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Wednesday, 22 March 2023 03:48

What to know after Day 391 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia tightens ties with China as West offers $16bn lifeline to Kyiv Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin cemented friendship between China and Russia and jointly criticised the West, which moved to buttress Ukraine against Moscow's invasion with nearly $16 billion in financial aid and faster delivery of battle tanks. The Chinese leader's visit to Moscow, long touted by the Kremlin as a show of support from its most powerful friend, featured plenty of demonstrative bonhomie on Tuesday. Xi and the Russian president referred to each other as dear friends, promised economic cooperation and described their countries' relations as…

Tuesday, 21 March 2023 05:52

Stop harassment of the Igbo in Lagos, Ohaneze cries out to Buhari, Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu

Apex Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has urged Federal Government to intervene in what it described as “ethnic profiling of the Igbo in Lagos State” since 2023 election began. The group also wanted the Federal Government to look into attendant hardship which Igbo people had been subjected to with a view to averting the impending tragedy. This is contained in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Alex Ogbonnia in Enugu on Monday, titled “What have Igbos done”. According to him, there is need to end atrocities against the Igbos in Lagos State before it…

Tuesday, 21 March 2023 05:51

Generators provide 75 percent electricity in Nigeria – Report

About 75 per cent of electricity consumed in Nigeria comes from diesel and petrol-powered generators, the latest reports released on Monday by the Society for Planet and Prosperity, GCA Capital Partners and Climate Advisers Network, showed. Findings by the coalition indicated that about 25,000 megawatts of power utilised in Nigeria was from diesel and petrol-powered generators, while the national electricity grid only supplied less than 5,000 megawatts. The groups made this public at a press briefing in Abuja, where they also unveiled 11 key measures required to galvanise actions for quick decision-making and smart solutions to achieving Nigeria’s net-zero target.…

Tuesday, 21 March 2023 05:49

Look out for Ramadan moon on Wednesday, Sultan urges Muslims

Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged Muslims across the country to look out for this year’s Ramadan after sunset on Wednesday. Director of Administration of the council, Zubairu Haruna Usman-Ugwu, said this in a statement in Abuja. “Consequent upon the advice of the National Moon-Sighting Committee (NMSC), the President-General enjoins the Nigerian Muslim Ummah to search for the crescent of Ramadan 1444 A.H. immediately after sunset on Wednesday, 29th Sha’aban, 1444 A.H. which is equivalent to 22nd March, 2022. “If the crescent is…

Tuesday, 21 March 2023 05:47

What to know after Day 390 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia, China contribute to strengthening multipolar world, says Putin The relations between Moscow and Beijing contribute to strengthening the multipolar world, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday. "As a whole, our interaction on the international scene undoubtedly contributes to strengthening the fundamental principles of the world order and the multipolar system," the Russian leader stressed. Both countries have a lot of issues to discuss in the sphere of economic interaction as well, Putin said. "Tomorrow we will be able to talk about that with the participation of our partners…

Monday, 20 March 2023 03:37

What to know after Day 389 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Putin makes surprise trip to occupied Mariupol Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the occupied port city of Mariupol, his first trip to Ukrainian territory that Moscow illegally annexed in September and a show of defiance after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest on war crimes charges. Putin arrived in Mariupol late Saturday after visiting Crimea, southwest of Mariupol, to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula’s annexation from Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday. He was shown chatting with Mariupol residents and visiting an art school and a children’s center in…

Sunday, 19 March 2023 02:06

What to know after Day 388 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Putin visits Crimea Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Crimea on the day of the ninth anniversary of the peninsula’s reunification Russia, according to a footage shown by TV broadcasters on Saturday. According to Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the head of state is to take part in the opening of a significant cultural and historical site. Earlier, it was expected that Putin would join the event by video link. On Friday, the president's schedule was also partly devoted to the situation on the peninsula. Putin held a meeting devoted to the socio-economic development of Crimea and Sevastopol.…

Sunday, 19 March 2023 01:59

Catholic Church banning priests from engaging in sex is 'temporary' - Pope Francis

