene Obi, in an address of welcome at the Public Financing for Agriculture (PFA) Learning and Close-Out Meeting, held in Abuja. According to Obi the PFA Project is designed to catalyse increased quantity and quality of public investment in agriculture to increase the productivity and well-being of women smallholder farmers, their households, and communities in Nigeria. She further stated that the project was able to empower smallholder women farmers and Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, through capacity building, evidence-based data generation, and the creation of policy and programmes influencing s...

How to Seduce Straight Guys The Zamfara-based Commonwealth health project, ”Lafiya Programme” has donated 119 infrared thermometers, Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and medical consumables to Zamfara State to support its COVID-19 response. The programme Coordinator in the state, Dr Mannir Bature, disclosed this in Gusau, on Wednesday, at the closeout meeting of the programme in the state, funded by the Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO). “In order to ensure effective COVID-19 response in the state, as well as the continuation of essential healthcare services to the people of Zamfara state, the UK Government, through the Lafiya programme has donated COVID-19 response equipment to the state. “The items are for distribution to primary health care centres, as part of its core objectives of protecting the health workers and ensuring the continuation of essential maternal, newborn and child health services in the state,” Bature said. According to him, the donated items compris...

How to Seduce Straight Guys sleep  By Sola Ogundipe A new study has shown that patients waiting for elective surgery should get COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the general population to avoid thousands of post-operative deaths linked to the virus. The study funded by the NIHR for the COVIDSurg Collaborative international team of researchers, led by experts at the University of Birmingham, after studying data for 141,582 patients from across 1,667 hospitals in Nigeria and 115 other countries, found that between 0.6 per cent and 1.6 percent of patients develop COVID-19 infection after elective surgery. The findings published in the BMJ and  European Journal of Surgery) further noted that patients who develop COVID-19 infection are at between 4- and 8-fold increased risk of death in the 30 days following surgery. “For example, whereas patients aged 70 years and over undergoing cancer surgery would usually have a 2.8 per cent mortality rate, this increases to 18.6 percent if th...