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Wednesday, 22 June 2022 06:44

What to know after Day 118 of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukrainian and Russian forces remained entrenched in eastern Ukrainian battlegrounds going into Wednesday, a day of commemoration in both countries to mark the anniversary of Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Fighting in the months-long war has favored Russia in recent weeks because of its huge edge in artillery firepower, a fact Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged in a late Tuesday night address. "Thanks to tactical maneuvers the Ukrainian army is strengthening its defences in the Luhansk region," he said. "That is really the toughest spot. The occupiers are also pressing strongly in the direction of Donetsk." Luhansk…

Tuesday, 21 June 2022 11:43

Buhari has sent 7 names for Senate confirmation as Ministers. These are the nominees

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated seven persons for screening and confirmation by the Senate for appointment as Ministers. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letter of request on the floor of the Senate, in Abuja. In the letter read by the Senate President on Tuesday, Buhari said the nominees would replace the former ministers that resigned from his cabinet. The letter read in part, “In accordance with Section 8 Subsection 2 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, I hereby forward the underlisted ministerial nominees for your confirmation. The nominees are: Henry Ikechukwu Ikoh – Abia…

Tuesday, 21 June 2022 11:42

Tanko Muhammad has responded to Supreme Court justices’ protest letter. This is the CJN’s reply

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, has responded to a protest letter sent to him by 14 Justices of the Supreme Court complaining of poor welfare conditions and the deplorable state of the court. The reply in full: The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammad would wish to confirm receipt of letter written and addressed to him by his brother Justices of the Supreme Court Bench. Judges in all climes are to be seen and not heard, and that informed why the CJN refrained from joining issues until a letter, said to be personal, is spreading across…

Tuesday, 21 June 2022 05:58

This is the ‘height of decadence, and clear evidence of the absence of probity and moral rectitude’, Supreme Court Justices write a stinger to the CJ. Here is the letter

My Lord The Honourable Chief Justice of Nigeria, we the entire Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, carefully reviewed the state of affairs in this Court and unanimously resolved to write formally and draw the attention of Your Lordship to our demands. As a preamble, let it be clearly understood that, the resolution to write Your Lordship was reached with all sense of responsibility. We are serving this Country diligently and to the best of our ability. We resolve disputes between the Executive and the Legislature including all manner of disagreements, between governments and individuals. We are responsible citizens…

Tuesday, 21 June 2022 05:54

What to know after Day 117 of Russia-Ukraine war

Monday, 20 June 2022 07:07

Nigeria’s debt servicing increased 109 percent in Q1, 2022 - DMO

Nigeria’s debt servicing bill has increased by 109 per cent to N896.56bn. As a result, the country has also spent N3.83tn on debt servicing payments in 15 months, according to data obtained from the Debt Management Office. While a total of N2.93tn was spent on debt servicing payments in 2021, a total of N896.56bn was spent in the first quarter of 2022. Meanwhile, between October and December 2021, Nigeria spent N310.5bn on domestic debt servicing, while it spent $286.35m (N118.9bn) on external debt servicing, giving a total of N429.4bn. However, between January and March 2022, Nigeria spent N668.69bn on domestic…

Monday, 20 June 2022 07:05

NUT national president, 2,356 other teachers sacked by Kaduna govt

Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB) says it has dismissed 2,357 teachers who failed the recently conducted competency test. Its spokesperson, Hauwa Mohammed, in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna, said the board conducted a competency test for over 30,000 teachers in December 2021. She said that 2,192 primary school teachers including the National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Audu Amba, had been dismissed for refusing to sit for the competency test. She said that some 165 of the 27,662 teachers that sat for the competency test were also sacked for poor performances. It would be…

Monday, 20 June 2022 06:56

What to know after Day 116 of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy predicted Russia will escalate its attacks this week as European Union leaders consider whether to back Kyiv's bid to join the bloc and Moscow presses its campaign to win control of the country's east. "Obviously, this week we should expect from Russia an intensification of its hostile activities," Zelenskiy said in his Sunday nightly video address. "We are preparing. We are ready." Ukraine applied to join the EU four months after Russian troops poured across its border in February. The EU's executive, the European Commission, on Friday recommended that Ukraine receive candidate status. Leaders of the…

Sunday, 19 June 2022 03:12

Russia preparing for 'big, colossal war' with NATO, says Major General

Russian state television has again pushed the idea that the war in Ukraine could escalate, with one guest warning that the world should be prepared for a "colossal" conflict involving NATO. Programs on the channel Russia-1 have repeatedly promoted the prospect of the Russian invasion of Ukraine spreading beyond the country's borders. On Wednesday, the host of Evening with Vladimir Solovyev revisited the theme, starting his show with a monologue in which he said he had a "feeling that we don't fully understand the gravity of this moment." Solovyev questioned why a war, which while "intensive" is in "no way…

Sunday, 19 June 2022 03:11

What to know after Day 115 of Russia-Ukraine war

Head of NATO said on Sunday the war in Ukraine could last years and Ukrainian forces faced intensified Russian assaults after the EU executive recommended that Kyiv should be granted the status of a candidate to join the bloc. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was cited by Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper as saying the supply of state-of-the-art weaponry to Ukrainian troops would increase the chance of liberating the eastern Donbas region from Russian control. "We must prepare for the fact that it could take years. We must not let up in supporting Ukraine," he said. "Even if the costs…

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Saturday, 18 June 2022 06:43

‘We failed to defend these people … because the forces on the other side are evil and they have support’, Akeredolu, in tears, says at mass burial of Owo massacre victims

Amidst tears and gnashing of teeth, remains of the 44 victims of the attack on the St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State were on Friday committed to mother earth. Tears flowed freely on the cheeks of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and many others at the funeral. Akeredolu and his wife, Betty attended the funeral mass held at the Mydas Resort and Hotel, Owo. Akeredolu, in tears, said the government failed to protect the victims of the terror attack. Akeredolu stressed that the forces on the other side are evil, assuring that they will not triumph forever. “We…

Saturday, 18 June 2022 06:42

Muslim girls have the right to wear hijab in Lagos schools, Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court on Friday gave approval to female Muslim students to wear hijab to school in Lagos State. Five out of the seven members of the court’s panel which sat on the case ruled in favour of hijab while the two remaining members dissented. The majority decision affirmed the earlier Court of Appeal’s decision which restored the use of hijab by female Muslim students in Lagos State. The case involved the Lagos State Government as the appellant and Asiyat AbdulKareem (through her father), Moriam Oyeniyi, and the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria as the respondents. Judge Grace Onyeabo of…

Saturday, 18 June 2022 06:37

South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa is engulfed in a scandal that threatens his presidency. This is what we know so far

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa could face criminal charges and is already facing calls to step down over claims that he tried to cover up the theft of millions of dollars in U.S. currency that was hidden inside furniture at his game farm. The astonishing allegations made by the former head of South Africa's intelligence agency also include that the suspects in the robbery two years ago were tracked down and kidnapped by Ramaphosa's presidential protection unit, interrogated on his property, and bribed to keep quiet about the existence of the cash, and nothing was reported to the police. The…

Saturday, 18 June 2022 06:36

Unipolar world order gone forever, Putin says

Taking the podium at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the era of a unipolar world order has come to an end despite attempts to preserve it at all costs. "A year and a half ago, when speaking at the Davos Forum, it was stressed again that the era of the unipolar world order was over," the Russian head of state said, noting that now he also would like to begin his address with this, "there is no getting around this." "[This era] is over despite all the…

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