LUTH ANNOUNCES BREAKTHROUGH IN CURE OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), in partnership with Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria (SCFN), has establish a high-quality, safe bone marrow transplant programme that meets international standards for the cure of sickle cell disease in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by the Chief Medical Director of LUTH, …

PDP CRISIS: ATIKU BACKS ANTI-DAMAGUM FORCES, WANTS PARTY CHAIR REMOVED Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has thrown his weight behind the plot to unseat the acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Umar Damagum.Atiku reached out to members of the PDP National Working Committee, advocating for Damagum’s ouster, sources told newsmen on Sunday. This move to remove Damagum has …

MALAMI AND THE MYSTERIOUS MILLIONS OF A MINISTERNigeria is a very difficult country to understand. Too difficult to grasp, or comprehend mentally. One minute a man is poor, the next minute he is rich, stupendously rich. That is one aspect of the Nigerian feature that is incongruous with the provisions of common sense. In Nigeria, financial opportunities avail themselves to …

MINIMUM WAGE: FG, LABOUR SIGN MOU ON SALARIES ADJUSTMENT The committee on consequential salary adjustments recently constituted by the federal government arising from the new Minimum Wage Act 2024 has concluded its assignment with both parties’ signing a Memoranda of Understanding (MOU). The federal government penultimate Friday formally inaugurated a 16-member consequential adjustments in salaries arising from provisions of the …

LAND OWNERS EXONERATE FORMER MINISTER, BARTH NNAJI, OF LAND GRABBING ALLEGATION Contrary to media reports that former Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji has been enmeshed in a land grabbing scandal, the Leadership of Onuogba-Nike Community in Enugu East Council Area of Enugu State and owners of the said land have dismissed the allegation, declaring that he lawfully acquired the …

PDP SUPPORTERS PROTEST OUTCOME OF EDO GOVERNORSHIP Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have staged a protest at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Benin City against the ongoing collation of results from the recent governorship election in Edo State.The protests erupted as the All Progressives Congress (APC), the major opposition party, was declared winner of the …

WINNERS AND LOSERS OF EDO GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONWINNERS(1) Monday Okebholo: relatively unknown, somewhat demure and allegedly uncharismatic, he beat all odds and attacks over his alleged inability to speak English to take his message to the grassroots without a single media interview apart from a nine-minute interview he granted to Helen Oyibo of BBC.(2) Osagie Ize-Iyamu: he was one of the …

ANTI-OBASEKI FORCES THAT LED TO DEFEAT OF PDP IN EDO ELECTION The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the Saturday governorship election in Edo State. According to the Returning Officer who is the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Of Technology, Minna, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, the APC candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo polled …

INEC ANNOUNCES APC’S MONDAY OKPEBHOLO AS WINNER OF EDO GUBER ELECTION The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the Edo State governorship election held on September 21, 2024. Results were announced from all 18 local government areas, with a total of 2.2 million Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) collected …

PDP WINS 17 ENUGU LGA CHAIRMANSHIP ELECTION Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) has cleared all the chairmanship position in the Enugu council election held on Saturday. Chairman of Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission, ENSIEC, Prof. Christian Ngwu, who declared the results said the Commission conducted free, fair election. Declaring the election as the fairest, Ngwu said they carefully collated and analysed …

APC’S MONDAY OKPEBHOLO NEARS VICTORY IN EDO GUBER ELECTION, WINS 10 OUT OF 16 LGAS In a keenly contested race, the APC secured wins in key areas including Esan West, Owan West, Akoko Edo, Egor, Esan Central, Ovia South West, Orhionmwon, Owan East, Etsako East, and Etsako West local government areas. The PDP, on the other hand, won in Ovia …

IPAC LAUDS CONDUCT OF ENUGU COUNCIL ELECTION The Inter-party Advisory Council (IPAC) of Enugu State has lauded the conduct of the Local Government Council Elections held on Saturday, describing the exercise as free, fair, credible, and peaceful. IPAC also lauded the impressive voter turnout. In a preliminary statement released by State Chairman Obioma Nnamani and State Secretary Dr. Afam Ani …

EDO ELECTION WILL BE WORST IN NIGERIAN HISTORY – PDP GUBER CANDIDATE The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Edo State governorship election, Asue Ighodalo, has expressed grave concerns that the election could be marked as one of the worst in Nigeria’s history due to numerous alleged irregularities. Speaking at a live press conference on Sunday, organized …

DUBOIS HANDS STUNNING DEFEAT TO ANTHONY JOSHUA Daniel Dubois defeated Anthony Joshua by fifth-round knockout on Saturday to retain his IBF heavyweight title. Dubois produced a stunning performance in front of a sellout crowd of 96,000 at Wembley Stadium in London. The 27-year-old knocked down Joshua four times and finished him off in the fifth round with a right to …

OUT-OF-COURT SETTLEMENT: EX-CJN, ONNOGHEN, MAY REGAIN ACCESS TO FROZEN ACCOUNTFormer Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Samuel Walter Onnoghen, may soon regain access to his frozen accounts and have the order barring him from holding public office for 10 years lifted.This follows a decision by the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday, where a three-member panel granted the Federal Government’s …