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Man City humble Liverpool, close point on Arsenal

Manchester City coped without the injured Erling Haaland to keep the Premier League title race alive by coming from behind to thrash Liverpool 4-1 on Saturday. Goals from Julian Alvarez, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Jack Grealish moved the defending champions back to within five points of Arsenal at the top of the table. City and Liverpool have finished as the top two in four of the past five Premier League seasons, but the Reds are struggling just to qualify for the Champions League after a dreadful campaign and were given another lesson in the gap they have to bridge to be back challenging next season. A chastening defeat leaves Jurgen Klopp’s men still seven points adrift of the top four down in sixth. A groin injury meant Haaland was watching on from the stands alongside his father and former City midfielder Alfie Haaland. Despite the absence of their 42-goal striker, Pep Guardiola’s men made a positive start as Alisson Becker was forced into saves from Gundogan and Rodri be...

Ibom Air apologises for delay caused by anti-Tinubu passenger

Ibom Airlines has apologised to passengers for the delay they experienced, while the management tried to disembark a passenger who caused a scene. The unidentified passenger was whisked off the plane after he publicly spoke against the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Friday. The Group Manager, Marketing and Communication, Aniekan Essienette, in a press statement posted on their Twitter page on Saturday, addressed the incident. He said, “We wish to inform the public about an incident on our 6pm flight from Abuja to Lagos on Friday, March 31, 2023. “A passenger stood up and began addressing other passengers in a manner considered inappropriate and unruly, as he was making other passengers nervous. “Our crew deemed his continuous unruly behaviour unsafe and called on airport security to help with the situation. Upon his refusal to stop or disembark peacefully, the security operatives were left with no choice but to forcefully disembark the passenger as a last option. ...

Cuba, Nicaragua, others congratulate Tinubu

The Republics of Cuba and Nicaragua through their presidents have joined the growing list of countries congratulating Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on his victory in the February 25 presidential poll. Also, the Developing Eight Organisations for Economic Cooperation has also extended felicitations to the President-elect on his electoral success. This is according to a statement by Tinubu’s spokesman, Tunde Rahman, on Saturday. He stated that in a congratulatory letter to Asiwaju Tinubu signed by President Maguel Bermudez, the Cuban Government described his election as a reaffirmation of the will to continue to strengthen the historic relations of friendship between the two countries. On its part, Nicaragua expressed her best wishes for Nigeria’s peace and prosperity. “Our best wishes for peace and prosperity of Nigeria, while reiterating our unwavering commitment to continue strengthening the fraternal bonds of solidarity and brotherhood that unite our people and gove...

WAEC releases 2023 WASSCE results, withholds 413

The West African Examinations Council has announced that it has released the West African Senior School Certificate Examination result for private candidates in the first series for 2023. However, out of the 8,348 candidates that sat for the exam, it has withheld the result of 413 candidates due to varied cases of examination malpractice. He said, “The results of 413 candidates, representing 4.95% of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, are being withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice. The cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate Committee of the Council for determination in due course.” Candidates who sat the examination should visit www.waecdirect.org to check their results. They will also be required to apply for their certificates online, through the WAEC Certificate Request Portal website: https://certrequest.waec.ng/. According to the Head, National Office, WAEC, ...

Lagos LP gov candidate deserved to lose – Salako, ex-party chair

The immediate past Chairman of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Olukayode Salako, tells AYOOLA OLASUPO how he was forced to step aside and the circumstances that led to the defeat of the party’s governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour You contested the House of Representatives election after you resigned as the chairman of the Labour Party in Lagos State.Can you recall that journey? I didn’t resign as the chairman, I was forced to step aside. The Obidients said they could not trust me with the campaign funds the presidential candidate, Peter Obi, wanted to send to Lagos because my wife worked for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s presidential bid and the All Progressives Congress. They saw me as Tinubu’s man, so they said I was a mole in the Labour Party. They said if any money was sent to Lagos, I would divert it for personal use or work for Tinubu. For those reasons, I was forced to step aside. Were you a mole and who were those behind such accusations? I wasn’t a mole. It was Gbadebo Rhod...

