The Spiritual Father and Chairman, Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Worldwide, (AYO NI O), Reverend Samuel Abidoye, has called on all Nigerians, saying they have big role to play towards arresting the wave of all forms of criminalities across the country. He made the call at the International Headquarters of the Church, Galilee Land, Orile Igbon, Oyo state while answering questions from members of the Media Advisory Board of the Conference on Saturday. This, he said, could be done by being more security conscious and by giving vital informations to the security agencies across the country. Prophet Abidoye said the…
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By Razak Owolabi These Executive Minds, TEXEM is one of the UK’s pre-eminent consulting firms focusing on Africa with a British Nigerian, Alim Abubakre (PhD), as its founder/chairman. The firm remains a leading innovative consulting firm that seeks to offer an unmatched learning platform to African leaders. It offers organisations actionable frameworks in the areas of consulting, executive development, and recruitment. Through its services, it has collaborated with hundreds of organisations in the UK as well as Africa. TEXEM has helped them achieve their goals efficiently and effectively – in terms of overcoming adversity and achieving prosperity and optimising their…
By Justina Auta Hope for Second Chance Foundation (HOSEC), an NGO on Monday, said poor emphasis on protection of boys from sexual and related abuses in the society has increased its prevalence and exposed more children to Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV). Its Founder, Mrs Ibukunoluwa Otesile said in Abuja that parents and organisations placed more emphasis on protecting the girl-child from all forms of abuse, neglecting the male child. Otesile, who threw more light on the group’s advocacy to ending SGBV and her newly released books — “The Game” and “The Cost of Silence”, explained that boys were…
A lawmaker who represents Donga/Takum/Yangtu Federal Constituency in Taraba state, Mr Rimamnde Kwewum has posited that there has to be an immediate change in the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if it plans to win the 2023 presidential election. He made this position known when he spoke in Abuja on Monday. “It is imperative for PDP to be competitive in the next election. There has to be a change now, not later, in the leadership of the party. “Normally, when a party leadership leads a party to defeat, it resigns to make way for people with new ideas…
The Kano state government has announced the suspension of Eid-el-kabir festivities in the state. This is contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Mr Muhammad Garba, on Monday in Kano. The federal government on Saturday put six states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on red alert as part of the preventive measures against a third wave of COVID-19. The states are Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, Kaduna, Kano and Plateau. Garba said that only Eid prayers would be performed at mosques in the five Emirates across the state. “The development was part of measures by Nigeria, like most…
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), says it has received a set of strong credit rating affirmations and “Positive” outlooks from Moody’s, Fitch Ratings, and Global Credit Ratings (GCR). A statement issued in Cairo on Monday by Amadou Sall, Afreximbank’s media contact said the ratings underlined the bank’s resilient financial position and performance. According to the statement, the ratings reinforce the bank’s access to capital at a competitive cost, ensuring the continued success of key strategic initiatives to stimulate African trade. It said that Fitch revised the outlook on its Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to positive from stable, highlighting that the…
Dr Adebowale Adewunmi, a Consultant Physician and Nephrologist at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, on Monday said that ageing and diabetes are common causes of kidney failure. Adewunmi made this known during a webinar tagged: “My Kidney, My Health”, organised by SUNU Health, a Health Maintenance Organisation. He said that other causes of kidney failure include hypertension, severe anaemia, virus, drugs, obesity, genetic disorders among others. He said that some self-prescribed drugs like calcium could also lead to kidney failure. According to him, the prevalence of kidney in men is 10.4 per cent and 11.8 per cent in women while insufficient…
By Ifeanyi Nwoko Data made available by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), showed that between January and May, 29,000 people of sub-Saharan African origin went to Europe through the Central Mediterranean route, mainly in search of greener pastures. Unfortunately, their fate is uncertain, as they may end up as sex slaves, victims of organ theft, among others. Most of the irregular migrants were not aware of dangers ahead. Aside those who ‘successfully’ made it, over 761 others died in the quest to cross, about 13,000 were pushed back by the Libyan Coast Guard, while thousands of others are languishing…
Nigeria’s reality TV show, Big Brother Naija Season 6, has announced Saturday, July 24 2021 as the kick off date for the show. Announcing the date at a media briefing on Monday, organisers of the show said the winner of the show will grab prizes worth N90 million. Recall Laycon, who won season 5 ‘Lockdown’ season, got N85 million worth of prizes. Alongside a cheque of N30 million, the grand prize contained a car, a house, Dubai trip for two, Colgate, one year free supply of Pepsi, Indomie and Munch it.
The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, has been conferred with the Global Leadership in International Relations Award by the International Police and Veterans Foundation. Muhammad-Bande was conferred with the award at a ceremony in New York, in recognition of his outstanding performance and global leadership as the 74th President of the UN General Assembly from Sept. 17 to Sept. 15, 2020. President of the foundation, Richard Ezaqui, said it “fully recognised the outstanding role Muhammad-Bande played and demonstrated towards rallying the world to combat the menace of COVID-19 during his tenure. “Your sterling performance in…