Author: Michael Right

At the Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL), a site of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control’s National Reference Laboratory in Lagos, the NCDC has opened a sizable biorepository facility. The Institute of Human Virology in Nigeria, one of the project’s implementing partners, received funding from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US-CDC). The project was a component of continuing initiatives in Nigeria to improve diagnostic capabilities and surveillance for infectious diseases. The recently inaugurated CPHL biorepository will act as a national hub for centralized access to priceless, high-quality, and well-annotated samples. NCDC confirms 24 fresh Monkeypox cases…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has urged the workers in the electrical industry to postpone their planned strike, which was scheduled to start on August 17. Dr. Sule Abdulaziz, the managing director of TCN, wrote a letter to the employees on Tuesday with this appeal. The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), which represents the workers, has instructed its members to picket TCN offices nationwide on August 16 before going on strike the following day, August 17. In a statement, NUEE General Secretary Joe Ajaero claimed the picketing was in opposition to the TCN board’s order requiring all Principal…

First lady Dr. Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 and is presently exhibiting only minor symptoms, according to her spokesperson on Tuesday. “On Monday, the First Lady tested negative for Covid-19 during her routine testing schedule, but by late that night, she had started to experience cold-like symptoms. She tested negative once more on a fast antigen test, but a PCR test revealed a positive result, according to her communications director Elizabeth Alexander. More than a million Covid cases feared in North Korea According to Alexander, who informed CNN that Biden received her second booster dose in April, the first…

On the occasion of Dr. Peter Odili’s 74th birthday, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike presented him with a home. The residence was constructed and given to Odili by the Rivers state government, according to a statement from the governor’s media adviser, Mr. Kelvin Ebiri. Ebiri claims that Wike delivered his remarks on Monday during the 74th birthday celebration held in the former Rivers State governor’s honor, Dr. Peter Odili, at a private mansion built and given to him by the State government in Port Harcourt’s Old Government Residential Area. Dr. Odili, known as the “golden governor of Nigeria” and the…

Abuja, the nation’s capital, will continue to be the safest and most tranquil city in the nation, according to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). In response to recent social media claims about the security situation in the Territory, Ambassador Abu Salihu Mohammed, Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Security Matters, provided the assurance. Despite efforts by purveyors of false information to portray the Territory as hazardous, he claimed that the high level of security of lives and property accounts for the influx of people into the Territory from all regions of the country. “Just recently, the Hon.…

On August 11 and 12, 2022, police officers from the command’s tactical squads and Operation Restore Peace conducted a tactical, intelligence-driven dusk-to-dawn raid on an IPOB/ESN camp in a forest at Agu-Ibeje in Enugu-Ezike Community of Igbo-Eze North Local Government in accordance with the crime fighting strategies developed by the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Abubakar Lawal. According to the police spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the hoodlums engaged the operatives in a gun fight after seeing them and one of them was neutralized while several others managed to flee with deadly bullet wounds due to the operatives’ superior…

Raheem Olabanji, a tenant, has written a letter of demand against Johnny Rowuru, his landlord, asking him to reimburse him for the rent and commission fees he paid for an office space in the Lekki area of Lagos State. The letter was submitted to the Yaba Magistrate’s Court. Olusola Okuwobi, Olabanji’s lawyer, said that his client followed the landlord’s instructions and gave the landlord N600,000 and the agent N140,000 each. Landlord’s son kills tenant over house rent Olabanji decided to vacate the office four months later, according to Okuwobi, who claimed that the landlord had refused to fix basic utilities…

American artiste, Selena Gomez, was spotted kissing Nigerian singer, Rema on the cheek after his musical performance in Los Angeles, United States. Rema who had posted the video clip on his verified Instagram account wrote; “LA gave me butterflies, Love you @selenagomez and big ups my brother @6lack for keeping it real w me❤” During the Nigerian artiste’s musical concert in Los Angeles, USA, Rema shared a video of him with Selena Gomez. Singer Arya Starr tackles Air France over missing luggages In the video, Selena Gomez who was quite blissful was spotted with Rema after his performance, she hugged…

Oyinkansola Sarah Agunbiade, better known as Ayra Starr, a Nigerian singer, has criticized Air France for her misplaced bags. The singer recorded a voice memo in which she bemoaned the loss of her box during one of their travels. She disclosed that the box contains her laptop and the wig she was going to use for a picture shoot. Nigeria lifts ban on Lufthansa, Air France She continued by saying that because she can only record music with the box and it hasn’t been returned, she hasn’t been able to create any new songs. “It’s been two months, I have…

Inaugurating the 16-member Nigeria End Malaria Council (NEMC) with Aliko Dangote as its chairman was President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that if the Council’s agenda is successfully carried out and savings from the disease’s predicted economic impact are realized, Nigeria will save around N687 billion in 2022 and N2 trillion by 2030. According to Mr. Buhari, the coordinated plan to combat malaria offered advantages for Nigeria’s socioeconomic status in addition to raising the standard of living, health, and well-being of Nigerians. Buhari hails IBB at 81 He said: ‘‘Our inauguration today will therefore ensure that malaria…