Nigeria: Estimated 6.2 Million Children Unvaccinated – WHO

HealthNewsNigeriaNigeria: Estimated 6.2 Million Children Unvaccinated – WHO

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 26, 2023

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that 6.2million children are zero dose (unvaccinated), a consequence of the negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 to 2021 in Nigeria. WHO also noted that the Africa Region estimates show that the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine immunization services has driven up the number of zero-dose and under-immunized children, rising by 16% between 2019 and 2021 and pushing the cumulative total (2019–2021) to around...

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Lagos: PDP suspends state chairman, deputy over allegation of anti-party activities

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLagos: PDP suspends state chairman, deputy over allegation of anti-party activities

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 26, 2023

The Working Committee of the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ratified the suspension of its state chairman, Philip Aivoji and his Deputy, Benedict Felix Tai over allegation of anti-party activities Recall that Aivoji and Felix-Tai were suspended by their ward executives over alleged anti-party activities a few weeks ago. According to reports Aivoji and his deputy are challenging their suspension in court, while the party has gone ahead to appoint...

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Actor Saint Von Colucci dies at 22 after 12 surgeries

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsNigeriaActor Saint Von Colucci dies at 22 after 12 surgeries

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 26, 2023

Canadian Actor Saint Von Colucci has died at the age of 22 after undergoing 12 cosmetic surgeries to look like BTS singer, Jimin. According to Eric Blake, his publicist, Colucci died on Sunday at a South Korean hospital after complications from his most recent procedure. Reports have it that Von Colucci moved from Canada to South Korea in 2019 in pursuit of a career in entertainment, and went under the knife on Saturday, April 22,...

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Lagos: EKO Club Atlanta flags of medical rescue mission 

HealthNewsNigeriaLagos: EKO Club Atlanta flags of medical rescue mission 

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 26, 2023

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Eko Club Atlanta (ECA) has given notice that its medical rescue mission will commence in Lagos State from April 24th to April 29th, 2023. Hon Deji Ajiboye, ECA President, while speaking at a press conference in Lagos yesterday at the headquarters of Lagos State Parks and Garages, to flag off  the programme, said that the  medical mission is aimed at providing free medical services for citizens in Lagos and its surrounding communities. Ajiboye...

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Enugu Governor-Elect Peter Mbah Appoints 60-Man Transition Committee

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu Governor-Elect Peter Mbah Appoints 60-Man Transition Committee

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2023

The Enugu State Governor-elect, Dr. Peter Mbah, has revealed a 60-man transition committee ahead of May 29th handover. In a press release signed by the Head of the Peter Mbah Media Office, Dan Nwomeh said, “The Transition Committee will help articulate and fine-tune the incoming administration’s implementable and impactful development plan; they will streamline the State development plan in line with Mbah’s Social Charter with Ndi Enugu.” “The Charter aims at repositioning the state as...

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24 Years Old Man Strangles, Buries Friend In Enugu

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria24 Years Old Man Strangles, Buries Friend In Enugu

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2023

The Enugu State Police Command has arraigned a 24 years old man, Agbo Onuabuchi, a native of Ebonyi State, but resident in Ogidi town, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, for strangling to death and burying his male friend, Mr. Peter Ukekwe aged 44, in a shallow grave, at Amuri community in Nkanu West Local Government Area on Saturday 1st of April 2023. The Police official bulletin, signed by the Police Public Relations...

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Students’ Union mount pressure on Buhari to sign HND/B.Sc dichotomy bill

EducationNewsNigeriaStudents’ Union mount pressure on Buhari to sign HND/B.Sc dichotomy bill

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 25, 2023

The National Association of Polytechnic Students, NAPS, has given President Muhammadu Buhari a 14-day ultimatum to sign the bill seeking to end the disparity between Higher National Diploma, HND, and Bachelor of Science, B.Sc, holders. A bill that sought to erase the age-long inequality between degree holders and HND holders in the country was passed by the Senate in June 2021, but President Buhari has yet to give his assent. The president’s overdue silence on...

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Tinubu returns from month-long ‘rest’ in Paris

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu returns from month-long ‘rest’ in Paris

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 25, 2023

President-elect Bola Tinubu returned to Nigeria yesterday after being away for 34 days. The West African Pilot News reports that the President-elect left the country on March 21 for Paris, France to rest after a hectic campaign and election season and plan his transition programme ahead of his inauguration on May 29. Upon his arrival, Tinubu, who was accompanied by his wife, Senator Oluremi, was welcomed by a crowd of supporters and some high-ranking members...

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Nigerian Copyright Commission Intensifies Fight Against Piracy

NewsNigeriaNigerian Copyright Commission Intensifies Fight Against Piracy

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 25, 2023

The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) said it is intensifying the fight against piracy as the world marks World Book and Copyright Day (WBCD) on April 23. The theme for this year is ‘Indigenous Languages’, which underscores the need to recognize linguistic diversity and the importance of preserving, promoting, and encouraging the use of indigenous languages in literature and other creative works. Dr. John Asein, Director-General of NCC in a statement while calling for collaboration between...

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Angry Youths Buried Two Persons Alive In Benue State 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAngry Youths Buried Two Persons Alive In Benue State 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 25, 2023

Two persons were buried alive in Konshisha local Government area in Benue State over allegedly being behind the thunder strike that affected one Henry Ihwakaa, his wife, and a two-week-old child. Ihwakaa, the father of Henry, was accused by the youths of bewitching people with a thunderstorm in the area any time it rains. The youths were said to have mobilized themselves on a fateful day, attacked Ihwakaa and his alleged collaborator, and later dug...

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