Pope Francis said the Catholic Church's thousand-year-old practice of celibacy could be changed. In a recent interview with an Argentine publication Infobae, Francis said the ban on priests having sex was only "temporary" and that there is "no contradiction for a priest to marry." "There is no contradiction for a priest to marry. Celibacy in the western Church is a temporary prescription," Francis said. "It is not eternal like priestly ordination, which is forever whether you like it or not. On the other hand, celibacy is a discipline." The Catholic Church began requiring celibacy in the 11th century because clergy…

Saturday, 18 March 2023 01:55

FG orders closure of all land borders

Nigeria Immigration Service at midnight on Saturday (today) closed all land borders into the country and across states ahead of the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections. In a memo made available to our correspondent by the Service Spokesperson, Anthony Akuneme, the 24-hour border closure will end at midnight on Sunday, even as the collation of results begins across states. The directive issued by the service Comptroller-General, Isah Idris, read “The Federal Government has directed the total closure of all land borders effective from 00:00 hours on Saturday, March 18, 2023, to 00:00 hours on Sunday, March 19, 2023.…

Saturday, 18 March 2023 01:54

Buhari signed 16 amendments to Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution. Here are the items altered

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman House Committee on Constitution Review, Idris Wase (APC, Plateau), said President Muhammadu Buhari has signed 16 constitution alteration bills into law. Wase, in a statement on Friday, commended the president for giving assent to the bills, which according to him will devolve more power to states. The bill on financial independence of State Houses of Assembly and State Judiciary is one of the bills signed by the president. Other bills signed by the president are on the removal of the railway, prison and electricity from the exclusive legislative list to the…

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Saturday, 18 March 2023 01:51

NJC recommends compulsory retirement of Taraba Chief Judge

National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the compulsory retirement of the Chief Judge of Taraba State High Court, Philibus F. B. Andetur, with immediate effect. Andetur was recommended for compulsory retirement following his indictment in a petition written against him by Muhammed Sanusi Dagash. Dagash had in the petition accused the embattled Chief Judge of suppressing judgment by failing to rule in the case with Suit No: TRSJ/134/17 involving Kassim Yahaya Ahmad Vs Shittu Wurmo & Shuwari Farms Limited. In the statement by the Director of Information of the NJC, Soji Oye, on Friday following the end of the council’s…

Saturday, 18 March 2023 01:50

#EndSARS activist, Rinu Oduala selected for Fellowship of World Movement for Democracy

A young Nigerian female activist and one of the promoters of the popular #EndSARS campaign of 2020, Rinu Oduala, has been selected for the 2023 Hurford Youth fellowship by the World Movement for Democracy. Ms Oduala, the Project Director of Connect Hub NG, a platform that advocates against police brutality, is the only African to be selected via a keenly competitive process involving more than 9,000 applicants. The World Movement for Democracy announced on its official Twitter account on Wednesday that only 4 applicants were picked from around the world. “Our 2023 Hurford Youth Fellows are here! Welcome Sofía Pozzo…

Saturday, 18 March 2023 01:49

France's streets are filled with garbage and fury. Here's why

Piles of stinking trash lay next to people sitting in Paris’ chic street cafes, uncollected for days. Torched cars and burned out tires litter some of the French capital's roads. Paris is no stranger to political and popular unrest, but in recent days thousands have taken the streets and stormed police barricades, facing tear gas and water cannons in response. Protesters across the country are angry about President Emmanuel Macron’s long-promised plans to raise the national retirement age from 62 to 64 during an acute cost-of-living crisis, exacerbated by spiralling inflation. The French government says that with rising life expectancy…

Saturday, 18 March 2023 01:48

What to know after Day 387 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE International court issues warrant for Putin's arrest International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, alleging Moscow's forcible deportation of Ukrainian children is a war crime, as the Kremlin reacted with outrage. Russia has not concealed a programme under which it has brought thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia but presents it as a humanitarian campaign to protect orphans and children abandoned in the conflict zone. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the move would lead to "historic accountability", adding that the deportations constituted a policy of "state evil which starts precisely…

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