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Thursday, 05 May 2022 06:34

Russian Orthodox Church scolds Pope Francis after 'Putin's altar boy' remark

The Russian Orthodox Church scolded Pope Francis on Wednesday for using the wrong tone after he urged Patriarch Kirill not to become the Kremlin's "altar boy", cautioning the Vatican that such remarks would hurt dialogue between the churches. Francis told Italy's Corriere Della Sera newspaper that Kirill, who has given the Ukraine war his backing, "cannot become [President Vladimir] Putin's altar boy". The Russian Orthodox Church said it was regrettable that a month and a half after Francis and Kirill, the patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, had spoken directly, the pope had adopted such a tone. "Pope Francis chose…

Wednesday, 04 May 2022 06:25

Nigeria buys emergency key fertilizer ingredient from Canada to replace lost Russian supply

Nigeria had to buy emergency supplies of Canadian potash in April after the country was unable to import the key fertilizer from Russia due to the impact of Western sanctions, head of Nigeria's sovereign investment authority NSIA said. Uche Orji, head of NSIA, declined to comment on prices. However, spot prices today are up more than 250% for deliveries to west Africa compared to last year, according to commodities pricing agency Argus Media, dealing a further blow to the country's finances. The move shows one of many unintended negative consequences of sanctions to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine,…

Wednesday, 04 May 2022 06:24

Integration of repentant terrorists key to peace in Northeast Nigeria - UN

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday he fully supported moves to expand facilities to reintegrate surrendering Islamist insurgents in Northeastern Nigeria because it was a key step to achieving peace in Africa's most populous nation. Nigeria has been fighting Islamist group Boko Haram and its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) for more than a decade, in a conflict that has killed thousands and forced millions to flee their homes. As part of efforts to end the conflict, the government is reintegrating fighters who voluntarily surrender. Borno state Governor Babagana Zulum said at least 40,000 Boko Haram fighters…

Wednesday, 04 May 2022 06:21

What to know after Day 69 of Russia-Ukraine war

Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees are camping out in Mexico City and waiting for the U.S. government to allow them into the country. About 500 evacuees were waiting Tuesday in large tents under a searing sun on a dusty field on the east side of Mexico’s sprawling capital. The camp has been open only a week and from 50 to 100 people are arriving every day. Some refugees have already been to the U.S. border in Tijuana where they were told they would no longer be admitted. Others arrived at airports in Mexico City or Cancun. The U.S. government announced in…

Wednesday, 04 May 2022 06:20

Putin signs decree on Russia’s new tit-for-tat sanctions

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on using new special retaliatory economic measures over unfriendly actions by some foreign states and international organizations. In particular, the document published on the official portal of legal information prohibits fulfilling obligations and concluding deals with foreign individuals and legal entities under the retaliatory restrictive measures as well as exporting raw materials and products from Russia in the interests of these individuals. According to the decree, these measures are taken in order to protect Russia’s national interests "due to unfriendly actions which contradict international law by the United States of America and…

Tuesday, 03 May 2022 06:35

Lagos building collapse: 10 dead, 24 injured as rescue operations wind down

Death toll at the collapsed three-storey building in Lagos has risen to 10, an official has said. Margaret Adeseye, director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, via the agency’s Twitter handle on Monday said that responders were already concluding their operations. A three-storey building collapsed at 24, Ibadan Street, off Herbert Macaulay Way, Ebute-Metta on Sunday night. The incident happened when the residents had gone to bed, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Adeseye said that 10 bodies had been recovered – six males and four females. “24 (twenty-four) were rescued with varying degrees of injury…

Tuesday, 03 May 2022 06:34

What to know after Day 68 of Russia-Ukraine war

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived Monday at the Capitol after leading a surprise delegation trip to Ukraine, vowing the U.S. Congress has “more to do” to help the country fight the Russian invasion. Pelosi is the highest-ranking elected U.S. official to touch down in Kyiv since the start of the war and she called the congressional delegation’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “informative and it was inspiring.” The trip with Democratic lawmakers comes as Congress is preparing a $33 billion package of military and humanitarian aid, but now some lawmakers also are discussing a “Marshall Plan”-type effort to…