Fans Stunned As Wizkid Promotes Davido's Album, ‘Timeless’, Urges Followers To Listen To It

Ayo Balogun, the world-famous Nigerian Grammy-award winner, who is popularly known as Wizkid has stunned fans after showing love to Davido. Wizkid, demonstrated his album title ‘More Love, Less Ego’ in his gesture towards colleague, David Adeleke, aka Davido who just released his new album, Timeless. In a tweet on Friday, the Afrobeats star urged fans to listen to the album. Y’all go listen to timeless by my brother @davido 🔥🔥🔥❤️🦅 https://t.co/Xz5o2GxXGo — Wizkid (@wizkidayo) March 31, 2023 Meanwhile, the much-awaited album, ‘Timeless’, on Friday amassed one million streams on Boomplay in just six hours after it was released on the streaming platform. The album, as of the time this report was filed is also the No. 1 album on Nigeria’s Top Albums Chart, UK’s Top Albums Chart as well as in 17 other countries on Apple Music.

Nigerian Court Jails Chinese Nationals For Corruption

Two Chinese nationals Mr. Meng Wei Kun and Mr. Xu Kuai have been sentenced to three years imprisonment for corruption by the Court of Appeal, Sokoto Division. Daily Trust reports that the convicts were earlier arraigned before the Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto, on a 3- Count charge bordering on Conspiracy, Money Laundering and attempted bribery. The convicts were said to have offered a N50 million bribe to officials of the Sokoto Zonal Command of the EFCC. The lower court however, discharged and acquitted them of the said charges which necessitated an appeal by the anti-graft agency. Delivering judgment on Friday, Justice Abubakar Mahmud Talba, held that the respondents tried to frustrate the Appeal through maneuverings, stating that “Gone are the days of technicalities in Law”. He emphasised that “Court’s must allow case’s to be heard on merits”. According to him, the EFCC had proven Count 1 and 2 of the 3 Count charge before the Federal High Court beyond reasonable doubt but a...

I Tried To Jump Into A River – Missing Comedian Breaks Silence After Returning Home

Comedian Ganiyu Kehinde aka Ijoba Lande has opened up after he went missing for days. According to him, he tried to drown himself by jumping into a river because he was depressed. The comedian made this known in a live Instagram on Thursday night where he noted that he had left his phone behind deliberately. Speaking in a live video on Instagram on Friday, Ijoba Lande said, “Nobody kidnapped me. I was not charmed. I thought it out myself and jumped into the river. I did that because I was told that the places where I have been to with cars I will go there on foot and it happened.” The comedian’s wife had posted on the actor’s Instagram page on Tuesday, saying that her husband left home without his phone, and she was confused and didn’t know what to do He added that he was not kidnapped but left his house himself, then went on to appreciate his fans and colleagues for their efforts while he was away, adding that depression was real. He said, “I appreciate everyone. They said almost ever...

I Worked At Bakery, As Bricklayer To Buy Football Shoes - Taiwo Awoniyi Reveals

Taiwo Awoniyi, the Nigerian striker, has made a new revelation about himself and his career. He said that he worked at a bakery and as a bricklayer in Nigeria to afford football shoes. The footballer disclosed this in a viral interview video with Nottingham Forest FC on Friday. He said, “I have done almost every work in Nigeria back then. I worked in the bakery, I worked as a bricklayer. “The challenging part of it is getting the money to buy the football shoes.“ View this post on Instagram A post shared by gistoftheday.com (@gistoftheday)

I Paid TG Omori N100M For Music Video - Davido Reveals

Superstar Nigerian singer, Davido has disclosed that he paid a whooping sum of N100 million to music video director, TG Omori to shoot the video of a record off his new album ‘Timeless’. The ‘Omo Baba Olowo’ crooner disclosed this in a recent interview with Beats FM, Lagos. According to him, the video is the most expensive in the history of the Nigerian music industry. Davido said, “I’m excited about the record. We shot the video with TG. And I’m proud to say that’s the first N100m video in Nigeria. “The video was like six days shoot. And I came for three. He shot the other three days. The video was like a storyline. Shoutout to him, he’s amazing,” he added. The singer released his long-awaited and highly anticipated album, ‘Timeless’ on March 31, 2023. Recall that TG Omori came under fire recently after bragging that he is the biggest music director in the country. Boy Director, as he is fondly called, claimed he is friends with most Nigerian music video directors and admitted that th...

