The European Union’s Elections Observation Team’s Report sparked off controversies largely, because of the hypocritical, condescending, blanket condemnation of the nation’s efforts at reforming the electoral system in the country ! We acknowledge the fact that is no Utopia , prefect system in the world . A lot of disservices is however, committed against the Nigerian State ; it’s people and the elections’ umpire – Independent National Elections Commission , ( INEC ) by the “qualified , wild , blanket” dismissal of the February / March general elections in the country by the E.U. Report. It is trite here to…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum on Tuesday, 4 July, 2023 released 80 buses and pick up vans to commune farmers free of charge from their communities to farmlands in the state. The intervention is aimed at beating down the high cost of living caused by withdrawal of fuel subsidy. According to a statement by the spokesman to the Governor, Mallam Isa Gusau, the 80 means of transport will comprise 50 luxurious buses to be allocated from the fleet of the Borno Express Corporation, a state owned transport company, while the state 30 pick-up vans will be hired and provided…
Médecins Sans Frontières also know as Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has warned of potential catastrophe due to escalating humanitarian needs in Northwest Nigeria in the coming months. The MSF in a statement on Tuesday, 4 July, 2023, said: “A malnutrition crisis is escalating in northwest Nigeria, prompting international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to reinforce its activities while warning that the current humanitarian response is insufficient to avert a potential catastrophe in the coming months.” According to the statement, MSF has opened three new outpatient therapeutic feeding centres, in addition to the 10 inpatient centres and 32…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom have both recommitted to taking the battle against drug to the doorsteps of drug cartels as part of efforts to stamp out serious organized crimes in Nigeria and the UK. The fresh commitment was the highlight of remarks by the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) and the Regional Manager, West Africa, NCA, David Cater, at the signing of a renewed Memorandum of Understanding, MoU between the two agencies at the NDLEA headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, 4 July, 2023.…
The Palestinian government has asked United Nations to implement international law to secure and save the lives of defenceless people, particularly the Palestinian people. A statement on Tuesday, 4 July, 2023 signed by the Ambassador of Palestine to Nigeria, Abdallah Abu Shawesh against the backdrop of the Israeli Occupation Forces that launched an attack on Jenin refugee camp in the early hours of Monday, said the international community should uphold and stand firm for the implementation of international law, UN resolutions, Human Right Declaration, and the Geneva Convention. The Ambassador alleged that the military attacks started with air strikes on…
Africans Rising for Unity, Justice, Peace and Dignity has welcomed the announcement by Senegalese President Macky Sall not to run for a third term. Africans Rising, a global Pan-African movement of people and organisations working for Unity, Justice, Peace and Dignity on the African continent, said Sall’s decision not to run for a third term is key to bringing peace in the West African country. The group in a statement on Wednesday said: “While we commend the President for respecting the constitution on a two-term limit, we believe his announcement should have come much earlier as it would have avoided…
Mmesoma Mmesoma Ejikeme, the Anambra student who was accused of manually inflating her 2023 UTME result by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Wednesday, 5 July, 2023, confirmed that she received an automated text message from JAMB indicating that her score was 249. Mmesoma made this known during an interview with Sunrise Daily on Channels Television which was monitored by The PUNCH. JAMB’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, had earlier revealed that the candidate sent a series of messages to the board’s automated telecoms system, including the results showing an aggregate of 362. Responding, Mmesoma said the only SMS she sent…
There seems to be an uneasy calm in the Surulere chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the struggle about who gets the Local Government slots in respect of two major appointments is creating a major crisis in the party, reports thegazellenews.com This medium exclusively learnt that some party bigwigs are not happy with the way the former Speaker of the House of Representatives and now Chief of Staff to the President, Rt Hon Femi Gbajabiamila is single handedly running the party in the area. Some who spoke with this medium equally accused the Speaker’s Aide, Mr Wasiu Olanrewaju Smart…
The Federal Government in collaboration with Oyo State Government on Tuesday, 4 July, 2023, inaugurated a new software application National Animal Disease Information System (NADIS) Mobile Application, to track and report animal disease outbreak in Oyo State. This is contained in a statement issued by the Co-ordinating Director, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Gideon Alade on Wednesday, 5 July, 2023 in Ibadan. NADIS is a platform for the animal health workers to report cases of disease outbreak in their environment. However, with recent intervention from the World Bank, the mobile application NADIS-mobile was launched, to accurately report disease…
Aba Reunion, a platform floated by three US-based Nigerians for the generation of men and women who grew up in the commercial town in the 1970’s to late 1980’s are planning a homecoming that will hold in December 2024. In the post-civil war era, Nigerians of diverse origins flocked to the then Southeast town for work and commercial engagements. The town soon grew to become a melting point for trading, attracting traders from all over the former East Central State and the Midwest to take up residence and grow their families. Some of those whose parents made Aba their base…