Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

UN summit: 48,063 sign petition on protection of disability rights At least 48,063 people from 121 countries, including Nigeria have signed a petition calling for action to protect disability rights ahead of the 2023 United Nations summit on the Sustainable Development Goals. The call follows a new UN report which shows that the SDGs cannot be achieved unless urgent action is taken to include marginalised groups, including people with disabilities, but that they are being left furthest behind in global progress. The 2023 SDGs summit will be convened on September 18-19, 2023, during the United Nations General Assembly high-level week.…

Mark Zuckerberg celebrates scientists for innovative cancer treatment META CEO Mark Zuckerberg is celebrating two scientists for their innovative work in cancer treatment. Immunologists Carl June and Michel Sadelain were announced winners of the prestigious Breakthrough Prize award on Thursday. The immunologists engineered T-cells that successfully target and kill cancer cells. A statement on the Breakthrough Prize website on their work read, “Carl June and Michel Sadelain genetically engineered T cells – key players in the body’s immune system – with synthetic receptors termed chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) to instruct T cells to recognize the cancer cells of individual patients.…

Footballers among those killed in Libya floods The Libyan Football Federation announced that Shaheen Al-Jamil was among the players who lost their lives in the floods. The devastating floods in Libya have claimed the lives of a number of elite footballers, according to the Libya Football Federation. The floods, caused by Storm Daniel, resulted in two dams bursting, sweeping away large parts of the port city of Derna. The internationally-recognised government in Tripoli says at least 2,300 people have died, while the eastern administration – which controls Derna – says more than 5,300 bodies had been found. The LFF has…

Meet new FIRS acting chairman, Zaccheus Adedeji President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, appointed Zaccheus Adedeji as the acting chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service. The appointment was announced by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. As contained in the statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Adedeji is to serve in an “acting capacity for 90 days before his subsequent confirmation as the substantive Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service for a term of four years in the first instance.” In this piece, PUNCH Online highlights 10 things to know…

Ogun CP Visits Aare Adetola EmmanuelKing, Commends PCRC’s Role In Combating Crimes The Commisioner of Police Ogun State, CP Abiodun Alamatu earlier today the 13th of September visited the Ilishan-Remo Ogun State palatial country home of the Real Estate businessman and Group Managing Director of Adron Homes and Properties, Aare Adetola EmmanuelKing, the Otun-Akile of Remoland. The visit was to strengthen his bond with leadership of the Police Community Relations Committee PCRC Ogun and South West Chapter. Aare Adetola, who is the Grand Patron of the South West PCRC, received the crime buster and his men in his home amid…

Who is Who in Sanwo-Olu’s Cabinet (Full list) Sanwo-Olu and others at the event Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday inaugurated 37 members of his cabinet after 100 days of his second term administration. The event, held at the Lagos State Government Secretariat, Alausa, had several party bigwigs in attendance and the ceremony was grand. The list of the Commissioners are: *Lawal Mohammed Pedro (SAN) – Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General *Prof. Akin Abayomi – Commissioner for Health *Wahab Adetokunbo – Commissioner for the Environment *Moruf Akinderu-Fata i- Commissioner for Housing *Gbenga Omotoso – Commissioner for Information and…

Pipeline Surveillance Has Curbed Oil Theft, Pipeline Vandalism In Niger Delta – Stakeholders. Oil industry stakeholders, including pipeline host communities have expressed satisfaction with pipeline surveillance strategy to securing the nation’s crude oil from oil thieves, illegal bunkerers/Kpo fire operators and pipeline vandals. They said that crude oil theft has reduced by over 90% evident in the reduced availability of illegally refined product and significant improvement in the terminal recovery factor. At the peak of the dark days of the oil theft, industry sources have it that Nigeria was losing over 96% of its oil in the Eastern corridor to…

The role of data analytics in environmental health The sustainability of our planet and our well-being are intricately intertwined. Understanding and mitigating environmental health risks cannot be overstated as we face unprecedented environmental challenges. The rise in air pollution and its resulting climate change issues is directly linked with the rising global population. With an estimated 7.8 billion people worldwide and over 200 million people in Nigeria alone, we can see an evident rise in greenhouse gas emissions that negatively impact air quality in Nigeria. According to reports from IQAir in 2022, Nigeria is ranked top 18 as one of…

Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, new MD, Fidelity Bank Fidelity Bank now owns Union Bank UK plc 100 percent Fidelity Bank said it has completed the acquisition of Union Bank UK plc, the company’s board secretary Ezinwa Unuigboje told the Nigerian Exchange today. In a statement, Unuigboje said the acquisition of Union Bank UK plc is 100 percent adding that the bank has receipt of the approval of the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulatory Authority(PRA) for the change of control. “The acquisition of UBUK is in furtherance of Fidelity Bank Plc’s strategic initiatives on international expansion. The Central Bank of Nigeria had earlier…

China takes Nigerian Prosper Dania’s artwork to Space Station Prosper Peter Dania and his Space-bound artwork courtesy of China. China has taken to its Space Station the artwork of a young Nigerian, Prosper Peter Dania, partially helping him to fulfil his childhood dream of going to Space. Dania’s artwork, titled “Shared Aspiration” is among 10 African youth paintings to be exhibited at China’s Tiangong space station by the Shenzhou-16 taikonauts who are currently on a five-month exploration mission. “Now, everybody has a dream of going to space. At night, we go out and look at the stars,” the 20-year-old told…