UK Stop Recruitment Of Health, and Social Care Personnel From Nigeria, 53 Other Countries

The United Kingdom government has announced that it has stopped active recruitment of health and social care personnel from Nigeria and 53 other countries globally. The announcement was contained in the revised code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, but it does not prevent individual health and social care personnel from independently applying for employment in the United Kingdom. Countries on the red list are; Afghanistan, Angola,...

Peak Milk changes controversial Easter ad after CAN’s rage, apologises for the ‘insensitivity’

The management of FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc, manufacturers of Peak Milk, has removed a controversial advert for the Easter season which depicts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The ad, a photograph of a dented tin of Peak Milk, punctured in two places, with a nail dripping milk, lying beside it, was publicised last Friday. It was captioned: Bruised and Pierced for us. #GoodFriday. Reacting to the ad, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, described it...

Former Anambra State Governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju, Passes on

Former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju has passed on in the early hours of Tuesday, April 11, 2023. He died at 78 years old. The announcement of his demise was made by his son Cheta Chinwoke Mbadinuju. Late Mbadinuju hailed from Uli in Ihiala local government area of Anambra State and was governor of Anambra State from 1999 to 2003. When his party then, the PDP, failed to give him a return ticket,...

#TinubuTheDrugDealer trends on Twitter as UberFacts reports Tinubu’s drug trafficking case

The Nigerian Twitter space is agog as #TinubuTheDrugDealer trends following the publication of Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu’s drug trafficking case by UberFacts. UberFacts, an online outlet that publishes random facts, on Monday, informed its 13.5 million followers on Twitter about Tinubu’s legal woes with the United States government in 1993 which made him forfeit $460,000 ill-gotten gains from heroin trafficking. In 1993, Bola Ahmed Tinubu surrendered $460,000 to the US government after a Chicago court...

N20bn Payment Probe: northern youths tell NNPCL boss to step aside

…Warns of mass protest TheGroup Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Kolo Mele Kyari, has been told to  to step aside by The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) to allow for an unfettered probe by the House of Representatives into the payment of N20 billion to a ghost consultant. The group alleged that  the NNPC manipulated the fuel subsidy regime which according to it was seen during the acute fuel scarcity that...

Top performing senators, reps members to be honored by stakeholders

Twenty lawmakers in the ninth National Assembly said to be Most Valuable Parliamentarians (MVPs) are set to be honoured by stakeholders ahead of the resumption of the tenth Assembly. According to a report, the lawmakers were gleaned from “an independent, thorough and unprecedented data-driven annual performance appraisals of the 469-member ninth National Assembly since its first anniversary in 2020,” are said to have made the semi-finalists based on their contributions to legislative strengthening and promotion...

CAN President Urges Nigerians Not To Despair

The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Daniel Okoh, has urged Nigerians not to despair but to unite and keep hopes alive for a new beginning for Nigeria. In his Easter message, Okoh noted that Nigeria had faced many challenges ranging from insecurity and economic instability to social and political unrest in recent years, and urged Nigerians to extend a hand of love and kindness to the less privileged in the society.  “However,...

Ozalla Crash: FRSC reiterates danger of night trips

Reaffirms determination to stop speed-related crashes As LGA chairman authorises mass burial for burnt 15 victims The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has advised the motoring public to avoid night trips due to the dangers associated with it. Dauda Ali Biu, the Corps Marshal, while reaffirming the readiness and determination of the Corps to bring to stop, all speed induced crashes, said that machineries have been put in motion towards rejigging operational strategies for positive...

Easter: Buhari, Tinubu, Obi, Atiku preach love, hope and unity

President Muhammadu Buhari and the President-elect, Bola Tinubu have felicitated with Christians on the occasion of Easter which commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, urging them to imbibe the messages of love and hope that Christ’s death reflected. President Buhari’s and Tinubu’s messages were also reiterated by Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar who contested the last presidential election under the platform of the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party, respectively. In his Easter message,...

‘Query your children’s wealth’ – Nonye Soludo

Mrs. Nonye Soludo, wife of Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo, has identified failure by most parents to question the ‘sudden’ source of wealth of their children, as one of the problems threatening today’s society. The governor’s wife, who spoke yesterday in Awka, expressed worry about parents’ abandonment of primary ethos of truth, honesty and principle in child raising, including moral inculcation and valued traditional etiquettes. “Such costly parental neglect has resulted in negativities bedevilling today’s...

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