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Tuesday, 06 December 2022 05:41

Passengers shun Kaduna-Abuja train service despite heavy security cover

Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Monday resumed operations at the Kaduna-Abuja railway, nine months after nine people were killed and scores of other passengers were abducted by terrorists who attacked the train in a community near Kaduna. Rail services on the route were abruptly suspended after the 28 March, 2022, attack. On Monday, at exactly 9:45 a.m. the first train, since the attack, left the Kaduna terminal for the country’s capital, Abuja. There were only a handful of passengers on board. Armed security deployed Before the resumption of the train services, the police announced new security measures to ensure safety…

Tuesday, 06 December 2022 05:39

EU is up in arms against Biden’s $430bn inflation reduction spendings. This is what’s at stake

Top European Union officials will use a trade meeting with U.S. counterparts on Monday to press concerns about Washington's huge new green energy subsidy package. While EU countries welcome the new commitment to energy transition, they fear the $430 billion Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will unfairly disadvantage their companies relative to rivals in the United States. WHY IS EUROPE ANGRY? The 27 EU countries are worried their companies will be cut off from U.S. tax credits for components used in renewable energy technologies like electric cars, offered under the new law on condition they are made in North America. EU…

Tuesday, 06 December 2022 05:38

What to know after Day 286 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian forces subjected the Russian city of Donetsk to massive artillery shelling and rocket attacks on Monday, with at least four civilians killed and several more wounded, according to local authorities. The attacks targeted residential areas of the city, with at least three buildings damaged, according to the Joint Center on Control and Coordination (JCCC) mission, which monitors what it alleges are Ukrainian “war crimes.” The shelling primarily hit the Kiev district in the north of the city, the territorial defense headquarters of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) reported. The Ukrainian forces used Grad BM-21 multiple rocket launchers,…

Monday, 05 December 2022 05:57

Gombe and Bauchi states are fighting over ownership of the new Kolmani oil wells. These are the claims by both sides

A crisis appears to be brewing over the ownership of the Kolmani Oil and Gas field as both Bauchi and Gombe States have started laying claims to the oil wells. Officials and residents of the two states have also accused each other of attempting to appropriate the site which is said to contain one billion barrels of crude oil reserves and 500 billion standard cubic feet of gas. The development is coming barely two weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated oil exploration at the Kolmani oil field by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited and its joint venture partners. Kolmani…

Monday, 05 December 2022 05:55

Heavy security as Abuja-Kaduna rail service resumes today

Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police (IGP), has ordered the deployment of armed personnel to safeguard the Abuja-Kaduna rail services. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the force spokesperson, in a statement on Sunday, said the operatives would be drawn from the police mobile force, K-9, force intelligence bureau, explosive ordinance unit and railway police command. The Abuja-Kaduna train operation is expected to resume on Monday (today), December 5. Adejobi said the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has been in regular talks with the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) and other security agencies in preparation for the commencement of operations. “The deployment covers major railway stations…

Monday, 05 December 2022 05:53

What to know after Day 285 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE The Group of Seven price cap on Russian seaborne oil came into force on Monday as the West tries to limit Moscow's ability to finance its war in Ukraine, but Russia has said it will not abide by the measure even if it has to cut production. The price cap, to be enforced by the G7, the European Union and Australia, comes on top of the EU's embargo on imports of Russian crude by sea and similar pledges by the United States, Canada, Japan and Britain. It allows Russian oil to be shipped to third-party countries using G7…

Sunday, 04 December 2022 06:11

Govs to FG: You, not us, made 133m Nigerians ‘multidimensionally poor’

Nigerian governors have blamed the rising poverty in the country on insecurity. The governors also blamed the federal government for failing in its primary responsibility – securing the lives and properties of Nigerians. This was contained in a statement by the Director of Media for the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), Abdulrazak Barkindo. The NGF’s statement is a response to a comment by the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, who attributed the poverty rate in Nigeria to governors’ misplaced priority. He blamed the governors for prioritising the construction of infrastructure such as bridges and airports in…

