Amusan nominated for the Laureus sports award

NewsSportsAmusan nominated for the Laureus sports award

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 23, 2023

Tobi Amusan has been nominated for the Laureus sports award in the ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ category alongside five other athletes. Her nomination makes her the first Nigerian sportswoman to be considered for the world’s most prestigious sporting award, following Vitalis Lanshima’s nomination in the ‘Sportsperson with a Disability’ category in 2004, which he lost to a Canadian. The coveted award, originally presented in 2000, honours the year’s best and most inspirational sporting victories and...

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Cultural Proponent, Ezeoke Canvasses For Revival of Masquerade Festival in South-East

Culture & TraditionNigeriaCultural Proponent, Ezeoke Canvasses For Revival of Masquerade Festival in South-East

PilotnewsFebruary 21, 2023

A cultural proponent, Chief Mrs. Uche Ezeoke has canvassed for the revival of masquerade festival in the South-East as part of efforts aimed at promoting the rich Igbo cultural heritage and tradition. Chief Mrs Ezeoke made the call at Amichi in Nnewi South Local Government Area during her installation as Mother of Masquerades of the community. Chief Mrs Ezeoke who hails from Ndikelionwu and married to Amichi said that she will partner the Anambra State...

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Health: Lassa fever kills 85 people in Nigeria in six weeks

HealthNewsNigeriaHealth: Lassa fever kills 85 people in Nigeria in six weeks

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 21, 2023

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported that Lassa Fever has killed no fewer than 85 persons in Nigeria in the first six weeks of 2023. Confirming this on Monday in its latest epidemiological report, the NCDC said that the case fatality rate (CFR) was at 16.0 percent which was lower than the CFR for the same period in 2022 (16.5 percent). According to NCDC, so far, 20 states have recorded at least...

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2023 Presidential election is between Obi and Tinubu – Sen. Adeyemi

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023 Presidential election is between Obi and Tinubu – Sen. Adeyemi

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 21, 2023

The senator representing Kogi-West Senatorial District, Smart Adeyemi has stated that the Saturday’s presidential election will be contested between two major candidates, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) The lawmaker noted that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar is not in the race and therefore should not expect anything from Nigerians. He said that Peter Obi was to emerge...

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2023: Endorsement of Peter Obi is sacrosanct  – PANDEF

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: Endorsement of Peter Obi is sacrosanct  – PANDEF

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 21, 2023

…Asks Nigerians to disregard purported youth wing rejection Of Obi’s endorsement The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has affirmed that the endorsement of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party by the Forum is Sacrosanct and Asked Nigerians to disregard the purported rejection of Obi’s endorsement by the non-existent youths of the Forum. Ken Robinson, the National Publicity Secretary of PANDEF in a press statement on Monday stressed that the report is borne...

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2023: Yoruba, south-west leaders of thought declare support for Tinubu

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: Yoruba, south-west leaders of thought declare support for Tinubu

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 21, 2023

Ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, stakeholders in the South-West geopolitical zone have agreed that the region should produce the next president, even as they continue to drum up support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The position of the region was made known at the Yoruba and South-West Leaders Of Thought Summit, tagged: “All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Interacts With Yoruba and South-West Leaders...

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2023: We won’t disappoint Nigeria, International community, Prof Yakubu promises

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: We won’t disappoint Nigeria, International community, Prof Yakubu promises

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 21, 2023

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has promised Nigerians and the international community that the commission will not disappoint them in its resolve to deliver a credible poll on February 25. Yakubu made the promise when he received the Commonwealth Election Observation Mission to Nigeria for the 2023 general elections, led by former South African President Thabo Mbeki. He said that the commission, working with the security agencies, political...

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Oversight Group Reminds Security Agencies On Constitutional Rights Of Journalists

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOversight Group Reminds Security Agencies On Constitutional Rights Of Journalists

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 21, 2023

To ensure Journalists perform their constitutional role, Federal Government and all the security agencies have been tasked to respect the constitutional rights of journalists to free movement without obstruction or impediment to cover and report on the general elections commencing this Saturday. The Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI) in letters to heads of all security agencies and the electoral body reminded them that it is duty-bound Journalists to keep the public...

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Chief Medical Director In Kwara State Arrested Over Alleged Organ harvesting

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaChief Medical Director In Kwara State Arrested Over Alleged Organ harvesting

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 21, 2023

The Chief Medical Director of Kaiama General Hospital, Dr. Abass Adio Adeyemi is now in the Police net over the alleged organ harvesting and murder of four persons. The Kwara State Police Commissioner, Mr. Paul Odama, said his victims, mostly women, were allegedly frozen before killing them, adding that,” he killed and buried, while he killed to harvest organs of some other victims.” The Police Boss who paraded Adeyemi before newsmen stated that the suspect...

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INEC in Adamawa Receives 4,104 BVAS, Assures Credible Polls

NewsNigeriaPoliticsINEC in Adamawa Receives 4,104 BVAS, Assures Credible Polls

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 21, 2023

A few days after the Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Adamawa State received 4,104 Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) for the 4,104 electoral units in the state. Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari who disclosed this to newsmen in Yola expressed the readiness of the commission to conduct fair, free, and hitch-free elections in the state. “As part of the Commission’s commitment to...

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