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By Akanimo Sampson A non-profit research institute, RTI International, has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the Federal Ministry of Health in using an innovative supply chain platform called TraceRx. The platform will improve the tracking and management of donated medicines used to treat Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). Nigeria has one of the largest populations at risk for NTDs, spread across an expansive and at times difficult-to-reach landscape. RTI International is, however, an independent, nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. Its vision is to address the world’s most critical problems with…

As Nigeria continues to defend its territorial integrity against terrorist groups, the office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, ICC, has listed 10 possible cases it could press against Nigerian security forces and the three factions of insurgent groups operating under the popular name of Boko Haram. The ICC prosecutor listed Nigeria among 11 countries being probed for alleged war and international human rights crimes in its end of the year report on preliminary examination activities. Nigeria is among those in phase three of the investigation stages dealing with admissibility, which is the last stage before the conclusion…

Forty newly promoted Commissioners of Police in the country were, Tuesday, decorated with a charge on them to discharge their duties with intellect and be civil to civilians as well as remain guided by respect to extant laws. Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, who decorated them, stated that out of 10, 114 police officers have been promoted since his assumption as IGP in January 2019, comprising 7,127 Inspectors to ASPs, 1,375 ASPs to DSPs, 498 DSPs to SPs, 566 SPs to CSPs, 150 CSPs to ACPs, 273 ACPs to DCPs, 75 DCPs to CPs, 35 CPs to AIGs and 14…

Scores, including civilians, sustained serious injuries, Tuesday, following a clash between soldiers and policemen in Abakpa area of Enugu metropolis. The bone of contention, Vanguard learned, was a disagreement at a traffic control post, which led to a police officer allegedly slapping s soldier in mufti. The soldier was said to have approached the policeman controlling traffic to know why he was allegedly passing motorists in a particular lane, leaving motorists in two other lanes, complaining that it was causing a heavy traffic jam. The police officer not knowing that he was a soldier allegedly replied to him with slaps on…

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, Tuesday, stated that Nigeria imported 19.18 billion litres of petroleum products in 2019, while the country’s refineries produced only 166.33 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol in the year. In a statement in Abuja, Abdulkadir Saidu, Executive Secretary, PPPRA, noted that 18.62 billion litres of PMS were supplied in Nigeria in 2019. According to Saidu, the total quantity of PMS supplied across the nation as at November 2019 was 18.62 billion litres and the PMS average sufficiency stood at 40.68 days. He noted that 1,612 vessels laden with…

A non-governmental group, Assembly of Patriots International, has commenced consultations to work out modalities for stopping cult wars and other acts of violence that have turned certain locations in Edo State, especially in the capital, Benin City, to no go areas, particularly at night. One of the group’s representatives, Mr. Evans Moye, told journalists that a meeting in Benin City, which had virtually all the top hierarchies of the various confraternities in attendance, was the beginning of peace advocacy by them nationwide to complement federal government and law enforcement agencies’ efforts. Other stakeholders that will be consulted include the law…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Lagos as the state with the highest cases of money laundering in Nigeria. Speaking with journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, January 7, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the EFCC, said Lagos is closely followed by Rivers State. Magu vowed that the EFCC would prosecute Peter Odili, a former governor of Rivers state who currently enjoys an injunction against investigation Lagos now tops states with the highest number of money laundering cases. According to the acting chairman, Rivers state comes second in the rating, expressing optimism that a court would…

The House of Representatives will on resumption list for second reading, a Bill seeking to compel the President and State governors, to name ministers and commissioners within 21 days, after taking the oath of their respective offices. Besides, the lawmakers want the Senate and State Assemblies, to dump future ministerial and commissioner nominees, that would fail to declare their assets at the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB. The Bill, sponsored by Hon. Ben Igbakpa (PDP-Delta), entitled: “An Act to Alter the Provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, to Provide for the TimeFrame for Submitting the…

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said the ongoing feud between the United States of America, USA, and Iran will not affect the crude oil prices. Speaking to a select few journalists in Abuja, Sylva said that there was no doubt that the crisis was going to affect the oil prices. Oil prices have risen sharply after the killing of a top Iranian general in Iraq. Analysts warned the action could escalate tensions in the region and affect global oil production. The price spike pushed oil stocks on the London stock exchange higher, with BP…

One year after the National Assembly detached it from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and President Muhammadu Buhari named its head, the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, is still an appendage of the EFCC, VANGUARD learned Wednesday. The NFIU was separated from the EFCC by an Act of the National Assembly in December 2018, with the act granting it full financial and administrative autonomy. The President signed the bill into law the same year, cementing its powers to act independently of the EFCC. On January 8, 2019, President Muhammadu named its head to affirm its independence. The NFIU kicked…