Month: February 2023

Fake Anti-Malaria Drugs kill 267,000 Nigerians, Others In 1 Year

ADEOLA YUSUF

Falsified and substandard antibiotics kill additional 169,271 sub-sahara Africans   In Nigeria and other nations im sub-Saharan Africa, as many as 267,000 deaths per year are linked to falsified and substandard antimalarial medicines, a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report found. In addition, up to 169,271 are linked to falsified and substandard antibiotics used to treat severe pneumonia in children. Trafficking these products is also taking a direct economic toll on affected countries. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that caring for people who have used falsified…

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Pay New Notes Over The Counter, CBN Orders Banks As Cash Crunch Worsens

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks to commence the payment of the new Naira notes over the counter. This came as cash Crunch being suffered by Nigerians worsened. However, this new order by CBN is subject to a maximum daily payout limit of N20,000. Before now, the redesigned notes could only be paid through ATMs. The bank has also vowed to go after sellers and abusers of the Naira, stating that they shall be prosecuted by the apex bank, the police, and other agencies. READ ALSO:…

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Australian Varsities Return To ‘Pen On Paper’ Exams After Students Used AI Software To Write Perfect Essays

ADEOLA YUSUF

What to know about ChatGPT, latest artificial intelligence software for ‘perfect’ essays, news and articles writings   Australian universities have been forced to change the way they run exams and other assessments amid fears students are using emerging artificial intelligence software to write essays. Major institutions have added new rules which state that the use of AI is cheating, with some students already caught using the software. But one AI expert has warned universities are in an “arms race” they can never win. READ ALSO: Top 10 Best Universities in…

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You’re a Failure, You’re a Liar; Amosun, Abiodun In Battle Royale

ADEOLA YUSUF

How the Ogun governorship election will be won and lost: Full statement by both prominent friends turned political foes   Former governor of Ogun state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, and his successor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, have, again, clashed as campaign on who occupies the Oke-mosan governor’s office hots up. While Amosun labelled Abiodun as a monumental failure, the governor described Amosun as a Liar christening him Irokunle, who “renovated a Model School built for N830 million with N3 billion.” READ ALSO: Court Sacks Biyi Otegbeye, Others As Ogun ADC Gov, Assembly…

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Pastor Fakes Obituary To Avoid N3m Debt Repayment

ADEOLA YUSUF

A pastor in Ondo State, Paul Oyewole, has been accused of publishing and posting his own obituary on the social media platform, WhatsApp, in a bid to avoid repaying a ₦3 million debt owed to a church member. The 43-year-old pastor was arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court, Ondo Town, Ondo on charges of fraudulently obtaining ₦3m from one Boyede Emmanuel, with the promise to pay back the money within seven days, a promise he failed to fulfill, reports Vanguard on Wednesday. Police Prosecutor, Akao Moremi, informed the court that…

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Supreme Court Sacks Bwacha As APC Governorship Candidate In Taraba

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Supreme Court on Wednesday nullified the nomination of Emmanuel Bwacha as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State. A five-member panel led by Kudirat Kekere-Ekun delivered the judgment on Wednesday. A federal high court in Jalingo, Taraba state, first sacked Bwacha as the APC’s governorship candidate in September 2022 in a suit filed by David Sabo Kente, a governorship aspirant READ ALSO: Coalition Bemoans Discrimination Against Women In Hijab, Tags Action Islamophobia Protests As Ekweremadu, Wife Appear In UK Court Insecurity: CUPP Petitions Buhari,…

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Coalition Bemoans Discrimination Against Women In Hijab, Tags Action Islamophobia

ADEOLA YUSUF

The theme of this year’s WORLD HIJAB DAY IS PROGRESSION NOT OPPRESSION   A coalition of Muslim Organisations on Wednesday commemorated the World Hijab Day in Lagos, where they bemoaned continuous discrimination against women in Hijab. Platforms Africa reports that the coalition includes the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria Lagos state Area Unit, Nasrul-lahi-li Fathi Society of Nigeria (NASFAT), Al Muminaat: The Believing Women Organisation, Hijab Rights Advocacy Initiative, Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN Lagos), and Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC). Others are Guild of Muslim Professionals…

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Protests As Ekweremadu, Wife Appear In UK Court

ADEOLA YUSUF

The human trafficking case against a former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, resumed in a London court on Tuesday. However, anti- and pro-Ekweremadu protests were staged in front of the court ahead of the proceedings. AFP reported that before court proceedings, there was a gathering of protesters, some of whom were in support of the lawmaker while others were against him. The lawmaker was in June 2022 arrested alongside his wife at Heathrow Airport in London on the allegation that they flew a young…

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Why I Don’t Support Funke Akindele’s Political Ambition — Bimbo Akintola

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Real reason I am working for Bola Tinubu to be next President of Nigeria,” Nollywood star opens up   Nollywood actress, Bimbo Akintola, has explained why she is not supporting the political ambition of her felkow actress, Funke Akindele, but pitching her tent with the All Progressives Congress, including its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for the 2023 elections. Akindele is the deputy governorship candidadte of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos For the forthcoming elections. Akintola who revealed her choice in an interview she granted Television Continental…

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Domestic Violence: Who’ll Speak For Men Abused By Their Wives?

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Here are the names of Nigerian men (lawyer, rich and influencial men) who were abused and even killed by their wives. Men also suffer but they have difficulty reporting incidents of assault.”   Everyday men abuse women. Until in recent years, such abuses went unreported. Nowadays, due to advocacies by gender activists, violence against women and girls now feature more prominently in the media. Even with the level of publicity that it receives, gender activists insist that gender-based violence remain largely under-reported. In a twist of fate, violence against men…

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