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Saturday, 29 July 2023 04:05

Niger military council takes over, names Head of State

Leaders of a coup in Niger declared General Abdourahamane Tiani as the new head of state on Friday days after saying they had ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in the seventh military takeover in West and Central Africa in less than three years. African countries, Western powers and regional and international organizations have voiced support for Bazoum and called for democracy to be restored. Some officials suggested the outcome was not yet final. France's Foreign Minister Catherina Colonna explicitly referred to it as an "attempted coup" on Friday, while White House national security spokesman John Kirby said there was still room…

Friday, 28 July 2023 04:43

Federal civil service adopts ‘digitalised work processes’ - HoS

Federal Government has unveiled new Public Service Rules for immediate implementation in the service. The unveiling was done by Olawale Edun, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on monetary policies, at a public service lecture, as part of the activities to mark the 2023 Civic Service Week in Abuja on Thursday. The theme for the service week is: ‘Digitalisation of work processes in the public service: A gateway to efficient resources utilisation and national development’. Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Folasade Yemi-Esan, said Nigeria was fully keying into digitalised public service to meet the required global standards…

Friday, 28 July 2023 04:40

Putin promises no-cost Russian grain shipments to African countries

Putin spoke at the opening session of a two-day Russia-Africa summit attended by a sharply lower number of African heads of state and government compared with a previous summit in 2019. While discussing the halted Black Sea grain deal, he promised large no-cost shipments of grain to six African countries. “Our country will continue supporting needy states and regions, in particular, with its humanitarian deliveries. We seek to actively participate in building a fairer system of distribution of resources. We are taking maximum efforts to avert a global food crisis,” Putin said. "I have already said that our country can…

Thursday, 27 July 2023 04:34

Niger army seizes power as President overthrown, parliament dissolved, borders shut

Soldiers in Niger seized control in the West African nation after the country’s president, Mohamed Bazoum, was detained by the presidential guard. The security forces have “put an end to the regime” due to “the continuous degradation of the security situation, the bad economic and social governance,” Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane said in a statement on state broadcaster Tele Sahel late Wednesday. All institutions have been suspended and parliament dissolved, according to the statement made on behalf of the National Council for the Protection of the Homeland, which referred to itself by the French acronym CNSP. The group, which said it…

Thursday, 27 July 2023 04:34

NLC issues seven-day strike notice over FG’s ‘anti-poor policies’

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given a nationwide strike notice beginning on 2 August to protest the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government. Although no official statement has been issued by the Congress, its spokesperson, Ben Upah, confirmed the strike plan to an online newspaper on Wednesday. “Yes, the nationwide strike will commence on 2 August 2023. We will soon issue a communique to that effect, ” Upah said General Secretary of the NLC, Emma Ugboaja, did not respond to calls to his mobile phone on Wednesday. It was, however, gathered that Congress gave the government a seven-day…

Thursday, 27 July 2023 04:33

Don’t disobey court order by going on strike, FG warns NLC

The federal government has reacted to the seven-day ultimatum issued by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to embark on a nationwide strike over the hike in the price of petrol and the high cost of living in the country. On Wednesday, NLC issued a seven-day ultimatum to the federal government to reverse all “anti-poor” and “insensitive” policies. The policies, the union said, include the recent hike in the price of petrol, and the sudden increase in public school fees, among others. In the communique signed by Joe Ajaero, NLC president, and Emmanuel Ugboaja, the union’s general secretary, the union accused…

Wednesday, 26 July 2023 04:13

CBN ignores Tinubu’s call for lowering borrowing costs, hikes rates

Central Bank of Nigeria extended its longest phase of monetary tighteningto tame inflation, disregarding a call by President Bola Tinubu for borrowing costs to be lowered. The monetary policy committee raised the benchmark rate by 25 basis points to a record 18.75%. The median of 17 economists surveyed by Bloomberg expected a 50 basis-point increase. The meeting was the first presided over by acting Governor Folashodun Shonubi, who last month replaced Godwin Emefiele following his arrest on charges of illegally possessing a firearm. Tinubu, who has implemented several reforms including ending fuel subsidies and liberalizing the foreign-exchange market since he…

