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Monday, 17 October 2022 06:13

Thousands protest against soaring costs of living in France

Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to protest against soaring prices as weeks of strikes for higher wages at oil refineries spurred demands for a general strike. Leader of hard-left party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed), Jean-Luc Melenchon, marched alongside this year's Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Annie Ernaux. He called a general strike for Tuesday. "You're going to live a week like no other, we are the ones who started it with this march," he told the crowd. Melenchon followed the footsteps of four unions - but not France's biggest, the moderate CFDT -…

Monday, 17 October 2022 06:13

China urges all citizens to evacuate Ukraine

China is urging its citizens to evacuate in war-torn Ukraine. Beijing's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy in Ukraine announced on Saturday that all of its citizens should evacuate the country, according to the Global Times, a Chinese state news agency. The embassy said that it would assist its citizens in this capacity. "With the current grim security situation in #Ukraine, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chinese Embassy in Ukraine on Sat urge Chinese citizens in the country to enhance safety precautions and evacuate. The Embassy will assist in organizing the evacuation of people in need," the…

Monday, 17 October 2022 06:10

What to know after Day 236 of Russia-Ukraine war

The capital of Kyiv was hit on Monday by kamikaze drones, Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian president's staff, wrote on the Telegram messaging app. "Russians think it will help them," Yermak said. Reuters was not able to independently verify the claims. The central Shevchenkivskyi district of Ukraine's capital was rocked by blasts early on Monday for the second time in a week, with Mayor Vitalii Klitshchko saying several residential buildings were damaged. "Rescuers are on the site," Klitshchko said on the Telegram messaging service, adding that as a result of what he said was a drone attack, a fire…

Sunday, 16 October 2022 05:57

Fayemi says goodbye to Ekiti as cargo airport launches on last day of tenure as gov

Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation says the newly inaugurated Ekiti Airport will open up the state to partake actively in global commerce and tourism if fully harnessed and managed. Sirika said this on Saturday at the official inauguration of the state’s Agro-allied International airport, Ado-Ekiti. The inauguration followed the landing of the first flight, ATR 42 Nigeria air force plane, piloted by E.A. Balogun. Sirika, who said the federal government would site a cargo facility at the airport, added that the airport is expected to boost the export of agricultural produce, service educational and health institutions as well as abundant…

Sunday, 16 October 2022 05:56

Sabotaging Starlink, Russia using EW Complex “Tirada” to disrupt SpaceX satellites connecting Ukraine – Media

Ukrainian soldiers have reportedly encountered interruptions in Starlink’s satellite internet connectivity as they fight against invading Russian forces, Financial Times reported Under the condition of anonymity, two government officials told the news outlet that soldiers encountered connectivity issues when they visited cities that had just been liberated from the Russian occupation. Since the liberation of some areas had not yet been announced, experts speculate that the problem may have been caused by SpaceX employees trying to prevent the Russian military from using the technology. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, tweeted a response to the article. “This operation has cost SpaceX…

Sunday, 16 October 2022 05:53

What to know after Day 235 of Russia-Ukraine war

Gunmen shot dead 11 people at a Russian military training ground on Saturday, the defence ministry said, in the latest blow to President Vladimir Putin's forces since the invasion of Ukraine. FIGHTING * The gunmen who killed 11 and wounded 15 at a Russian military training camp in the small town of Soloti, close to the Ukrainian border, were from Tajikistan and had opened fire after an argument over religion, Oleksiy Arestovych, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said on YouTube. * Ukrainian troops are still holding the strategic eastern town of Bakhmut despite repeated Russian attacks while the…

Saturday, 15 October 2022 06:16

Nigeria working to extend debt maturities from short-terms to medium, long terms - Minister

Nigeria’s Eurobond holders will not be included in a plan to extend the tenors of its outstanding debts and not necessarily “restructure” its obligations, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance has said. Africa’s largest economy aims to manage the pressure coming from rising debt costs, inflation and a stronger dollar by shifting loans from short-term to medium- and longer-terms, Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed said during a panel session at the International Monetary Fund’s meetings in Washington D.C. on Thursday. This will apply to domestic and “international borrowings as well, bilateral loans and even some of the concessional loans,” Ahmed said. Bloomberg

