HOUSE OF REPS ON IKE EKWEREMADU & HIS ORGAN HARVEST CASE

02/05/23

SHINA J.O

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has asked the federal government to take all necessary diplomatic steps and other necessary interventions regarding the travails of former deputy president of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu and his family.

The House resolution followed a motion by House Deputy Minority Leader, Toby Okechukwu who also appealed to the Central Criminal Court and government of the United Kingdom to temper justice with mercy in sentencing Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice.

Okechukwu cited former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s passionate letter of clemency to the UK government where the elderstatesman testified to Ekweremadu’s character as a patriot, God-fearing and progressive citizen having served the country and west Africa as three-term deputy President of the Senate, deputy speaker and speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament.

The lawmaker asked the Nigeria government to explore its longstanding history and cordial ties with the United Kingdom to negotiate a diplomatic resolution for the former deputy President of the Senate and his wife as it is common practice for nations including the United Kingdom to seek relief for their citizens involved in situations such as that of the Ekweremadus.

Ekweremadu, 60, his wife, Beatrice, 56; and Dr Obinna Obeta, 51, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation after a six-week trial at the Old Bailey

LATEST ON RECALL OF INDOMIE NOODLES BY NAFDAC

02/05/23

PRESS RELEASE

DANIELS G O

The Director General, National Agency for the food, drugs Administration and Control NAFDAC , Professor Mojisola has re-assured the public of the Agency’s commitment to safeguarding the health of the Nation.

In a Press release Tuesday,She noted The agency was proactive and alive to it’s responsibility as the Management has started working on the recalls of Indomie Instant Noodles Special Chicken Flavour by the Ministries of Health in Malaysia and Taiwan on account of the alleged presence of ethylene oxide, a compound associated with an increased risk of cancer.


The agency says it’s has started carrying out a random sampling and analysis of Indomie noodles (including the seasoning) for the presence of ethylene oxide, as well as extending the investigation to other brands of instant noodles offered for sale to Nigerians.

Professional Mojisola Adeyeye,said that thorough investigation of the products is being conducted both at the factory and market levels and our findings will be communicated.

The public is also hereby informed that the implicated Indomie Instant Noodles Special Chicken Flavour is not registered by NAFDAC for sale in Nigeria.

It is important to mention that noodles are on the Import Prohibition List of the Federal Government of Nigeria and is therefore not permitted for importation to Nigeria.

Professor Adeyeye said the Indomie instant noodles products (and other brands of noodles) registered by NAFDAC for sale in the Nigerian market are manufactured in Nigeria and are only granted NAFDAC registration status following a strict regulatory regime covering all aspects of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).

The Ports Inspection Directorate (PID) is also been put on heightened alert to guard against importation of the implicated product into Nigeria.

MET GALA 2023 PHOTO SPEAK : TEMS, SERENA WILLIAMS, OTHERS ATTEND FASHION SHOW IN GRAND STYLE

02/05/23

VICTORIOUS T.D

The annual fanciful fund raising ceremony for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute; MET GALA was held on Monday May 1st 2023 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City United States.

The Black-Tie event usually referred to as “Fashion’s Biggest Night Out,” had as its theme, ‘Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty’ in honour of the late German fashion designer, creative director, artist and photographer Karl Otto Lagerfeld who died in 2019.

Nigeria’s multi award winning singers Burna Boy and Tems alongside international stars Cardi B, Kim Kardashian, Usher, Serena Williams and her husband Alexis Ohanian, Kendall Jenner, Jennifer Lopez, Lil Nas X, Amanda Seyfried among others were in attendance.
Tems decked a black and white dress while Burna Boy wore a Burberry Blue and Black suit to attend the Met Gala for the first time.

To the amazement of all 41 year old American Tennis superstar Serena Williams showed off her baby bump as she walked beside her husband Alexis on the red carpet to announce she is expecting her second child.

The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion and her husband welcomed their first child, a daughter Alexis Olympia Jr., in 2017.

NAFDAC BEGINS TESTING OF INDOMIE NOODLES.

01/05/23

ELIZA D .D

The National Agency for Foods, Drugs Administration And Control NAFDAC has started investigating the news of recalled Indomie noodles by Taiwan and Malaysian authorities.

