Malawi has declared a polio outbreak after a case was detected in a young child in the capital Lilongwe, the first case of wild poliovirus in Africa in more than five years, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Laboratory analysis showed the strain detected in Malawi was linked to one that has been circulating in Pakistan, where it is still endemic, the WHO said in a statement. “As an imported case from Pakistan, this detection does not affect the African region’s wild poliovirus-free certification status,” the WHO said. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative said the case in Malawi was in…
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By Fadhlillah Abdallah The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced that its operatives foiled attempt by a syndicate to steal at least N2.7 billion from the Nigerian economy by pushing fake $4.7 million cash into circulation in the country. A statement by the spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday, said the operatives intercepted a consignment sent from Lagos to Abuja at Abaji area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in the early hours of Friday 18 February 2022. “A controlled delivery of the parcelled counterfeit US dollars totalling $4,760,000.00 led to the…
A group of northern youths from the 19 states in the region, under the aegis of “North-4-Osinbajo”, has thrown its weight behind the presidential ambition of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Coordinator of the group, Sani Mohammed, said this at the maiden rally it organised on Saturday in Jos. Mohammed, who said that membership of the group cuts across political parties, ethnic and religious affiliation, described the vice president as a man of honour who had all it takes to move Nigeria forward. According to him, Osinbajo as vice president has contributed to the growth of Nigeria’s economy, insisting that he will…
Brad Pitt was “devastated” by Angelina Jolie’s decision to sell her share of their jointly owned winery to a Russian businessman. The 58-year-old star – who split from fellow star Angelina in 2016 – had initially thought the pair would reach their own conclusion when it came to the business, but was left “devastated” when Angelina,46, sold her share without consulting him. A source told UsWeekly: “He assumed they’d work it out because she knows how important the winery is to him. When she sold it out from under him – out of the blue -, he was devastated.” The…
President Biden will be convening a National Security Council meeting on Ukraine on Sunday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement on Saturday. “President Biden continues to monitor the evolving situation in Ukraine, and is being updated regularly about events on the ground by his national security team. They reaffirmed that Russia could launch an attack against Ukraine at any time,” she said. Psaki also added that the president had received an update on Vice President Harris’s meetings at the Munich Security Conference. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted earlier on Saturday that he had an “urgent…
The Managing Director, Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Matthew Pwajok says the operations of the agency are based on global standards. Pwajok said this when he featured as a guest in the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum, in Abuja. According to him, the country cannot afford to apply a standard that is different from that obtainable in other countries of the world, thus the need for best standards. “Everything we do is in line with global standard aviation is generally referred to as a global industry. “Airlines from different parts of the world come to Nigeria; we cannot apply…
Osun state governor, Gboyega Oyetola has been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in the state. Oyetola, who is seeking re-election, pulled 222,169, votes to defeat his closet rival, Moshood Adeoti, the preferred candidate of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola who scored 12,921. The governor won in all the 30 local government areas of the state in the direct primary election on Saturday. He also defeated Lasun Yusuf, a former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, who scored 460 votes. Kwara state governor, AbdulRaham AbdulRazak, Chairman of the Primary Election Committee, announced the results at…
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) says it significantly scaled down the number of Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) from 28,215 in 1987 to 13,027 in 2021, representing 54 per cent reduction. The Corps Marshal of FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, said this during the agency’s 34th anniversary award and dinner in Abuja. Oyeyemi said that there was an alarming rate of road traffic crashes due to increased vehicular density on the roads prior to the establishment of the commission in 1988. He said that the government had to take adequate measures as Nigeria was considered one of the most dangerous countries…
Gunmen have killed Sule Mathew, a first-class graduate of communication and former intern with PRNigeria while travelling to Anambra state with other passengers. Mathew studied Information and Media Studies and graduated with first-class from the Faculty of Communication, Bayero University Kano (BUK), recently. He was killed with other passengers at Ekwulobia one of the largest cities in Anambra State after Awka, Onitsha and Nnewi. The remains are reportedly deposited at the General Hospital Ekwulobia His course mate, who also interned with at PRNigeria, Salis Manager said Mathew was billed to participate in the forthcoming orientation programme of the National Youth…
A Professor of Industrial and Commercial Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Joe Abugu has faulted the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), over its stance on the conferment of professorial status on the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami by the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO). The National Executive Committee of ASUU had set aside the findings by its FUTO chapter, which had endorsed the procedure for the conferment of the professorial rank. However, in a position paper titled: “Of University Autonomy, Meddlesomeness of ASUU and its War Against Prof. Ibrahim Isa Pantami,” Professor Abugu,…