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The Kaduna State High Court has granted the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife Zeenat, leave to seek medical attention abroad. In his ruling on Monday, Justice Darius Khobo ordered that the IMN leader and his wife be accompanied abroad by officials of the Kaduna State government. The presiding judge ruled that El-Zakzaky and his wife should proceed to India for medical treatment. He, however, did not give any time frame as to how long they will stay in India. No date has been fixed for the defendants to embark on the…

By Akanimo Sampson A new research from the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering could be the key to our understanding of how the aging process works, a Rael-Science post has said. The findings potentially pave the way for better cancer treatments and revolutionary new drugs that could vastly improve human health in the twilight years. The work, from Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Nick Graham and his team in collaboration with Scott Fraser, Provost Professor of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, and Pin Wang, Zohrab A. Kaprielian Fellow in Engineering, was recently published…

The Forum of Past Chairmen of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ in Akwa Ibom, has challenged the new team led by Comrade Amos Etuk as chairman, to quickly get to work to improve the practice of journalism profession and the welfare of members in the state. In a congratulatory to the new executive, the forum congratulated the chairman and other winners in the keenly contested State Council elections held on August 2, 2019. The Forum also lauded the peaceful atmosphere that reigned during the exercise, observing that as watch dogs who criticise the conduct of politicians at national elections,…

Siemens Nigeria, which recently signed an agreement with the Federal Government, has started work, planning to supply additional 2,000 megawatts and 4,000 mw for consumption by 2021 and 2023 respectively. Investigation by Vanguard showed that the company has been engaging with different stakeholders, including the Ministry of Works, Housing and Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN and Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, in order to better understand all issues and challenges staring the sector in the face. The engagements, involving visits and technical sessions culminated in the articulation of a plan, which has been approved by the…

By Akanimo Sampson There is a high risk of Ebola outbreak in Uganda as hundreds of citizens crossed the Congolese-Ugandan border last July to engage in economic opportunities. The Ebola scare is coming one year after the beginning of its outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where the disease continues to affect highly mobile communities along the Ugandan border at major transit hubs. International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Uganda EVD Health Coordinator, Dr. Patrick Kaliika, said “there is a risk Ebola may cross into Uganda, but efforts at entry points are helping us to prevent the spread of the…

Policemen and soldiers on Monday dispersed members of the #RevolutionNow movement who converged at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. The protest was called by Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the February 2019 General Elections, and publisher of the online medium, Sahara Reporters. Sowore, who was arrested on Saturday by operatives of the Department of State Services at his home and moved to Abuja, described the move as a protest against bad governance in the country. The DSS had said that Sowore was arrested “for threatening public safety, peaceful co-existence and social harmony in the country.”…

By Akanimo Sampson Obviously, the Nigerian Presidency is scared of any form popular resistance that would ultimately culminate in the abortion of the Muhammadu Buhari administration that has been profiting a few, and tilted towards the continued dominance of the Fulani ethnic nationality. In spite of this widely perceived flaw of the administration, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, does not appear to be helping matters at the moment. It seems, he is unwittingly stocking the fire in a dangerously polarised country with his desperate bid to re-introduce a controversial bill, which was rejected by the 8th Senate. The rattled Buhari administration…

Nigerians reacted angrily on social media to news that senior pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, COZA, Biodun Fatoyinbo, returned to the pulpit Sunday, despite continued investigation into the rape allegation against him by Busola, wife of Nigerian soul musician, Timi Dakolo. Fatoyinbo return to the pulpit came barely a month after he took leave of absence from ministry work. Reacting to the development Sunday, Murewa@the_murewa, said: ”If only every evil deed happening in this country receives the same attention as #COZA, America will be borrowing money from us now. In another reaction, Bosses Don’t Sleep@fk149, said: ”Pastor Biodun back…

Three Super Eagles stars have been ranked the best three Nigerian players in Europe over the last six months by CIES Football Observatory. The Switzerland-based football research group rated players in Europe’s top five leagues on a match-by-match basis by taking into account the pitch production and efficiency at both individual and collective level. Leicester City’s Wilfred Ndidi, Villarreal’s Samuel Chukwueze and Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi were the highest-ranked Nigerian players in that order. Of the 861 players ranked, Ndidi finished in 238th position with a score of 76.6, Chukwueze was ranked 317th and was awarded 75.0, while Iwobi was the…

The FCT chapter of Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, has called on residents avoid flash points during heavy downpour in the nation’s  capital, Abuja, and the satellite towns. Director-General of FEMA, Alhaji Abbas Idriss, who said the warning had become imperative, in view of wanton loss of lives and property in the flooding that hit the nation’s capital, said the agency would scale-up its advocacy on the danger of flood plain zones. The warning followed the heavy downpour in Galadimawa area of the territory weekend, which led to the sweeping away of the Director of Finance, Federal Capital Territory High…