I Want To Defeat Idu Igariwey On Merit – Barr Eni
THE CHAIRMAN OF AFIKPO SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EBONYI STATE AND THE ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE CANDIDATE IN THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTION ENI UDUMA HAS SAID HIS
OPPONENT AND MEMBER REPRESENTING AFIKPO NORTH AND AFIKPO SOUTH, IDUMA IGARIWEY HAS NO MORAL REASON TO CONTEST THE POSITION AGAIN
UDUMA MADE THIS KNOWN WHILE SPEAKING WITH JOURNALISTS IN ABAKALIKI THE EBONYI STATE CAPITAL
HE CALLED ON IGARIWEY TO RESPECT AND ABIDE BY THE WRITTEN AGREEMENT THEY ENTERED AND EXECUTED AT THE PALACE OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS EZEGO ARCHITECT EWA ELECHI IN 2019. SAYING THAT THE POSITION IS
SHARED BETWEEN AFIKPO SOUTH AND AFIKPO NORTH.
BUT IN A SWIFT REACTION, HONOURABLE IDUMA IGARIWEY DESCRIBED ENI UDUMA’S CLAIM AS A SPURIOUS CLAIM, SAYING ENI APPEARS DELUSIONAL AND PANICKY.
IGARIWEY SAID HE WILL RESIST EVERY TEMPTATION OR INVITATION TO JOIN ISSUES WITH HIM. ACCORDING TO HIM, ENI SHOULD KEEP HIS POWDER DRY AS CAMPAIGNS WILL START IN SEPTEMBER.
OUR CORRESPONDENT IN EBONYI STATE, EMMANUEL NNAJI, REPORTS THAT IGARIWEY SAID HIS PARTY THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN EBONYI STATE HAS ZONED THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES POSITION TO AFIKPO NORTH, AND THE SENATE POSITION TO AFIKPO SOUTH (EDDA).
NCDC confirms 36 monkeypox cases in 15 states, FCT
THE NIGERIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL, NCDC SAYS 36 CASES OF MONKEYPOX HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN THE COUNTRY.
THE NCDC DISCLOSED THIS IN ITS LATEST MONKEYPOX SITUATION REPORT.
ACCORDING TO THE NCDC, 7 CASES OF THE DISEASE HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN LAGOS, 5 IN ADAMAWA, 3 EACH IN DELTA AND RIVERS, 2 EACH IN CROSS RIVER, FCT, KANO, BAYELSA, EDO, IMO, AND PLATEAU, WHILE ONE CASE EACH HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN NASARAWA, NIGER, OYO AND ONDO.
THE AGENCY NOTES THAT FROM JANUARY 1 TO JUNE 12, 2022, THERE HAVE BEEN 141 SUSPECTED CASES SO FAR.
ACCORDING TO THE NCDC, MONKEYPOX IS A RARE VIRAL ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMITTED FROM ANIMALS TO HUMANS THAT OCCUR SPORADICALLY, PRIMARILY IN REMOTE VILLAGES OF CENTRAL AND WEST AFRICA, NEAR TROPICAL RAINFORESTS.
Fire guts residential building in Ikoyi
FIRE HAS GUTTED A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ON ILABERE ROAD IN THE IKOYI AREA OF LAGOS STATE.
Chiwandire will defend interim WBC title against Muñoz
WBC FEMALE INTERIM SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE HOLDER KUDAKWASHE CHIWANDIRE (5-2-1) WILL FACE FORMER SUPER FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION ZULINA MUÑOZ (53-4-2). CHIWANDIRE WILL BE DEFENDING HER TITLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON AUGUST 20TH IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE. A FEW DAYS AGO AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, CHIWANDIRE, WHO DEFEATED ZAMBIAN CATHRINE PHIRI TO WIN THE TITLE EARLIER THIS YEAR, VOWED TO NOT ONLY DEFEAT MUNOZ, BUT ALSO KNOCK HER OUT.
Pope Francis Praises ‘Brave’ Ukraine, But War Possible
POPE FRANCIS HAS TAKEN A NEW SERIES OF SWIPES AT RUSSIA FOR ITS ACTIONS IN UKRAINE, SAYING ITS TROOPS ARE BRUTAL, CRUEL AND FEROCIOUS, WHILE PRAISING “BRAVE” UKRAINIANS FOR FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL.
BUT IN THE TEXT OF A CONVERSATION HE HAD LAST MONTH WITH NEWSMEN AND PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY, HE ALSO SAID THE SITUATION WAS NOT BLACK AND WHITE AND THAT THE WAR WAS “PERHAPS IN SOME WAY PROVOKED”.