According to a press release by the Director General Professional Mojisola Adeyeye, the agency will on May 2,2023 through NAFDAC’s Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Directorate randomly sample Indomie noodles (including the seasoning) from the production facilities while Post Marketing Surveillance Directorate samples from the markets.

The compound of interest is ethylene oxide, so the Director, Food Lab Services Directorate is said to have been engaged to work on the methodology for the analysis.

It would be recalled that
Indomie noodles have been banned from being imported into the country for many years, making
It one of the foods on the government prohibition list.

It is also not allowed in Nigeria, and therefore not registered by NAFDAC.

“What we are doing is an extra caution to ensure that the product is not smuggled in, and if so, our post marketing surveillance would detect it” said the Director General..

The agency also wants to be sure that the spices used for the Indomie and other noodles in Nigeria are tested.

CELEBRATION OF ABSURDITY BY LIVY-ELCON EMEREONYE

01/05/23

DANIELS G.O

Certain things that are supposed to exist only in the dream world have happened in Nigeria – and we witnessed them with some people reacting differently based on interests and other primordial considerations.

In the name of politics – dirty politics, some people have murdered their conscience to become effigies of evil, supporting absurdities that humanity dies at their stand.

The criminality that goes on in this country and on a daily basis can make the Devil a saint yet some of us remain indifferent because our perceived enemies were victims, forgetting that what goes around comes around.

On the altar of tribalism, rape has been legalized; with religious attachment, murder has been instigated, aided and commended that heartless murderers that should be behind bars become heroes with cult followership. In an orgy of absurdity, a tout can become the king maker, enjoying state protection while carrying out animalistic acts of annihilation, destroying life and property but with his family members abroad!

We put on a sanctimonious appearance but live on absolute falsehood. We condemn corruption but embrace the corrupt with big money – ill gotten money. We play religion and use it to cover our devilish intentions in a corroded mindset. In the art of hypocrisy, we act in different scripts at different times, speaking from the two sides of our mouths depending on the audience and what we want to achieve. We are but dirty dramatists seeking for relevance in the theatre of dirty politics, forgetting in haste that we receive what we release and get what we give.

Anything built on a false foundation cannot stand the test of time. The wealth created through fraud will surely bring about ill health by not breeding peace of mind. The power gotten through the back door with blood of hapless people will surely make one a hero with a foot of clay – and such a character often dies many times before real death.

Rejoicing over the pains of another person only makes one a beast. Destroying someone’s work will only make one a candidate for destruction. Anyone who kills another person for whatever reason will know no peace. The blood wasted will surely cry for vengeance and the one who spilled the blood directly or indirectly will not go unpunished.

Purveyors of falsehood and merchants of mischief should not be quick to celebrate their exploits for the harvest time will not fail to come. In multiple folds, we will get what we give.

The society ruled by criminals would end up through revolution because there is always a limit to human tolerance and when it is exceeded civility and decorum will be thrown to the dogs.

A thief will promote thievery sometimes with threats, but most times cowards issue threats – empty threats. When a mortal plays God, he becomes a mad dog – and one can guess the treatment given to mad dogs.

Evil can only triumph when people of conscience keep quiet and turn away from reality, and where this becomes the norm the psychopath with power would ascribe people’s leniency to the magical powers of his voodooism, forgetting that who the gods want to destroy, they first make blind.

It is only a misplaced priority to keep idols and worship carved images. Nothing good can come from man-made gods appeased by libation. Such a relationship breeds false confidence that ends in disgrace, but unfortunately this is the path toed by most rulers. They would rather serve carved images than do the right things right, proving that dead dogs have nothing to offer.

The man is doomed that strives to manipulate others. At the appointed time, he will be manipulated from every side even by his partners in crime and confidants. Live a life of deception and become a candidate for deception.

Oftentimes, life is what we make it. Our thoughts when married to our conscious actions produce results. You will be manipulated if you live by manipulating others for it is natural that those who live by the sword die by the sword.

To build trust, you must be ready to put up with a lot of attacks within and outside. You may taste betrayals even from people you least expected such. Your friends might be paid handsomely just to stab you – and when money exchanges hands, anything can happen.

Mutual distrust springs out of envy. Among others, it can creep in through blackmail found in pretended friendship and false sense of appreciation meant to get close, but for evil. Watch those who cry more than the bereaved in the public arena to get attention – they are not dependable and reliable.