Liquorose Shares Stunning Photos To Celebrate Birthday

Ex-BBNaija housemate, Roseline Afije- Liquorose is a year older today, Friday, March 31. To celebrate her special day, the dancer shared beautiful photos of herself to the delight of her fans on Instagram. “Happy birthday to me +1,” she wrote. Other celebrities and fans of the reality star stormed her page to celebrate her new age. See Photos Below;

Pastor Who Predicted Death of Yul Edochie’s Son Makes Shocking Prophecy About Burna Boy, Mother

A Nigerian prophet, Samuel King who predicted the death of Yul Edochie’s son has also sent a warning to singer Burna Boy and mother. The preacher has predicted that a stampede with numerous injuries and fatalities will occur at one of Burna Boy’s events. The prophet went on to say that the mother of the musician requires fervent prayers. He wrote: “BURNA BOY (this year will be the year of MASSIVE REWARD) There will be an event with so much CROWD but a high record of STAMPEDE that will result to multiple injuries and DeATH. His team in crowd control will do a poor job. His MOTHER NEEDS PRAYER NOW!”

Court Remands Blessing CEO Till May 30 Over Alleged Cyber-bullying, Libel

Relationship blogger, Blessing Okoro aka Blessing CEO has been remanded in prision by the Federal High Court in Lagos. The cour on Friday remanded Okoro following her arraignment by the police for alleged Cyber-bullying. Justice Yelim Bogoro remanded the blogger and self-proclaimed relationship/mental expert in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS) till May 30 for hearing of her bail application. The police arraigned the defendant on a six-count charge of alleged cyber-bullying, libel and for exhibiting uncensored movies. Prosecution counsel Rotshang Faith Dimka of the Force Headquarters, Abuja, said Okoro of Lekki, Lagos, on October 16, 2022, “intentionally sent messages using her Instagram handle @officialblessingceo to bully, threaten and harass one Folashade Samuels, a.k.a Mamajazz, a younger sister to the late Bimbo Ogbonna.” The blogger was also accused of using her Instagram handle @officialblessingceo, to injure the reputation of Folashade Samuels and the lat...

White House Protest Against Tinubu Lacks Merit - APC U.S

Oyakhilome Bello, the National Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress in the US has stated that the call by some individuals to protest the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as President-elect on April 3 in the U.S will not change anything because the elections were credible. Bello who is also the Deputy Director North America Youth Wing Campaign Council said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. He described as baseless, the protest against Tinubu’s emergence by some opposition groups at a park in front of the White House on Thursday, saying such protest would produce no result. He said the protest had no weight because the Feb. 25, presidential election that produced Tinubu as the president-elect was free, fair and credible, adding that the former two-term Lagos State governor won the election squarely. He advised Nigerians not to be worried about the development but to remain calm and peaceful as the APC U.S would mobilise g...

Eniola Badmus Hails Davido On New Album Amid Rift

Nigerian actress, Eniola Badmus has taken to Instagram to congratulate superstar singer, Davido on his album release amid their rift. Recall that the singer unfollowed the actress for announcing Ifeanyi Adeleke’s death and reportedly exploiting the toddler’s death for monetary gains. In a post on her Instagram page, Eniola shared a screenshot of the album cover and urged her followers to stream the songs. The album has been gaining attention on major streaming platforms ever since its release. She wrote: “Timeless out on all platforms go stream it @davido congratulations on this.” Reacting to the post, bagplace_ said: “001 for many reasons only davido topping chart.” xoxo.vickie1: “Eye service.” karimot_akinpelu: “Fighting doesn’t mean you should not congratulate people on their wins. Nice one eniola.”

Police Ordered To Pay Family Of Slain Mechanic 75,000,000

The sum of N75,000,000 has been awarded by a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt against the Nigeria Police in a fundamental Human Rights suit filed by the family of the late auto mechanic, Chima Ikwunado, Daily Post reports. The family of Ikwunado had instituted a fundamental human rights action against the Inspector General of Police, Rivers State Commissioner of Police, former E-Crack Commander in Rivers State, SP Benson Adetuyi, and 4 dismissed police officers. DAILY POST reports that the trial Judge, Justice S. I Mark, in her judgment on Friday, granted all the reliefs sought by counsel to the plaintiff and fined the Police the sum of 75,000,000 for damages. Ikwunado, who was an auto-mechanic, was reported to have died in the custody of the police from severe torture in 2019. He was arrested and tortured alongside 4 of his apprentices, Victor Ogbonna, Osaze Friday, Ifeanyi Osuji and Ifeanyi Onyekwere, by men of the now defunct E-Crack Unit, attached to the Mile 1 Police Di...