Sunday, 04 December 2022 06:08

FG vs P&ID: London trial will reveal ‘industrial scale’ corruption by all parties - FG’s lawyer

Mark Howard, a British lawyer representing Nigeria in a London court dispute between Nigeria and Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID), says the trial will reveal corruption “on an industrial scale”. Reuters reports that at a pre-trial review on Friday, Howard told the court that evidence of “widespread corruption and bribery on an industrial scale” would be put forward. The lawyer said the corruption was not only of Nigerian officials but also of British lawyers. “Our case is it was bribery to get the contract, ongoing bribery to keep everyone on board, bribery of lawyers,” he said, alleging that two London-based…

Sunday, 04 December 2022 06:07

NNPCL lying to Nigerians about oil theft, Nigerian Navy alleges

Nigerian Navy has accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited of not revealing the true cause(s) of crude oil theft in the country, but reeling out exaggerated figures to save face. This disclosure was made to the Senate Committee on Economic and Financial Crimes by the Navy Chief of Training and Operations, Rear Admiral Solomon Agada, during an interactive briefing of the relevant agencies implementing the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Act, 2022 at the National Assembly. Our correspondent exclusively observed the proceedings. Agada revealed that at several interactions with the NNPC, the Navy had explained the causes of…

Sunday, 04 December 2022 06:06

New security architecture should give guarantees for Russia - Macron

The West should consider how to address Russia's need for security guarantees if President Vladimir Putin agrees to negotiations about ending the war in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said in remarks broadcast on Saturday. In an interview with French TV station TF1 recorded during his state visit to the United States last week, Macron said Europe needs to prepare its future security architecture. "This means that one of the essential points we must address - as President Putin has always said - is the fear that NATO comes right up to its doors, and the deployment of weapons that…

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Sunday, 04 December 2022 06:05

What to know after Day 284 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian President Vladimir Putin is not sincere about peace talks with Ukraine while he is taking the war to a new level of "barbarism" by trying to turn off the lights of civilians, a top U.S. diplomat said on Saturday. U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland met President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other senior Ukrainian officials in Kyiv to show support at a time when Russia is trying to destroy the country's energy infrastructure. "Diplomacy is obviously everyone's objective but you have to have a willing partner," she told reporters. "And it's very clear, whether it's the…

Saturday, 03 December 2022 05:58

Presidency released details of refunds to oil producing states leaked by Wike. Here’s what each of the 9 states got

The Presidency has released details of oil derivation refunds made to Niger Delta states amidst a growing controversy that the funds had been misused by some governments in the region. The federal government said in a statement Friday that the nine oil-producing states received a total of N625.43 billion 13 per cent oil derivation, subsidy and SURE-P refunds from the Federation Account between 2021 and 2022. The refunds date from 1999 to 2021. It is the first public confirmation that huge amounts of money, separate from monthly federal allocations, had been paid to the states, amidst growing questions on how…

Saturday, 03 December 2022 05:53

Aisha Buhari withdraws case against student who said she ‘fed fat on poor people’s money’

Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, on Friday, withdrew her case against Aminu Adamu, a student of the Federal University, Dutse, who was arrested for trolling her on Twitter. The student was remanded in the Suleja correctional facility in Niger State on Tuesday after he was charged to court by the police, according to his lawyer, C.K Agu. The lawyer Agu confirmed to BBC Hausa late evening that the wife of the President has withdrawn the case against the student. Adamu, a final year student, tweeted a photo of Mrs Buhari with a caption in Hausa which translates to: “Mama…

Saturday, 03 December 2022 05:50

Ukraine war shows Europe too reliant on US for security - Finland PM

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shown that Europe is too reliant on the United States for its own security, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Friday. Speaking at a think tank in Sydney, Australia, Marin advocated boosting Europe’s defence capabilities, including arms production. “I must be brutally honest with you, Europe isn’t strong enough right now. We would be in trouble without the United States,” Marin told an audience at the Lowy Institute. She added she had spoken with many U.S. politicians who had said they think Europe should be stronger. “The United States has given a lot of…

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