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Nigeria's President-Elect, Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey for breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual after she cooked for more than 87 hours, 45 minutes, IGBERETV reports.

Hilda broke the record of 87 hours, 45 minutes, and 00 seconds set by Chef Lata Tondon in Rewa, India, in 2019, on Monday.

Tinubu's congratulatory message on Twitter read;



https://twitter.com/officialABAT/status/1658049655354146817?s=19[/quote][color=#990000]A man living in hiding!

Ohislee:
The elections is come and gone and we have a president elect in Tinubu. A lot of Nigerians do not believe he his the right man to lead the nation forward while there are other group of people with a contrary opinions.

As a Nigerian, what are your expectations for Tinubu's first 6months in office?

I would go first!

In Tinubu's first 6months in office, I do not expect much difference from what we have experienced in Buhari's administration for a number if reasons.

1) 40% of his cabinet would likely be those already existing in Buhari's administration. These are the same set of people that have destroyed this nation in the last 8 years and are regrouping under the leadership of Tinubu. The lobbying is already going on.

2) Due to the elections, Tinubu have not been able to pay adequate attention to his health, thereby making him struggle health wise. After the inaugurations, I expect Tinubu to be in Nigeria max 2 weeks before he jets out to Europe for further treatment of his ailment. This might take 3 - 6months. Guess who will be handling the affairs of this nation? Kashim Shettima.

3) Islamic extremist like Shettima would not prioritize nation building, his number one agenda is the expansion of Islam. I foresee insecurity increasing.

4) Corruption: There would be an increase in corruption among those that are in the corridors of power like never before in Tinubu's administration. The fight against corruption would cease. Any attempt to fight it would be countered by blackmails. After all , they all know each others secret. Corruption can not fight corruption.

5) Development: In a nation where insecurity and corruption is the bane of the day, where would development come from?? In a situation where the money meant for development is continuously been stolen and citizens don't feel secured enough to be productive. For example people don't feel secured going to their farm lands or working late nights. Issues like these would drastically reduce any nations productivity.

We should just forget about development and progress. If there is any, it would be at snail pace.

RoyalBlu:
It's been over three weeks now I lost my younger sister to death. I'm still finding it really difficult to get myself together.

The pain of losing her so untimely has shaken me to my roots. The tears won't stop coming.

I've been told to try and move on and be strong. But how

The Director, Legal Department, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Mr. Nelson Orji, has said that the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which stopped the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation from imposing fines on erring broadcast stations “is ill-conceived and dead on arrival because of legal encumbrances”.

He told the News Agency of Nigeria that a Federal High Court also sitting in Abuja had earlier given a contrary decision that the NBC had the power to impose sanctions on erring stations.

He said, Justice N. E. Maha in April 2022 had ruled in a case brought against NBC by seven organisations led by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project.

In a Certified True Copy of the judgement made available to NAN, Justice Maha had interpreted the provision of Section 2(1)(n) of the NBC Act, 1992.

The provision states, “The Commission shall have the responsibility of determining and applying sanctions including revocation of licences of defaulting stations which do not operate in accordance with the broadcast code and in public interest.”

Relying on the provision, the Justice Maha held, “The law is settled that a regulator imposing fines under its enabling law in the discharge of its functions could not have acted unconstitutionally.

“In Moses Ediru v Federal Road Safety Commission and 20 ors(supra) the court held that the FRSC Act gives the Commission the right to impose and enforce sanctions and such right does not derogate from the judicial powers of the court as provided in the constitution.

“In essence, there is no confluence point where the powers of FRSC and that of the court meet.

“In that Moses Ediru case, the court further observed that FRSC and the court are mutually exclusive such that the FRSC powers of enforcement of sanctions is not an usurpation of the judicial powers of the court.”

Speaking on the two cases, Orji said there existed conflicting decisions of the same court of coordinate jurisdiction on the same issue of whether NBC can impose sanctions.

He said by the convention of the law, “where there is conflicting decision of courts of coordinate jurisdiction a party can choose which of them to obey and it will not be held in contempt of any court.

“It is worthy of note that the judgement of Justice Maha is first in time and still subsisting as it has not been set aside by any appellate court.

“In this light NBC is still well within its right to continue to impose sanctions on broadcast organisations which run fowl of the NBC code.”

Orji further said the case against the 45 erring stations were strict liability offences and they had all complied by paying their fines.

He contended that if the judgement was allowed to stand it would mean that government agencies such as the NBC, FRSC, and Quarantine Services, would be rendered redundant.

Recall that the Incorporated Trustees of Media Rights Agenda had approached Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, who held that the NBC lacked the power to impose fines on broadcast stations.

