West African leaders have agreed at an emergency meeting on Thursday to impose gradual sanctions on Guinea’s military junta over its inflexibility on setting a date to return to civilian rule, AFP has reported. As Malian authorities held a traditional military parade on Thursday to mark the country’s independence day in the presence of the head of Guinea´s military junta, Col Mamady Doumbouya, West African leaders were in a meeting in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. They agreed at the emergency summit to impose gradual sanctions on Guinea’s junta over its inflexibility in setting a…
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The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) says it has sealed 342 pharmacy and patent medicine outlets, just as it arrested one person in Ogun. The Director of Enforcement, Mr Stephen Esumobi made this known while addressing journalists on Friday in Abeokuta. Esumobi said that the exercise was part of the council’s effort to sanitise the drug distribution system in the country. According to him, 646 premises were visited, out of which 342 were sealed for offences ranging from operating without registration or renewal of premises certificate and poor storage conditions among others. Others are unauthorised sale of substance of abuse,…
Center for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), has called for compulsory use of sign language in public institutions in Nigeria, to give the deaf community a sense of belonging. Mr David Anyaele, Executive Director, CCD said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja in commemoration of the International Sign Language Day. The International Sign Language Day is marked every Sept. 23 by the Deaf Community Globally and the 2022 theme is “Sign Language Unite Us”. “Recognising that over 80 per cent of deaf persons in the world are living in developing countries, with millions of Nigerians having one level of…
There are reports of flooding across all the riverine local government areas of Benue, the state Commissioner for Water Resources and Environment Godwin Oyiwona has said. He said on Friday that all the local government areas on riverine areas and few others were affected. He named the local government areas to include Makurdi, Agatu, Logo, Guma, Buruku, Otukpo and Gwer-West, among others, noting that government was doing its best to mitigate flooding effects on the people. According to him, the government has released funds for the cleaning of Idye Basin that controls most of the water-flow within Makurdi. He said…
The apex Igbo scio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo, says the Igbo tradition of presenting kola nut to guests is a sign of hospitality in the area. The group stated this in a communiqué issued at the end of a one-day seminar by the Chairman of Ohaneze Ndigbo in Nsukka local government area, Prof. Damian Opata, and made available to newsmen. It explained that the Igboland attaches some sacredness to the fruit, commonly called “oji”. It stated that the seminar was organised for traditional rulers, president-generals of town unions, scholars and other community stakeholders. It reads amongst others: “Kola nut remains a…
Hundreds of millions of Chinese farmers celebrated the fifth harvest festival on Friday, as the country expects a bumper harvest despite COVID-19 and extreme weather. This is after overcoming the impact of last year’s rare autumn floods in the North, the late sowing of winter wheat and the sporadic resurgences of COVID-19 cases. With severe heat and drought in some southern regions, China has seen output increases in summer grain and early rice and was expecting another bumper harvest this year. At an agri-expo park in the south-western Chinese city of Chengdu, one of the venues of this year’s harvest…
The president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Chris Isiguzo has been elected as the new President of Congress of African Journalists (CAJ). Isiguzo replaces Alexandre Niyungeko of Burundi, who stepped down to pursue other commitments. The Governing Council of the Congress in a meeting held online on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 unanimously voted to elect Comrade Isiguzo as it next continental leader. The NUJ on June 23, 2020 hosted an online meeting of some African countries during which the Congress of African Journalists (CAJ) was launched to address the issues affecting journalists in the continent, promote shared values…
Cable television entertainment networks and stakeholders including MultiChoice Nigeria, have kicked against the pay-per-view model being canvassed by Nigerians. They made their position known at a one-day public hearing organised by the Senate Ad hoc Committee investigating Pay-tv hikes and demand for the pay-per-view subscription model in Nigeria. The panel was chaired by the Senate Deputy Whip, Senator Sabi Abdullahi, and had as members, Senators Michael Nnachi, Suleiman Abdul Kwali, and Abba Moro, who moved the motion for the upper chamber to probe the incessant price hike by cable television operators. The House of Representatives adopted pay-as-you-go and a price…
The PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation has said the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed lied that its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar copied the policy document of President Muhammadu Buhari. This is contained in a statement by the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation made available to newsmen on Thursday. Read the statement below: The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation has observed with utmost dismay the very poor attempt by the Hon. Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to turn truth on its head. While the minister was making a barren attempt to catalogue perceived achievements of the current…
Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, says there are about 265 illegal refineries in the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) corridor alone as Nigeria continues to grapple with oil theft. Sylva spoke at the 60th Anniversary of the Oil Producers Trade Section (OPTS) of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Thursday in Lagos. The minister, represented by Mr Kamaru Busari, Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, said vandalism and oil theft had resulted in Nigeria producing less than one million barrels of crude oil per day. Sylva said the country’s inability to meet…