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Tuesday, 01 November 2022 06:06

Afghan commandos trained by US are being recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine - Report

Elite Afghan commandos are being contacted with offers to fight for Russia in Ukraine, reports Foreign Policy. The soldiers were once trained by US Navy SEALs but were left behind when the Taliban took over last year. One Afghan official said he believed Russia's mercenary Wagner Group is behind the recruitment drive. Members of Afghanistan's elite National Army Commando Corps were left behind by the United States when the Taliban took control of the country in August 2021. Now, commandos say they are being contacted on WhatsApp and Signal with offers to fight for Russia, according to the outlet. The…

Tuesday, 01 November 2022 06:04

What to know after Day 251 of Russia-Ukraine war: Russian and Western perspectives

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE President Vladimir Putin said Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and a decision to freeze participation in a Black Sea grain export programme were responses to a drone attack on Moscow's fleet in Crimea that he blamed on Ukraine. Putin told a news conference on Monday that Ukrainian drones had used the same marine corridors that grain ships transited under the U.N.-brokered deal. Kyiv has not claimed responsibility for the attack and denies using the grain programme's security corridor for military purposes. The United Nations said no grain ships were using the Black Sea route on Saturday when Russia…

Monday, 31 October 2022 06:28

Naira redesign: Buhari sides with Emefiele, lists benefits

President Muhammadu Buhari says the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has his backing to redesign the naira notes. According to the president, Nigeria has a lot to gain from the change in naira notes. He added that he did not consider the period of three months for the change to the new notes as being short. ”People with illicit money buried under the soil will have a challenge with this but workers, businesses with legitimate incomes will face no difficulties at all,” Buhari said. On October 26, Godwin Emefiele, governor of the CBN, announced the plan to redesign the naira…

Monday, 31 October 2022 06:27

Mutilated Naira notes destroyed by CBN over 8 years estimated at N8trn - Report

Central Bank of Nigeria is expected to have destroyed over N6tn worth of mutilated and old banknotes when the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, expires in May 2023, an analysis by The PUNCH has shown. Already, data obtained from the annual reports of the currency operations department of the CBN between 2016 and 2020 showed that the apex bank destroyed mutilated banknotes worth N4.1tn during the five-year period. Our correspondent could not readily obtain data on the amount of mutilated banknotes disposed off by the central bank in 2021 and 2022 as of press time on Sunday. However, CBN is…

Monday, 31 October 2022 06:27

Southeast govs announce joint patrol teams on highways to fight insecurity

Perturbed by the alarming level of insecurity in the Southeast Zone, governors of the zone, yesterday, met in Enugu and resolved to set up a joint 24-hour patrol team in all the major highways in the region. They insisted that a political solution was desirable in solving the issue of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kalu, stressing that they were monitoring developments over court rulings in his trial. The governors, who met behind closed-doors, the first this year at Enugu Government House, decried the state of insecurity in the region, stating that economic activities have…

Monday, 31 October 2022 06:26

Lagos commercial drivers begin 7-day strike in protest against multiple levies, extortion

Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria (JDWAN), yesterday, declared that there was no going back on its proposed seven-day strike, starting today, Monday, October 31, as its meeting with the Lagos State Government yielded no positive result. JDWAN national leader, Akintade Abiodun, in a statement issued yesterday, said the group met with the representatives of the state government and other stakeholders but their meeting yielded no fruitful result except threats to the union. The statement read: “Leadership of the Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria met with Lagos State Government representatives, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Abdulhafiz Toriola, and…

Monday, 31 October 2022 06:24

Lawyers form splinter association different from NBA

Another professional association of lawyers different from the Nigeria Bar Association has been established. The association, known as the Law Society of Nigeria, is led by Kunle Ogunba, a senior advocate of Nigeria. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the National Publicity Secretary of the LSN, Douglas Ogbankwa. The legal practitioners in Nigeria had been hitherto regulated solely under the umbrella of the Nigerian Bar Association founded in 1933. Ogbankwa said in the statement that the LSN emerged in a bid to redefine the ideas of the founding fathers of legal profession. Ogbankwa referred to the…

Monday, 31 October 2022 06:24

‘Owner’ of new lawyers association issues disclaimer, gives reasons

Monday, 31 October 2022 06:21

132 die as bridge collapses in India

Military teams were hunting Monday for people missing after a century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into a river Sunday in the western Indian state of Gujarat, sending hundreds plunging into the water and killing at least 132 in one of the worst accidents in the country in the past decade. At least 177 survivors were pulled from the river and teams from the army, navy and air force were searching for others still missing, said Jigar Khunt, an information department official in Gujarat said. Live video reports showed hundreds of others desperately clinging to the broken structure and trying to…

Monday, 31 October 2022 06:20

What to know after Day 250 of Russia-Ukraine war: Russian and Western perspectives

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE The United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine pressed ahead to implement a Black Sea grain deal and agreed on a transit plan for Monday for 16 vessels to move forward, despite Russia's withdrawal from the pact that has allowed the export of Ukrainian agricultural products to world markets. Russia, which invaded Ukraine on. Feb 24, on Saturday halted its role in the Black Sea deal for an "indefinite term", cutting shipments from one of the world's top grain exporters, because it said it could not "guarantee safety of civilian ships" travelling under the pact after an attack on its…

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Sunday, 30 October 2022 05:51

CBN pushes back against Finance Minister, says Naira redesign approved by Buhari, in Nigeria’s interest

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has insisted that it followed the law and due process in the ongoing Naira notes redesigning exercise, which it said was 12 years due. Its position was contained in a note sent to the media in the early hours of this morning in an apparent response to claims by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmad, that her ministry was not carried along by the CBN in the exercise. The bank’s spokesman, Osita Nwanisobi, expressed surprise at the minister’s claim, stressing that the CBN remains a very thorough institution that follows due…

Sunday, 30 October 2022 05:49

Julius Berger shuts Abuja operations over terror threats

Julius Berger, a construction company has closed down operations in the federal apital city. The closure was in response to the ongoing security concern within the Federal Capital Territory and Central Abuja. In a statement made available to the press on Saturday, the company advised its staff to avoid public premises during the weekend adding that temporary relocation to other sites may be considered. “It is advised to avoid all public events within the FCT environment, including supermarkets, restaurants, hotels, bars, clubs and other areas where many meet. This advice is applicable from, 28.10.2022 in the evening until Monday, 31.10.2022…

Sunday, 30 October 2022 05:47

Terror threats: Has Nigeria surrendered its sovereignty? - Gravitas Group

PRESS RELEASE There is a very disturbing news story that has gone viral to the effect that American soldiers and DSS have arrested a suspected terrorist in Abuja community. Adewale Adenaike, chairman of phase 3, Trademore Estate, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was reported to have narrated how officers of the Department of State Services (DSS) and some American soldiers arrested a suspected terrorist in his community. To boot, picture of the American soldiers and DSS operatives was shown in the report to emphasize its veracity. Which means this is not a story that can be denied in accordance with the…

Sunday, 30 October 2022 05:46

149 crushed to death in Halloween stampede in South Korea

A mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween festivities in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley, killing at least 149 people and injuring 150 others in South Korea’s worst disaster in years. Emergency workers and pedestrians desperately performed CPR on people lying in the streets after the crush in the capital’s leisure district of Itaewon Saturday night. Choi Seong-beom, chief of Seoul’s Yongsan fire department, said the death toll could rise further and that an unspecified number among the injured were in critical condition. An estimated 100,000 people had gathered in Itaewon for…

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