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Mortein LED launch excites consumers in Port Harcourt
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he fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) segment in the SouthSouth geo-political zone has received a boost following the re-launch of Mortein Liquid Electric Device (Mortein LED) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State by RB Nigeria Limited. Speaking at the event, the Marketing Director, West Africa, Mr. Silivrili Oguzhan, said the product re-launch further demonstrated the company’s commitment to provide innovative solutions that make life easier and
healthier for the Nigerian people at all times. He described Mortein LED as a revolutionary product which works with electricity and lasts up to 30 nights, and capable of killing 100 per cent mosquitoes. Oguzhan, who was represented by the Brand Manager, Mortein, Iku Ejiroghene, added that the development of Mortein LED, which was first launched in 2009, was informed by the need to stem the high malaria prevalence in Nigeria and Africa generally. He further revealed
that there are estimated 300 million acute cases of malaria every year around the world, resulting in more than one million deaths, while approximately 90 percent of these deaths occur in Africa, mostly in young children. He decried the high malaria prevalence in Nigeria as “unacceptable”, saying “malaria is responsible for 60 percent of outpatient visits to health facilities, 30 percent of childhood deaths, 25 percent of deaths in children under one year and 11 percent of maternal deaths”.
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Ghana suspends high court judges
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he seven had a case of misbehavior to answer, an official statement said.Journalist AnasAremeyawAnas says he has nearly 500 hours of video evidence on tape, showing judges alleging asking for bribes and demanding sex. Twenty two lower court judges have also been suspended. Some of the judges have denied the allegations. Mr. Anas’ documentary has shocked the nation, and has been shown to packed houses at cinemas in the capital, Accra. The seven are the
most senior judges to be suspended so far in what is the biggest corruption scandal to hit Ghana’s judiciary. Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood had established a prima facie case of stated misbehavior against them, the statement by Ghana’s Judicial Council said. An inquiry would now be held to determine whether or not they are guilty, it added. They could be sacked if they are found guilty.The public is keenly following the scandal and it has been the lead story in the local media
for almost a month.But people are no longer queuing at cinemas to see Mr. Anas’ film Ghana in the eyes of God; Epic of Injustice which is touring the country and had reached the second city, Kumasi, after showing to packed houses in the capital, Accra. This is because a court has, for now, blocked further screenings in the city, following a case brought by one of the implicated judges who says its screening will prejudice him.The courts resumed sitting this week after a holiday break.
Aisha Buhari seeks support for IDPs Mojeed Alabi
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ife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has sought the support of government and non-governmental agencies in the provision of improved healthcare for African women and children particularly those in various camps for the internally displaced persons, IDPs. Buhari, made the plea in New York, United States of America, during the summit of African First Ladies which was called to assess and modify the effective means women leaders can contribute to
the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, especially in the area of HIV and AIDS. The first lady, who was represented at the summit by the Wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, charged the Organisation of African First Ladies to always make case for African women and children wherever they may find themselves. She said in the face of the current insurgency and the lack of adequate healthcare for women and children particularly those living in the various internally displaced
people’s camps, the need to improve action for their support was very important. She also affirmed the need to continually do more especially in the areas of maternal health and child mortality. At the summit, the issue of investing adequately in women and girls in the context of the post 2015 agenda was addressed by the Executive Director of UNFPA, and Nigeria’s former Minister of Health, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, who insisted that girl child education remained key to the development framework all over Africa.
Navy seizes ship waiting to load stolen crude oil in Rivers Emmanuel Masha Port Harcourt
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he Nigerian Navy, yesterday, impounded 3,000 metric ton-capacity ship allegedly waiting to load stolen crude oil from pipelines in Rivers for onward shipment to a safe place. The ship - MT Everest, had onboard 12 crew members, who neither
had certificate nor approval to operate in the area, so said the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Eastern Naval Command, Rear Adm. Atiku Abdulkadir. Abdulkadir, who is on tour of navy formations and units in Rivers, said that the ship was discovered in Dust Island, in Okirika Local Government Area of Rivers, and that preliminary investigation had already
begun to find out why the ship had no license. He said that at the conclusion of investigation, the suspects would be handed over to officials of the Federal Ministry of Justice for prosecution. He said: “The boat was seen here with her hoses connected to their cargo tank which indicated readiness of preparing to conduct some illegalities.
Bill on Nigerian Railway passes Second Reading Chukwu David Abuja
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he senate yesterday passed for second reading, Nigerian Railway Bill 2015, which seeks to provide for the regulation of the railway sector in the country. The Bill, sponsored by Senator Andy Uba (PDP Anambra South), also seeks to generate 20, 000 skilled jobs and about 40, 000 semi skilled jobs nationwide. In his
lead debate on the bill, Uba said the bill seeks to repeal the existing Act and provide the appropriate legal framework for the implementation of government’s reform programme, while providing the platform for introduction of private sector investments and promote competition for the delivery of efficient rail services in Nigeria. The senator noted that the bill captured a restructured governing
board to manage and implement the policies of the corporation, just as it also introduced changes in the extant law, to provide for effective railway transportation, infrastructural development , railway concessioning and implementation of national rail policy etc. He said further that one of the causes of damage to the roads and incessant road crashes was the frequent use of the roads by heavy duty trucks.
Former president of UN-General Assembly, John Ashe, charged with bribery.
Ex-UN General Assembly president, five others charged in US in bribe scheme
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S authorities charged a former president of the United Nations General Assembly, a billionaire Macau real estate developer and four others yesterday for engaging in a wide-ranging corruption scheme. John Ashe, the UN ambassador from Antigua and Barbuda who was president in 2013, was accused in a complaint filed in federal court in New York of taking more than $1.3 million in bribes from Chinese businessmen, including developer Ng Lap Seng.The complaint said Ng, through
intermediaries, paid Ashe more than $500,000. In exchange, Ashe told the UN secretary general that a yet to be built multibillion-dollar UN sponsored conference center in Macau was needed. The intermediaries included Ng’s assistant, Jeff Yin, and Francis Lorenzo, who had been a deputy UN. ambassador from the Dominican Republic.Yin, 29, was arrested with Ng, 68, last month on separate charges.Yin told FBI agents after the arrest that his boss viewed the conference center as his legacy and had made
payments to obtain action from the United Nations on it, the complaint said. Ashe, 61, also received more than $800,000 of bribes from Chinese businessmen to support their interests within the UN and Antigua, and kicked some of the money to Antigua’s prime minister at the time, the complaint said. The complaint said those bribes were arranged through Shiwei Yan, 57, chief executive officer of a New York-based non-profit, and Heidi Hong Piao, 52, its finance director.
Britain wins legal backing over EU migrant benefit claims
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ritain is right to check whether citizens of other EU countries are lawful residents before awarding them child benefits, the EU’s top lawyer yesterday in a boost for David Cameron’s referendum negotiations. The recommendation by the advocate general to the European Court of Justice to dismiss a case brought by the Europe-
an Commission against Britain was hailed by London which has promised tough curbs on welfare for EU migrants. British prime minister Cameron’s government has warned European leaders that resistance to its clampdown could put Britain’s EU membership in doubt ahead of an in-out referendum by the end of 2017. The European Com-
mission, the executive of the 28 nation EU, took the case to the court in Luxembourg after it received many complaints from EU nationals saying London had refused child benefit claims because they had no right of residence. However, the court’s advocate general Cruz Villalon urged the court in Luxembourg to dismiss the commission’s action.