Nigeria’s Public Debt Hits N46.25trn In Q4 2022 – NBS

Nigeria’s external and domestic debt now stands at N46.25 trillion in Q4 2022 from N44.06 trillion in Q3 2022. The information was released by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics(NBS) in its quarterly report titled “Nigerian Domestic & Foreign Debt Q4 202” on Friday The report revealed that the nation’s public debt grew by 4.96% in Q4 2022, while external debt stood at N18.70 trillion in the same quarter of 2022. “However, the share of external debt to total public debt stood at 40.44% in Q4 2022, while domestic debt was recorded at 59.56%. In addition, the Federal Government’s share of domestic debt was 80.62% in Q4 2022,” the report read. In a debt profile breakdown, the commercial hub of the nation, Lagos, tops the states with the highest debt profile recording a total of N807.21 billion in Q4 2022, while Delta came in second with N304.25 billion and Ogun with N270.45 billion. Meanwhile, Jigawa recorded the lowest debt with N43.95 billion followed by Kebbi and Katsina with N61.31 b...

Those Behind Ayu’s Suspension Are Following Script From Oshiomhole’s Removal – PDP Chieftain

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Akinloye Oyeniyi has reacted to the removal of national chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu. Oyeniyi asserted that the people behind the suspension Ayu followed the same script that was used to remove former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole. According to Oyeniyi, just like Oshiomhole was sanctioned by the APC executive committee at his ward in Edo State with a High Court in the Federal Capital Territory subsequently ordering his suspension as the APC national chairman, the same is happening to Ayu at the moment. The PDP chieftain as learnt by Naija News made the assertion when he was featured during a live appearance on Friday’s edition of Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. According to him, in a similar manner, the PDP exco in Igyorov Ward of the Gboko Local Government Area (LGA) in Benue State suspended Ayu with immediate effect last Sunday. He said “People who were actually playing that script were...

Ex-Labour Party Chairman Reveals Why LP Governorship Candidate, Rhodes-Vivour Lost The Election

The former chairman of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Kayode Salako has opened up on why Labour Party lost Lagos governorship election. According to him, the Labour Party Governorship candidate for Lagos state, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, became arrogant and too full of himself after Peter Obi won in the state during the February 25 presidential election. The Former chairman of the Labour Party made this announcement known to the public during an interview with the News Central TV, where he said that after Peter obi had won Lagos state, Rhodes-Vivour began to believe that he would be the next governor of Lagos State and this made him publicly endorse candidates from the opposition party. According to Kayode Salako, he said, “When Peter Obi won in Lagos State during the Saturday 25th presidential polls, all of us were involved. It was a game of all of us because everybody was involved. But after the victory of the party at the presidential election, pride came to Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, and...

Arteta Wins EPL Manager of the Month Award

Mikel Arteta has won Barclays Manager of the Month for March. He earned the award after helping the Gunners stretch their lead at the top of the Premier League table to eight points above Manchester City. His team scored an incredible 14 goals in four matches, beating Everton, AFC Bournemouth, Fulham and Crystal Palace. The Spaniard had a big influence on the incredible 3-2 turnaround win over AFC Bournemouth, bringing on Reiss Nelson to set up the equaliser before scoring the winner. Arteta wins the award for a fourth time this season, moving just one behind Jurgen Klopp’s record of five in a single campaign, set in 2019/20. It makes it a double sweep for Arsenal, after Bukayo Saka won the EA SPORTS Player of the Month award. Arteta beat fellow nominees Roberto De Zerbi, Unai Emery and Pep Guardiola after votes from the public were combined with those of a panel of experts.

Ogun police arrest Portable for assault

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested the controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, commonly called Portable. The arrest comes after the expiration of a 72-hour ultimatum given to the the controversial singer for refusing to honour the invitation. The PUNCH reports that the Ogun State Police Command has issued a 72-hour ultimatum for sensational singer to report himself to the nearest police station or be arrested by Friday. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the development in a statement obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday. Mr Oyeyemi said Portable had been informed to submit himself to the police or risk being arrested. He also confirmed that Portable’s father had pleaded on his son’s behalf and promised to bring him to the station.

