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Monday, 08 June 2020 05:04

Presidency hints at why Buhari may not confirm Dongban-Mensem as Court of Appeal President

Presidential spokesman, Mr Garba Shehu, says President Muhammadu Buhari has not appointed Ms Monica Dongban-Mensem as the substantive president of the court of appeal because the relevant security agencies are not done screening her. Dongban-Mensem has been acting as head of the appellate court since the retirement of Zainab Bulkachuwa in March. Although National Judicial Council (NJC) recommended her as the substantive head of the court, Buhari did not send her name to the senate for confirmation. Instead, the president recently extended her tenure as acting president of the court till September. Sources had told reporters that dirt-digging is being…

Monday, 08 June 2020 05:03

Lagos drags FG, NASS to Supreme Court to test constitutionality of virtual court hearings

Lagos State Government has dragged Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, as well as the National Assembly (NASS) before the Supreme Court to test the constitutionality of virtual court hearings. In a suit filed through the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo, Lagos is asking the apex court to determine “whether having regard to Section 36(1), (3) and (4) of the 1999 Constitution [as amended], use of technology by remote hearings of any kind, whether by Zoom, Microsoft teams, WhatsApp, Skype or any other audio visual or video-conference platform by…

Monday, 08 June 2020 04:59

Anti-racism protesters rally around world, topple statue

Thousands of people took to the streets of European cities Sunday to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, with protesters in the English port of Bristol venting their anger at the country’s colonial history by toppling a statue of a 17th-century slave trader. Demonstrators attached ropes to the statue of Edward Colston before pulling it down to cheers and roars of approval from the crowd. Images on social media show protesters appearing to kneel on the statue’s neck, recalling the death of George Floyd in Minnesota on May 25 that has sparked worldwide protests against racism and…

Monday, 08 June 2020 04:58

5 family members died in a plane crash while on their way to a funeral

A plane crash near Eatonton, Georgia left five people dead on Friday afternoon, the Putnam County Sheriff's office confirmed in a press release. The family aboard the twin engine turbo prop plane was en route to a funeral in Indiana. Among the five victims were two children, ages 6 and 4. Five family members died in a plane crash near Eatonton, Georgia on Friday afternoon, the Putnam County Sheriff's office confirmed in a press release. The victims were onboard a Piper 31T twin engine turbo prop aircraft en route to a funeral in Newcastle, Indiana from Williston, Florida when the…

Sunday, 07 June 2020 04:51

‘Fulani are ruling Nigeria and they’ll rule the country forever’ - Miyetti Allah

National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Mr Abdullahi Bodejo, has said that Fulani herdsmen don’t need anybody’s approval or permission to occupy any land in any part of the country. He said the group’s own security outfit is set to roll out with some 5,000 to 100,000 vigilantes to start and deployed across all the states of the country. In this interview with VINCENT KALU, the leader of the Socio-Cultural Association, stressed that the Fulani race founded Nigeria, so, they will rule forever. What is your view on the state of the nation? Nigeria is moving, but the coronavirus…

Sunday, 07 June 2020 04:50

Ganduje to FG: Stop foreign herders from coming to Nigeria

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has called on Federal Government to seek the review of the West African Protocols that allow for free movement to stop herdsmen migration to Northern Nigeria. He made the appeal on Saturday during the inauguration of 200 Ruga Housing Settlements at Dansoshiya village in Kiru Local Government Area of the state for Fulani cattle rearers. He said there was need for the Federal Government to use the international blockage created by the novel Coronavirus to stop the migration of dangerous weapons-carrying herdsmen to Nigeria. “Such movements of the herdsmen always cause conflicts and destruction…

Sunday, 07 June 2020 04:47

AfDB approves $288.5m loan for Nigeria

Board of directors of African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $288.5 million loan to help Nigeria tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement on Saturday, the bank said the loan would support government’s plans to improve surveillance and response to Covid-19 emergencies, ease the impact on workers and businesses, as well as strengthen the social protection system. According to the statement, the loan is the bank’s initial response to help mitigate the slump in oil prices and its impact on the national economy. “The proposed programme will ensure that the fiscal position and the economy are sufficiently supported to…

