THE International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has received $350,000 dollars from Coca-Cola Foundation to accelerate vaccination for Nigerians against COVID-19. Mr Chima Nwankwo. Coordinator, Communications and Advocacy of the society, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. “The grant, awarded through the #StoptheSpread fund, administered by the foundation is valued at $350,000 dollars. “It will focus on increasing vaccine uptake and logistic support in key states where there have been established vaccine hesitancy in Nigeria. “IFRC will work with local Red Cross Society teams and volunteers to execute the programme. “This donation…
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THE Lagos State Police Command Lagos has announced the arrest of two men who allegedly specialised in duping people by forging vehicle registration documents. According to the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Thursday in Lagos said the culprits include one Olushola Owoade, 45, and one Sherif Salaudeen, 33. He said the suspects posed as officials of the Vehicle Licensing Office, collected money from people and issued them fake vehicle registration documents. “The duo was arrested following credible intelligence that they duped innocent Nigerians by producing fake vehicle documents…
POPE Francis has ordered the online publication of 170 volumes of files relating to Jewish people from the recently opened Pope Pius XII archives, amid renewed debate about the legacy of the second world war-era pope, reports The Guardian. The archive of 2,700 cases “gathers the requests for help sent to Pope Pius XII by Jewish people … after the beginning of Nazi and fascist persecution”, said the Vatican’s secretary for relations with states, Paul Richard Gallagher, in a statement. Although the documents have been available for consultation by scholars since March 2020, Pope Francis requested they be accessible to…
A seven-man panel of justices of the Supreme Court has on Friday thrown out the suit filed by President Muhammad Buhari and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to challenge the controversial section 84(12) of the Electoral Act, describing it as an abuse of court process. The panel, led by Musa Dattijo-Muhammad, in its unanimous judgement delivered by delivered by Justice Aokmaye Agim, held that President Buhari, having earlier assented to section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act 2022 cannot turn around to approach the court to strike it down. “There is no provision in…
TWO quite unlikely persons will be taking over the Colombian Presidency on August 7, 2022. Gustavo Petro, 62, a former guerrilla fighter of the M-19 revolutionary group who suffered incarceration and torture, won the presidential election rerun this Sunday June 19, 2022 with 50.5 per cent of the votes. It was his third presidential race. His right wing opponent, Rodolfo Hernandez, a construction magnate, had 47.3 per cent of the votes. The vote difference was more than 700,000. It will be the first time in the country’s 210-year post-independence history that a leftist would make it to the Presidency. Just…
IN his written response to questions posed to him by Bloomberg News last Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari insists that he has largely delivered on his campaign promises to Nigerians. His key message was that: “We leave Nigeria in a far better place than we found it. Corruption is less hidden, for Nigerians feel empowered to report it without fear, while money is returned; terrorists no longer hold any territory in Nigeria, and their leaders are deceased; and vast infrastructure development sets the country on course for sustainable and equitable growth. In 2015, Boko Haram held territory the size of Belgium…
Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Malcom Omoirhobo, on Thursday caused a sartorial commotion in a courtroom at the Supreme Court when he appeared in the full traditional regalia of an “Olokun priest” to attend court proceedings. According to Omoirhobo, he dressed to court in the Olokun priest’s regalia to exercise his fundamental human rights following last Friday’s Supreme Court’s judgment granting Nigerians the right to express their way of worship in the use of hijab in schools and public places. The Supreme Court had on Friday given approval to female Muslim students to wear hijab to school in Lagos State. In…
THE London Metropolitan Police have charged Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and wife, Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, with conspiracy to traffic a child to the United Kingdom in order to harvest organs, the law enforcement said on Thursday. The police said the charges followed an investigation by the Metropolitan Police’s Specialist Crime team and gave some details of the accused as follows: [A] Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55 (10.9.66) of Nigeria is charged with conspiracy to arrange/facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation, namely organ harvesting. [B] Ike Ekweremadu, 60 (12.05.62) of Nigeria is charged with conspiracy…
ON Sunday 5 June 2022, Nigerians woke up to yet another terror attack, this time a gory tale of murderous violence on the quiet town of Owo, in Ondo State. The purveyors of death and sorrow left in their trail no less than forty people dead (including children) and countless wounded. A church service of worship, praise and thanksgiving was turned into one of wailing and mourning. The Socialist Congress of Nigeria (SCON) condemns this dastardly act and the many others too numerous to count now in the strongest possible terms. We hold the bereaved families mourning loved ones and…
AN Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced a man, Ayokunle Bailey, to life imprisonment for raping a 15-year-old girl. Delivering judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye, held that the prosecution has proven its case of defilement against the convict. Justice Soladoye held that the convict was brutal, crude and an unkind man who messed up with the minor’s purity and innocence. “The convict is rough and selfish. The survivor gave her testimony truthfully, cogently, positively and brilliantly. She was brave. The story of the convict was full of lies and it was not gelling. He is a reckless…