Wednesday, 26 July 2023 04:12

Old Naira notes will be withdrawn gradually without deadline - CBNI’m

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says plans to gradually phase out the old N200, N500, and N1,000 naira notes are ongoing, as new notes are still being issued. Folashodun Shonubi, acting governor of the apex bank, spoke on Tuesday after the monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting at the CBN headquarters in Abuja. In October 2022, Godwin Emefiele, former CBN governor, announced plans to redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 naira bills. Emefiele had asked Nigerians to deposit their old notes before January 31, 2023, when they would cease to be legal tender. The CBN later said Muhammadu Buhari, the former…

Wednesday, 26 July 2023 04:11

DSS, Prison officials in fisticuffs after Emefiele secured court bail

The Department of State services (DSS) has rearrested suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The secret police took custody of Emefiele shortly after a face-off with officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NSC). Emefiele, who has been in DSS detention since June, was arraigned in court on Tuesday. Nicholas Oweibo, the presiding judge, had granted the suspended CBN governor N20 million bail. The bail condition includes producing a surety with landed property within the jurisdiction of the court in Ikoyi, Lagos, depositing his passport and also producing a Civil servant not below level 16 to…

Wednesday, 26 July 2023 04:10

Resident doctors go on strike over welfare issues

Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Tuesday night declared an indefinite nationwide strike. President of the association, Orji Innocent, said the strike will commence at 12 midnight on Tuesday. He said the strike was declared during the National Executive Council meeting of the association in Lagos. According to Innocent, the major demands of the association are : immediate payment of the 2023 Medical Residency Training Fund (MRTF), immediate release of the circular on one-for-one replacement, payment of skipping arrears and upward review of CONMESS in line with full salary restoration to the 2014 value of CONMESS. It had in…

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Tuesday, 25 July 2023 04:33

NLC, TUC, others talk tough over increasing costs of living

Groanings occasioned by the removal of the fuel subsidy grew louder on Monday as the Nigerian Labour Congress said it was ready to fight the economic pains and hardship caused by the Federal Government’s decision. Also, university workers under the aegis of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, the University of Lagos chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Congress of University Academics and protesting members of the Edo Civil Society Organisations lamented the subsidy removal and it attendant pains. The varsity unions decried the situation, saying the subsidy was ’unintelligently removed.’ National Assistant Secretary, NLC, Chris Onyeka,…

Tuesday, 25 July 2023 04:32

Cost of living crisis: ‘Kill corruption, not Nigerians’, protesters say in Edo

Civil Society Groups flooded major streets in Benin City, Edo State on Monday, to protest the recent increase in price of petrol and nationwide hardship. The groups under the aegis of the Edo Civil Society Organisations lamented the high cost of governance exhibited by politicians, at the expense of the poor Nigerians. According to the groups, the federal government ought to have provided palliatives that would cushion the pangs of fuel subsidy removal before implementing it. Recall that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, last Tuesday, increased the prices of petrol to N617 per litre in Abuja, while other places…

Tuesday, 25 July 2023 04:31

Passengers look for alternative routes as foreign airlines hike fares

Travellers are expressing their disappointment and frustrations as airfares continue to skyrocket, making it increasingly difficult for individuals to embark on their desired trips. The rising costs, coupled with economic uncertainties, have left many passengers in a state of dismay. About two weeks after President Bola Tinubu promised to unify the nation’s multiple exchange rates, the apex bank decided to float the naira at the Investor’s and Exporters’ Window of the foreign exchange market. Since then, the naira had fallen from N471/dollar to N867/$. With this development, Nigerians, particularly, intending international students hoping to resume school in September, had been…

Monday, 24 July 2023 03:26

The ‘Bird’ flies away as Musk announces plan to change Twitter logo to X

Twitter owner Elon Musk said the social media company will change its logo soon, getting rid of the blue bird that’s long been its signature. “If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make go live worldwide tomorrow,” Musk tweeted late Saturday. Roughly six months after he acquired Twitter for $44 billion, he merged the company into an entity called X Corp., saying Twitter is an accelerant to building an everything-app called X. An interim X logo is coming on Sunday, he said in a later message. The X service is envisioned as an AI-powered “global marketplace for…

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