The Abia State House of Assembly has dismissed the purported impeachment of her speaker, Chinedum Orji, by some members of the House led by its former Deputy Speaker, Ifeanyi Uchendu. This was made public during a preliminary session of the House presided by Orji, on Tuesday. A video which has now gone viral on social media emerged on Tuesday morning where some members of the House sat in an undisclosed location, reportedly impeached the Speaker and elected Chukwudi Apugo as the new Speaker. But a member of the House, Jerry Uzosike, during the preliminary, described the move as unconstitutional, disgraceful…
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Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, revealed yesterday that a specific flavour of the Indomie Noodles brand, ‘Special Chicken Flavour,’ was not registered by the agency for sale in Nigeria. While shedding additional insight on the banned substance, Adeyeye promised Nigerians of a thorough investigation of the product, both at the factory and market levels, as the agency began random sampling and analysis of Indomie noodles, including the seasoning, for the presence of ethylene oxide. Adeyeye noted in a statement made available to MeridiaSpy, the results of the product sampling and…
The House of Representatives has requested the Central Criminal Court of the United Kingdom and the British Government to “temper justice with mercy” in sentencing Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice Ekweremadu, and Dr Obinna Obeta, who is based in the United Kingdom. The House also requested the Federal Government of Nigeria to “take all necessary diplomatic steps and other interventions regarding the travails of the Ekwermadu family.” The House directed its Clerk, Yahaya Danzaria, to notify the British Government and the court of the resolutions. Recall that the Central Criminal Court had on March 23, 2023 found Ekweremadus…
The Chief Executive Officer of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Arvind Krishna, has stated that the corporation will halt employment recruitment for human professions that could be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI) in five years. Krishna told Bloomberg on Monday that recruiting in back-office activities like as human resources will gradually fade out because he believes AI will literally replace them. The CEO of the massive technology corporation stated that with 26,000 employees doing non-customer-facing activities, he could “easily see 30 percent of that getting replaced by AI and automation over a five-year period.” Also Read: IBM Seeks Tech…
Charles Engola, Uganda’s state minister for labour, employment and industrial relations, has been shot dead by his bodyguard. Fred Enanga, a police spokesperson, said the minister was shot dead at about 8 am local time on Tuesday at his home in Kampala, the country’s capital. Enanga said it was a murder-suicide case. “He (Engola) was shot at his residence in Kyanja by one of his bodyguards who allegedly fired several shots at close range. He fled from the scene up to the trading centre at Kyanja, Ring road where he entered a salon and also shot himself dead,” the…
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has declared Wednesday, May 3 a public holiday to enable residents to give the President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu a rousing welcome. The Governor, in a statement by his Special Assistant, Media, Kelvin Ebiri, said the President-elect during his two-day official visit to Rivers would inaugurate Rumuola/Rumuokwuta Flyover and the ultra-modern Magistrates’ Court Complex, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday and Thursday. Wike, in a state broadcast on Tuesday, said during Tinubu’s presidential campaign visit to Rivers, he indicated an intention to have him inaugurate some strategic projects in the State after the general elections. Also Read:…
The investigation panel set up by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has invited the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner of Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, for questioning. It could recall that the panel invited Yunusa-Ari over his conduct during the April 15 governorship election in Adamawa State. Yunusa-Ari declared Aisha Binani Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner when the collation of the results was yet to be completed, thus stirring controversy and anger among people in the polity. Consequently, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared the announcement null and void and summoned the REC to…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) will today begin investigating Indomie noodles for harmful chemicals. The random sampling of Indomie noodles follows the suspected presence of Ethylene oxide, a chemical linked to lymphoma and leukemia, in the seasoning packets of the Indomie chicken special variant in Taiwan and Malaysia. A statement by the NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said: “NAFDAC started investigating and responding immediately to the news of recalled Indomie noodles by Taiwan and Malaysia authorities. Tomorrow (today), the Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Directorate will randomly sample Indomie noodles (including the seasoning) from…
Colonel Nurudeen Alowonle Yusuf has officially assumed the position of Aide-De-Camp to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. MeeidianrSpy eports that Yusuf has taken up his duties just three weeks prior to Tinubu’s inauguration as the incoming President. From Kwara State, Yusuf’s impressive credentials include a prior stint at the Presidential Villa, which is sure to come in handy in his new role. As Aide-De-Camp, Yusuf will be responsible for the personal security and protection of the President-elect. Pictures of Yusuf have been made available for the public, as many eagerly await the upcoming inauguration of the new President.
The Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said salary payment to workers will be difficult for the federal and state governments to pay from June this year without resorting to massive printing of money or removal of fuel subsidy. He stated this in Benin during the May Day celebration. The governor advised workers to brace up for the challenges that would come after the removal of fuel subsidy. He said: “Our economy is in a terrible state, it will be a miracle for the federal and state governments to pay salaries beyond June this year without resorting to massively printing…
Dosumu Kazeem, a student of Madrasatul Da’Watul Haqq, Leme, Abeokuta, has constructed and donated a bridge estimated at N12.8m to Itesiwaju community in Idi-Aba, Oke-Odo, Olokuta area of Abeokuta, Ogun State. The bridge links the community to the Olokuta end of the Idi-Aba, Laderin extension, Ewang Extension, Obasanjo Hilltop and Abule-Ake, all in Abeokuta South Local Government. It was gathered that the bridge is the only link road for students of Baptist Girls College, Abeokuta Grammar School and others. The 40-year-old donor, who is also a farmer, said he undertook the project with support from his parents in order to…
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, has blacklisted six online trading platforms. SEC in accordance with its latest crackdown on illegal and unregistered firms claiming to offer investment and finance services or products. In a circular made available to newsmen on Monday, the commission said that the blacklisted firms were not registered with it and thus unauthorised to carry out such investment services. “The Commission’s attention has been drawn to the under listed e-commerce companies and their websites offering online trading platforms to the investing public. They are not registered by the SEC Nigeria and the financial services offered…