Major Kenneth Mellanby CBE (26 March 1908 – 23 December 1993)* was an English ecologist and entomologist. He received the OBE for his work on the scabies mite. Mellanby was educated at Barnard Castle School and then at King’s College, Cambridge in Biology. He gained his PhD at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on the ability of parasites to survive desiccation. He then worked as a Sorby Research Fellow of the Royal Society in Sheffield. In the Second World War, he studied the control of scabies mite, an infection that was keeping thousands of soldiers in the…
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By Ademola H Adigun It’s not about Seun Kuti slapping a policeman in uniform. It is not about police brutality. It is not about sympathy or not for the police. It’s about the entitlement mentality of the elite. The same thing Ekweremadu did. The same thing anyone that says “do you know who I am?” does. The feeling of being above the law. Our society suffers from “bigmanism “. Seun’s actions and his subsequent statements depict that kind of thinking. The right to do what they like because they feel they are untouchable. Forget he is a son of a…
In a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Tinubu pledges to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy, promote good relations. President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to hit the ground running and unify the country upon his assumption of office on May 29. He further pledged to work to ensure continued positive relations with the United States. Asíwájú Tinubu spoke during a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Initiated by the US diplomat, the telephone discussion, which was frank and friendly, took place on Tuesday evening. The President-elect said that among his immediate priorities would be to…
Lamidi Apapa, the factional National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), has expressed his gratitude to God for saving his life after being mobbed at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. News In Naija reported the incident occurred during the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Wednesday. In a video that circulated earlier, Apapa was seen being escorted out of the court by a police operative while being subjected to verbal abuse and accusations of theft from enraged supporters of the Labour Party. Apapa, who was later released from protective custody by security operatives, addressed reporters and…
Sunday Mbang, Prelate Emeritus of the Methodist Church Nigeria, is dead. He was 86 years old. The late Prelate who was also the first black president of the World Methodist Council, died in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital on Tuesday, May 16. Mbang, the first President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) of Methodist Church extraction, died in his sleep after a brief illness, according to a statement by Babatunde Taiwo, the secretary of the Methodist Conference, Taiwo said the Prelate “died after an impactful earthly ministry of 44 years having enrolled at the Trinity College, Umuahia, Abia State in…
By Ochogwu Sunday The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi has revealed that he once confronted the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for not fielding the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo for the presidency. The former Anambra governor who spoke on Tuesday during the 63rd birthday get-together of journalist and publisher, Dele Momodu, also said the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, would have been a great candidate if he had contested 20 years ago. The Labour Party candidate insisted that he battled for the nation’s top job because he wants the country working. He said: “I’m interested…
President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday expressed condolences on the loss of lives of two United States embassy officials and two Nigerian policemen accompanying them in an attack by gunmen in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. “I was very sad hearing about the killing of the embassy staff and our policemen accompanying them. In this difficult time for the families of those killed, the American Embassy and the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, I extend the nation’s condolences over the very sad incident,” he said. President Buhari has equally been briefed about the tragic killing of several persons in Bwoi District…
A foremost Yoruba monarch, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has admonished the front runners in the race for the Speakership and Deputy Speakership positions of the incoming 10th House of Representatives, Rt Hon. Abbas Tajudeen and Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, to always have the interest of the country at heart in the discharge of their duties as presiding officers. Recall that the duo were endorsed by the leadership of the ruling all Progressives Congress (APC) on May 8 as the party’s preferred candidates for the positions of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the 10th House respectively.…
There was drama at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday when officials of the two factions of Labour Party clashed. Trouble started when Lamidi Apapa, factional chairman of the party, walked into the court premises alongside some of his supporters. Apapa, who is locked in a battle with Julius Abure, suspended chairman of the party, had arrived the court for the case of a petition which Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the party, filed against the victory of President-elect Bola Tinubu. He made attempted to sit where Labour Party officials were and a shouting match ensued. “Who are you?”…
The federal executive council (FEC) has approved the implementation of the Employee Compensation Act (ECA) 2010. Chris Ngige, minister of labour, spoke to state house correspondents after an emergency FEC meeting on Monday. The Employee Compensation Act (ECA) 2010 makes comprehensive provisions for the payment of compensation to employees who suffer from occupational diseases or sustain injuries arising from accidents at the workplace or in the course of employment. “Today, the council has approved it for universal implementation, meaning that apart from the private sector, which is already implementing, the public sector, which comprises federal, state, and local governments, now…