November 14, 2019

World Diabetes Day: Expert Advises Parents To Reduce Sugar

November 14, 2019 2:11 pm
Dr Nwaome Nwaogu, a Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, advised parents to moderate sugar and refined carbs given to children to avoid being diabetic.

Nwaogu, a member of the Ask the Paediatrician Foundation, an NGO, gave the advice in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday, in commemoration of the World Diabetes Day, annually celebrated on Nov. 14 to raise awareness about diabetes, its prevention, complications and care for people living with the condition.

The theme of the 2019 celebration is “Family and Diabetes”, aimed at raising more awareness on impact of the disease on families and …

Diri, PDP Mourn Death Of Party Members In Nembe

November 14, 2019 2:11 pm

The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Douye Diri, has noted with dismay the brutal killings of no fewer than eight members of the party by thugs suspected to be from the All Progressives Congress (APC) during a botched rally in Nembe Ogbolomabiri on Wednesday.

Senator Diri, in an interview with reporters in Yenagoa, condemned the violence and prayed for repose of the souls of those who were murdered by the armed thugs.

Among the dead was the driver of the OB Van of Radio Bayelsa, Mr Simon Onu, who was gunned down beside his vehicle.

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Customs Raid Warehouse, Seize Foreign Rice Worth ₦19.68m

Review Ban On Fuel Supply To Border Towns, Reps To Customs

November 14, 2019 2:09 pm
The House of Representatives has enjoined the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to review its ban on the supply of petroleum products to border communities in the country.
Adopting a motion sponsored by Sada Soli under matters of urgent importance at the plenary presided by the deputy speaker, Ahmed Wase, yesterday, the house declared that the measure contravened the provisions of the Customs and Exercise Act.It mandated its relevant committees to engage the Minister of Interior, Minister of State for Petroleum, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service and the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
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NDDC

Reps To Stop Akpabio’s 2020 Budget Over NDDC Interference

November 14, 2019 1:06 pm
• Order suspension of NIN by JAMB
• Urge review of fuel ban on border towns

The House of Representatives yesterday resolved to halt further consideration of the 2020 budget of Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs over the appointment of an interim committee to manage the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

The lower legislative chamber also urged the Senate to stop further action on the ministry’s budget over the “illegal appointment.”

The resolution followed a matter of public urgent importance on the urgent need to stop the “illegality in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)” moved by

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Prison

Jailed Journalist Recounts Rampant Cases Of Sodomy, Drugs

November 14, 2019 1:06 pm
After 162 days at the Kaduna State Central Prisons, Steven Kefason on Wednesday shared the experience of the shocking things happening in the facility.Kefason, a freelance journalist and hygiene management professional, told The Guardian in an exclusive interview that sodomy, bribery and corruption were rampant in the facility.

Kefason was jailed in the Kaduna prison by the Kaduna State government over a Facebook post.  He was arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State by operatives of the State Investigation Bureau of the Kaduna State Command of the Nigeria Police Force and was brought to Kaduna on May 10 after

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Soyinka

DSS, Judiciary Ridiculing Nigeria, Says Soyinka

November 14, 2019 1:03 pm

•Tasks CSOs on concerted efforts against rights abuses
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday called on the Department of State Services (DSS) and the judiciary to apologise to Nigeria, lamenting that the nation was being ridiculed before the world on account of the actions of the duo.

In a statement entitled, “Sowore, Human Rights and the Rule of Law,” the poet called on civil society organisations (CSOs) to coordinate their responses to alleged rights abuses by state agents.

He claimed that government officials were on a mission to enthrone a “pattern of conduct that openly scoffs at the role of …

Controversy Trails $1bn Ogoni Cleanup Project

November 14, 2019 1:02 pm

A leading international advocacy organisation on environment, Environmental Rights Action (Friends of the Earth), has faulted the ongoing $1 billion Ogoni cleanup exercise in the Niger Delta. It said the lack on seriousness on the part of the government is a major threat to its completion.

Executive director of the organisation, Godwin Uyi Ojo, while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, said the agency of government handling the project, Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), is yet to define clear parameters on how it intends to execute the project, despite the availability of over $100 million at its disposal.

Mr. Ojo

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NAF

NAF Fighter Jets Bombard ISWAP Strongholds, Kills Scores

November 14, 2019 1:01 pm

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), said its fighter jets have bombarded another stronghold belonging to members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), and killed scores of their members at Mallam Fatori on the fringes of the Lake Chad in the Northern part of Borno State.

NAF Director of Public Relations and Information Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, Inna statement said “Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters have suffered severe losses in a joint counter-offensive mounted by the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE and troops of the 89 and 97 Task Force Battalions of …

Insight On The Kogi Campus Killings

November 14, 2019 10:40 am

OVER the course of penultimate weekend, news came of the massacre of no fewer than 13 students of the Kogi State University, KSU, Ayingba, Kogi State, by alleged cultists. According to the reports, the killings were reprisals staged by an unnamed cult whose leader was murdered by a rival group in the KSU. Nine students, including a 200-level female student and her boyfriend, were reportedly killed on the KSU campus and at different locations within the Ayingba town. Many who escaped with injuries were hospitalised.

Although concrete facts of this story were mostly shrouded, the KSU Public Relations Officer, Joseph …

Just In: House of Reps Approve Army’s Operation Positive ID

November 14, 2019 10:39 am

The House of Representatives on Thursday permitted the military to go ahead with the Operation Positive Identification exercise in the country. The Reps agreed that the Army should regularly brief the Committee on Army led by Mr Abdurazak Namdas, for proper assessment of the exercise

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In general, the House resolved, “That the Army can continue with the OPI but in collaboration with other relevant security agencies such as the Nigeria Immigration Service and the Nigeria Police Force, who should take the lead in the identification process. “That a joint intelligence and monitoring …

Why VAR Cannot Work In Nigerian Football League

November 14, 2019 10:38 am

Some sports stakeholders in Nasarawa state on Thursday observed that the use of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in local football fixtures in the country would fail due to certain obvious reasons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that VAR is a match official in Association Football who reviews decisions made by the head referee.
The VAR works by using video footage and a headset for communication and was first used for a major competition at the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals in Russia.
NAN reports that Morocco recently became the first African country to introduce VAR in its competition, …

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