The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has cautioned Nigerians on the outbreak of Anthrax in some neighbouring countries within the West African sub-region. Following the development, the ministry admonished Nigerians to abstain from eating bush meat, smoked meat, and hides (ponmo) since they pose major risks until the situation is under control. A statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of ministry, Dr Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe, said the outbreak was first recorded in northern Ghana bordering Burkina Faso and Togo putting the whole sub-region at risk. “The disease which has claimed some lives, is a bacterial disease that affects…
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The suspended Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele’s passport has been seized by the Department of State Services. It was also learned that this week, the service would search Emefiele’s house and workplace. The service detained Emefiele in Lagos and transfer him to Abuja on a private plane on Saturday after suspending him on Friday as a result of the continuing investigation into his office and the forthcoming banking sector reforms. The spokesperson for the service, Peter Afunanya, in a statement said Emefiele had been taken into custody and was under investigation. However, a source in the DSS on Sunday said…
The Aitah’s Golden Arrow quiz competition is set to host its second edition in Benin City, Edo State. The MeridianSpy gathered that the competition will hold its grand finale at Festus Iyayi multi-purpose hall, University of Benin, on 14 June, 2023, with an expectant wide participation from students across secondary schools in the state. In a statement released by the organisers on Monday, Eddy Aitah, noted that the event is geared towards enhancing talents of students, encourage excellent performance among young students and to incubate them for their roles as future leaders. He said, “the winner of this year’s edition will…
There has been a trending piece of information with no ‘source’ but with a tag “copied” that a certain “person” spoke with an FRSC offcial who confided in him that the traffic lights being installed in the FCT by the Chinese government carry a devise that can be used to apprehend traffic violators which will in turn make Nigeria generate some revenue from the motorists. It is NOT TRUE. In my opinion, this is one of the negative media campaigns that we encounter daily against China Nigeria relations and China Aided projects in Nigeria. I have once inspected the installation…
President Bola Tinubu expressed his sympathy for the suffering of Nigerians as a result of the recent elimination of subsidies on Premium Motor Spirit, more commonly known as gasoline. The President started on Monday in his June 12 speech on 2023 Democracy Day that he will end gasoline subsidies at his inauguration on May 29, 2023, in order to prevent Nigeria from imploding and free the nation’s resources from a small number of ungrateful individuals. He urged Nigerians to make a little bit more of a sacrifice for the country’s survival. Democracy Day is celebrated yearly on June 12 in…
Police in Edo State have detained a 39-year-old man named Sunday Ejeh for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old girl. PUNCH gathered that the incident happened in the Ugbogi community in Ighobazuwa, the Ovia North West Local Government Area of the state and was reported to the police. The suspect was said to have lured the victim to his room, had sexual intercourse with her and given her N600 after the act. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed the incident on Sunday. “An investigation carried out by the Gender Unit of the command’s Criminal Investigation Department revealed that…
Fellow Nigerians, 2. It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their inalienable right to elect a President of their choice to lead the transition from military dictatorship to a representative government of the people. 3. The abortion, by military fiat, of the decisive victory of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the June 12, 1993, presidential election, up to that time, the fairest and freest election in the country’s political evolution, turned out, ironically, to be the seed that germinated into the prolonged struggle that…
Ibadan-based chef Temitope Adebayo has declared his desire to take part in a 140-hour cook-a-thon in an attempt to beat the record for the longest cooking session. The chef also posted photos of his Guinness World Record registration and the verification email he had received. According to the images, his 140-hour cook-a-thon was scheduled to start on November 1st, 2023 in Ibadan, Oyo state. This post had me come to raise reaction among online users expressed their feeling over hid intention. Sharing the news, Gossipmillnaija wrote: “Just in: Another chef in Ibadan Temitope Adebayo plans to undertake a 140-hours…
Why Buhari’s Ministers, CEOs Should Sink With Emefiele – Timi Fran …says DSS should arrest DGs NIMASA, NNPCL, NPA, FIRS DGs The Department of State Services (DSS) should urgently arrest and prosecute heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs of the Federal Government under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, demanded on Sunday. According to Frank who was reacting to the suspension and arrest of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele by the DSS, the request became necessary because they were all known…
The suspension and subsequent arrest of Godwin Emefiele of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) might not be the end to the saga surrounding the apex bank administration. Punch Newspaper added that top directors of the CBN would be interrogated in the coming weeks as part of a comprehensive probe of Emefiele’s administration as directed by the president. Reports also have it that senior officials in the procurement department of the CBN as well as special advisers to the embattled governor will be interrogated by the secret police. A source was quoted to have said: “One of those under…
The sit-at-home order issued by the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), costs the state N10 billion every Monday, Peter Mbah, governor of Enugu stated. Mbah addressing on Saturday at a town hall event with state stakeholders. Among the participants at the meeting were the police, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), traditional leaders, students, non-governmental organizations, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), and the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA). Others are the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), financial institutions, transport unions, and traders unions. Mbah had asked schools and businesses to quit observing the Monday sit-at-home. He noted that the…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the leading sociocultural organization of the Igbo people, has criticized the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele’s suspension and called it “ethnic cleansing.” Emefiele’s suspension did not adhere to due process, according to a statement made on Saturday by Mazi Chima Uzor, Director of National Interest Matters for Ohanaeze. Uzor stated that the development was part of President Bola Tinubu’s administration at alienating Ndigbo from public offices. “This is nothing but a witch hunting directed at the Igbos for no other reason other than they dared to oppose the new administration in the last general…