The judge voided the ₦500,000 fine imposed on 45 broadcast stations on March 1, 2023, on the ground that NBC, not being a court of law, lacked power to impose sanctions.

According to the court, the NBC Code, which vested the Commission with the power to impose sanctions, was in conflict with Section 6(6) of the 1999 Constitution as amended, which vested such judicial powers on the court of law.

Justice Omotosho said the court would not sit idle and watch a non-juristic body arbitrarily impose a fine without recourse to the due process of law.

Meanwhile, the NBC has said it would appeal the judgement.

ijustdey:
https://leadership.ng/2-weeks-to-go-buhari-appoints-new-security-adviser/

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar; Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, his Taraba and Adamawa states counterparts, Darius Ishaku and Ahmadu Fintiri respectively, are the early arrivals at the ongoing welcome and reception ceremony for new and returning governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.

The event holding at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja is expected to bring together chieftains of the party drawn from across its various organs.

Already seated are former Vice President, Namadi Sambo, ex-Kaduna State Governor, Ahmed Makarfi; Acting Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara, among others.

The guest speaker, Mudal Yusuf will speak on the theme, “Good governance at the sub-national level: Issues, perspectives, expectations and outcomes.”

A baby has been born using three people's DNA for the first time in the UK, the fertility regulator has confirmed.

Most of their DNA comes from their two parents and around 0.1% from a third, donor woman.

The pioneering technique is an attempt to prevent children being born with devastating mitochondrial diseases.

Fewer than five such babies have been born, but no further details have been released.

Mitochondrial diseases are incurable and can be fatal within days or even hours of birth. Some families have lost multiple children and this technique is seen as the only option for them to have a healthy child of their own.

Mitochondria are the tiny compartments inside nearly every cell of the body that convert food into useable energy.

Defective mitochondria fail to fuel the body and lead to brain damage, muscle wasting, heart failure and blindness.

UK's first 'three-person babies' approved
They are passed down only by the mother. So mitochondrial donation treatment is a modified form of IVF that uses mitochondria from a healthy donor egg.

There are two techniques for performing mitochondrial donation. One takes places after the mother's egg has been fertilised by the father's sperm and the other takes place before fertilisation.

However, mitochondria have their own genetic information or DNA which means that technically the resulting children inherit DNA from their parents and a smidge from the donor as well. This is a permanent change that would be passed down through the generations.

This donor DNA is only relevant for making effective mitochondria, does not affect other traits such as appearance and does not constitute a "third parent".

The technique was pioneered in Newcastle and laws were introduced to allow the creation of such babies in the UK in 2015.

However, the UK did not immediately press ahead. The first baby born via this technique was to a Jordanian family having treatment in the US in 2016.

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (the HFEA) is saying "less than five" babies have been born as of 20 April 2023. It is not giving precise numbers to prevent the families being identified.

These limited details have emerged after a Freedom of Information request by the Guardian newspaper.

"News that a small number of babies with donated mitochondria have now been born in the UK is the next step, in what will probably remain a slow and cautious process of assessing and refining mitochondrial donation," said Sarah Norcross, the director of the Progress Educational Trust.

There has been no word from the teams in Newcastle so it is still uncertain whether the technique was successful.

Prof Robin Lovell-Badge, from the Francis Crick Research Institute, said: "It will be interesting to know how well the mitochondrial replacement therapy technique worked at a practical level, whether the babies are free of mitochondrial disease, and whether there is any risk of them developing problems later in life."

There is technically a risk of "reversion" where any defective mitochondria that are carried over could gain in number and still result in disease.

It had once been estimated that up to 150 such babies could eventually be born each year in the UK.

Racoon:
https://twitter.com/thecableindex/status/1656299484073132033?t=-0Rz3I3KEVfJUZGwimEasg&s=08[/quote][color=#990000]Buahri only came to plunder Nigeria, may God NEVER allow such a monumental disaster again!

naptu2:
https://thenationonlineng.net/el-rufai-buhari-frustrated-fuel-subsidy-removal/

Footballisfun:
Source:

Force PRO Calls For Probe Into Viral Video Of Police Officers Assaulting Man

Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Thursday, called for an investigation into a viral video of police officers assaulting a man who refused to release his phone to them.

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— Punch Newspapers (@MobilePunch) May 4, 2023

AreaGovo:
Imagine. God will help us in this country. Suffering everywhere.

BigIyanga:
Naija always choosing easy route..
expand that expressway with more interchanges and flyovers.. or build overhead lanes with no exits.. but toll toll