A mission of experts set up by Organization for Security and Cooperation and Europe (OSCE) nations has found evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine, an initial report by the mission said on Wednesday, CGTN reports. Ukraine is a crime scene,” the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor said on a visit to the town of Bucha west of Kyiv. A mission of experts set up by Organization for Security and Cooperation and Europe (OSCE) nations has found evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine, an initial report by the mission said on Wednesday,…
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Your doctor could have another way to gauge your risk of heart attack and stroke. A new study says the clues lie in the diameter of your thoracic aorta. That’s the portion of the large artery that passes through your chest and carries oxygenated blood to your heart and other parts of your body. The aorta gets wider as we age and a widened thoracic aorta could mean your risk is greater. In their study, researchers looked at the CT scans of 2,100 participants from the Netherlands. The participants’ median age was 69 and 55 percent were women. The scans…
On Tuesday, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma signed a law that will make performing an abortion a felony, effective August 26. Senate Bill 612 would penalize anyone who performs an abortion Senate Bill 612 would penalize anyone who performs an abortion, subjecting them to up to 10 years in prison and $100,000 in fines. The only exception is for abortions necessary to save the life of the mother. The measure is the latest in a series of strict abortion bans passed across the country as the United States Supreme Court reevaluates the future of Roe and abortion care protections.…
Actor and director Meagan Good was visiting her gynecologist for a routine checkup when they discovered an abnormality in her uterus. After testing determined the tissue could potentially become cancerous, it was removed. “It was a really scary experience cause the first thing I thought was one minute everything’s fine and the next minute everything could be flipped on its head, [and] what if I wasn’t regularly coming in to meet with my gynecologist and what if I wasn’t proactive instead of reactive; where would I be now?” Good told Infostride While she had heard of uterine cancer, she didn’t…
On Monday, the World Health Organization announced they’re tracking two new sub-variants of the highly infectious Omicron strain. These sub-variants, called BA.4 and BA.5, are concerning to experts due to mutations that might help them evade the immune system even in people who have been vaccinated or previously infected. According to Reuters, the agency said it’s tracking the new sub-variants for any “additional mutations that need to be further studied to understand their impact on immune escape potential.”Immune escape is concerning, when new variants are detected, experts look closely at what mutations have occurred and whether or not these mutations…
Some youths are getting attracted to Internet scams and should not be allowed to flourish in such ignoble enterprise. But as they do, so does the need by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to check their activities increases. EFCC has the mandate to tackle all financial crimes, by arresting and prosecuting suspects, no doubt. However, in addressing this societal menace, it has been observed that the anti-graft agency deploys tactics beyond its statutory functions. Whereas some of the key functions of the agency are to investigate all financial crimes, including advance fee fraud, money laundering, counterfeiting, illegal charge transfers,…
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) says the NIMASA-Barugu boat which sank on Saturday was the subject of litigation under the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr Edward Osagie, Assistant Director, Public Relations, NIMASA, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos.Infostride reports that the NIMASA/Barugu, one of the gunboats in the fleet of Global West Vessels Specialists (GWVS), sank at the weekend at the Kirikiri Terminal, behind NIMASA Resource Center. According to reports, the vessel sank at about 10:13 p.m on Saturday night in spite of efforts to salvage…
The civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) yesterday, expressed profound trepidation and worry that a lot of critical-minded people in southerm Nigeria have accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of ethnic profiling against Igbo notable sons in the last few months. It, therefore, urged the hierarchy of the EFCC to adopt transparent and accountable methodology of operation, irrespective of whether it is northern or southern Nigeria, so that they are not permanently perceived as a group of people, who have deviated from the time-honoured and time-tested mandates of anti-corruption crusade devoid of ethnic…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Fatima Mohammed Suleiman and her company, Jamila Multilink Logistics Services Limited, for diverting over N100million. The defendant was docked before Justice Samira Umar Bature of the FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on one-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and diversion. The EFCC said on or about the 23rd October, 2020, in Abuja, Suleiman was entrusted with the amount for purchase of United States Dollars. She allegedly converted N100,006,850 for her use, committing an offence contrary to Section 311 of the Panel Code Act Cap 532 Laws of the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will, on May 30, re-arraign former National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, on allegations bordering on N400 million fraud. Metuh is expected to be re-arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered on Monday from Court 8, where Justice Nwite presides, that hearing notices had already been issued, though it could not confirm if counsel to the parties had been communicated. NAN reports on Feb. 15 that the retrial of the ex-PDP spokesman had been reassigned to…