Watch the company you keep. Hatred is inevitable where abuse is a religion practiced with fanaticism in the contest for superiority. The people you are fighting for may team up to revolt against you.

The carnival of evil takes centre stage among primitive people full of toxic behaviours – and when they gather for a pound of flesh, they will stop at nothing, what with the god of mammon feeding the flame.

It beats rational thinking why men can go to any length just to destroy their fellow human beings.

When friendship goes sour, decorum is thrown to dungeons. At this point, people fight dirty, using everything within their reach to destroy their enemies. This calls for caution. Be careful with the information you release or the things you do with friends and colleagues when the going is good because they may use it against you in the battle ring to get you down and out.

In a show of wickedness, heartless people will tell you that there is no mercy in pursuit of power, and there is no limit to what one can do to get even. Those who want you out can stop at nothing to execute their plans.

But why extinguish someone’s light if the act will not increase the intensity of your own light?

There is no limit to the machinations of men – and every idiot can excel on a higher degree of idiocy with bait and a bite of a rotten pie.

In a bid to change one’s status and belong to the ruling class, a “saint” can become the devil’s incarnate!

The human species is a very funny but dangerous species that cannot be predicted. Sometimes, it becomes difficult to pinpoint the humane part in the human being. What some people have done and can do, within a cell, remains unimaginable. It is no more news that a brother can kill his brother, a sister can kill her sister, a wife can kill her husband, a father can kill his child, children can kill their parents, and at the end they throw a party to celebrate such absurdity.

The burden of hypocrisy is that among other things, it makes one shameless and toxically unstable, promoting a system of criminality in a society of chaos.

When, for whatever reason, one chooses to call black white, there would be need for caution. Those around such a character must sit up and resist the urge for destruction.

The man who can speak from the two sides of his mouth after selling his conscience can stop at nothing to do evil as long as his interest is taken care of – and the one who soils his hands with blood will like everyone to go down with him.

The people who urge the men of power into the abuse of power are the actual enemies of humanity. With subtle acts of minionism, they elevate sycophancy to a state art whose act can bamboozle the target especially if he is someone that is promoted above his ability, doing everything but wrongly to attract attention and get noticed.

In the act of absurdity, even under spell or intoxication, the actors must remember either through history or intuition that nothing lasts forever. Kings reign and die; kingdoms come and go, but the things done within such a space may linger. You are responsible for your actions.

Therefore, be careful and mindful of yourself so as not to end up on the bad side of history having a prominent place within negative statistics!

BREAKING: JAMB RESCHEDULES UTME FOR 80,166 CANDIDATES

01/05/23

ELIZABETH O.D

PRESS RELEASE

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has rescheduled examination for 80, 166 candidates on Saturday, May 6, 2023.

A statement by JAMB Spokesman Fabian Benjamin says the rescheduling is part of the decisions reached at the end of an emergency management meeting on Sunday, April 30, 2023.

JAMB says categories of candidates eligible for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on May 6 are those who were registered for the 2023 UTME without manifesting any biometric difficulty but who could not be verified on the day of the examination and
will be taking their examination in Abuja, under close supervision.

Others are candidates at Beautiful Beginning CBT Centre, Apo, Abuja, where it featured “Gwagwalada” rather than “Apo” hence misleading the candidates.

Other Categories are those who could not receive notification of examination, candidates whose centres could not carry their full capacity of 250 and, such, had to be batched with some of these centres taking 150 candidates rather than the 250 allotted to them per session and those with data mismatch.

The statement says all candidates under the categories listed above are required to print their slips on or before Thursday, May 4, 2023, so as to know the time and venue of their examination.

JAMB adds that Candidates are to note they would be grouped in a central location within their respective States to sit for the examination hence the need for them to print their notification slips latest by Thursday, May 4, 2023, so as to make sufficient arrangements to sit the examination.

JAMB Notifies it would be releasing the results of candidates, who have taken the examination so far on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.

It says it had delayed the release to ensure that all necessary screening are concluded besides ensuring that the mean and standard deviation are reasonably obtained before releasing the results.

The Exam body says as candidates check their results on Tuesday, May, 2, 2023, those who sat for the examination but had challenges without being aware of such, would not see their results but would instead see their notification for rescheduled examination.

Consequently, JAMB says all candidates who sat for the examination are urged to check their results on or before Thursday, May 8, 2023.