Saturday, 15 October 2022 06:14

Asking for AK-47 to arm state security outfits is beyond your power, defence chief warns Ortom, Akeredolu

Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff (CDS), says no state has the power to procure automatic weapons for its security outfits. He said this on Friday in an interview with journalists after the national security council (NSC) meeting in Abuja. The meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. While inaugurating the first batch of personnel of the state’s security outfit in August, Ortom had said “sophisticated weapons” would be provided for them. On his part, Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, in September, said the state would procure arms for operatives of the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun. Speaking…

Saturday, 15 October 2022 06:13

Death toll from widespread floods tops 500, FG says

Widespread flooding has killed more than 500 people in Nigeria, left around 90,000 homes under water and blocked food and fuel supplies, two government agencies said in an online posting on Friday. The floods, which have built since early summer, have hit 27 of Nigeria's 36 states and impacted around 1.4 million people, the ministries for humanitarian affairs and for disaster management also said. "The scale of the disaster ...is colossal," Mustapha Habib Ahmed, director general of the National Emergency Management Agency, added in a statement. On Thursday, drone footage in Lokoja, which sits in the north-central Kogi state at…

Saturday, 15 October 2022 06:08

What to know after Day 234 of Russia-Ukraine war

Russia should finish calling up reservists in two weeks, President Vladimir Putin said, promising an end to a divisive mobilisation that has seen hundreds of thousands of men summoned to fight in Ukraine and huge numbers flee the country. FIGHTING * The United States will send munitions and military vehicles to Ukraine as part of a new $725 million assistance package aimed at bolstering the country's defence against the Russian invasion, the Defense Department said. * Russia does not need to unleash massive new strikes on Ukraine at the moment, Putin said after days of raining missiles on cities including…

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Friday, 14 October 2022 05:46

Exactly 8 months after declaring dispute with govt, ASUU suspends strike

Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its eight month old strike, The PUNCH can authoritatively confirm. Though the union is yet to make an official pronouncement, our correspondent gathered that the decision was taken at the end of the National Executive Council meeting which was held at the ASUU secretariat in Abuja. Speaking with our correspondent, a highly informed source within the NEC said, “Yes, it has been called off”. When asked for more details, the source said, “the president will release an official circular in the morning”. ASUU embarked on a strike on Monday, February 14, 2022. The…

Friday, 14 October 2022 05:41

El-Rufai to FG: NNPCL has failed. Just get out of the oil and gas business

Federal Government has failed in the oil and gas business and should get out of the sector, Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said. He said this on Thursday while speaking at KADINVEST, an annual event organised by Kaduna State Investment Promotion Agency. Speaking on the theme of this year’s KADINVEST, ‘Building a Resilient Economy’, the governor said whatever the government manages turns out bad. He said sectors doing well in the country like entertainment, telecoms, fintech and others have no government involvement. According to him, nothing has changed with the commercialisation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company in July…

Friday, 14 October 2022 05:35

What to know after Day 233 of Russia-Ukraine war

Civilians in "annexed" southern Kherson region started to flee to Russia amid Ukrainian advances and evacuees were expected to begin arriving there on Friday; a Russian-installed official suggested residents should leave for safety, a sign of Moscow's weakening hold on territory it claims to have annexed. * A Russian region adjoining Ukraine said it was preparing to receive refugeesfrom the Russian-held part of Kherson. FIGHTING * Ukraine's armed forces have re-taken more than 600 settlements in the past month, including 75 in the strategic Kherson region, the government said. * Governor of a Russian border region accused Ukraine of shelling…

Thursday, 13 October 2022 17:38

Nnamdi Kanu discharged of terrorism charges by Appeal Court

Two judges at the Court of Appeals on Thursday dropped terrorism charges against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu that had been brought against him by the government. The last of the three judges at the court was still reading their ruling. The lead judge dismissed a seven count charge of terrorism against Kanu and discharged him, citing that a lower court had no jurisdiction to try the case and that Kanu was abducted and extraordinarily extradited to Nigeria. This was a position the second judge agreed with. Kanu leads the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which campaigns for the secession of…

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