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Friday, 18 November 2022 05:27

Nigerian soldier kills aid worker, injures UN helicopter pilot

A Nigerian soldier shot and wounded a United Nations helicopter co-pilot on Thursday before going on to kill a humanitarian worker and a fellow soldier at a military base in northeastern Nigeria, the army and a witness said. The Nigerian Army said in a statement that one of its members shot and injured a helicopter co-pilot from the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) in the north east, where the military is battling an Islamist insurgency. Army spokesman for the anti-insurgency operation Samson Nantip Zhakom said the unnamed soldier went on to shoot and kill a worker from one of…

Friday, 18 November 2022 05:25

What to know after Day 268 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian missiles and shells hit Ukrainian positions in several regions and there was no let up in heavy fighting in Donetsk in the east, the Ukrainian military said on Thursday night as Moscow's occupying forces appeared more active. FIGHTING * Russia pounded gas production facilities and a major missile factory in new missile strikes on critical infrastructure in Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said. * Investigators in Ukraine's recently liberated southern region of Kherson have uncovered 63 bodies with signs of torture after Russian forces left, Ukraine's interior minister was quoted as saying. A Ukrainian human rights investigator released a…

Thursday, 17 November 2022 06:55

Senate resolves to support Naira redesign with legislative oversight

The senate, on Wednesday, witnessed a rowdy session over the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). A heated argument broke out during a debate on a motion sponsored by Uba Sani, chairman, senate committee on banking, insurance and other financial institutions. Sani had, in the prayers to his motion, urged the senate to provide legislative support for the policy. He also asked the upper chamber to mandate his committee to embark on aggressive oversight on the matter. Sani also urged the senate to support the CBN naira redesign policy, including the January 31 deadline for compliance.…

Thursday, 17 November 2022 06:54

FG insists on not paying ASUU members for time during strike

The federal government has insisted that members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will not be paid for work not done. On Wednesday, at the state house in Abuja, Adamu Adamu, minister of education, dismissed allegations that the federal government was trying to treat lecturers as causal workers by paying them on a pro-rata basis. “The strike has been called off and the government has paid them what is due to them,” Adamu said. He said the position of the government is quite clear, adding that “the government is not going to pay anyone for work not done”.…

Thursday, 17 November 2022 06:51

What to know after Day 267 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia’s UN envoy Vasily Nebenzya on Wednesday said statements by Warsaw and Kiev sought to trigger a direct Russia-NATO conflict over the missile incident in Poland. "If this meeting hadn’t been scheduled, it would have had to be convened to discuss the attempts of Ukraine and Poland to provoke a direct clash between Russia and NATO. The absolutely irresponsible statements made by the leadership of these two countries cannot be perceived in any other way," he said at a meeting of the UN Security Council. Nebenzya said Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky immediately after the explosion in Poland accused…

Wednesday, 16 November 2022 06:33

World population hits 8 billion, creating many challenges in Nigeria, DRC, others

The world’s population hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, according to a United Nations projection, with much of the growth coming from developing nations in Africa. Among them is Nigeria, where resources are already stretched to the limit. More than 15 million people in Lagos compete for everything from electricity to light their homes to spots on crowded buses, often for two-hour commutes each way in this sprawling megacity. Some Nigerian children set off for school as early as 5 a.m. And over the next three decades, the West African nation’s population is expected to soar even more:…

Wednesday, 16 November 2022 06:29

Nigeria’s inflation rate rose again in October 2022 – NBS

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 21.09 per cent year-on-year basis in October 2022, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report released in Abuja on Wednesday. According to the report, the figure is 5.09 per cent points higher compared to 15.99 per cent recorded in October 2021. “This shows that the general price level for the headline inflation rate increased in October 2022 when compared to the same month in the preceding year. “Meaning that in October 2022, the general price level was 5.09 per cent higher relative to October 2021.’’…