NYSC MEMBERS IN CROSS RIVERS STATE TO ENJOY ALOT OF FREE BENEFITS… GOV.AYADE PROMISES

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01/05/23

Elizabeth O .D

National Youth Service Corps memers Posted to Cross River State will soon enjoy an increase in their monthly allowances along side free training on skill acquisition and other incentives within their service year.

Governor Ben Ayade made this known to the newly posted corps members to the state, during the swearing-in of the 2023 Batch “A” Stream II corps members at the NYSC orientation camp in Obubra.

Ayade who was represented by the director of finance in the ministry of youth and skill acquisition, Edum Egbala, explained that the new welfare scheme was was to appreciate the role NYSC is playing in the state economy.

He assured the corps member of enjoying Cross River State with the new incentives.

While Congratulating the Corps member for the new opportunities,the NYSC State Coordinator, Andrew Zemoh advise them to uphold the rules of engagement and avoid joining of undemocratic agitation during their service year.

NYSC coordinator lauded the commitment of the Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade for providing enabling environment towards the realisation of the objective of the scheme.

MAY DAY SALUTE TO NIGERIA WORKERS : YOUR SACRIFICE WILL NOT GO IN VAIN…Gov Yahaya Bello

01/05/23

BENEDICTA T.D

The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has commended the efforts of Kogi workers and workers across Nigeria on the occasion of this year’s International Workers’ Day.

This day provides an opportunity to recognize and appreciate the hard work, dedication, and sacrifices made by workers who form the backbone of our economy.

Bello is proud of Kogi’s workforce, which he considers second to none, and recognizes their significant contribution to the development of the state and the nation. He acknowledges the critical role of workers in the growth of the country and assures them that their sacrifices will not be in vain.

The governor’s administration recognizes the substantial contribution of workers in various sectors, including healthcare, education, agriculture, and manufacturing, and credits their tireless efforts for the success of the state.

Despite the challenges of the past year, workers have remained committed to their work, and Bello pledges his administration’s commitment to continue supporting them, creating an enabling environment for them to thrive, and improving their working conditions and welfare.

On this Workers’ Day celebration, Bello once again expresses his heartfelt appreciation to all workers in Kogi State, acknowledging their hard work, dedication, and sacrifices for the state.

DAVIDO CELEBRATES WIFE CHIOMA ! ASSURES HER OF HIS LOVE FOREVER

30/04/23

Nigerian Afropop singer David Adeleke popularly known as Davido has taken to his Instagram page to celebrate and reassure his wife Chioma of his unending love for her; to mark her birthday.

The “I’M UNAVAILABLE” crooner Davido shared a picture of his wife on Sunday April 30th 2023, with the caption:

“Today I just want to celebrate my right hand! My go to! Happy birthday baby @thechefchi ! God bless you.

“Your love is timeless. It’s a forever thing I ASSURE YOU! ❤️❤️❤️”

Davido recently replied an inquisitive follower on social media who asked the whereabouts of his wife Chioma, saying “She’s in her husband’s house”. This came amid trending social media gossips of one of his ex’s getting pregnant by him

Social media trolls have been speculating that Chioma had moved out of Davido’s Banana Island Lagos home over the incident.

Meanwhile Chioma has maintained her silence on social media. A check on her Instagram page @thechefchi shows she has not made any post to her 3.8 million followers since October 20, 2022 when she celebrated her son Ifeanyi on his third birthday.

Ifeanyi died tragically few days later in a swimming pool and since then, she has kept an extremely low profile apart from occasional sightings at family events.

KARA BRIDGE OPENED TO TRAFFIC

30/04/23

OLADIPO G. O


Kara Bridge and the Long Bridge area on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway have been opened to traffic as the reconstruction work on the highway enters its last phase.

The Federal Comptroller of Works in Lagos state, Engineer Umar Bakare said the contractor will subsequently focus on outstanding work on both bounds between the Otedola Bridge and Berger as both bounds, from Berger (New Garage) and Sagamu Inter-change on Section 1 of the Project have been completed.

The comptroller said the delay in the timely delivery of the project as promised by the government was caused by the heavy traffic being experienced in the areas and assured that the project will be completed soon.

The Federal government through the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola had assured that the ministry is working with the Lagos State Government, all traffic management and security agencies to reduce the inconvenience caused by the Road reconstruction along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.