September 23, 2022 – Newsbits NG

We Did Not Endorse Tinubu’s Muslim-Muslim Ticket After Abuja Meeting Says Northern Bishops

September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 AlienMedia

The bishops who met presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in Abuja on Thursday have said they never endorsed the same-faith ticket. In his brief comment at the meeting, Chairman of Pentecostal Bishops Forum of Northern Nigeria, Archbishop John Praise, said, “We are not committed to endorsing anybody, but you should ask your conscience and from what you have heard and from the explanation, he (Tinubu) had given to us to make your own judgement of who will better rule and handle the country.”…

Policeman To Spend Life Imprison For Killing Football Fan In Lagos – Court

September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 AlienMedia

Justice Adenike Coker of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, on Thursday, sentenced a dismissed cop, Olalekan Ogunyemi, to life imprisonment for killing a football fan, Kolade Johnson. Ogunyemi, who was attached to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad of the Nigeria Police, shot Johnson in the lower abdomen on March 31, 2019, at a viewing centre at Mangoro, Ikeja, Lagos. The victim was watching a football match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur when he was shot by the convict. While delivering judgment in charge no: ID/9776C/2019 between the State of Lagos vs…

COVID Raises Risk Of Long-Term Brain Injury, Large U.S. Study Finds

September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 AlienMedia

By Julie Steenhuysen People who had COVID-19 are at higher risk for a host of brain injuries a year later compared with people who were never infected by the coronavirus, a finding that could affect millions of Americans, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. The year-long study, published in Nature Medicine, assessed brain health across 44 different disorders using medical records without patient identifiers from millions of U.S. veterans. Brain and other neurological disorders occurred in 7% more of those who had been infected with COVID compared with a similar group…

Russia Remains On WADA Radar Ahead Of Expiration Of Ban

September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 AlienMedia

President Putin with some Russian athletes World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said they are still monitoring testing operations in Russia ahead of the decision on whether to reinstate the country, despite complications caused by the Ukraine war, president Witold Banka said on Tuesday. The existing two-year ban from international sport imposed by WADA on Russia for widespread, state-sponsored infringements of doping regulations expires at the end of the year. Some Russians have continued to compete internationally as “neutral” athletes, including at the last two Olympic Games, but the isolation of the…

Labour Party Plan To Releases Peter Obi’s Manifesto Next Week Says Prof. Pat Utomi

September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 AlienMedia

By NewsBits Prof. Pat Utomi (left), with Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate Prof. Pat Utomi the leader of Labour Party, has disclosed that the manifesto of the party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi for the 2023 elections will be released before campaign starts next week. According to the timetable of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), campaign for presidential and national elections officially kicks off next Wednesday September 28, 2022. While receiving the leadership of Progressive Movement for Better Nigeria (PM4BN) in Abuja, Utomi said the document is ready…