Tuesday, 03 May 2022 06:31

Push to arm Ukraine putting strain on US weapons stockpile - Report

The planes take off almost daily from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware — hulking C-17s loaded up with Javelins, Stingers, howitzers and other material being hustled to Eastern Europe to resupply Ukraine’s military in its fight against Russia. The game-changing impact of those arms is exactly what President Joe Biden hopes to spotlight as he visits a Lockheed Martin plant in Alabama on Tuesday that builds the portable Javelin anti-tank weapons that have played a crucial role in Ukraine. But Biden’s visit is also drawing attention to a growing concern as the war drags on: Can the U.S. sustain…

Tuesday, 03 May 2022 06:29

Russia will quit international space station over sanctions

Head of Russia’s space program said Moscow will pull out of the International Space Station, state media reported, a move it has blamed on sanctions imposed over the invasion of Ukraine. “The decision has been taken already, we’re not obliged to talk about it publicly,” Tass and RIA Novosti reported Roscosmos General Director Dmitry Rogozin as saying in an interview with state TV on Saturday. “I can say this only -- in accordance with our obligations, we’ll inform our partners about the end of our work on the ISS with a year’s notice.” Rogozin earlier this month threatened to end…

Monday, 02 May 2022 06:56

Edo jerks up workers minimum wage to N40,000 - N10,000 more than what FG, other states pay

Godwin Obaseki, Edo governor, has approved N40,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the state. Obaseki made the announcement on Sunday while delivering his 2022 Workers’ Day speech. He said his government will continue to prioritise the welfare of Edo workers and equip them with the capacity to deliver quality service. “As we all know, the minimum of N30,000 can barely sustain a family. It will be immoral and mindless of us to continue to pretend that we do not know that our workers are suffering,” he said. “The government of Edo has now decided to review the…

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Monday, 02 May 2022 06:55

Soyinka visits Sunday Igboho in Benin Republic

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has met with Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Ighoho. Also at the meeting include Yoruba Nation arrowhead and leader of the Umbrella body of Yoruba Self-determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Banji Akintoye. Our correspondent learnt that the meeting took place on Sunday in neighbouring Benin Republic where Igboho is being restricted to after his bail on medical ground. Details of the Sunday meeting were, however, sketchy as of press time. Akintoye had on March 7, 2022, announced the release of Ighoho in the neighbouring Francophone country. Declared wanted by the Department…

Monday, 02 May 2022 06:52

UN chief calls for debt relief, post-Covid investment on West Africa trip

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged debt relief for African countries and more investment to help their economies recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and weather the impacts of the Ukraine war. The United Nations chief spoke in Senegal on the first leg of a trip that will also include Niger and Nigeria, where he will visit communities affected by conflict and climate change. Supply disruptions due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine have caused simultaneous food, energy and finance crises in Africa and beyond, Guterres said. The coronavirus pandemic pushed many poor countries into debt distress and the Ukraine war…

Monday, 02 May 2022 06:51

Dozens trapped as 3-storey residential building collapses in Lagos

A 3-storey building has collapsed in the Ebutte Meta axis of Lagos Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State. The building located on Ibadan Street caved in around 9:30pm on Sunday. Occupants of the building were still trapped as of the time of filing this report. Men of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and Lagos State Emergency Management Agency are already at the scene. A source said nine residents have been rescued from the building. In a video of the incident shared on social media, a large crowd was seen in front of the building. The state fire…

Monday, 02 May 2022 06:50

What to know after Day 67 of Russia-Ukraine war

Around 100 civilians evacuated from the ruined Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol were due to arrive in a Ukrainian-held city on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, after U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a surprise visit to Kyiv. * Russia's defence ministry said it had carried out a missile strike on a military airfield near the port city of Odesa, destroying a runway and a hangar containing Western-supplied weapons and ammunition. * Kharkiv region governor Oleh Synehubov warned residents in the north and east of the city of Kharkiv to remain in their shelters due to heavy Russian shelling. Reuters could…

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