Cynthia Okonkwo

NECO Alerts Parents and Schools Against Proxy Registration of Candidates.

Cynthia Okonkwo October 22, 2024

School owners, parents, and other interested parties have been cautioned by the National Examinations Council, or NECO, to cease registering students for its exams through proxy.NECO said that such fraudulent practices frequently led to identity theft and the ensuing parade of phoney results in a statement made by its interim Director, Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani.Read the statement below: “Determined to eradicate all forms of examination malpractice, the council has put in place some measures to...

Harvey Weinstein Diagnosed with Chronic Leukemia While in Prison.

Cynthia Okonkwo October 22, 2024

Harvey Weinstein, the film magnate, has been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia. According to NBC News, the 72-year-old convicted rapist has been undergoing treatment at Rikers Island for chronic myeloid leukaemia, a rare form of bone marrow cancer.Weinstein was hospitalised for the majority of the summer due to a number of illnesses, including double pneumonia, Covid, and the necessity to remove fluid from his lungs and heart.Due to "severe medical conditions," Weinstein, who is incarcerated at Rikers Island for rape, was taken to Bellevue late on Sunday.'This person is going to die on your watch if you don't do something,' his attorney Arthur Aidala claims he told jail officials.He is still being held in New York until a retrial in Manhattan, which is reportedly set to starton November 12.On Thursday, he is scheduled to return to court for a pretrial hearing.Since coming back to Rikers Island from state prison in April, when an appeals court reversed his 2020 convictions for rape and sexual assault and mandated a new trial, Weinstein has beenin and out of Bellevue Hospital.After experiencing chest problems, hehad pericardiocentesissurgery at Bellevue Hospital in New York City in September.According to his representatives, he was admitted to the hospital in July with COVID-19 and pneumonia in both lungs.Additionally, Aidala said that Weinstein had "a lot of problems" and was "somewhat of a train wreck health-wise" during his ten days in Bellevue in April.Following his sentencing in February 2020, Weinstein complained of high blood pressure and chest problems as he drove to Bellevue in a ambulance. Later, a stent was implanted to clear an artery. A few weeks after being sentenced, he went back to the hospital with severe chest symptoms. A few days after being move to a state jail close to Buffalo, he subsequently tested positive for COVID-19.Weinstein's attorneys revealed a long list of conditions that had significantly deteriorated his vision when hewas being extradited to California in 2021 to face rape charges there.These conditions included diabetes, coronary artery disease, anaemia, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnoea, chronic lower back pain, sciatica, chronic leg pain, arthritis, and eye conditions.He has utilised a wheelchai throughout recent court proceedings.

CAF Set to Rule on Libya vs Nigeria AFCON Qualifier Incident on Wednesday

Cynthia Okonkwo October 22, 2024

On Wednesday, October 23, the Confederation of African Football will make its judgement about the disastrous AFCON qualifying Group D match between Nigeria and Libya, which was supposed to take place on October 15 at Benina Martyrs Stadium in Libya. Sunday, October 14, Team Nigeria arrived for the game, but their flight was rerouted to Al Abraq International Airport, which is almost three hours away by car from Benghazi, the match's location. They were traumatised when they travelled back to their homeland after being taken captive by Libyan police for about 17 hours. Take appropriate action against those who violate the regulations. The Libyan Federation claimed that the Nigerians did not collaborate with them in any manner during the first or second leg, indicating that their experience is a far cry from their time in Nigeria for the first leg. Nigeria had complained about their misery to CAF. The Nigerian squad's experience in Libya was deemed "extremely dangerous" by CAF, which also reported that it had contacted both Nigerian and Libyan authorities after learning that the team had been exposed to concerning conditions at the airport for hours. It sent the case to its disciplinary committee so that it may look into it and deal with the people who broke the rules.After declaring the match was cancelled just hours before kickoff, CAF removed the match from its schedule the day after the disastrous match and sent the case to the Disciplinary Committee for review. The top continental football organisation will now make the final decision about the players' ordeal during the October first leg in Nigeria, which ended 1-0 in favour of the Super Eagles, and the rematch that would have taken place at Libya's first all-seat stadium, which has a capacity of 10,550, according to Libya Al-Ahrar Channel. On Monday, October 21, the publication also disclosed that the Libyan Football Federation gave the Confederation of African Football all of the documents it had gathered, along with a professional attorney the organisation had designated to oversee the Libyan file.

