Monkeypox is to be renamed mpox in English, the World Health Organization announced Monday, in a bid to avoid stigmatisation stemming from the existing name. Monkeypox received its name because the virus was originally identified in monkeys kept for research in Denmark in 1958, but the disease is found in a number of animals, and … [Read more…]
HOODLUMS have set ablaze the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, destroying, among others, 340 ballot boxes and yet to be determined quantity of Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs. The attack is the third on INEC’s local government offices in less than three weeks, following similar … [Read more…]
Rival cults clashed along the popular Zik Avenue, in Awka, Anambra State capital, weekend, reportedly claimed six lives. Residents of the area, according to sources, scampered for safety as the cultists shot sporadically during the clash for supremacy. Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident, said police patrol had … [Read more…]
Damaged Naira notes continue to surface following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) redesign of the nation’s currency unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, November 23, 2022. But in a video making rounds on social media, bags of damaged naira notes were uncovered at a warehouse in an unknown location at the time of … [Read more…]
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will today confer Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on 62 lawyers elevated to the rank by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC). The swearing-in ceremony will kick-start the new legal year of the Supreme Court. Among the successful legal practitioners are three lawyers prosecuting for the … [Read more…]
Senator Ademola Adeleke has been sworn in as the sixth governor of Osun State. The oath of office was administered on Sunday by Osun State Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo at the Osogbo City Stadium in the state capital. While Adeleke took his oath of office at about 11:50am, his deputy, Kola Adewusi, followed suit some … [Read more…]
Lagos State has 7,075,192 registered voters; Kano, 5,927,565; and Rivers, 3,532,990. A total of 18 candidates have been cleared for the presidential race, but the pendulum seems to be swinging to the candidates of the PDP, APC, NNPP and LP. Analysts said the candidates must penetrate the three states to win the 2023 presidential election. … [Read more…]
There are strong indications that the voting pattern in the forthcoming presidential election in Nigeria will defy the known trend, where two leading candidates and their parties split the bulk of the votes. Eighteen candidates are jostling for the highest office in the country, with about four of them at the pole position in the … [Read more…]
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has assured of his resolve to create over 1.2 million jobs for the citizens using the opportunities presented by the state’s abundant potentials in agriculture and agro-allied industries. Mbah gave the assurances during an interactive session with the members of … [Read more…]
Frank Nweke Jr, the APGA gubernatorial candidate for Enugu State, has assured the people of the state that Local Government authorities will enjoy autonomy and full access to their funds instead of what currently obtains in the PDP-led administration. He made this statement while engaging Chartered Accountants at the end-of-year retreat of the Institute of … [Read more…]
…as investors, university, commend vision, promise partnership As part of his development plans to build the Enugu State gross domestic product (GDP) from the current $4.4 billion to $30 billion, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Peter Mbah, has reached out to investors from Germany, Denmark, Austria and other European countries … [Read more…]
THE Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, headed by Sadiya Umar Farouq, has written a letter to the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, headed by Mrs Zainab Ahmed, seeking clarification on the N206 billion inserted into its 2023 Appropriation Bill. Farouq insisted that she knew nothing about how the controversial … [Read more…]