Saturday, 06 June 2020 05:23

More than 4 out 10 employed Nigerians lost their jobs to lockdowns. Here are details of devastating effects of Covid-19 in Nigeria

No fewer than 42 per cent of hitherto employed Nigerians lost their means of livelihood to the adverse impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). It stated that the impact on employment and income had been widespread as “respondents who were working before the outbreak reported that they were not currently working due to Covid-19.” According to the maiden Covid-19 National Longitudinal Phone Survey (Covid-19 NLPS) report, published yesterday by the statistical agency, 79 per cent of Nigerians also reported that their households total income had decreased since mid-March while some households struggled to purchase…

Saturday, 06 June 2020 05:22

Nigeria’s foreign reserve grew by $100m daily in the last 33 days

Nigeria’s foreign reserve has increased to $36.57 billion as of May 5, the latest figures by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed. The new figures rose from about $33.42 billion recorded as of April 29. The increase may be attributed to the recent rise in prices of crude oil in the international market. According to the latest data, the rise shows a gain of $3.15 billion dollars in 33 days. This translates to almost N100m daily within the period. A country’s foreign reserve is cash and other reserve assets held by a central bank that is primarily available to…

Saturday, 06 June 2020 05:20

Buhari not in-charge of Nigeria – Wole Soyinka

Nobel Laureate, Mr Wole Soyinka, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is not in-charge of Nigeria. “I don’t really believe there’s anybody in-charge at Aso Rock,” Soyinka, a critic of Mr Buhari’s administration, said on Thursday in an interview with Plus TV Africa. “I am sorry to say this, but I have been studying the trend over the past year and a half and I believe that this president is not in-charge of this nation.” Soyinka supported Buhari’s election in 2015 but turned against him before the 2019 election after he repeatedly accused Buhari of poor performance and maladministration. In…

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Saturday, 06 June 2020 05:19

Nigerian campaigners stage protest over sexual violence

Nigerian rights campaigners took to the streets of the capital Abuja on Friday to raise awareness about sexual violence in the West African country after a series of high-profile rape cases. #JusticeforUwa has trended on social media in the last week after Vera Uwaila Omosuwa, a 22-year-old student, died two days after she was raped in a church in the southern city of Benin. More than 200 protesters marched around police headquarters in Abuja, chanting and holding placards that read “Justice for all Nigerian girls and women”, and “No means no”. The march was one of a number of activities…

Saturday, 06 June 2020 05:16

Lawmakers from US, EU, UK, 5 other countries form new alliance to counter China

A group of senior lawmakers from eight democracies including the U.S. have launched a new cross-parliamentary alliance to help counter what they say is the threat China’s growing influence poses to global trade, security and human rights. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, which launched Friday, comes as the U.S. struggles to muster a cohesive alliance to take on China’s growing economic and diplomatic clout and as it leads foreign governments in condemning Beijing’s move to impose national security legislation on Hong Kong that threatens the city’s autonomy. The group said it aims to “construct appropriate and coordinated responses, and to…

Friday, 05 June 2020 05:41

Buhari nominates Okonjo-Iweala as head of World Trade Organisation

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former coordinating minister for the economy, for the position of director-general of World Trade Organisation (WTO). In a document seen by journalists on Thursday, Mr Buhari withdrew the candidacy of Yonov Frederick Agah, Nigeria’s permanent representative to WTO, for the same position. The election is scheduled to hold in Geneva, Switzerland in 2021 for a four-year term that would run from 2021 to 2025 after Roberto Azevedo, former director-general of the organisation stepped down a year to the end of his second term. “The embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and…

Friday, 05 June 2020 05:36

Ex-gov of Ondo state, Olumilua, is dead

A former Governor of the old Ondo State, Mr Bamidele Olumilua, has died at the age of 80. Olumilua is also the father of Ekiti State Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Mr Muyiwa Olumilua. Muyiwa, while confirming his father’s death, in Ado Ekiti, said that the former governor died in the early hours of Thursday. “I can confirm to you that it is true that Baba died today around 3 a.m. “We thank God that he lived a good and worthy life and we are proud of his personality and achievements while alive,” he said. Olumilua had been battling…

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