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It is still not known whether people vaccinated against Covid-19 can still transmit the coronavirus, the head of the EU’s medicine regulator told MEPs on Tuesday. There are also concerns about whether vaccines developed last year will be effective against new mutations of the coronavirus strain now circulating the globe. But preliminary indications are that the vaccines in use so far in the European Union — by BioNTech-Pfizer and Moderna — “will continue to be effective against at least the UK variant”, said Emer Cooke, executive director of the European Medicines Agency. “I think the South African variant is more…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday announced the replacement of Nigeria’s service chiefs. In the statement announcing their replacement, Femi Adesina said Buhari has accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from service. “PMB appoints new Service Chiefs. Maj Gen LEO Irabor, CDS, Maj Gen I Attahiru, Army, Rear Adm AZ Gambo, Navy, AVM IO Alao, Air Force. He congratulates outgoing Service Chiefs on efforts to bring enduring peace to the country,” Adesina tweeted. Irabor replaces Defense Chief Abayomi Olonisakin, while Army Chief Tukur Buratai is succeeded by Attahiru. Gambo would now head the Navy, replacing…

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has challenged his Manchester United players to show the relentlessness of champions when they welcome bottom-of-the-table Sheffield United to Old Trafford on Wednesday. United will be confident of extending a 13-game unbeaten league run in the league that has taken them to the top of the table against the Blades, who have won only once in the top flight this season. However, Solskjaer’s men could find themselves knocked down to second by the time they kick-off as Manchester City can go top if they beat second-bottom, West Brom, on Tuesday. United’s fine form continued by knocking Liverpool…

Thomas Tuchel is set to be the next high-profile coach to become Chelsea manager several years after he first spoke with them about the job. The 47-year-old German will be the 15th change of manager since Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003 and replaces Frank Lampard. Tuchel follows some noteworthy predecessors in Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti, who have also fallen foul of Abramovich in the past — the former fired a season after delivering the domestic double. Lampard discovered how sentiment is not part of Abramovich’s DNA as he dispensed with the club’s record goalscorer after…

Frank Lampard should have been supported by the Chelsea board, said Rangers manager Steven Gerrard on Tuesday, a day after his former England team-mate’s sacking. Gerrard admitted “it was no surprise”, given Chelsea’s habit of sacking managers since Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003. Lampard was fired on Monday, the day after a 3-1 win over Championship side Luton in the FA Cup, due to a poor run of league form that had seen the Blues slip out of title contention. However, Gerrard — who along with fellow midfielder Lampard was part of the so-called ‘golden generation’ of England…

Arsenal will once more be without captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for Tuesday’s Premier League trip to Southampton. The Gabon striker missed holders Arsenal’s fourth-round FA Cup defeat by the Saints on Saturday due to what the north London side said were “personal reasons”. The Gunners said on Tuesday Aubameyang would not be a member of their squad for the trip to the south coast for “personal family reasons”. They could also be without Kieran Tierney because of the left-back’s calf injury. [GuardianNG]

Gareth Bale’s goalscoring performance was labelled as “good” by Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho after the Premier League club came from behind to beat Championship side Wycombe 3-1 in their FA Cup fourth-round tie. Mourinho’s assessment will boost the spirits of the 31-year-old Wales star, who has had an underwhelming second spell at Spurs since coming on a season-long loan from Real Madrid. He has been hampered by fitness issues and mostly been confined to Europa League games, playing just 45 minutes of Premier League football since early November. Mourinho though played him for the full 90 minutes of the…

Congratulations to President Joe Biden. After the embarrassing treatment that America, the God’s own country, got during its recent presidential election, the siege was finally over on January 20, 2021, when the venerable old man was sworn in. As the world continue to rejoice with Biden and his people, however, we want to discuss a grammatical dilemma that some people face as they try to describe his ascension. Some have described it as historic, others said historical. What then is the difference between the two words, and which is suitable for the context? Although both are homonyms and adjectives, their…

drtayooke@gmail.com The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND Act 2011, was enacted with a board “charged with responsibility for imposing, managing and disbursing The Education Tax to public tertiary education institutions in Nigeria; and for related matters”. It was originally set up as the Education Trust Fund in the 1990s to plug the funding gap in higher education. Nigeria was then under military rule, and in constant battle with the union clamouring for better infrastructure for universities amidst dwindling resources. Public education is funded, or should we say, subsidised by government to minimise cost to students, especially those from poor backgrounds.…

In my discussions with couples and study of marriage, I have found out that there are some fundamental things that have changed in today’s marriage. Many seem unaware of these changes and have not adjusted to them, thereby leading to more unhappiness and divorces. Some decades ago (in the days of our grandfathers and even fathers), it was the men that were more likely to abuse their wives physically, verbally, psychologically, emotionally, financially, sexually. Incidentally, society supported it. Society and religion taught women to submit to their husbands totally. Women were meant to be seen, not heard. They were mainly…