Pregnant women protest N25,000 childbirth fee in Ondo

Pregnant women staged a protest Thursday morning at the Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Akure.
The expectant mothers in various stages of pregnancies said the protest was against what they described as “outrageous money” being charged for their antenatal care by the state government.
They called on Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to “urgently reverse the N25,000 they are expected to pay for ‘normal’ delivery, and the N50,000 payable for Cesarean Section, which was free under Akeredolu’s predecessor’s Abiye Programme.

No plastic fish in Nigeria, NAFDAC states

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has said there is no plastic fish in circulation in Nigeria.

NAFDAC Management said in a statement in Abuja on Thursday that its finding followed “a thorough investigation and analysis of some unsuspected plastic fish samples’’ in its laboratory.

The agency said, “the investigation was triggered by a report from a consumer in Abuja who claimed that he bought a fish which refused to cook when set on fire for several minutes.

CATHOLIC BISHOP ADVOCATES FOR SPEEDY RELEASE OF REMAINING DAPCHI GIRL

CATHOLIC BISHOP ADVOCATES FOR SPEEDY RELEASE OF REMAINING DAPCHI GIRL

Five ways to improve your financial knowledge

 Last month, the banking community in Nigeria celebrated the 2018 Financial Literacy Week.
The annual Financial Literacy Day celebrated by the Central Bank of Nigeria and financial institutions in the country is meant to mark the Global Money Week usually held between March 12 and 18.
In line with the CBN directive, top management employees of banks go to different schools across the country to teach and mentor pupils and youths on basic money management skills and banking in general.
The financial literacy campaign is an initiative of the CBN and Junior Achievement Nigeria, in partnership with Bankers’ Committee.

Anambra Police recovers over 100 Prohibited Fire Arms

In line with the Inspector General of police directive, instructing the police commissioners nationwide to mop-up prohibited fire arms, Anambra state police command has so far recovered 59 pump actions, 46 locally made pistols, 1 AK- 47 and 1 Browning Long Gun.

It promised to keep the IGP’s directive to the latter in the bid to strengthen the country’s internal security architecture alive..

Melaye appeals to Supreme Court, asks INEC to stop recall process

Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, has urged the Supreme Court to declare the petitions submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission seeking his recall as illegal.
The Senator in an appeal he filed against the March 16, 2018 judgment of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, also urged the apex court to declare the recall process as illegal.
Melaye had on Tuesday filed a seven-ground notice of appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal which had dismissed his suit instituted before the Federal High Court in Abuja to challenge the validity of the process of his recall which commenced June last year.

Buratai approves special promotion for 3,729 soldiers

Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai looks on at the headquaters of Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri, Borno State. Photo: AFP
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has approved the release of special promotion for 3,729 troops of Operation Lafiya Dole,  who participated in Operation Deep Punch II in the Sambisa Forest.

Saudi’s first cinema to open on April 18

 Saudi Arabia’s first cinema in over three decades will open on April 18 in Riyadh, authorities said Wednesday, after a ban was lifted last year as part of a far-reaching liberalisation drive.
AMC Entertainment has been granted the first licence to operate cinemas, with Saudi state media saying the US giant is expected to open 40 cinemas across 15 Saudi cities over the next five years.
“AMC plans to open the kingdom’s first cinema theatre in Riyadh on April 18,” the information ministry’s Centre for International Communication said in a statement.
The news comes after AMC Entertainment signed a non-binding agreement in December with Saudi Arabia’s vast Public Investment Fund to build and operate cinemas across the kingdom.
“The granting of the first licence marks the opening of very significant opportunities for exhibitors,” Information Minister Awwad Alawwad was quoted as saying in the statement.
“The Saudi market is very large, with the majority of the population… eager to watch their favourite films here at home.”

[VIDEO] Where are Africans? Critics ask Deola Sagoe over advert

The social media platform is agog with reactions of Nigerians to the video advert tagged Komole by Nigerian-born international fashion designer, Deola Sagoe.
The video advert is intended to showcase her new collections, reports say.
The two-minute video featuring four white ladies and a black American modelling Sagoe’s Iro and Buba (a Yoruba traditional style) was greeted with mixed reactions, as some argued that she was trying to sell her brand in the international market, hence the appropriateness of the foreign models; while others said that the video did not in any way appreciate or portray the Nigerian/African culture or heritage.