Author: David Great

The Benue Chairman of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr Ushakuma Anenga, has cautioned against the use of herbal remedies to treat diabetes. Anenga gave the advice on Wednesday in Makurdi during an awareness programme to commemorate World Diabetes Day for Pensioners. The event was organised by the state chapter of NMA, Society for Family Physicians and Medical Women Association of Nigeria. He urged those with the condition to stick to their drugs and maintain dietary exercise in order to live long. According to him, diabetes prevention starts from youthful age and warned against sedentary lifestyle and encouraged people to maintain…

Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited (HEOSL), operator of the OML 30 Joint Venture (JV) between NNPC E&P Limited (NEPL) and Shoreline Natural Resources Limited (SNRL), on behalf of the JV partners, has donated relief materials valued at more than fifty million naira (N50million) to 10 communities in its area of operation affected by the recent flood disaster, which has ravaged several communities in the delta region of Nigeria. This is the JV partners’ way of supporting the communities neighboring the asset, currently devastated and rendered homeless by the unfortunate natural disaster. As responsible investors, the OML 30 JV partners’ move…

The first house winner in Globacom’s Festival of Joy promotion, Ibrahim Akindele, who took possession of the property on Wednesday, November 16, said he is still in disbelief even after collecting the keys to the apartment from the company. Akindele, a 19-year-old undergraduate of Science Laboratory Technology of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, told the media and guests at the presentation ceremony that he was too overwhelmed with happiness and gratitude to the digital services provider for making him an overnight landlord at his young age. The Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr. Debo Ogundoyin,…

YouTube has announced its expansion efforts to support creators and the creative economy in Africa with $20000 and $50000 respectively after selecting 40 creators from Sub-Saharan Africa to be part of the 2023 #YouTubeBlack Voices. Alex Okosi, Managing Director, Emerging Markets, YouTube EMEA, said, “We are excited about the creators, musical artists and producers from Africa joining others from across the world in the 2023 #YouTubeBlack Voices Fund. “The initiative is dedicated to equipping up-and-coming Black creators and artists with the resources to succeed on our platform.” YouTube remove R. Kelly’s official channels He said, “As support from YouTube, grantees…

Gunmen have killed at least 12 people in an attack on a village in Plateau State as the local crisis over land continues to rage on. Governor Simon Lalong said on Wednesday that the latest deadly incident was fuelled by growing pressure on land resources in the country. Violence between farmers and pastoralists has become increasingly common in recent years as population growth leads to an expansion of the area dedicated to farming, leaving less land available for open grazing by nomads’ herds of cattle. A local resident, Bernard Matur, said the gunmen attacked Maikatako village, in Plateau state, on…

Elon Musk has told Twitter staff that they must commit to working “long hours at high intensity” or else leave the company, according to reports. In an email to staff, the social media firm’s new owner said workers should agree to the pledge if they wanted to stay, the Washington Post reported. Those who do not sign up by Thursday will be given three months’ severance pay, Mr Musk said. The BBC has contacted Twitter for comment. In his email to staff, also seen by The Guardian, Mr Musk said that Twitter “will need to be extremely hardcore” in order…

Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) has met with an unnamed leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) assuring them that he will not run his administration on the basis of religion if elected. Tinubu who met with the CAN leadership in Abuja on Wednesday said he did not consider religion when he was picking a running mate, instead he went for the best choice available. At the meeting, Tinubu assured CAN that the same way his administration did not discriminate against anyone either based on tribe, religion or gender when he was Lagos governor,…

An elderly man, Musa Sulaiman, and his daughter (names withheld), on Wednesday dragged one Umar Salisu, a tricycle rider, to a Shari’a court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna for allegedly impregnating the daughter. The two plaintiffs who spoke through their counsel, Bar. Kabir Alhassan, said Salisu had promised to marry the second plaintiff after the incident but failed to do so after she had been delivered of her baby. “Two years ago, the defendant approached the first plaintiff with a request to allow him court his daughter who was 16 years old at that time. “The father of the second plaintiff…

A PhD holder, Clement Chibuike have asked a Lagos High Court, to order Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to pay him the sum of N100 million, for allegedly detaining him unjustly beyond the period recognized by the law. Chibuike also asked the court for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the IGP and four others, their agents, privies and servants, from further detaining him or in any way limit his rights to human dignity, personal liberty and freedom of movement contrary to the provisions of Sections 34(1), 35(1) and 41(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as…

The Centre for Public Accountability (CPA)and Civil Society Partners have indicted Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, over N1.5 trillion and $9.8 million fraud. The civil society organisations claimed Bawa obstructed justice by refusing to investigate Bashir Jamoh, the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) following corruptions against him. Addressing a press conference in Lagos on Wednesday, the executive director of CPA, Olufemi Lawson, said that repeated efforts to get the EFCC to investigate NIMASA have been futile because Bawa is a beneficiary of the NIMASA boss. The civil society organisation noted that…