NDLEA arrests suspect with 228kg of cannabis in Ondo

The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Thursday said it had seized 228kg of cannabis sativa also known as Indian hemp. The anti-graft agency paraded the suspect, Ayodele Osuya, who was allegedly arrested on Wednesday with the drug in the state capital. According to the state Commander of the agency, Mr Kayode Raji, men of the command had been on the trail of Osuya for a long time. Speaking at the Command headquarters, he disclosed that the suspect concealed the Indian hemp in the booth of a Toyota Camry, weighing 228kg and worth multi-million naira. He said, “We have been on his trail for a very long time and at a time, we also suspected that he was very suspicious and almost about to get wind he was being trailed, so we lay low. “We used a lot of techniques so that our identity will be concealed, and at the end of the day, on the 29th of March, he was nabbed at a place called Quarter Guard Area of in Akure, Ondo State here.” He revealed that the suspect w...

APC suspends Binani’s campaign director for hoarding food items

The Director General of Aishatu Ahmed (Binani) governorship campaign council, Senator Ahmed Barata, has been suspended by the All Progressives Congress ward executives for Ketembere, under Shelleng Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The ward executive members on Friday announced the suspension of Barata over alleged anti-party activities and withholding of relief food items sent to party faithful by Binani before the elections The Adamawa APC has recently witnessed a series of suspension orders being issued to some prominent and influential members of the party at their wards, the most prominent being that of Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, by some ward executives in his Gwadabawa ward. This provoked sanctions by the State Working Committee culminating in the sacking and indefinite suspension of the ward officials from the party. A letter addressed to Barata, a copy of which was made available to journalists in Yola, dated March 30, and titled, ‘S...

Trump ‘shocked’ by indictment but ‘ready to fight’

Following his historic indictment on criminal charges, Donald Trump was preparing Friday to go where no former US president has gone before – a prosecutor’s office to be booked, fingerprinted and have his mugshot taken. Trump’s pending arrest, expected on Tuesday, throws a political grenade into the 2024 presidential race, in which the 76-year-old real estate tycoon is hoping to return to the White House. Pressed by reporters on Friday, President Joe Biden repeatedly declined to address the fate of the Republican candidate he defeated in the 2020 election and could potentially face again in November of next year. “I have no comment on Trump,” Biden said. A New York grand jury indicted Trump on Thursday over a $130,000 hush-money payment made to a porn star to buy her silence during his 2016 campaign. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and accused the Manhattan district attorney who brought the charges, Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, of waging a “political witch-hunt” to derail his new White Hou...

Arrest interim government agitators, APC govs tell DSS

The Progressive Governors Forum has openly condemned the calls for the return of interim government, stressing that any self-serving Nigerian found culpable in the act of sabotage should be prosecuted. Their concerns were raised in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the PGF Chairman, Atiku Bagudu. The condemnation is coming in the wake of the alarm raised by the Department of State Services that it had uncovered a plot by some Nigerians to thwart the May 29 inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The news also prompted the presidential campaign councils of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party to challenge the DSS to get tough with plotters of the interim national government. The councils, in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Wednesday in Abuja, said the push for the ING was unconstitutional, adding that the plotters should be arrested. It was on the same basis that the APC governors led by Bagudu believed that the secret police have...

Sanwo-Olu, Makinde, others get Certificates of Return, pledge good governance

More governors-elect, on Thursday, received their Certificates of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission, with a pledge to deliver on their campaign promises. In Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, received theirs at INEC office in the Yaba area of the state. The governor reiterated his call for calm and peaceful coexistence in Lagos, just as he warned against religious and ethnic intolerance. INEC’s National Commissioner for Ogun, Osun and Ondo states, Prof. Adekunle Ajayi, presented the Certificates of Return to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State and his deputy, Noimot Salako-Oyedele, while the 25 members-elect of the state House of Assembly also received theirs from the Resident Electoral Commissioner for the state, Niyi Ijalaye. Abiodun, in his remarks, said, “This election proclaims a renewed dedication to the vision of this administration. It is a call for a new hope to Ogun and the entire Nigeria nation.” Similarly, Katsin...

Tension As Suspected Herdsmen Invade School, Injure Students, Teachers In Oyo

A public secondary school in Oyo State has been reportedly invaded by suspected herdsmen on Thursday morning, who inflicted injuries on students and teachers. Vanguard reliably learnt that the herders invaded the Community Grammar School, Alaropo Nla in the Oriire Local Government Area of the state. The herdsmen, according to an eyewitness account, numbering over twenty, allegedly invaded the school with their cattle. Some of the students and their teachers, among whom are Mr Paul Olabode, were inflicted with sword and machete cuts, while many others were left with broken legs and hands. The source disclosed that the school had just finished morning devotion and students were preparing to settle down in their classrooms to continue their second-term examination when the herdsmen invaded the school farm with their cows grazing mindlessly on crops. Efforts made by the students and the teachers to drive away the herdsmen were met with brutal resistance. The school principal, Mrs Grace Ala...

