Community Excellence and Development Initiative (CEDI), a non-governmental organisation, on Monday said it remained committed to empowering 500,000 vulnerable Nigerians amidst COVID-19 pandemic.The Project Officer, Health and Education of CEDI, Betty Essien, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja.According to Essien, the aim is to complement the Federal Government’s effort to support Nigerians who need help, especially on COVID-19 pandemic, to reduce the impacts.“CEDI cannot be silent in this trying time in the country and the world at large.“CEDI plans to reach at least 500,000 vulnerable Nigerians with information on COVID-19 and provide relief materials especially…
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Bavarian Premier Markus Soeder on Monday urged Bayern Munich fans not to travel to the UEFA Super Cup match against Sevilla in Budapest this week. Soeder said such travel heightens the risk of turning the event into a hotbed for COVID-19 to spread. The German champions, who won the UEFA Champions League, face UEFA Europa League winners Sevilla in the Hungarian capital on Thursday. “My stomach hurts thinking about the Super Cup. Budapest is a risk area. “We have to be very careful that we don’t risk turning it into a football-Ischgl,” the premier said. Thousands of people were infected…
Dr Adebukola Alli, a consultant hematologist at the Alimosho General Hospital, Igando in Lagos State, has said that the importance of blood donation cannot be over emphasised. Alli said it on Monday when the Life Savers International, a blood donation body, in conjunction with the Lagos State Transfusion Services, held its September edition of blood drive exercise at the Alimosho General Hospital in Igando. Speaking at the event, Dr Alli said that donating blood is a service to humanity that a donor saves more than a life; as every unit of blood is broken into several other units, hard cells,…
Mrs. Funmilayo Ojikutu, the Market Leader, Epe Fish Market, on Monday urged the Lagos State Government to give incentives to youths in Epe to encourage them venture into the fish farming business. Ojikutu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Epe on Monday that the appeal became necessary to encourage more youth participation in fishing farming. “Although some youths are into the fish farming business but the number is not enough. “We need more of them in order to enhance food security in the community.” Ojikutu said that the incentives could be small-scale funding or buying of fish farming…
A 21-year old man, Mohammed Yakubu, on Monday appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly abducting a 17-year-old girl with intent to have carnal knowledge of her. The defendant whose address is unknown, is standing trial on a charge of abduction. The prosecutor, Insp. Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the defendant committed the offence between Sept. 7 and Sept. 8 at Zone 9, Olorunda area of Ado-Ekiti. Akinwale alleged that the defendant abducted a 17-year-old girl with intent to have carnal knowledge of her. He said the offence contravened Section 225 of the Criminal Code, Laws of…
A 38-year-old man, Tochukwu Madu , arraigned at Karu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Monday for alleged breach of trust and cheating. The defendant, who resides in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, is charged with three counts of criminal breach of trust, cheating and criminal misappropriation. He pleaded not guilty. The Prosecution Counsel, Ayotunde Adeyanju, told the court that the complainant, Idris Usman of Apo, Abuja, reported the matter at the Karu Police Station, Abuja on Aug. 24. Adeyanju said that the complainant gave the defendant N130, 000 to construct two children bed and one wardrobe for him. He said the defendant…
A 22-year-old man, Musa Ahmed, on Monday, appeared before a Karu Grade I Area Court, Abuja, over alleged breach of trust and criminal misappropriation.The defendant, who resides at Nyanya, Abuja, is facing a two-count charge of criminal breach of trust and criminal misappropriation, to which he, however, pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Ayotunde Adeyanju, told the court that one Annas Sheu of Karu, Abuja, reported the matter at the Karu Police Station on Sept. 11.“On Sept. 2, the complainant entrusted his Boxer Bajaj (motorcycle), valued at N185,000, to the defendant, with the agreement that he would be remitting the sum…
Changes will be brought in to COVID-19-related rules affecting pubs, Britain’s Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, said on Monday. Asked whether pubs would open at the weekend, Hancock said, “we’ll be absolutely clear about changes that we need to make in the very, very near future. “We’ve been working on this all weekend. “We haven’t taken the final decision about what we need to do in response to the surge in new cases that we’ve seen’’.
The Nigeria Union of Traders Association in Ghana (NUTAG), on Monday decried Ghanaian authorities’ refusal to open shops owned by Nigerians, even after several meetings between top officials of both governments. The President of NUTAG, Mr Chukwuemeka Nnaji disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. According to him, it is unfortunate that Nigerian traders’ shops have remained locked even after visits by Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of House of Representatives and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to Ghana. “The locking of shops belonging to Nigerians by Ghanaian authorities hinders our doing business lawfully.…
The Kwara Government on Monday directed conversion of the Pakata Primary Health Centre (PHC), an Outpatient Department (OPD) in Ipata-Oloje, to a standard cottage hospital. Dr Mohammed Ghali-Alaya, a member of a government standing committee, made the disclosure when he led a government team to inspect the centre. He said that the cottage hospital would include a maternity and children’s ward in line with its original plan dated back to the 1970s. Ghali-Alaya said that the OPD was initially intended as a cottage hospital and was to serve as an alternative to the congested Children Hospital in Igboro, Ilorin. According…