By Gami Tadanyigbe Evolving women in Politics (EWIP) the United States of America (USA) chapter, have congratulated Olamide Davies Talabi on her glamorous landmark birthday. The USA Coordinator, Jumoke Akintunde who made the felicitation on behalf of the group in a statement issued in New Jersey USA, described Olamide Davies Talabi as a great lover of the people and an Icon of humanity. According to her, Olamide is an icon of humanity who have proved that excellence is about caring, serving the people and humanity in the country. EWIP USA chapter described her as a woman who have impacted positively…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 60 new suspected cases of monkeypox in its latest situation report covering August 1 to 7 in 18 states of the federation and Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In its epidemiological report made available on Monday in Abuja, the centre stated that in the same week, the country recorded 15 confirmed new cases. Monkeypox is a virus similar to smallpox, but symptoms are less severe. It was discovered in 1958after outbreaks occurred in monkeys kept for research. The virus is primarily found in parts of Central and West Africa, but recently spread to…
The Nigerian government has commenced the implementation of the Whitepaper on the Digital Switch-Over (DSO), which prohibits terrestrial Pay TVs from self-carriage of their signals. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Integrated Television Services (ITS) Ltd. and NTA-Star. The ITS is one of the two federal government’s licensed signal distributors in the DSO project – transition from analogue to digital television broadcasting – the other is Pinnacle Communications Ltd. The terrestrial Pay TVs, to be affected by the embargo are Startimes and…
An energy expert, Mr Odianosen Masade, has urged the African continent to adopt a diversified approach to the energy transition quest and leverage on its abundant gas reserves. Masada, Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Gas Association (NGA) expressed the view in an interview on Monday in Yenagoa. He said amidst the lingering global energy crisis and calls to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy to reduce carbon emission, the NGA advocates a diversified approach to energy transition.. According to Masade, Africa needs to be cautious and consider the pertinent issues in transitioning from fossil fuel to cleaner, more sustainable energy…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday held its inaugural forum with traditional/religious leaders on transitional justice and reconciliation in the North East region. Speaking at the meeting in Maiduguri, the Executive Secretary of NHRC, Mr Tony Ojukwu, said the event was organised under its project, “Promoting Reconciliation, Reintegration and Transitional Justice in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states”. The event was supported by the European Union (EU) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). “In North-Eastern Nigeria, traditional and religious institutions whose roles in advancing social and economic development dating more than five centuries have been recognised. “It is therefore based…
The National Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) is investigating Phillips Consulting firm and United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc for alleged violation of the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (NDPR). The National Commissioner of the NDPB, Dr. Vincent Olatunji said this in a statement by the Legal, Enforcement and Regulations Lead of the Bureau Mr Babatunde Bamigboye on Monday in Abuja. Olatunji said the commencement of the forensic investigation was in line with Article Four of the NDPR. “The complaint against Phillips Consulting is in connection with the activities of online lending platforms that willfully breached the privacy of citizens. “The investigation…
The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that Nigerian government is on course to implement a new tariff hike on data and calls. According to her, this will start with the implementation of a percent excise duty tax on all voice calls, SMS, and data services. This is “in addition to the existing 7.5 percent Value Added Tax (VAT), paid for goods and services across all sectors of the economy,” a statement from the minister’s Special Adviser, Media & Communications, Yunusa Tanko Abdullahi, added. “The government made the disclosure on five percent excise duty during…
Eterna Plc says it is investing in the colocation of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Natural Gas (LPG) skids across some of its retail outlets in the country. Eterna Plc is an integrated energy provider. The newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr Benjamin Nwaezeigwe said this at a news briefing on Monday in Lagos. Nwaezeigwe said the move was aimed at supporting the effort of the federal government to deepen gas utilisation in Nigeria in line with the global energy transition. “The industry is moving toward CNG and LPG and as a company; we have started positioning ourselves…
U.S. biotechnology company, Novavax has applied to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) of its protein-based COVID-19 shot as a booster for adults. The vaccine is designed to prevent COVID-19 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS-CoV-2 as a homologous and heterologous booster in adults aged 18 and older, the company said on Monday. If authorised, Novavax’ vaccine would be the first protein-based COVID-19 booster for adults. This application for EUA is supported by data from Novavax’ Phase III PREVENT-19 trial conducted in the United States and Mexico, and from the British-sponsored COV-BOOST Phase II…
Phone and Allied Products Dealers Association of Nigeria has said that most new phones malfunctioned because they lacked the network grade of such an environment. The association’s President, Mr Ifeanyi Akubue said in Lagos on Monday that such phones were bound to malfunction because they were low to such an environment’s grade. Akubue said most people buy a phone because it was trending but lacked the features for which it was purchased. Akubue said that a phone with 3G status was likely to be slow or malfunction in a country with a 4G or 5G network grade. According to him, when a new phone malfunctions,…