Nigerian Senator Admits NDLEA Raided His House

Cynthia Okonkwo October 22, 2024

The Kwara State South Senator, Oyelola Ashiru, has admitted that his home in Ilorin was raided by the National Drug...

Naira Appreciates to N1,715 in Parallel Market

Cynthia Okonkwo October 22, 2024

On October 21, the Nigerian Naira Appreciated to N1,715 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,725 per dollar last...

Mohbad’s Toxicology Report Has Been Received ~ Lagos AG

Cynthia Okonkwo October 22, 2024

The Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Lawal Pedro (SAN), has stated that the toxicology report of...

“Nigeria is a failure right now; democracy is not working.” ~ Utomi

Cynthia Okonkwo October 22, 2024

Renowned economist Prof. Pat Utomi has expressed his displeasure on the current issues in the country, describing the country as...

“While the Country Faces Crisis, National Assembly Prioritizes Bobrisky/VDM Controversy, Says Activist Aisha Yesufu”.

Cynthia Okonkwo October 22, 2024

The National Assembly members who formed a group to look into the bribery claims made against crossdresser Bobrisky have come under fire from activist Aisha Yesufu.The crossdresser allegedly paid the EFCC N15 million to have his money laundering charges dropped, and his godfather called the Comptroller of Prisons to request that Bobrisky be placed in a private flat where he served his six-month jail sentence.According to an audio conversation that social critic VeryDarkMan released in September.A panel of investigation investigating the issue was then established by the House of Representatives.Yesufu questioned why lawmakers were looking into the topic when they had more important matters to handle in a video that she uploaded on Monday,October 21.Nigeria is falling and dying in front of everyone's eyes, she said, but the lawmakers are more focused on resolving the Bobrisky/VDM issue, which she called a "minor" case.Aisha described the panel as a complete embarrassmen‘’This whole Bobrisky saga is a nonsense that I do not know even how to describe it, that...

54-Year-old Woman Arrested in Yobe with 350 Rounds of Ammunition.

Cynthia Okonkwo October 21, 2024

A 54-year-old lady named Hamsatu Modu was taken into custody by the Yobe State Police Command for smuggling 350 rounds of ammunition from Buni Yadi to Damaturu.Modu, of Morami village in Jakana, Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State, was taken into custody by police officers from "A" Divisional Police Headquarters, Damaturu, according to a statement released by the Command's spokesperson, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, onMonday, October 21, 2024. “On October 20, 2024, at about 1830 hours, ‘A’ Divisional Police Headquarters, Damaturu, received credible intelligence regarding a suspected gunrunner...

UK and UN Train Police and NSCDC Officers to Combat Expresive Threats

Cynthia Okonkwo October 21, 2024

75 officers from the Nigerian Police Force and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corpshave received Explosive Ordnance Risk Education training from the United Kingdom Government in partnership with the United Nations Mine Action Service.The first training, which took place in Maiduguri, ended on October 4, 2024. In a statement issued on Monday, Atinuke Akande-Alegbe, the Senior Communications and Public Diplomacy Officer at the British High Commission in Abuja, revealed this.In order to lower the likelihood of casualties, the program sought to give NPF and NSCDC personnel the skills they needed to inform communities that are at risk about the risks of unexploded ordnance.Now, the trained police will be sent to high-risk locations to educate locals on life-saving techniques.John Sanderson, the British High Commission's Human Security Adviser,emphasised the importance of the training during his remarks at the closing ceremony."Working with the NPF and NSCDC enables us to deliver these essential life-saving messages in hard-to-reach areas. It also builds...