Yoruba Group Faults Proposed Population Census

Demography and PopulationNewsYoruba Group Faults Proposed Population Census

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 17, 2022

A southwest group, the Yoruba Global Alliance, has described the proposed population census across the country as a misplaced priority, citing the prevailing challenges of insecurity in the country. The Federal Government had on Thursday in Abuja revealed plans to hold the national population census in April 2023. This is the first time such an exercise will be held in 17 years. The government had planned to conduct the exercise in 2021 but it was...

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It Is Unsafe To Immediately Get Pregnant After Miscarriage – Experts

HealthNewsIt Is Unsafe To Immediately Get Pregnant After Miscarriage – Experts

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 17, 2022

LAGOS — Fertility and reproductive health experts have said it is unsafe for women who just experience miscarriage to get pregnant immediately. The experts explained that after a pregnancy loss, there is a raw wound in the uterus that takes about three months to heal properly. According to them, medically, a woman is expected to wait for at least three to six months before attempting to get pregnant again. A Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at...

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Nigerian Diplomat, Peter Emuze, Re-Elected Into UN’s Rights Commission

NewsNigerian Diplomat, Peter Emuze, Re-Elected Into UN’s Rights Commission

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 14, 2022

A Nigerian candidate serving as a member of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), Ambassador Peter Emuze, has been re-elected to the committee for the second term of four years. The news which broke out on Thursday, added that Emuze was re-elected to occupy one of the two remaining vacant positions for Africa in CESCR. Elections were held in the UN Economic and Social Council on Wednesday to fill various...

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Convicted Ex-Governors, Dariye, Nyame, 159 Others Get Presidential Pardon

NewsConvicted Ex-Governors, Dariye, Nyame, 159 Others Get Presidential Pardon

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 14, 2022

ABUJA — The Council of State led by President Muhammadu Buhari has granted pardon to 159 convicts. Among the pardoned are former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, former Governor of Taraba State. The due were jailed for stealing N1.16bn and N1.5bn respectively. Plateau State Commissioner for Information, Dan Manjang, confirmed Dariye’s pardon to journalists, adding that the ex-Governor had been given a second chance. According to him, “Every Plateau man...

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Gunmen Attack Voter Registration Exercise Centre In Imo, Killed One INEC Official

Crime & SecurityNewsGunmen Attack Voter Registration Exercise Centre In Imo, Killed One INEC Official

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 14, 2022

OWERRI — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday suspended the Continuous Voter Registration Exercise (CVR) exercise in Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State. The decision was taken after an INEC staff was shot dead by gunmen, a statement signed by INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, said. According to Mr Okoye, the staff, Mr. Nwokorie Anthony, was shot dead at Nkwo Ihitte (PU 004) in Amakohia Ward (RA 02) of Ihitte Uboma...

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Biden Approves Sales of $1bn Attack Helicopters, Others For Nigeria

National SecurityNewsUnited StatesBiden Approves Sales of $1bn Attack Helicopters, Others For Nigeria

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 14, 2022

The United States State Department has cleared the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria worth nearly $1bn, apparently after US lawmakers lifted objections over human rights concerns. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency on Thursday announced the sale of the helicopters and related defence systems to the Nigerian military. The package includes $25m for human rights-related training, according to YahooNews. The sale includes the Bell-made Cobras; 28 General Electric-made T700-401C engines; 2,000 Advanced...

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Southern PDP Governors Kick Against Throwing Presidential Ticket Opens

NewsPoliticsSouthern PDP Governors Kick Against Throwing Presidential Ticket Opens

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 9, 2022

Southern governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have demanded that the party’s presidential ticket be zoned to the region ahead of the 2023 general elections. They kicked against the purported recommendation of the PDP Zoning Committee that the slot be thrown open for all to contest. The governors who held an emergency meeting to deliberate on the matter stated that any attempt by the party’s leadership to throw the presidential...

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Yahaya Bello Boost of Having the Best Chances to Win APC 2023 Presidential Ticket

NewsPoliticsYahaya Bello Boost of Having the Best Chances to Win APC 2023 Presidential Ticket

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 9, 2022

The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, boosted to have remained the most preferred and favored contender to clinch the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the 2023 general elections. While expressing his wish to appoint Nigeria’s first female Vice President, if he gets the ticket of the APC for the 2023 elections and its approval to choose his running mate, he said mundane things like zoning should be discarded in the...

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Obi Cubana Promises 20 Secondary School Classmates N2m Each At A Reunion

BusinessMoneyNewsObi Cubana Promises 20 Secondary School Classmates N2m Each At A Reunion

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 9, 2022

Nigerian Businessman and socialite, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has promised to give the sum of N2m each to 20 of his secondary school classmates, who are struggling financially. In a video, the socialite urged his other secondary schoolmates to set up a trust fund that will cater to the poor amongst them. Cubana said, “Life is not just about taking pictures and posting on Instagram. I mean, many people think that we...

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Buhari Assents to Bill Extending Teachers Retirement Age By Five Years

EducationLabourNewsBuhari Assents to Bill Extending Teachers Retirement Age By Five Years

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 9, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Harmonised Retirement Age for Teachers in Nigeria Act, 2022. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. On January 20, 2021, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved a bill that sought to increase the retirement age and the service years of teachers. The essence of the bill was to give legal backing for the approval of the...

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