Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the US President Joe Biden to exercise his powers “pursuant to the Presidential Proclamations 7750 and 8697 and the Immigration and Nationality Act to ban Nigerian officials, politicians and other perpetrators and sponsors of violence during the just concluded elections.” SERAP also urged Mr Biden to “use…
The Labour Party (LP) has faulted the process of collating the result of last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly Elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),saying it will challenge the outcome in court. LP alleged that most of its members were deliberately disenfranchised through varied means across the country, but were more discerning in…
[ad_1] Some attempted to set the local government office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ablaze in Takai local government area of Kano state. A witness, who preferred anonymity, said it happened during a clash between political supporters at the headquarters of Takai town, Sunday morning. “The fire was set up from behind the…
Prof. Yakubu By Juliet Jacob The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it is ready for the announcements of the Presidential and National Assembly elections conducted yesterday. The collation centre will now open for the announcement by 6 pm, according to INEC National Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Yakubu had said on Saturday that…
[ad_1] Hundreds of shops have been razed by a fire outbreak at a popular Monday market in Maiduguri, Borno state. NAN reports that the fire started in the early hours of Sunday. Some of the shops affected included those housing consumables such as tomatoes, boutiques, poultry products, and second-used clothes among others. Fire service personnel…
[ad_1] Dr. Sylvester Ikhisemojie When this topic was first discussed on this page about nine years ago, many readers were incredulous that children could even suffer from cancer. At the time, we broadly addressed the issues surrounding childhood malignant diseases as they are more formally called. This week, we shall be discussing just a small…
[ad_1] Alexander Okere Head of Microbiology Department at Adeleke University, Osun State, Dr Oladipo Kolawole, tells ALEXANDER OKERE how typhoid fever, a common but deadly infection when untreated can be managed What is typhoid fever? Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection that can spread in every part of the body and affect many organs. It can lead…
[ad_1] Nigeria’s odorous reputation for widespread open defecation and how to shake it off have bounced back into public discourse. Re-tabling the challenges at a forum recently, the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, lamented the ineffectiveness of states in enforcing water and sanitation regulations and their indifference to such issues. Given its importance, however,…
[ad_1] Sodiq Ojurongbe Patent medicine stores in Nigeria are only authorised to sell over-the-counter drugs. Investigations by PUNCH HealthWise, however, revealed that many of the stores in Lagos and Ogun communities not only sell prescription medicines but are also dealing in spurious and expired drugs. SODIQ OJUROUNGBE who visited about 15 patent medicine stores in…
[ad_1] In Bayelsa State, two women sustained gunshot injuries during a violence that broke out in Ofoni Ward, the home town of the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, during the governorship election. An eyewitness, who is a voter at the polling unit, told Daily Trust on Sunday that three irate youths from…
