The Police in Imo have confirmed an attack on the country home of Mr Ekene Nnodimele, lawmaker representing Orsu constituency in the Imo House of Assembly. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Abutu Yaro, confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri on Wednesday. Yaro said the attack which took place at about 1.00am on Wednesday also had a security guard on duty in the compound beheaded. He also said investigation was ongoing to unravel the cause and perpetrators of the attack and bring them to book. “We can confirm that there was an attack on the country home of Nnodimele, resulting in the death…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sharada Ward, Municipal local government of Kano state, has suspended its representative at House of Representatives, Sha’aban Sharada for alleged anti-party activities. Sharada is the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence. A statement signed by the party’s Ward Chairman, Abdullahi Umar on Wednesday, said that Sharada had been completely banned from participating in all affairs of the APC at the ward level for one year. He added that the party at the ward level had received series of complaints brought by some aggrieved members over Sharada’s character. “APC has been…
A Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, Dr Ephraim Ohazurike, says Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine cannot be taken as a protective immunisation against ovarian cancer. Ohazurike, who works at the Oncology and Pathologist Studies Unit, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, spoke in Lagos on Wednesday. According to him, most cervical cancers were associated with HPV, a sexually transmitted infection, saying HPV vaccine reduces the chances of having cervical cancer. Ohazurike said that HPV vaccine has no effect on ovarian cancer. He said that they were unrelated, pointing out that currently, there was no vaccine or medically validated screening for diagnosing ovarian cancer.…
The Appeal Court sitting in Akure has upheld the victory of Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State as the winner of Oct. 10, 2020 governorship election in the state. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede had approached the appellate court, alleging that Akeredolu’s nomination by his party was unconstitutional. The Justice Umar Abubarkar-led three man panel of the tribunal, had on April 20, dismissed Jegede’s prayer on the grounds that it lacked jurisdiction on the matter. The appeal court judge, Justice Theresa Orji-Abadua, in a virtual judgment, upheld the judgment of the tribunal, which validated the re-election…
The National Agricultural Seed Council of Nigeria (NASC) on Wednesday in Kano presented certificates to 125 community-based producers in North-Western region of Nigeria. Presenting the certificates to the groups, the North-West regional manager of the NASC, Mr. Hudu Ubandoma, said that the effort was an approach to empower farmers to produce high yield seeds locally. He said that the producers were trained and monitored for five years before they were given certificates by the only body approved by the government for certification of seed producers in the country. According to him, Community-Based Seed Production (CBSP) who are mostly groundnut farmers…
Dangote Cement Plc has announced the successful issuance of N50 billion series 1 fixed rate senior unsecured bonds, under its new N300 billion multi-instrument issuance programme. Mr Michel Puchercos, Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Cement, disclosed this in a statement made available newsmen in Lagos on Wednesday. Puchercos said the bonds were issued on May 26 at coupon rates of 11.25 per cent, 12.50 per cent and 13.50 per cent for the 3, 5 and 7-year tranches, respectively. He said the bond issuance was well received and recorded participation from a wide range of investors, in spite of the market headwinds.…
Trading activities on the Nigerian Exchange rebounded on Wednesday with a gain of 0.15 per cent due to interest in MTN Nigeria Communications (MTNN). Specifically, the All-Share Index increased by 57.41points or 0.15 per cent to close at 38,564.70 from 38,507.29 achieved on Tuesday. Consequently, the month-to-date return increased to 0.3 per cent, while the year-to-date loss moderated to 4.2 per cent. Similarly, the market capitalisation rose by N30 billion or 0.15 per cent to close at N20.099 trillion against N20.069 trillion posted on Tuesday. The market upturn was driven by price appreciation in large and medium capitalised stocks amongst…
By Eugenia Cheng Emmy Noether, a pioneer of abstract math, helped explain the theory of relativity to mathematicians I find it hard to memorize numbers; I have no emotional connection to them, contrary to stereotypes of mathematicians. So when I want to remember a phone number, for example, I am more successful if I translate the numbers into musical notes or words. I think of this as a mathematical technique, because math is about making connections between different topics to help our thought processes. Often we start with something hard to understand and build a connection with something more intuitive.…
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor and all Service Chiefs have arrived in Maiduguri, capital of Borno, ahead of Thursday visit by President Muhammadu Buhari. The president will be in Borno to assess security situation in North-East. The chiefs include Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Farouq Yahaya; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao; Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Awwal Gambo and Chief of Military Intelligence. The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali, who arrived earlier, received the CDS and service chiefs at the Maiduguri Airport from where they all proceeded to headquarters of Joint Task…
By Tina George, Minna In its bid to prevent further increase in the price of rice across the country, the National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI) Badeggi, has disclosed that it is scaling up rice technologies and innovations. The Executive Director of the Institute, Aliyu Umar disclosed this during the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development and Partnership for Agricultural Research, Education and Development, (CORAF-PAIRED) 2021 inception and annual work plan review and implementation meeting in Badeggi on Wednesday. The scale up, according to Umar would improve rice productivity, which would enable farmers to meet up with…