The Executive Director of Restore Foundation for Child Sight (RFCS), Dr Halima Alimi, says there is a need for the eyes of persons with albinism to be given immediate and sustained attention right from infancy. Alimi spoke in Lagos on the sideline of a three-day comprehensive free eyes testing and treatment for children living with albinism. Alimi said albinism is as a result of lack of pigmentation (melanin) in the hair, skin and eyes, causing vulnerability to the sun and bright light. According to her, most people with albinism are visually impaired and are prone to developing skin cancer. Alimi said…
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An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday, acquitted three staff members of the American International Insurance Company Limited, (AIICO) charged with fraud of N1.5 billion fraud. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, in a ruling in a no-case submission filed by the defendants-Onome Harriet, Olajumoke Akano, Olabode Ogunlere and the Former Managing Director of AIICO, Lanre Fabunmi, who is at large, stated that the three staff members had no case to answer. She held that the prosecution failed to prove the alleged offence against the defendants while ruling on the no case submission filed by the defendants. The judge held that during the…
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), has expressed its commitment to consolidating prospects, potential and opportunities of the shea sector for export growth. Dr Ezra Yakusak, the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NEPC said this at the strategic conference and official inauguration of Shea Export Development Programme (2022-2025) on Wednesday in Abuja. Yakusak described the programme as one of NEPC’s collaboration with Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI), Netherlands on value chain development of priority non-oil export products. According to him, the earlier partnerships with CBI is on Export Market Development Programme for…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N27 billion for the rehabilitation of a 27km road linking Ondo and Edo states. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed revealed this to State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday in Abuja. “The Minister of Works and Housing presented a memo for the approval of the award of contract for the rehabilitation of the Iduani-Otuwo road which links Ondo and Edo States. ”The contract is for the sum of N27,233,577,000 billion and it has a completion period of 27 months,” he…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decision to increase Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) is to control rising inflation. Hassan Mahmoud, CBN’s director, Monetary Policy Department said this on Wednesday at a post-MPC briefing tagged: “Unveiling Facts behind the Figures’’. The MPC, in its 287th meeting on Tuesday, had increased the MPR by 150 basis points, from 14 per cent to 15.5 per cent. The MPR is the baseline interest rate in an economy on which other interest rates within that economy are built on. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele had said that the…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N580.5 million for the procurement of four armoured vehicles to fight dangerous and illicit drugs by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami made this known to State House correspondents at the end of the Council’s meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday. “Today, a memo was presented by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, that is the Federal Ministry of Justice, which was relating to a parastatal under the supervision of the…
The Damaturu Division of the Federal High Court has affirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as Yobe North senatorial candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Fadima Aminu in her ruling on Wednesday, said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should immediately publish Machina’s name as APC’s candidate in the 2023 National Assembly (NASS) election. While upholding the May 28 primary election of the party that was certified by INEC, the judge also held that Machina was duly elected senatorial candidate for APC.
A Constitutional Lawyer, Mr Kayode Ajulo, has warned Nigerian politicians and political parties against disobeying the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022, especially regarding the conduct of campaigns ahead of the 2023 general elections. Ajulo reminded candidates contesting various positions in the forthcoming elections that by virtue of the Electoral Act provisions, a lot of restrictions have been placed to prevent the usual electoral malpractices that start even from the period of the campaign. The lawyer in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, urged political gladiators, parties and other campaign group to steer…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi A 14-day old twin baby, Ibrahim Mohammed, who was stolen from the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi has been rescued from the suspect (name withheld by security agencies). ASHENEWS reports that the twin was stolen on September 21, 2022 but has been found reunited with his twin brother and mother, while the suspect has also been arrested by security agencies on Wednesday. According to information gathered by our reporter, after the suspect stole the baby, she spent a night in Nasarawa community before proceeding to her village, Dull in Tafawa Balewa local government area…
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the CBN increased Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) from 14 per cent to 15.5 per cent on Tuesday to tame inflation. The committee had increased the MPR by a total of 250 basis points at its last two meetings. The MPR is the baseline interest rate in an economy; every other interest rate used within that economy is built on it. CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, announced the new rate after the September bi-monthly MPC meeting in Abuja. The third consecutive hike of the MPR, the benchmark interest rate for the country’s financial market in…