May 12, 2022

2022 Session Of Prison Audit Exercise Kicked Off By NHRC

2022 Session Of Prison Audit Exercise Kicked Off By NHRC

May 12, 2022 5:44 pm

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday commenced the 2022 Correctional Center Audit exercise to ascertain compliance in inmates with the most optimun international practices.

The Chairperson of the Commission Dr. Salamatu Suleiman led the Commission’s delegation to the Headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) where the event took place.

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She said that inmates were entitled to general human rights such as good health.

“It is worthy of note that inmates in custodial facilities are entitled to enjoy general human rights, including the right to good health pursuant to

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Strike: Bush-Alebiosu Advices ASUU On Next Step Forward

Strike: Bush-Alebiosu Advices ASUU On Next Step Forward

May 12, 2022 1:48 pm

Dayo Bush-Alebiosu who is a former two-term member of the House of Representatives, has encouraged academics to always have true representations in policy-making, to address the root causes of incessant strikes by academic unions.

Bush-Alebiosu who had represented Kosofe Federal Constituency between 2007 and 2015, and aspiring to return to the same seat in 2023 had made this remark on Wednesday while speaking with newsmen.

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He spoke after a stakeholder meeting with APC leaders, delegates and members at the party secretariat in Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area …

Access Bank To Launch More Avenues For Funding SMEs

Inter-Africa Trade: New Opportunities For Access Holdings – Wigwe

May 12, 2022 1:47 pm

As one of their new methods of broadening its hold on the banking sector, Access Holdings Plc, on Thursday has put out a statement that they would proceed on the start of operations and plans to unlock new opportunities for intra- and inter-Africa trade, Herbert Wigwe, the Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Corporation, said in a statement in Lagos.

He said the corporation, which builds on Access Bank’s scale and ethical standards, would have portfolio companies with significant complementarities.

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Herbert Wigwe also said this would allow the …

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2 Ex Staffs Of First Marina Trust Re-Arraigned Over Cyber Crime

May 12, 2022 1:47 pm

Two former staff of First Marina Trust Ltd met their waterloo on Thursday when they were re-arraigned before a Federal High court in Lagos by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged Identity theft and Cyber Crime.

The defendants, Adeyemi Oluwaseun and Suleiman Yusuf, are standing trial on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit identity theft, impersonation and Cybercrime.

They were first arraigned in June 2018, before Prof. Chuka Obiozor and were granted bail.

The trial had since commenced in the suit.

However, following a transfer of Justice Obiozor from the Lagos division, the defendants were …

Plane Crashes With 11 People Onboard In Cameroon

Plane Crashes With 11 People Onboard In Cameroon

May 12, 2022 10:18 am

A plane carrying 11 people crashed in a forest in central Cameroon on Wednesday, Africa Daily News, New York has gathered.

According to reports, a major storm hit Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, in the afternoon of Wednesday, causing the plane to lose signal after it took off from the city’s Nsimalen airport.

This was confirmed by Cameroon’s Transport Minister, Ernest Ngalle Bibehe confirmed in a statement that air traffic control lost contact with the plane.

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The statement partly read, ‘Air traffic controllers lost radio contact with the aircraft’ which was …

2023 Why Poor Nigerians Always Sell Their Votes – Seun Kuti

2023: Why Poor Nigerians Always Sell Their Votes – Seun Kuti

May 12, 2022 9:53 am

Ahead of the 2023 general election, Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti has asserted that he believes that since actors, professionals, and musicians are among those who have ‘sold their souls to politicians, blaming poor Nigerians for following the same example is not proper.

The 39-year-old son of music legend, Fela Kuti made this assertion in an Instagram post on Wednesday which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York.

The singer took to the social media handle to explain why ‘poor Nigerians sell their votes’.

According to him, some Nigerian professionals have sold their souls for politicians hence destroying Nigeria in …

Free Fall For Naira As It Racks Up Losses Against Dollar

Free Fall For Naira As It Racks Up Losses Against Dollar

May 12, 2022 6:13 am

Tumultous conditions on Wednesday has seen the Nigerian Naira crashing and depreciating at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at ₦418.75 to the dollar, a 0.12 per cent depreciation, which was weaker than ₦418.25 traded on Tuesday.

After this crash, the open indicative rate closed at ₦417.70 to the dollar on Wednesday.

An exchange rate of ₦444.00 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading before it settled at ₦418.75. The Naira also sold for as low as 410 to the dollar within the day’s trading.

A total of 115.78 million dollars was traded in foreign …

FG Tasked To Look Into Agric Sector For Poultry Farmers

FG Tasked To Look Into Agric Sector For Poultry Farmers

May 12, 2022 6:11 am

In a bid to put further restrategise with the fast evolving agricultural sector in the World, The Lagos State Chapter of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), has urged the three tiers of the Nigerian Government to further prioritise and implement the agriculture sector in order to balance out the impact of the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mr Godwin Egbebe, The group’s chairman made this statement at the PAN’s two-day annual symposium on Wednesday in Lagos with the theme: “Post COVID-19 Effects on Poultry Industry – Way Out.”

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IPAC Sees Red As NASS Amends Statutory Delegates' Act

IPAC Sees Red As NASS Amends Statutory Delegates’ Act

May 12, 2022 6:00 am

The reeent move by the House of Representatives to amend some of the Electoral acts to better suit Statutory Delegates have been met with a lot of backlashes and protests especially from the Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) as they openly protested over the House of Representatives’ passage of Section 84(8) of the Electoral Amendment Act, 2022, to allow statutory delegates participate in political parties’ congresses and conventions.

The House of Representatives had amended the clause after considering a Bill sponsored by the Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Rep. Abubakar Fulata at plenary on Wednesday in Abuja.

The …

Governor Uzodimma's 'Sun Award': Honour Bestowed On A Rogue

Governor Uzodinma’s ‘Sun Award’: Honour Bestowed On A Rogue

May 12, 2022 12:02 am

It is rather painful that the same media, which is generally accepted as the fourth estate of the realm, from where she exercises her mandate to serve as the conscience of society, is now ganging up against the same society they’re supposed to protect.  (This is about Governor Hope Uzodinma’s award by The Sun Newspaper in Nigeria).

The media that is expected to conscientiously interrogate and expose the ills bedeviling our society have now deteriorated to become willing tools in its very destruction. It tells a story of a terrible reality that will get all the more pathetic.

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