January 2020

Homosexuality: Gay Gene Ruled Out, Environment Blamed

January 23, 2020 10:31 am

Genes play just a small role in whether a person is gay, scientists have found, after discovering that environment has a far bigger impact on homosexuality.

In the biggest ever study into the genetic basis of sexuality, researchers from more than 30 institutions including Cambridge University and Harvard, looked at the DNA of nearly 500,000 people in Britain and the US.

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They found that genes are responsible for between eight to 25 per cent of the probability of a person being gay, meaning at least three quarters is down to environment.…

Again, PDP NEC To Meet In Ihedioha, Other Issues

January 23, 2020 10:31 am

Barely one week after the 87th National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met to discuss the nullification of the governorship election in Imo State by the Supreme Court that removed Hon. Emeka Ihedioha as governor, it will meet again on Monday to discuss the matter and other issues affecting the party.

In a statement issued wednesday, the National Secretary of the party, Senator Umaru Tsauri, who summoned the NEC meeting, said: “All members of the Peoples Democratic Party National Executive Committee (NEC) are hereby invited to the 88th meeting of the NEC on Monday, January 27, 2020.”…

Sack Burutai: CAN Chairman Tells Buhari

January 23, 2020 7:46 am

 

Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria in Adamawa State, Stephen Mamza, has urged President Muhammad Buhari to sack all service chiefs.

 

Mamza on Wednesday in Yola, the state capital, alleged that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Buratai, and other service chiefs were only looting the country’s resources in the ongoing war against Boko Haram.

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He said, “It is no longer news that the top hierarchy of our military and other security agencies have become billionaires since this problem of Boko Haram insurgency started.…

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‘Yorubas Are Primitive’: FFK Replies Miyetti Allah

January 23, 2020 7:29 am

The former Minister of Aviation, Nigeria, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has taken to his verified Facebook page today to ‘strip down’ Miyetti Allah on their controversial statement of Yorubas being primitive people.

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“Our forefathers studied at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in the 1800’s and our first lawyer was called to the English bar in 1879.”

“Their forefathers were rearing cattle at the time and they are still rearing cattle today. The first northerner to be called to the bar was in 1955 and even he was not a core northerner but a …

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Hails THISDAY At 25

January 23, 2020 5:42 am

A renowned Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has lauded THISDAY Editors for recognising her as one of the one of the honourees in the THISDAY decade awards.

In a statement she issued yesterday, the young writer also thanked everyone involved in the voting process for the honour of being named “Woman of the Decade” alongside the UN Deputy Secretary General, Ms Amina J Mohammed.

“The thing about being recognised is that it is not the reason one does what one does, but it is always wonderful to get that validation. It means that somebody is saying to you “what you …

Perjury: Groups Challenge Omo-Agege To Show Documents

January 23, 2020 5:41 am

Guardians of Democracy and Development; Partners for Legislative Agenda for Nigeria; Empowerment for Unemployed Youth Initiative; and a coalition of civil society and youth groups in Nigeria have challenged the Senate Deputy President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, to present court papers absolving him of the allegations of perjury.

The coalition, in a statement yesterday by its Convener, Solomon Adodo, said it has also submitted a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the National Security Adviser; and the Chief of Staff to the President, insisting that it would only rest when the right thing is done.

The groups had earlier …

Nigeria NUC: Nigeria Needs 300,000 Additional Doctors

January 23, 2020 5:39 am

National Universities Commission (NUC) yesterday decried the shortage of medical practitioners in the country, disclosing that Nigeria needs at least 300,000 additional qualified doctors to meet the standard set by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The regulatory agency made the disclosure, even as Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, affirmed in Yenagoa that the vision of his government had always been to produce the highest number of qualified personnel in the country’s medical sector.

NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, who spoke during the maiden matriculation ceremony of Bayelsa Medical University (BMU) in Yenagoa, noted that the phenomenon of shortage …

Igbo President ‘ll Transform Nigeria –Ezenwankwo

January 23, 2020 5:36 am

Chief Christopher Okwudili Ezenwankwo is a member representing Orumba North and South Federal Constituency of Anambra State at the House of Representatives. He said the South-East geopolitical zone deserves to produce the president of the country in 2023 for equity, justice and fairness. He spoke on various issues in this interview.

How far about the South-East Development Commission bill?

We are on it, there are processes it has to pass through before it will be finally passed into law. I’m assuring you that by the grace of God, we will pass the bill into law. It will be a reality. …

We’ll Bring Back BSS To Protect BiafraLand — IPOB

January 23, 2020 5:36 am

 

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has vowed to re-launch it’s rested outfit, Biafra Security Service (BSS) to get even with the southwest security, Amotekun.

The Publicity Secretary of IPOB Emma Powerful who disclosed this to our correspondent in Owerri condemned the planned proscription of the Yoruba security outfit by the Federal Government, alleging that it was deliberately kicking against Amotekun because it supported the killings in the North and other parts of the country.

Powerful also described the Miyetti Allah’s call for the ban of Amotekun as wicked and selfish.

“They want to commence the killing of innocent …

Imo To Prosper Under Me, Says Uzodinma

January 23, 2020 5:29 am

Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has assured the state that it will prosper under his watch as the era of executive lawlessness and neo-feudalism is a thing of the past.

In his maiden broadcast yesterday to the people of the state, Uzodinma outlined policy measures which his administration intended to apply to achieve the dream of a ‘New Imo’. Such policies include restoration of due process, financial discipline, re-invigoration of the heath sector and security of lives and property.

The governor stated that his vision of the state is predicated on freedom, security and shared prosperity welded into …

Archbishop Chukwuma Hits Buhari Over Execution Of CAN Chair

January 23, 2020 5:28 am
The Anglican Archbishop of the Province of Enugu, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, has condemned the killing of Rev. Lawan Andimi, the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Adamawa.

The deceased was reportedly killed in Michika Local Government Area of the state by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.

Chukwuma told newsmen in Enugu on Wednesday that the church and its leaders totally condemn what he described as “this horrendous act of killing”.

Reacting, Chukuma in a statement to NAN, called on the Federal Government to reassure christian faithful in the north and church leaders of the security of their

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There Is No Country Where Killers Walk Freely Like Nigeria

January 23, 2020 5:28 am
Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, has lamented that there was no place in the world where human lives were slaughtered anyhow without the perpetrators caught and brought to face justice like in Nigeria.

He spoke at the 3rd General Assembly and peace conference with the theme: ”Inter-Religious Dialogue: Strengthening the Culture of Peace, Reconciliation and Justice”, in Abuja on Wednesday.

Kukah stressed that Nigeria must move from talking to taking action.

Kukah noted that the country must find a way

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