Wednesday, 16 November 2022 06:28

FG approves 1,650 MW hydropower project on PPP

Nigeria has approved the construction of a 1,650 megawatt (MW) hydropower plant at a cost of $3 billion, making it one of the single biggest power projects in the country, the vice president's spokesperson said on Tuesday. The project would be funded under a public private partnership arrangement and located in the north central state of Benue, Laolu Akande, vice president Yemi Osinbanjo's spokesperson, said in a statement. Akande did not say when construction would start. Increasing power supply is expected to top the agenda of the successor to President Muhammadu Buhari, who steps down after elections next year. Africa's…

Wednesday, 16 November 2022 06:21

What to know after Day 266 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Two people died in an explosion in a Polish village near the border with Ukraine, firefighters said, with NATO allies investigating the cause. * There were unconfirmed reports that Russian missiles landed on Polish territory. * The Russian defence ministry denied the reports, describing them as "a deliberate provocation aimed at escalating the situation". * In Washington, the Pentagon said it could not confirm Russian missiles had landed in Poland. FIGHTING * Missiles hit cities including the capital Kyiv, Lviv and Rivne in the west, Kharkiv in the northeast, Kryvyi Rih and Poltava in the centre, Odesa and…

Tuesday, 15 November 2022 07:01

Buhari has spent 237 days abroad for medical treatment, with cumulative expenses of N64bn. Here’s the breakdown

President Muhammadu Buhari returned to the country on Sunday night, marking his 10th medical return trips from London, and 237 days of either treating or checking undisclosed ailments abroad in the last seven years. Buhari’s medical tourism record, which is unprecedented in Nigeria’s history, as well, costs the country in medical bills and operating cost of the Nigerian Air Force One (NAF 001) airplane. The Guardian estimates showed that the trips already cost between N1.1 billion to N5.4 billion in sundry operational costs, including fuel, landing and parking charges. Stakeholders reckon that the presidential extravagance is fueling steady rise in…

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Tuesday, 15 November 2022 07:00

Fiscal Responsibility Commission says it facilitated N725bn revenue for FG in 6 months

Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) says it generated N725 billion from independent revenue, in the first half of 2022. Victor Muruako, chairman of FRC, said this on Monday, at the opening ceremony of a three-day workshop on sustaining the gains of fiscal transparency and accountability in states, held in Lagos. The workshop, which was the third in the series, was themed, ‘strengthening fiscal management at state level’. Independent revenues which include interest on capital, dividends, rental incomes, among others, are generated by agencies as captured by the fiscal responsibility act of 2007. The act stipulates that government agencies must remit 80…

Tuesday, 15 November 2022 06:53

Jeff Bezos gifts $100m to singer Dolly Parton

Country music star and philanthropist Dolly Parton received a $100 million prize from the "Bezos Courage & Civility Award" given by Amazon.com founder, billionaire Jeff Bezos, an honor that recognizes leaders who "pursue solutions with courage and civility," he said online. Bezos, who is also the owner of the space rocket company Blue Origin, announced the award on Friday along with his longtime partner, news anchor Lauren Sanchez. Sanchez said on Instagram that Parton is "a woman who gives with her heart and leads with love and compassion in every aspect of her work." "We can’t wait to see all…

Tuesday, 15 November 2022 06:51

40 US states settle Google location-tracking charges for $392m

Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states in connection with an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations, state attorneys general announced Monday, calling it the largest multistate privacy settlement in U.S history. The investigation by the states, which officials said was spurred by a 2018 Associated Press story, found that Google continued to track people’s location data even after they opted out of such tracking. “This $391.5 million settlement is a historic win for consumers in an era of increasing reliance on technology. Location data is among the most sensitive and valuable personal information…

Monday, 14 November 2022 06:23

Buhari back in Nigeria after UK medical trip

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria after a trip to the United Kingdom for health-related reasons. The president had, on October 31, travelled to the UK for “routine” medical checkup. Bashir Ahmad, special assistant to the president on digital communications, announced the return of the president in a tweet on Sunday night. “Welcome back, Baba!” Ahmad tweeted, along with pictures of Buhari alighting from an aircraft. While in the UK, the president met King Charles III — the first meeting between the duo since the monarch ascended the throne. Those present to welcome the president back to Nigeria included…

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