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MADRID/ROME (Reuters) – Europe launched a mass COVID-19 vaccination drive on Sunday with pensioners and medics lining up to get the first shots to see off a pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1.7 million lives worldwide. “Thank God,” 96-year-old Araceli Hidalgo said as she became the first person in Spain to have a vaccine at her care home in Guadalajara, near the capital Madrid. “Let’s see if we can make this virus go away.” In Italy, the first country in Europe to record significant numbers of infections, 29-year-old nurse Claudia Alivernini was one of three medical staff at the head of the queue for the shot developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. “It is the beginning of the end … it was an exciting, historic moment,” she said at Rome’s Spallanzani hospital. The region of 450 million people is trying to catch up with the United States and Britain, which have already started vaccinations using the Pfizer shot. The European Union is due to receive 12.5 million doses

Alexander Ibezim, the Anglican Bishop of Awka Diocese and Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger, has pointed out why Igbo presidency may suffer a setback. Ibezim said Igbo Presidency may suffer setbacks with the growing marginalisation against the ethnic nationality in the federation. He noted that the presidency should not be about equity and competence rather than being a gift to the Igbo nation. The clergyman, who spoke with journalists in Awka, the Anambra State capital, insisted that Igbo people were being marginalized. “There is no need to talk too much about it, anybody that is a good Nigerian knows that an Igbo man is marginalized. “We have been marginalized for a long time. So, anything that comes to an Igbo man is like a gift. “That is why some people are talking about restructuring Nigeria today. It is not an individual affair, but a collective pursuit. Presidency is not about being an Igbo man or not. “The main thing is to maintain equity and justice so tha

WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 28: U.S. President Donald Trump awaits the arrival of Finnish President Sauli Niinisto to the White House. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) OAN Newsroom UPDATED 10:15 AM PT – Sunday, December 27, 2020 President Trump rebuked the state of the election and called out GOP lawmakers for keeping silent. On Saturday, President Trump called on the Senate not one, but two times. In a string of tweets, the President said, “Time for Republican senators to step up and fight for the presidency like the Democrats would’ve done if they had actually won.” He also reiterated that “Courts are bad, the FBI and ‘Justice’ didn’t do their job, and the United States election system looks like that of a third world country.”   President Trump added Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans are doing nothing to protect the integrity of the election. The President also laid out what he called “irrefutable proof” of massive election irregularities. He noted mas

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, says he will re-impose lockdown beginning from January as the number of coronavirus cases surge in the state. Wike gave hint of imminent second phase of lockdown amid rising cases of COVID-19 during the thanksgiving church service in celebration of the 90th birthday of Mrs. Priscilla Nwanediye Mark, at the St. Martin’s Anglican Church, Omagwa in Ikwerre Local Government on Sunday. He lamented as worrisome the refusal of most churches and markets in the State to enforce compulsory wearing of face masks in adherence to COVID-19 protocol. Wike said the State government had initially relaxed the restriction on the number of persons who worship in churches, but with the second wave of COVID-19, he will by this week announce new stringent measures to check the spread of COVID-19 cases in the State. “When you go to some churches, they don’t wear masks. Go to the market, they don’t wear masks. They believe COVID is not real. It’s not real because it has not h

(Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images) One man was killed and five others were injured in a music  video shooting in Massachusetts . The incident happened Saturday evening. Police responded to  reports  of a shooting in Lynn, Massachusetts and found six men suffering from gunshot wounds. One man was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital and another was listed as in critical condition. Neither the music group involved nor the victims have been identified. Eyewitnesses said the injured men scattered after the shooting to look for help. “He was running in the middle of the street looking for help, trying to stop cars,” Virgil Baniver, an eyewitness, stated. “He ran right by me screaming ‘Call 9-1-1! I’ve been shot! I’ve been shot.’ So I called 9-1-1.” The incident remains under investigation and no arrests have yet been made Follow us on twitter (ajuede.com) or on Instagram (ajuedeman) for details of the global situation presently.

A patrol van of Operation Delta Hawk security agency.   A woman was killed on Tuesday after she was hit by a stray bullet reportedly shot by an officer of the newly inaugurated security Operation Delta Hawk in Asaba, Delta State capital. According to eyewitnesses, some of the officers were in pursuit of two young men in a vehicle when they suddenly opened fire on them on the road. Unfortunately, the woman who was selling at a corner of the road was hit by a bullet and died instantly. The Coordinator of Operation Delta Hawk, David Tonwe, confirmed the incident to Channels Television. He said the team was chasing after a car without a plate number after the driver refused to stop. The team fired at the vehicle but unfortunately, an unidentified woman was hit by the bullet, killing her on the spot. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa weeks ago launched ‘Operation Delta Hawk’  at the Police Headquarters in Asaba and urged residents of the state to assist in tracking down criminals and their collaborato

Shehu Sani, former Kaduna Central Senator, has mocked President Muhammadu Buhari over his remarks that only God can protect Nigeria’s borders. Sani said Nigerians, in the next elections, should vote for God and not politicians. Buhari had yesterday said  only God can protect the country’s borders. The president made the remark at the State House in Abuja, while receiving in audience former Vice President Namadi Sambo, who heads ECOWAS Election Mission to the West African country. Reacting, the former Kaduna lawmaker, in a tweet wrote: “First they said only God can end banditry and insurgency, and now they said only God can protect our borders. Fellow countrymen, next time, vote for God.” presently.