OKOWA’LL ADD ELECTORAL VALUE TO PDP, SAYS OHANAEZE
THE OHANAEZE NDIGBO HAS DESCRIBED GOVERNOR IFEANYI OKOWA OF DELTA STATE AS A “DETRIBALISED PATRIOT, PURVEYOR OF MORALS AND A POSTER PERSONALITY WHILE CONGRATULATING HIM ON HIS EMERGENCE AS THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
OHANEZE SAYS IT IS OPTIMISM HIS CANDIDACY WILL ADD ENORMOUS ELECTORAL VALUE TO THE PDP, AS HE HAS SERVED SKIRMISHES WITHOUT IN ALL HIS WORK.
OHANAEZE SAID THIS THIS FRIDAY IN A STATEMENT SIGNED BY ITS NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY, ALEX OGBONNIA, TITLED “OHANAEZE NDIGBO CONGRATULATES OKOWA AS VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE”.
AGN REACTS AS ACTOR ALLEGEDLY RAPES MINOR
THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE ACTORS GUILD OF NIGERIA (AGN) EMEKA ROLLAS HAS REACTED TO THE ARREST OF ONE OF ITS MEMBERS, MOSES ARMSTRONG FOR ALLEGEDLY RAPING A MINOR DESCRIING ARMSTRONG’S CASE AS A VERY SERIOUS AND SAD DEVELOPMENT.
ROLLAS WHO SAID THE ACCUSATION IS NOT A WELCOME DEVELOPMENT AND NEITHER HIMSELF NOR THE ASSOCIATION REPRESENT SUCH ALLEGED ACT BUT WOULDN’T WANT TO COMMENT ANY FURTHER ON THIS CASE.
THE AGN PRESIDENT SAYS THE ARREST AND CASE AGAINST ARMSTRONG IS BEING HANDLED BY THE AKWA IBOM FIRST LADY, MARTHA UDOM-EMMANUEL THROUGH HER FAMILY EMPOWERMENT AND YOUTH RE-ORIENTATION PATH INITIATIVE.
ARMSTRONG, AN A ACTOR, AND SINGER, WAS ARRESTED BY MEN OF THE AKWA IBOM STATE POLICE COMMAND FOR ALLEGEDLY DEFILING A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND UNTIL HIS ARREST, ARMSTRONG WAS A SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE AKWA IBOM GOVERNOR, UDOM EMMANUEL.
OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN IN NIGERIA NOW 18M – MCARTHUR FOUNDATION
A RECENT SURVEY BY MCARTHUR FOUNDATION HAS SHOWN THE NUMBER OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN NIGERIA HAS RISEN FROM 15 MILLION TO 18 MILLION.
MCARTHUR FOUNDATION SAID THIS IN A DIALOGUE ON SITUATING CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS IN ELECTIONEERING ORGANISED BY THE ORDER PAPER IN COLLABORATION WITH MCARTHUR FOUNDATION AND BUDGIT, THE REPRESENTATIVE OF MCARTHUR FOUNDATION, DAYO OLAIDE, SAYS NIGERIANS MUST ENSURE THAT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS DO NOT ONLY MAKE LAWS, BUT SHOULD ENSURE THE LAWS IMPACT THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE.
OLAIDE SAYS ACCOUNTABILITY IS A CRITICAL ASPECT OF GOVERNANCE AND BECAME THE MOST IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS APART FROM INSECURITY WHICH MCARTHUR FOUNDATION HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE IN MANY ASPECTS INCLUDING HUMAN RIGHTS, EDUCATION AND STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY.
THE MCARTHUR FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVE SAYS IT IS SAD THAT OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN ROSE FROM 15 MILLION TO 18 MILLION DESPITE THE LAWS BEING MADE BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND THE PASSAGE OF A BUDGET WITH EDUCATION SPENDING AND CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS INCLUSIVE SAYING THE IMPACT OF THE LAW WILL NEVER BE FELT UNLESS IT IS IMPLEMENTED.
HE HAS HOWEVER CHARGED NIGERIANS TO THINK ABOUT HOW MANY WOMEN ARE SAVED, HOW MANY GIRLS RETURN TO SCHOOLS AS A RESULT OF THE LAWS OR THE BUDGET PASSED.
Former CJN, Onnoghen Laments Poor Funding of Apex Court
THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA (CJN), JUSTICE WALTER ONNOGHEN HAS WARNED THAT UNLESS ADEQUATELY FUNDED, THE SUPREME COURT MAY SOON AT BEST BE A GLORIFIED HIGH COURT.
THE FORMER CJN, WHO GAVE THE WARNING LAMENTED THAT JUSTICES OF THE APEX COURT HAD BEEN SUFFERING IN SILENCE SINCE 2008 WHEN THEIR SALARIES AND EMOLUMENTS WERE LAST REVIEWED.
ONNOGHEN, WHO SPOKE YESTERDAY, IN ABUJA, AT THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF NIGERIA’S FIRST LAW BOOK ON CONSTRUCTION LAW, REVEALED THAT SOME JUSTICES OF THE APEX COURT STILL LIVE IN RENTED ACCOMMODATIONS IN UNSUITABLE AREAS IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY.
BESIDES ACCOMMODATION ISSUE, THE FORMER CJN EXPLAINED THAT CHAMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WERE UNBEFITTING OF THEIR STATUS AND CALLED FOR THEIR PROPER FUNDING TO ENABLE THEM PERFORM OPTIMALLY.
ISSUES IN VARSITY UNIONS’ STRIKE COMPLICATED, SAYS MINISTER
INFORMATION, CULTURE AND TOURISM MINISTER LAI MOHAMMED HAS SAID THE ISSUES AROUND THE ONGOING STRIKE BY MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF UNIVERSITIES (ASUU) AND OTHER UNIVERSITY-BASED UNIONS ARE MORE COMPLEX THAN NIGERIANS THINK, THOUGH HE SAYS THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING ITS BEST TO END THE FOUR-MONTH-OLD JOB BOYCOTT BY VARSITY TEACHERS AND THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE OTHER UNIONS WITH THEIR EMPLOYERS.
MOHAMMED SAYS THE GOVERNMENT IS WORRIED OVER THE LONG CLOSURE OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND THEREFORE STEPPING UP EFFORTS TO RESOLVE ALL THE CONTENTIOUS ISSUES.
THE MINISTER TOLD STATE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS AFTER THE VIRTUAL FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (FEC) MEETING OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE THAT THE ISSUES AROUND THE “ASUU STRIKE ARE NOT AS SIMPLE AS THEY SEEM.”
APART FROM ASUU, THREE OTHER BODIES – SENIOR STAFF ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES (SSANU), NON-ACADEMIC UNION OF UNIVERSITIES AND ASSOCIATED INSTITUTIONS (NASU) AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGISTS (NAAT) – ARE UP IN ARMS AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER SUNDRY WELFARE MATTERS.
THEY ACCUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF BEING INSENSITIVE TO THEIR DEMANDS.
Hasten release of other abducted train attack passengers, families beg FG
Families and friends of the kidnapped victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack, have begged the Federal Government to hasten efforts towards the release of the remaining 50 victims who have, so far, spent 77 days in the terrorists’ den.
Addressing newsmen in Kaduna, the chairman of the families of the victims, Abdulfatai Jimoh, thanked the government and other stakeholders for their effort in rescuing the 11.
However, they expressed concern over the condition of the remaining captives, noting that even the 11 released victims are still hospitalised, traumatised, and mentally unstable.
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.
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