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President Tinubu off to India today on official visit

Aminu Imam

…To chair Roundtable conference of Nigerian private sector President Bola Tinubu will on September 3 travel to New Delhi, India, on an official visit. Tinubu will be having an interactive session with some top echelons of the Nigerian private sector at a Roundtable and Conference at Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi. Among the captains of industry selected for the Presidential Roundtable are Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu, AbdulSamad Rabiu, Femi Otedola, Sir Emeka Offor, Kola Karim, Hajiya Bola Shagaya, Prince Arthur Eze, Chief Razaq Okoya and Cosmos Maduka. Voice of Liberty…

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Uzbekistan arrests 4 over Indian cough syrup deaths

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Uzbek state security service on Friday reported that Uzbekistan arrested four people in an investigation into the deaths of 19 children who consumed cough syrup made by Indian drug maker Marion Biotech. The state security service said two of the detained were senior employees of the Scientific Centre for Standardization of Medicines, who circumvented the proper testing procedures for the Doc-1 Max cough syrup. Two others were executives of the Quramax Medikal Company that imported the Marion Biotech drugs. Marion Biotech in December 2022 said shortly after the series of…

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FG lifts ban on flights from India to Nigeria

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has lifted the ban placed on flights coming into the country from India. This was disclosed by the Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee on Covid-19, Boss Mustapha, via a new travel protocol released yesterday, which indicated that the ban has been lifted.  However, the sanctions placed on airlines that convey passengers from restricted countries and travellers who are non-Nigerians remain. Mustapha said, “Non-Nigerian passport holders and non-residents who visited Brazil, Turkey or South Africa within 14 days preceding travel to Nigeria, shall be denied entry into Nigeria.  This…

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India Police block roads into Delhi, stop farmers disrupting budget day

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Indian Police and paramilitary on Monday dug ditches, spread razor wire across roads into New Delhi. This is to prevent protesting farmers from entering the capital as the nation prepares to deliver its annual budget. Internet and messaging services were blocked in several neighbourhoods on the outskirts where protests turned violent. Security was stepped up around parliament and other important government offices in the central district. A senior official, who wished to remain anonymous in line with official policy, said “the government has increased security to avoid any clash or…

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India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive hits bump due to app glitch

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive hit a bump on the first day due to glitches in an app called Co-Win. Co-Win is being used to coordinate the campaign, according to several officials involved in the immunisation programme. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched what his government has described as the “world’s largest vaccination programme” on Saturday to rein in the pandemic in India. India has reported the second-highest number of cases after the United States. Co-Win, developed by the government, is supposed to help by alerting healthcare workers who are first in…

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Pakistan says civilians killed, hurt in Kashmir clashes with India

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

At least one Pakistani civilian was killed and five were wounded when Indian border forces targeted villages in the disputed regions of Kashmir, the army said on Friday, amid rising tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours. Indian border troops fired artillery shells and rockets at army posts and targeted civilians in the villages overnight, a statement by the Pakistani military said. The incident occurred across the Line of Control, a de facto frontier that divides Kashmir in two parts each controlled by Pakistan and India. The nuclear-armed neighbours both claim the…

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