Two months after birthday, Yul Edochie loses son

Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, reportedly lost his first son, Kambilichukwu Edochie on Thursday. The son died two months after Edochie celebrated his 16th birthday with his wife, May Edochie. Yul had written on Instagram, “A very happy 16th birthday to my first son, Kambilinachukwu Leo Yul-Edochie. May God lead and protect you always. With many more happy years. Daddy loves you.” According to a family member who spoke with Vanguard, she was quoted as saying that Kambilichukwu died while preparing for his forthcoming examinations scheduled for Wednesday. “After his exam in school, he joined his mates to play football and he developed a seizure and was rushed to Mother and Child Hospital. All efforts by the doctors to resuscitate him proved abortive,” she added.

I will stay with Mercedes till ‘last days’ – Hamilton

Seven-time world champion race car driver, Lewis Hamilton, on Thursday emphatically put to bed any concerns that he wanted to leave Mercedes, saying he planned to be the team “till my last days”. The Briton’s disappointment after the season-opening grand prix in Bahrain, where he finished a distant fifth in his under-performing W14 car, led to claims that he was set to seek a move elsewhere. He insisted that was not the case after a more competitive race in Saudi Arabia a fortnight ago. And to make it crystal clear, the 38-year-old said ahead of the Australian Grand Prix that he wanted to finish his career with the once all-conquering Silver Arrows. “I feel amazing about it (the future), I continue to feel very, very much at home, it’s a family,” he said in Melbourne of remaining with a team that has been his home for a decade. “I see myself being with Mercedes till my last days. “If you look at the legends, Sir Stirling Moss was with Mercedes till the end of his days, and that’s been ...

FG begins registration of medical laboratories

The Federal Government on Wednesday began an online registration of medical laboratories in Nigeria to enhance service delivery. Dr Tosan Erhabor, the Registrar of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria made this known in Abuja at a meeting with stakeholders and the agency’s consultants on automation led by Prof. Effiong Akpan of the University of Calabar. He called on stakeholders to avail themselves of the great opportunities offered by the new framework to enhance service delivery. Erhabor said that the registration would scale up efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, speed of service delivery, as well as data collation and management. He said that the purpose of the meeting was to enable stakeholders to witness firsthand and possibly critique the ongoing digitalisation of the medical laboratory registration process. “This is the latest in the series of council processes to be moved from the manual to the digital platform. “In spite of our meagre resources, the council...

FG plans portal to engage older persons after retirement

The Federal Government is set to create a portal with a view to engaging, reengineering and reactivating capacity of older persons who wish to continue offering services after retirement. The Director General of National Senior Citizens Centre, Dr Emem Omokaro, said this on Wednesday at a collaborative meeting with relevant government agencies and stakeholders on service level in Abuja. The meeting tagged, ‘NSCC Continuing Engagement Bureau Programme’ was aimed at building a foundation of synergy between the centre and its critical partners. Omokaro said the intervention was in realiseation of the huge potential in the older persons that could be tapped into national development. “The aim of the collaboration is also to assist the centre to create an online portal that would engage older persons who are professionals in their different field of endeavour to tap in their wealth of experiences. “This is a gathering of service level collaborators on continuing engagement bureau projects, ...

Whitemoney and his reckless counsel to ‘brothers’

The video recently posted by Hazel Onuo, also known as “Whitemoney,” is a most upsetting and parochial portrayal of Nigerian women. In this video, the winner of Big Brother Naija ‘Shine Ya Eye’ Season 6 painted women as merchandise who answer to money without question. He later clarified that he directed the post at men, and their need to make money, but he still came across as suggesting that every woman has a price. In addition, saying, “No woman is out of your league, bro, just make money and create your own game, they’re gonna play,” only encouraged brothers to make money, without a hint as to the how? This is also unhelpful if not dangerous. This is a point that I will return to shortly. Onuo’s comments raised a huge row. Many women in the entertainment sphere took him on for the reckless comment, and before long, issues degenerated into name-calling and worse. But the guy wasn’t done. A few days later, he spoke with artiste Chinedu Emmanuel, otherwise known as Nedu. The latter, h...