Day: January 3, 2024

Ugandan LGBT Activist In Critical Condition After Stabbing

Ganiyu Amodu

A prominent LGBT rights activist in Uganda, where sexual minorities say they have faced a wave of abuse since a harsh anti-gay law was enacted last year, was stabbed on Wednesday and is in critical condition, his organisation said. Steven Kabuye was ‘stabbed to near death by unknown assailants a few meters from our home as he was heading for work this morning,’ Coloured Voices Media Foundation-Truth to LGBTQ Uganda, said on the social media platform X. Coloured Voices shared a video that showed Kabuye writhing in pain with an…

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Africa’s Largest Syringe Production Firm, JSM, Shuts Factory In Nigeria

Ganiyu Amodu

▪️ Reason Jubilee Syringe Manufacturing (JSM) ceased operations in Awa, Onne LGA of Akwa Ibom state   Jubilee Syringe Manufacturing Company touted as the largest syringe manufacturing venture in Africa, has officially ceased operations. The company, located in Awa, Onna Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, ended operations on December 31, 2023, attributing the decision to “unforeseen circumstances affecting our business operations.” Formerly inaugurated in 2017 by the then-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Jubilee Syringe Manufacturing Company had been a significant player in the healthcare industry. However, despite its stature,…

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Major Shakeup Rocks Federal Road Safety Corps + Those Affected

Ganiyu Amodu

A major shake up in the top hierarchy of the Federal Road Safety Corps has been effected by the Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali Biu. This was disclosed in a statement by Deputy Corps Public Education Officer, Corps Commander Charles Edem, on Tuesday. According to the statement, Biu approved the redeployment of two Deputy Corps Marshals and one Assistant Corps Marshal to key Departments and Corps offices in order to give a boost to existing efforts of the Corps towards creating a safer motoring environment. The redeployed senior officers: Deputy Corps…

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Oil Marketers Peg Petrol Price At N1,200 Per Litre

Abibat Babalola

.. As Bickering With NNPCL Ocer Subsidy Degenerates       The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and fuel marketers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, on Tuesday, clashed again over the removal of subsidy on petrol. This came against the backdrop of the depreciation of the naira against the United States dollar at both the official Investors & Exporters Window and the parallel market. On Tuesday, the local currency closed at 998/dollar at the official market, while it traded at 1,225/dollar at the black…

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Talks Ongoing For Nnamdi Kanu’s Release – Deputy Speaker

Ganiyu Amodu

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu said that talks were ongoing to free Nnamdi Kanu from detention. This was contained in a statement by his chief press Secretary Levinus Nwabughiogu in Abuja. Recall that the Supreme Court recently ordered the retrial of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra who has been in detention for a long while now. Consequently, his incarceration has generated a lot of agitations including the sit-at-home observed on Mondays in the South-East region. Speaking virtually on the “South…

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Armed Robber High On Hard Drugs Arrested During Operation

ADEOLA YUSUF

An armed robber who was high on hard drugs, Basiru Hassan, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command. According to information available to The Eagle Online, the one-man gang robber was arrested on January 2, 2023. The Eagle Online was told that Hassan was arrested by operatives attached to Sagamu Divisional Police Headquarters. He was said to have been arrested at about 8:30am after the police received a distress call from the Seriki Sabo area of Sagamu that a one-man gang armed robber attempted to rob…

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Consider Legitimate Students Before Blacklisting Foreign Varsities, NANS Begs Nigerian Govt

Abibat Babalola

The National Association of Nigerian Students has appealed to the Federal Government to reconsider the suspension of accreditation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo. The students’ body maintained that the government need to consider the impact of this decision on legitimate students who have pursued their education in the affected countries. Platforms Africa reported that the Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday announced the suspension of accreditation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo READ ALSO: It’s Absurd Asking Women To Travel To Abuja For Name Change,…

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It’s Absurd Asking Women To Travel To Abuja For Name Change, Minister Tells NIS

Ganiyu Amodu

Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has berated officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) for always asking people, especially married women, to go to its headquarters in Abuja to change their names on their passports. The minister, who described the act as “stupid”, spoke at a dinner with members of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (ABAT) Media Centre and some social media influencers in Abuja. Tunji-Ojo said there is nowhere in the world where women are subjected to such inhuman practice on account of marriage. The minister queried if NIS personnel…

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Harvard President Resigns Over Plagiarism Allegations

Ganiyu Amodu

Harvard President Claudine Gay has resigned following allegations levelled against her and other presidents of Ivy League schools for their congressional testimony about antisemitism on campus. The New York Times quoted Harvard Crimson student newspaper that Gay tendered her resignation on Tuesday. She had been under fire for weeks because of how she has handled controversy at Harvard over the war in Gaza It revealed that Gay resigned amid allegations of plagiarism adding that she failed to properly cite sources in her academic papers, making her become the shortest-serving president…

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NIDCOM Warns MDAs, Embassies Against Phoney Diaspora Groups

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has warned all government Ministries, Departments and Agencies; Embassies and High Commissions; as well as Diaspora groups to beware of phoney diaspora groups with apparent sinister and political ulterior motives parading as authentic diaspora group. Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit of NIDCOM, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, on Tuesday said this. In a statement he issued in Abuja, Balogun specifically mentioned a group, Nigeria Diaspora Forum, which claimed it has established an office in Abuja for the welfare of Nigerians in the Diaspora. He said:…

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