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The Yuletide is here again! Yuletide, synonymous with Christmas, is a period between December 21 and January 1. It is a season of celebration and merriment, but it comes with ‘dryness’. It comes from high temperatures and low humidity, which increases the likelihood of transmission of organisms causing diseases such as Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM), conjunctivitis, measles, chickenpox, cholera, hangover, skin diseases, diarrhoea, cold, cough and catarrh, and vomiting among others. Also, there are other ailments induced by overeating and drinking alcohol during Yuletide such as hangover, obesity, stomach upset, indigestion and so on. The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet), had earlier…

• Doing is nothing not an option, act fast, Saraki charges NASS • CSOs berate Gbajabiamila, call for his resignation • PDP Reps caucus vows to mobilize members to override President • Override Buhari, listen to Nigerians, PDP, Northern group tell lawmakers • PGF DG: Rework bill, send back to Buhari • Group asks NASS to reconsider bill with consideration for PWDs, others After some chest-thumping and tough-talking, Senators, yesterday, climbed down on their threat vow to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to veto the Electoral Act 2010 (Amendment) bill. In its place, President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, said the…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has postponed its decision on strike, saying that consultations are still ongoing. This was contained in a press statement issued by the union after its National Executive Council meeting. The meeting held at its Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja, on Saturday, December 18, 2021 to review the level of government’s implementation of the FGN-ASUU Memorandum of Action of December 23, 2020 and other related matters. In the press statement titled, ‘Enough of blackmail’, signed by ASUU president, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, the lecturers regretted that the Federal Government had turned its back on…

Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has said the Constitution empowers the National Assembly to override the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), if he fails to assent to the Electoral Bill. The lawyer, who expressed doubts that President Buhari might not assent to the Bill, wondered why he would miss the opportunity to put his signature on a Bill that will help in overriding all the challenges witnessed in the last six years. Ozekhome said this when he appeared on Arise TV on Monday which is the last day the President has to assent to the Bill passed to him by…

Premier League chiefs will meet on Monday to discuss a potential festive “firebreaker” as a result of the escalating coronavirus crisis, with managers voicing fears over player safety and fairness. Just four of the scheduled 10 games took place this weekend due to a number of call-offs caused by outbreaks that left clubs unable to field teams. Despite record numbers of Covid-19 cases across Britain as the Omicron variant sweeps through the nation, the Premier League has so far insisted the show goes on “where safely possible.” So far, the league has been considering applications for postponements on a case-by-case…

The Kaduna State Government has banned all social events, weddings, shows and entertainment in public school premises. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Dr. Yusuf Saleh, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. Saleh said that the move was to protect school infrastructure from vandals. “For a very long time, some of our schools were being used for all kinds of activities, and at the end of the day, school facilities were being vandalised. “Every day, we receive complaints and demands from citizens to construct, renovate or fix one facility or the other…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, condemned what it called “the indefensible insensitivity of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Federal Government to the escalated killings in Sokoto, Niger, Katsina, Kaduna, Plateau states and other parts of the country by terrorists.” It alleged that “the manifest numbness of the APC leaders to bloodletting, as well as the failure of the APC, as a party, to proffer any tangible solution or forcefully take its government to task on security, validates apprehensions on APC’s reported complicity in the worsened insecurity in our nation in the last six years.” In a statement…

• Buhari returns, mum on the decision as Reps set to veto the bill • NASS ties passing of 2022 budget to amended electoral bill • CSOs charge NASS to override President before Christmas • Lawan: Senate will continue to support Buhari • Governors, national lawmakers in last supremacy battle The waiting game over the yet to assent amended electoral bill continued yesterday, with the expiration of the 30-day deadline. President Muhammadu Buhari, who had last Thursday jetted out of the country to Turkey returned yesterday, some hours to the deadline. The purpose of Buhari’s trip to Turkey was to participate…

Interim Super Eagles Head Coach, Augustine Eguavoen, has said that the country has other quality strikers that can power the team to Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) glory next month, in Cameroun should Napoli fail to release, Victor Osimhen. Osimhen is continuing his rehabilitation after undergoing a surgery that corrected multiple fractures that he suffered on November 21, during Napoli’s Serie A clash with Inter Milan. The Napoli ace is back in training with teammates as he races against time to be fit for Cameroun 2021, where he is expected to be one of the tournament’s major stars. Serie A…

The last is yet to be heard of controversy surrounding move to expend N42.4b on renovation of the National Assembly complex in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Three leading pro-democracy groups: the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Human Rights Writers’ Association (HURIWA) maintained the proposed expenditure was “a misplaced priority.” Besides, the rights groups raised eyebrows over alleged inflation of the contract from N37b to N42.4b within six months. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, called for outright cancellation of the renovation contract. He said: “Spending N42b on renovation of a…