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, April 11, 2022, arraigned one Bukar Shehu before Justice Fadawu Umaru of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a-three count charge bordering on theft, computer related fraud and identity theft to the tune of N1.115, 000 ( One Million, One Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Naira). Shehu was arrested following a petition by one Adama Muhammad Lawan alleging that the defendant found her lost phone and used the device to make unauthorized withdrawals from her account. Count two of the charge reads: “That you, Bukar…
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a fake army general Abiodun was brought before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on Monday on 13 counts bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, forgery of documents and possession of documents containing false pretence to the tune of N266,500,000. The offences are contrary to Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act 2006; Section 363 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015; and Section 6 of the Advance Fee Fraud and…
EFCC points out what appears to be a contradiction in the order issued by the judge ahead of Mr Obiano’s handing over last month The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sent a petition against a judge handling a suit over the seizure of the passport of Willie Obiano, the immediate-past governor of Anambra State, who is under the commission’s investigations. Disclosing this in a statement on Saturday, the anti-graft agency questioned the impartiality of Hyeladzira Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court in Awka, Anambra State, in issuing an order permitting the former governor to travel abroad in…
Health authorities in Scotland and England are investigating what appears to be a good spike in hepatitis cases in young children – mostly under six years old. Parents are being asked to look out for symptoms of the liver condition such as jaundice, dark urine, itchy skin, muscle pain, and a loss of appetite. What is hepatitis? Hepatitis is the catch-all term to describe inflammation of the liver tissue. It is often caused by a viral infection – but also by exposure to some chemicals, alcohol, drugs and certain genetic disorders. In other cases, it can be triggered by an…
Residents of Gbara Maiyegun community in Eti-Osa local council of Lagos State have showered praises on the Rotary Club of Lekki Phase 1, District 9110, for its health interventions in the area. The residents spoke recently when the club, in conjunction with Chike Okoli Foundation, conducted free health screenings for them at the Gbara Maiyegun Health Centre. The health screening included blood sugar, blood pressure, Body Mass Index (BMI) and cholesterol checks. The club also offered free eye examinations and eye care medications to the residents even as it also distributed mosquito nets to them as a measure to…
If you’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19, your protectionTrusted Source against the novel coronavirus may decrease over time, especially with the introduction of new variants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently recommends COVID-19 vaccine boosters for everyone ages 12 years and older. In addition, the Food and Drug Administration saysTrusted Source a second booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine can be given to people 50 years of age and older at least 4 months after getting their first booster dose.The agency also recommends that some immunocompromised people 12 years and older get a second booster…
There is evidence that our interactions with the natural environment is creating perfect conditions for pathogens to move from wild animals to people, as population growth, urbanization and climate change bring us into closer contact with wildlife. Infostride today looks at the connections between health, sustainability, and the environment, and the lessons we must learn from the pandemic. In 2015, they was a global commitment to work toward net-zero emissions and the United Nations’ (U.N.) sustainable development goals. As many as 192 countries, plus the European Union — a further 27 countries — joined the agreement, which came into force…
China is battling its biggest spike in coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, with millions under lockdown and the healthcare system feeling the pressure. One of the last countries sticking to a zero-Covid strategy, China aims to stamp out every infection with strict lockdowns and by sending all cases to secure facilities. That is placing a strain on China’s already under-pressure medical system, as the highly transmissible Omicron variant rapidly moves through the population. Here are some of China’s key challenges in the fight against Covid: – Vaccination rates – Beijing says more than 1.2 billion people…
Over $1 billion is spent yearly by Nigerians on medicare abroad and it is impacting negatively on the nation’s health system, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has stated. Its President, Prof. Innocent Ujah who made the disclosure at the body’s maiden yearly lecture, on the 5th of April in Abuja, regretted that the brain drain was worsening the depleted healthcare resources in developing countries like Nigeria and widening the gap in health inequities worldwide. observed that human resources for health, representing one of the six pillars of a strong and efficient health system, were critical to the “improvement of health…
Defence, on Thursday, concluded cross-examination of the second prosecution witness in the trial of a musician, Azeez Fashola (a. k.a Naira Marley) facing cybercrime charges The second prosecution witness, Mr Augustine Anosike, is a forensic analyst, who began evidence in 2021. Infostride, reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting the defendant. Fashola, who sang the popular song: “Am I a yahoo boy”, was arraigned on May 20, 2019, before Justice Nicholas Oweibo, but he pleaded not guilty. The court granted him bail in the sum of two million naira, with two sureties in like sum. On…