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After twitter ban, FG, Buhari’s aides switch over to Indian app, Koo

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Alao Abiodun. After the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria, the Federal Government has joined Koo, an Indian microblogging platform, The Nation has learnt. The Nation reports the Federal Government last week alleged Twitter was being used to undermine “Nigeria’s corporate existence”. The suspension of the platform since last Friday forced some Presidential aides and agencies to join Koo. The Nation observed Personal Assistant to President Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad; Special Assistant on Digital and New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi and others have joined the app. The Koo account, with the handle, “@nigeriagov” and username, “Government of Nigeria” has over 10,000 followers as at time of report. Ahmad, who had already registered a Koo App account, took to his Facebook page to invite followers to join and engage with him on the new social media app. “Just for trial to see how Koo works. Follow me,” Ahmad wrote Meanwhile, Koo has announced its availability in Nigeria and readiness to add local languages on its platform. Koo, developed by a Bengaluru-based startup, was introduced in India last year and …

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World Hypertension Day: Experts reveals Key to managing HBP

May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chioma Obinna Abuja – As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark this year’s World hypertension day, medical experts have identified diet, lifestyle modification, Blood Pressure, BP, control drugs and regular monitoring as an integral part of modern management of the condition. Speaking during a webinar organised by the Neimeth International Pharmaceutical Plc to mark the day with the theme: “‘Arresting Hypertension, The Silent Killer”, a Cardiologist at the Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria, Prof. Simeon Isezuo said to control hypertension, there was a need for lifestyle modification and appropriate dieting including using the right BP drugs. At a webinar that brought together over 90 participants and centred around new guidelines in the management of hypertension, Isezuo in his presentation entitled: “Effective Hypertension Management – Current Trend’ noted that: “The development of high blood pressure (HBP) in blacks was multifactorial involving interactions between obesity, salt sensitivity, among other causes. He explained that understanding how these factors influence blood pressure, BP, will guide the development of treatment protocols and future therapy. He noted that a low salt dietary …

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How $1.5bn Channel Management, INTELS Contracts Pitted Amaechi against Bala-Usman

May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Eromosele Abiodun Abuja (Precise Post) – Last week’s suspension of Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms. Hadiza Bala-Usman, at the request of the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, was the culmination of a two-year war of attrition between the duo, triggered by disagreement in 2019 over whether or not to renew the channel management contracts, THISDAY findings have shown. It was learnt that the NPA had in 2019 placed advertisement in newspapers calling for expression of interest and bids. Sources said three bid rounds were cancelled on the orders of the minister over disagreements on the selective bids and open bids. The process was suspended till May 11, 2020, when the NPA placed advertisements calling for expression of interest, which was again moved to October 2020 because participants protested that they could not participate because of COVID-19 restrictions. The channels in contention are: Lagos, Port Harcourt (Bonny) and Warri while Calabar is under litigation. Each channel management contract is valued at $100 million a year for five years making it $1.5 billion (N600 billion) for …

Politics

PDP appoints Ortom chairman of South West Electoral/Congress Committee

April 11, 2021April 11, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

…. As Chief Okey Ezenwa chairs 3-man appeal panel By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – The Peoples Democcratic Party has appointed Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State as the chairman of South West Electoral/Congress Committee in compliance with the Constitution of the party. Other members of the committee are: Senator Sandy Onor, Ogun Ofome Anthony, Ereruke Edward Otemabore and Senator Samuel Anyanwu. Similarly, the party also appointed Chief Okey Ezenwa as the chairman of 3-man electoral appeal panel for the south west electoral committee. This was contained in a Special announcement released by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan via it’s official twitter handle on Sunday. The statement reads: The South West Zonal Electoral Committee wishes to make the following announcement in the spirit of transparency and total obedience to the Constitution of the PDP and Guidelines for the election of party officers at all levels. See details below👇

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APC Moves To Take Over Taraba In 2023