ACCORDING TO THE PONTIF WHILE CONDEMNING THE FEROCITY, WE MUST NOT FORGET THE REAL PROBLEMS IF WE WANT THEM TO BE SOLVED WHICH INCLUDE THE FACTORS THAT PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR WAR.
PDP to screen Vice Presidential Candidate Thursday
THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) HAS SET UP A COMMITTEE AND FIXED THURSDAY TO SCREEN ITS VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE 2023 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
WHO to rename Monkeypox, publishes guideline on vaccination
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) SAYS IT IS WORKING WITH PARTNERS ON RENAMING MONKEYPOX AND ITS VARIANTS, AND ALSO TO PUT IN PLACE A MECHANISM TO HELP SHARE AVAILABLE VACCINES, MORE EQUITABLY, AS THE NEED ARISES.
WHO DIRECTOR GENERAL, DR TEDROS GHEBREYESUS, DISCLOSED THIS AT A NEWS CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY IN GENEVA.
HE SAID WHO HAD PUBLISHED GUIDELINES ON VACCINATION AGAINST MONKEYPOX AND ALSO PUBLISHED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GOVERNMENTS REGARDING CASE DETECTION AND CONTROL OF THE DISEASE.
SPEAKING TO JOURNALISTS IN GENEVA, WHO SMALLPOX EXPERT, DR ROSAMUND LEWIS, SAID IT WAS CRUCIAL TO RAISE AWARENESS IN THE POPULATION ABOUT THE LEVEL OF RISK AND EXPLAIN THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO AVOID INFECTING CLOSE CONTACTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS.
LEWIS EXPLAINED THAT ALTHOUGH THE DISEASE SOMETIMES ONLY PRODUCED MILD SYMPTOMS, SUCH AS SKIN LESIONS, IT COULD BE CONTAGIOUS FOR TWO TO FOUR WEEKS.
World Bank says inflation to push additional 1 million Nigerians into poverty by end of 2022
World Bank says inflation to push additional 1 million Nigerians into poverty by end of 2022
OSIMHEN REFUSES TO COMMIT FUTURE TO NAPOLI
VICTOR OSIMHEN HAS REFUSED TO RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HIM LEAVING SERIE A CLUB, NAPOLI THIS SUMMER.
OSIMHEN ENJOYED A REMARKABLE CAMPAIGN WITH NAPOLI LAST SEASON DESPITE MISSING OVER TWO MONTHS WITH INJURY.
THE 23-YEAR-OLD SCORED 14 GOALS AND RECORDED TWO ASSISTS IN 28 LEAGUE APPEARANCES FOR THE PARTENOPEI.
THE STRIKER HAS BEEN LINKED WITH A MOVE TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE WITH MANCHESTER UNITED, ARSENAL AND NEWCASTLE UNITED REPORTED TO BE INTERESTED IN HIS SERVICES.
OSIMHEN HAS THEREFOR INSISTED ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE SUMMER REFUSING TO COMMIT HIS FUTURE TO NAPOLI.
OSIMHEN TOLD REPORTERS AFTER NIGERIA’S 10-0 WIN AGAINST SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE IN AGADIR, MOROCCO ON MONDAY “THERE ARE RUMOURS GOING AROUND, BUT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE SUMMER.
NAPOLI ACCORDING TO REPORTS WILL DEMAND €100M FROM ANY POTENTIAL SUITORS.
UK WORKING ‘FLAT OUT’ TO FREE DEATH SENTENCE BRITONS
UK FOREIGN SECRETARY LIZ TRUSS HAS SAID SHE WILL DO “WHATEVER NECESSARY” TO FREE TWO BRITONS SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER FIGHTING IN UKRAINE.
AIDEN ASLIN, SHAUN PINNER, AND A MOROCCAN, SAAUDUN BRAHIM, DENY CHARGES OF BEING MERCENARIES.
THEY WERE SENTENCED THIS MONTH BY THE SELF-PROCLAIMED DONETSK PEOPLE REPUBLIC IN EASTERN UKRAINE.
MEANWHILE, ALL BRIDGES TO THE EMBATTLED UKRAINIAN CITY OF SEVERODONETSK ARE DESTROYED.
THE EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS – AND TROOPS – AND THE DELIVERY OF SUPPLIES IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT.
THE UK SAYS RUSSIA’S MILITARY IS LIKELY TO HAVE MADE SMALL ADVANCES IN THE KHARKIV REGION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL WEEKS,