Author: NPO Admin II
Social media posts have falsely linked a recent spike in unexplained hepatitis in children to the Covid vaccine. The affected children were mostly under the age of five and therefore not eligible for the jab, health agencies monitoring the situation say. But this hasn’t stopped the claims – and other theories around lockdown or sending children back to school – being promoted as fact. So what are the established facts of the cases so far? As of 21 April 2022, the World Health Organization had recorded at least 169 cases of unexplained hepatitis – inflammation of the liver – in…
The US defence department has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of acting with “depravity” in his invasion of Ukraine. Spokesman John Kirby became visibly emotional as he asked how anyone “moral” could justify the atrocities committed by Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday he was still open to peace talks with Mr Putin. But he said there was a high risk they could collapse amid Russian aggression. Speaking to Polish media, Mr Zelensky said he wanted to meet Mr Putin because “a single man decides everything” in Russia. But the destruction left by Russian forces in occupied areas…
The UK government has sent a minister to the British Virgin Islands after an inquiry called for a return of UK rule. It comes after a turbulent few days for the overseas territory, which saw its leader Andrew Fahie arrested in the US for alleged drug trafficking and money laundering. After his arrest, a report was released recommending direct rule be imposed from London due to corruption concerns. But the acting leader of the BVI has said he opposes the UK taking control. The BVI is a British overseas territory home to more than 35,000 people and made up of more than…
A police officer who appeared on the Nigerian version of Big Brother without permission from her bosses has been given a final written warning. PC Khafilat Kareem was a serving Metropolitan Police officer when she applied to be on the show in 2019. A misconduct hearing ruled PC Kareem should be given the written warning after gross misconduct was proven. She entered the Big Brother house in Lagos in June 2019 and lasted 77 days before being evicted. The misconduct panel, sitting at the Empress Building in west London, found PC Kareem had breached the standards of professional behaviour in…
Twenty Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) met PenCom’s deadline to increase their Minimum Regulatory Capital (shareholders’ fund) from N1 billion to N5 billion by April 27. Pension Commission (PenCom) made the declaration in a statement it issued in Lagos on Friday. PenCom had in 2021, approved recapitalisation for PFAs, with a 12-month transition from April 27, 2021 to April 27, 2022. The commission declared then that the recapitalisation was expedient as the value of pension fund assets under management and custody had grown exponentially. The assets had grown by 244 per cent from N3 trillion in 2012 (when the previous recapitalisation…
The Tinubu Support Group (TSG) on Friday in Abuja, said there was no opposition that could prevent Sen. Bola Tinubu presidency from emerging in 2023. The group also said that it only recognised Sen. Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) leader as the only presidential aspirant in the 2023 presidential race. Mr. James Faleke, House of Representatives member representing Ikeja Federal constituency, said this when he led members of the group to pick up the APC Expression of interest and Nomination forms for Tinubu in Abuja “We are here as a team on behalf of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu…
The lawmaker representing Kano Municipal Council in the state’s House of Assembly, Salisu Ahmad-Gwangwazo, defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday. The lawmaker announced his decision in a letter sent to the Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Alhaji Hamisu Chidari in Kano. The speaker’s spokesman, Malam Uba Abdullahi, said in a statement that Ahmad-Gwangwazo sited fractionalisation in the leadership of the PDP at the state and national levels as reason for his defection. He stated that in the lawmaker’s letter to the speaker entitled: “Notification of my defection from PDP to…
A two-time member of the House of Representatives, Hon Ahmed Wadada has declared his ambition to run for the Nasarawa West Senatorial District. If he wins, he will be replacing Sen. Abdullahi Adamu who quit the Senate to become the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress. Wadada said this on Friday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen after picking the All Progressives Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest the seat in 2023. Wadada is the current Chairman of Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited. Wadada said his chances at emerging victorious in the election was bright as…
Nigeria’s Super Falcons have South Africa as their Group C rivals in the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), as well as Botswana and Burundi. They were drawn in the same group at the official draw ceremony held at the Complex Mohamed VI in Rabat, Morocco on Friday. The Group A of the women football competition billed for July in Morocco has the hosts, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Uganda. Group B has Cameroon, Zambia, Tunisia and Togo. It was the first time 12 teams will be participating in the tournament with Togo, Burundi, Burkina Faso and Botswana as debutants.…
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said that it was not easy aspiring to be president while serving as a state governor at the same time. Mohammed said this while hosting leadership of the Nigerian Labour Union (NLC), media chiefs, and Traders Artisans Association to a Ramadan fast break (Iftar), on Friday at the Government House, Bauchi. He said that his move to join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primaries ahead of the 2023 general election was to serve the best interest of Nigerians. The Northern PDP Elders Forum led by Prof. Ango Abdullahi, on April 23, endorsed…