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

Sylvanus Viashima Jalingo (Precise Post) – As political momentum is beginning to gather ahead of the 2023 general elections, the All Progressive Congress APC in Taraba State has disclosed that planning is in top gear to make sure that the party takes over the reign of office in Taraba unfailingly. The Taraba state chairman of the part Alhaji Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi who disclosed this in Jalingo at the training of supervisors to monitor the membership revalidation exercise of the party said that the party has learned from it’s past and is now positioned to claim it’s mandate come 2023. El-Sudi said that two supervisors from each of the sixteen local government areas in the state were to participate in the training as the party prepares to reach out to her members in all the books and crannies of the state. “Today’s exercise is very important because it is a key component of our preparations to take over the state come 2023. We have been rigged out a number of times and the people’s mandate stollen. This time, it will not …

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NYSC Releases Postings for 2020 Batch ‘B’ Stream II, Warns against Night Travel

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has announced the release of postings for prospective 2020 Batch B Stream II Corp Members. He disclosed this during a sensitisation webinar, DG further urged those concerned to check the NYSC site to know the states they are deployed to. “I want to inform the prospective corps members that their postings have been released. They can go and check it right now.” Ibrahim said corps members would be allowed into approved camps nationwide starting from January 19, 2021 which is a day later than the January 18, 2021 that was earlier announced. Some of the guidelines given to prospective corps members include: Prospective Corps Members (PCMs) should avoid travelling at night to the Orientation Camps PCMs travelling for distances ( North to South or vice versa) should break their trip into two stages and avoid making one long trip that stretches into the night. PCMs should be security conscious as they travel. *There will be Covid-19 test before entry into …

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COVID-19 Death Toll Hit 1,361 as 1,244 New Cases Are Confirmed – NCDC

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – The COVID-19 death toll has risen to 1,361 as 1,244 new cases were confirmed on Monday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said. The health agency in a report released via it’s twitter handle said that the total confirmed cases have risen to 101,331 out of which80,491 patients have been discharged. The NCDC said the fresh cases were recorded from 18 states including the FCT as follows: Lagos-774FCT-125Plateau-102Anambra-47Ondo-46Rivers-27Edo-18Kaduna-16Ogun-16Gombe-16Bauchi-11Kano-11Nasarawa-10Akwa Ibom-7Sokoto-7Borno-5Ekiti-4Zamfara-2 Our discharges today includes 144 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines. A breakdown of cases by state can be found below:

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Lockdown Enforcement: FCTA Arrests 20 Persons, Seven Vehicles

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – The Federal Capital Territory Administration will from today (Wednesday) shut down pubs, parks, night clubs and other public places that attract gatherings. The administration stated that the move was to curb the spread of the second wave of COVID-19. The Chairman, Federal Capital Territory Ministerial Task Team on Enforcement of COVID-19 Regulations, Ikharo Attah, disclosed this to The PUNCH on Tuesday. Attah explained that his team had recommenced the enforcement of the health protocols, adding that 20 persons were arrested for not wearing face masks in the public.‌ The task force chairman also disclosed that seven vehicles were arrested for overloading and failing to adhere to social restrictions guidelines as stipulated by the FCTA. Attah stated, “We started enforcing the health protocols today (Tuesday). “We were led by the FCT Commissioner of Police, Bala Ciroma, and we impounded seven vehicles for over-overloading and not complying with the COVID-19 regulations, and also arrested 20 persons for not wearing face masks. But we released them with warnings. We are starting with the gardens and parks …

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Otukpo Goes Agog as Xbizzy Joins Davido, Mayorkun, Others to Thrill at Ochacho Carnival

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Treasure Orokpo Abuja (Precise Post) – Orokam-born Benue talented and fast-rising crooner, Excellent Ejeh, famously known as Xbizzy, is set to thrill fans at the forth-coming biggest street party on the western flank of the Benue Valley, Ochacho Carnival. The effervescent artiste would be sharing the stage with other A-list singers such as HKN Music head-honcho, David Adeleke, otherwise known as Davido, Mayorkun at the carnival which would hold on December 25 and 26 at No. 7 Ochacho Avenue Otukpo, Benue State. It was observed that Xbizzy is only indigenous artiste that was picked to perform at the event, a development the organizers attributed to his hard work. The young man warmed his ways into the hearts of many music buffs in 2018 when he released his debut album entitled ‘Success Story’. The release of Success Story, indeed kick started his journey into stardom in the highly-competitive music industry. A graduate of Mass Communication, Xbizzy has a lot of head-banging tracks to his credit, amongst which is ‘O kpo kpo kpo’, a song dedicated to Ochacho Real Homes. The …

