The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says it is monitoring the new EG.5 and BA.2.86 subvariants of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The NCDC also said the subvariants have not yet been identified in Nigeria. The NCDC made this known in a press statement issued on Saturday and signed by its Director General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa. On August 9, 2023, the World Health Organisation designated EG.5, a descendant lineage of XBB.1.9.2, and its sub-lineages as a variant of interest. The EG.5 is a sublineage of the omicron variant and has been detected…
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has confirmed that the Minister of Arts and Culture, Mrs Hannatu Musawa, is currently doing her one-year youth service and therefore, occupying the ministerial position is in breach of the NYSC Act. The NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, stated this, saying the scheme would take the necessary action on the matter. Bulletin Nigeria had on Thursday reported that a civic group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) confirmed that Musawa was still a serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). HURIWA, in a statement signed by its…
A popular socialite and businessman, Mike Nwogu, aka Pretty Mike, has said it is unnecessary for people to lie about their age in a bid to get married. In an interview with Saturday Beats, he said, “I don’t think one should go into marriage with a lot of skeletons in one’s cupboard, especially lying about one’s age or having children before. The question is, ‘If the person had been telling such lies, what is the guarantee that the marriage will last when it is based on lies’?” Asked if he could divorce his wife if he found out she lied…
A man identified as a pastor of a pentecostal church, Pastor Prosper Obum Igboke has committed suicide in Nnewi, Anambra State. Sources said the man jumped down from a two storey-building after he was jilted by his lover. A relative of the deceased, who spoke to DAILY POST under anonymity, said the man had trained his lover in the university, after which she declined his marriage proposal. “The man was 30 years old at the time of his death. His girlfriend, whom he intended to marry disappointed him after seeing her through the university. “He jumped…
The state chairmen of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) have rejected the purported suspension of the chairman of the party’s board of trustees (BoT), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, by the National Working Committee (NWC). The position of the NNPP chairmen was made known in a statement signed by their chairman and NNPP chairman in Kwara state, Alhaji AbdulSalam AbdulRasaq. In the statement released in Ilorin Friday, AbdulRazaq described the purported suspension of Aniebonam as “uncalled for and unacceptable.” Demanding the immediate reversal of the suspension order, AbdulRazaq called on the presidential candidate of the party in the…
A fake doctor identified as Abawulor Omenka has been caught by the Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners while trying to apply as a medical officer at the Covenant University Medical Centre, Ota, in the Sango area of Ogun State. Punch Healthwise gathered that Omenka had applied for the position of a Medical Officer and reportedly presented fake credentials, which included a photocopy of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria registration certificate issued in 2015. The 35-year-old suspect also presented a certificate from the Benue State University where he claimed to have obtained a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery,…
The Economic Community of West African States on Friday told Niger’s coup leaders that it was “not too late” to reconsider their position as they wrangle over a return to civilian rule with the option of military force still “very much on the table”. Generals who ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in a July 26 rebellion have called for a three-year transition period while the Economic Community of West African States demands the immediate return to constitutional order. With delegations shuttling into Niamey, ECOWAS says negotiations remain its priority while defence chiefs prepare a standby mission for a possible “legitimate use…
Newly-crowned UFC champion, Sean O’Malley has revealed that he is allowed to cheat on his wife because he pays for everything. He made this known when he made an appearance on Bradley Martyn’s “Raw Talk” podcast, O’Malley asserted that he can be unfaithful to his wife, Danya Gonzalez, with whom he shares a three-year-old daughter, beacuse he foots all her bills. He said, “I’m a king, I pay for everything. I treat Danya like a queen. If I get a little p–s on the side, what does that have to do with anything? I have testosterone running through…
The Appeal Court in Owerri, Imo state, on Thursday, sacked Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party and recognised Lamidi Apapa as the authentic Chairman of the party. Newsmen gathered that the Appeal Court also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to immediately recognise and publish the names of all the governorship candidates produced by the Apapa-led National Working Committee in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states while dismissing the gubernatorial candidature of Senator Athan Achonu of Imo state, and others belonging to the Abure-led LP faction. Details later…
The Kano State Executive Council has approved the release of N854 million for the Auren Zaurawa Mass Wedding Initiative. It also approved N700m for the payment of school fees for 7,000 indigenes of the state studying at Bayero University Kano (BUK). Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf made this known on Thursday via his verified X page, formerly known as Twitter. “As part of our efforts to cushion the biting effects of our current economic reality; The Kano State Executive Council under my leadership has today, approved the release of the sum of Seven Hundred Million Naira to settle…