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The World Health Organisation has announced that COVID-19 is no longer a global public health emergency The Director General of WHO, Tedros Ghebreyesus, while speaking at a media conference on Friday, said the global health body’s international health regulations emergency committee made the decision at its 15th meeting on Thursday. …
Read More »Abia Governor-elect, Alex Otti mourns Chris Mba
Veteran Nigerian pop musician Chris Mba, Mr. Alex Otti, the Governor-elect of Abia, has expressed sadness on the death of Mr Chris Mba, a veteran Nigerian musician who died on May 3. His condolence message is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. Mba was on the front …
Read More »Organ trafficking: Ekweremadu bags nine years, eight months imprisonment
Ekweremadu in UK prison Former Nigerian deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, 56, have been sentenced to imprisonment for organ trafficking in the United Kingdom. Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice, 56, wanted the organ for their 25-year-old daughter Sonia, the couple’s trial at the …
Read More »Alleged N500bn corruption: Go to court if untrue, NACAT challenges Governor Ayade
#image_titleA foremost civil society organisation (CSO), Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NACAT), has challenged Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade to go to court if he is aggrieved over its exposé on how he misappropriated state funds and diverted over N500 billion to private accounts of different companies and government …
Read More »How Nigerian women working in Iraq are being exploited – NAPTIP DG
Director General, NAPTIP, Dr Fatima Waziri-Azi The Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Prof Fatima Waziri-Azi, has said that Nigerian women working in Iraq are exploited in diverse ways. The DG disclosed this in a statement while speaking on the plight of young women, …
Read More »2023 Election: NBA To Task Judges On Justice Delivery At Annual Conference
File photo: Lawyers The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law, NBA SPIDEL, has disclosed it would hold its annual conference from 20th to 23rd June in Ikeja, Lagos state with a focus on the judiciary, post-2023 general elections and the need for judges and lawyers to …
Read More »Sudan Crisis: 376 Nigerian Evacuees Arrive Abuja
The first batch of Nigerians who fled war-torn Sudan touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, around 11:30 PM on Wednesday. They were airlifted by the Nigerian Air Force and arrived in military jet C13. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission revealed via a tweet on Thursday that the …
Read More »Gunmen abduct 12 travellers in Edo, mother escapes, abandons daughter
The Sienna bus where the travellers were abducted along the Afuze-Ihievbe-Auchi road, in Owan East LGA of Edo State. More than 12 people, including a nine-year-old child, have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be Fulani bandits along the Afuze-Ihievbe-Auchi road, in Owan East Local Government Area of Edo …
Read More »Nigeria’s advertising agency gets court nod to serve Facebook in N30bn suit
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), has been granted leave to serve writ of summons on Meta Platform, social media giant and owners of Facebook for violating the laws of the country. ARCON is seeking a declaration that the publication of various advertisements and marketing …
Read More »Why NAFDAC banned ‘Indomie Special Chicken’ flavour in Nigeria – DG
NAFDAC DG, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye The Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has hinted at the reasons behind banning the ‘Indomie Super Chicken’ flavour in Nigeria. Citing fewer clinical tests, registration and production of the flavour in the country, Adeyeye said the …
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