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14-Days Quarantine: The Best Christmas Gift For Family, Loved Ones

December 5, 2020December 5, 2020 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Katia Hetter, CNN Abuja (Precise) – A 14-day quarantine is still best gift to family and friend before seeing loved ones for the holidays, doctor says (This is as coronavirus surges across the United States in the aftermath of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, experts predict there will be an exponential growth in infections and deaths as the country heads into the December holidays. The best present you can give your family for Hanukkah, Christmas or Kwanzaa is to stay home for the holidays, according to CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and a visiting professor at George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. If you must visit your family this holiday season, the safest thing to do is quarantine for 14 days to avoid passing coronavirus onto them. For people starting to travel a week before Christmas, your two weeks starts now. You’ve heard recommendations of quarantines that are seven to 10 days long, right? Read on. Here’s more guidance from Dr. Wen. CNN: What’s your advice for people who want to see relatives …

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Otuene-Onyiloha Tasks NWFL Club Owners’ on Guidelines

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Joan Nnenna Iwuchukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Club Owners’ Chairman/Team Managers Association has admonished their esteemed members to work assiduously hard to meet up the requirements for participation in the upcoming 2020/2021 NWFL Premiership season due to kick-start on Wednesday, December 09, 2020. The NWFL management team on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at the Abuja, FCT corporate office unrolled the programmes as well as conditions and requirements each of the 16 participating teams must meet to be eligible to participate in the upcoming league season. Part of the guidelines requires the clubs to ensure that they have a playable pitch and meet up with the demands of COVID-19 protocols, players licensing, documentation, Domestic Transfer Matching System (DTMS), medicals and Insurance, among other things. The NWFL Club Owners’ chairman, Matilda Otuene-Onyiloha said though the guidelines look daunting it appears to be necessity given the new normal brought about by the global coronavirus pandemic. “We want to encourage our members to work very hard towards meeting the guidelines set out by the league body for …

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Set Guidelines to Regulate Conduct of Political Rallies, Elections – Obaseki Charges NCDC DG

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Benin City (Precise Post) – Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki has charged the Director General, Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu to set necessary guidelines to regulate the conduct of political rallies and elections in the face of the #coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic ravaging the country. He made the call in Benin City, Edo state capital when he received the DG and his team who visited him in Government House. Governor Obaseki disclosed this in series of tweets through his official twitter handle @GovernorObaseki. The tweets read: “During a visit by the Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, I charged theNCDC to set necessary guidelines to regulate the conduct of political rallies and elections in the face of the #coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic ravaging the country. “We understand the pressures the NCDC is facing in terms of the national response therefore, as much as possible, we as a state try to play our own little part and not add to the pressures. “The NCDC has provided guidelines and models in establishing our governance framework to …

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FAAN Denies Release of Guidelines for Flight Resumption

May 16, 2020May 16, 2020 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Our Reporter Ikeja – Contrary to the news making rounds, The post COVID-19 travel guidelines for air travellers is yet to be released, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said. The General Manager, Corporate Affairs, FAAN, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday. She said: “Our attention has been drawn to a statement released by a certain Tayo Olu to the effect that the federal government, through FAAN has released a post-COVID-19 travel guideline for air travellers. “We want to state emphatically that although FAAN is carefully and seriously working on a guideline, the release did not emanate from us as it is still a work in progress.” Yakubu said, consequently, the authority would like to advise air travellers and the general public to disregard the speculation. She said at the appropriate time, FAAN would release the post COVID-19 travel guidelines via its official communication medium. Yakubu also said FAAN was committed to its core values of safety, security and comfort of passengers in the industry.