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A black woman was at the forefront of creating the COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Anthony Fauci has said. The US leading infectious disease expert spoke Tuesday, December 8 at an event hosted by the National Urban League and, while discussing racism in medical research and how it’s created mistrust. Fauci put a spotlight on the contributions of Black scientists in the historic development of COVID vaccines, most notably Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett. He stressed that the Covid-19 vaccines are safe and effective, adding that African American scientists have been involved in their development. “The very vaccine that’s one of the two that…

Anthony Joshua reportedly is expected to collect £10 million pay defence to defend his heavyweight world title against Kubrat Pulev. Gate receipts at Wembley’s SSE Arena has been limited to just 1,000 due to the Coronavirus restrictions as part of the new regional tier system, but it won’t stop Joshua from earning the large sum in what will be his first fight in a year. The Telegraph reports that Kubrat Pulev will earn £3 million from the fight, £7m less than Anthony Joshua. According to organisers, there are no set purses for the fight, and both men could exceed those…

Anambra pensioners have turned their backs on the state governor, Willie Obiano’s Christmas bags of rice to them, insisting that they want their retirement benefits or nothing. The state chairman of Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Dr Anthony Ugozor, who spoke to newsmen in the state on Wednesday, December 9, saw the bags of rice to them every Christmas as ”Greek gift.” He said if they were paid their gratuity stopped in 2017, they would have no need to be collecting bags of rice from the state government every year and that they will have enough money to buy any type…

As the strike action lingers, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has denied that it reached an agreement with the federal government to suspend its ongoing strike on December 9, 2020. Most media were awash with the story that ASUU would suspend the strike action on December 9. Contrary to the insinuation, the union insisted that there was no understanding with the government to suspend the nine-month-old action on the said date. President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi in a statement made available to newsmen Wednesday night, said ASUU representatives do not have the powers to suspend or call off…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed two new deaths and 474 COVID-19 cases in the country. NCDC tweeted on Wednesday “On the 9th of December 2020, 474 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. “The 474 new cases are reported from 16 states- FCT (180), Lagos (134), Kebbi (45), Adamawa (26), Plateau (16), Enugu (14), Taraba (14), Gombe (12), Nasarawa (8), Yobe (8), Rivers (5), Ogun (5), Kwara (2), Ekiti (2), Sokoto (2), Osun (1).” On the caseload of the pandemic, it stated “Till date, 70,669 cases have been confirmed, 65,242 cases have been discharged…

Arsenal captain, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been fined $10000 for sharing a series of social media posts that tarnished the ‘honour and image’ of the Confederation of African Football. Recall, the Gabonese striker took to social media last month to claim that he and the rest of the Gabon squad were held at Banjul Airport in Gambia for more than six hours overnight after having their passports taken — before being allowed into the country for their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier clash. Aubameyang also called for the CAF to take responsibility and use the disruption to better themselves. He wrote:…

The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) has unveiled a Sri Lankan, Asanka Gurusinha as the New Head Coach and High Performance Manager of cricket in the country. The essence is to grow the sport to meet global standard. Gurusinha was picked ahead of 32 other top coaches who applied for the Nigeria’s top job. Speaking shortly after he was unveiled at the Media Centre of the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja Tuesday by Maria Whophil, a Deputy Director with the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Gurusinha admitted that the interview session was the most thorough and rigorous since his coaching…

Google has released its list of top online searches of 2020 by Nigerians and Coronavirus, ASUU strike, Rema, Naira Marley, and Hushpuppi topped the list. Coronavirus topped online searches by Nigerians in 2020, followed by US election, US president-elect, Joe Biden, Google Classroom, ASUU, Zoom Live, Rema, Naira Marley, Rahama Sadua, and Hushpuppi. For most searched people, US president-elect, Joe Biden topped the list followed by Rema, Naira Marley, Rahama Sadau, Hushpuppi, and others. Rahama Sadau was the most searched actor ahead of Eniola Badmus, Erica Nlewedim, Funke Akindele, Olu Jacobs, and Nengi Hampson . See the full list below:…

More than 20,000 people have entered soup for crossing the red line of the International Criminal Police Organization. The suspected were arrested  in an Interpol-coordinated blow against online and telephone fraudsters since September 2019. The international organization said 35 countries participated in the operation dubbed “First Light” and this led to 21,549 arrests in more than 10,000 raids, as well as the seizure of almost $154 million of “illicit funds”. Following an “enforcement phase” in September-November last year, the investigation saw Interpol issue three so-called “Purple Notices” detailing techniques and equipment used in “telephone scams, investment fraud and fraud schemes taking advantage…

A total of 43 naval personnel have entered wanted list for desertion, the Nigerian Navy has stated in a circular. The circular, which contains the names and photographs of the deserters, has appealed to members of the public with useful information that could lead to their arrest to report to the nearest Naval facility or Police station. While no reason was given for the disappearance of the officers, the circular also mandated all Navy Personnel with information on the whereabouts of the 43 personnel to arrest them or be dealt with as an accomplice. It was learnt that some of the…