The World Health Organization is calling on the world to be ready for the emergence of a pathogen deadlier than the novel COVID-19. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, made the call on Monday during the 76th World Health Assembly in in Geneva, Switzerland. “The threat of another variant emerging that causes new surges of … [Read more…]
The United Kingdom has officially banned Nigerian and other international students from bringing in dependants into the UK. The ban which is aimed at reducing migration into the UK will take effect from January 2024, Home Secretary Suella Braverman disclosed in a statement on Tuesday. With this move the UK hopes to crack down on … [Read more…]
The Forum of National Assembly Legislative Aides from North-West has urged lawmakers-elect contesting for principal officers to respect the choices made by the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress. The forum made the call in Abuja on Tuesday while addressing a news conference. The NWC of APC had, in its zoning arrangements for … [Read more…]
Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, has been released from custody at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Panti, Lagos. The singer was arrested on May 15 for assaulting a police officer on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. He was later arraigned at the Yaba Chief Magistrate Court for alleged assault. At the proceeding, the … [Read more…]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the licences of 139 microfinance banks in the country, as well as four primary mortgage banks and three finance companies. This was disclosed in the official gazette of the Federal Government, which was published on the website of the CBN on Tuesday. According to the gazette, the … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commissioned the Second Niger Bridge in the South-East, six days to the end of his administration. The Special Adviser to the President, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement, saying the President also commissioned seven legacy projects completed by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing across the country. The … [Read more…]
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has directed all political appointees in the state to hand over on or before May 26, 2023 ahead of the expiration of the second tenure of his administration on May 29. Governor Ugwuanyi’s directive was conveyed through the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, when … [Read more…]
Former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, said he was not worried that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, would be sworn in on May 29, before the conclusion of petitions seeking to nullify his election victory. Atiku, who is currently challenging the declaration of Tinubu of … [Read more…]
The Presidential Election Petition Court has consolidated all the petitions filed by the three petitioners, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), and the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM), and their presidential candidates. The Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Haruna Tsamani, made this known on Tuesday while presenting the court pre-hearing report. All three parties … [Read more…]
The Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos, on Tuesday failed to sit in the case against Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat maestro, Fela Kuti. Our correspondent learnt that Magistrate Adeola Olatubosun who has been hearing the case, is away on a training. Kuti was brought to the magistrates’ court but upon learning of the … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Monday, urged the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja not to harmonise the three pending petitions challenging his victory. Mr Tinubu’s victory at the 25 February presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is being challenged in three separate petitions pending before the court. Atiku Abubakar … [Read more…]
Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu Ex-president of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Dr. Ken Nnamani, and family have fixed June 16, 2023 for the burial of his late Wife, Lady Jane Nnamani, who passed on some weeks ago. Nnamani said Thursday, June 15, 2023 will be for the service of songs, which will be followed by her interment … [Read more…]