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Thursday, 31 October 2019 05:38

FUOYE announces resumption after two-month closure

Authorities of Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) have directed students of the institution to resume on November 11. Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr. Godfrey Bajki confirmed this in a press statement on Wednesday evening. The announcement came two months after academic activities on FUOYE campus were suspended and the school closed down indefinitely by the management of the institution due to the students’ violent demonstration. Students had on September 10 staged a violent protest in Oye-Ekiti over incessant power outage in the host community and other adjoining towns, leading to attack on Erelu Fayemi’s convoy while on empowerment tour…

Thursday, 31 October 2019 05:36

Mobolaji Johnson, first military gov of Lagos is dead

First military governor of Lagos State, Mr Mobolaji Johnson, a retired Brigadier General, is dead. He died at 83. News of his demise filtered in late Wednesday evening following the confirmation of his exit given by one of his children, Deji. His came to the limelight after he was appointed to govern Lagos by the then military head of state, Mr Yakubu Gowon after the 1966 brutal coup that saw to the overthrow of Mr Aguiyi Ironsi. Johnson was born on February 9, 1936, and held sway in Lagos as governor until July 1975, standing down after Gowon was overthrown…

Wednesday, 30 October 2019 06:34

Reps to Buhari: Halt Buratai’s planned nationwide military operation

House of Representatives has rejected the proposed Operation Positive Identification (OPI) being planned by Nigeria Army to commence nationwide on November 1. Consequently, it charged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct Chief of Army Staff, Mr Tukur Buratai, to put the operation on hold pending due consultations on the OPI. The House also directed its Committee on Army to immediately engage with Buratai to develop a pro-people security management strategy. This followed adoption of a motion sponsored by the Minority Leader, Mr Ndudi Elumelu, at yesterday’s plenary, urging the House to intervene and halt the proposed military operation. Elumelu, in his…

Wednesday, 30 October 2019 06:32

FG moves to regulate what you post to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, others

Federal Government says it is working on how to inject sanity into the social media space which, according to it, is totally out of control today. Addressing journalists in Abuja yesterday, Minister of Information and Culture Mr Lai Mohammed said social media at present constituted real danger to the unity of the country. It would be recalled that an attempt during the first tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari to regulate social media was rebuffed by many Nigerians who argued that the same platform had aided Buhari’s election in 2015. Meanwhile, in the midst of the raging debate over fake news…

Wednesday, 30 October 2019 06:28

Lebanese prime minister quits amid anti-government protests

Lebanon’s prime minister resigned Tuesday, bowing to one of the central demands of anti-government demonstrators shortly after baton-wielding Hezbollah supporters rampaged through the main protest camp in Beirut, torching tents, smashing plastic chairs and chasing away protesters. The demonstrators later returned to the camp in time to hear the news that Prime Minister Saad Hariri said he was stepping down after hitting a “dead end” in trying to resolve the crisis, which has paralyzed the country for nearly two weeks. The protesters erupted in cheers at the news. The resignation plunges Lebanon deeper into turmoil and uncertainty as it grapples…

Wednesday, 30 October 2019 06:27

Informant on ISIS leader Baghdadi stole his dirty underwear for DNA testing

A key informant who helped lead US special forces to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi provided key information about the leader's safe house in and even produced his soiled underwear for DNA testing. Kurdish intelligence operatives who supervised the informant passed the intelligence on to American forces before they raided Baghdadi's safe house. The unidentified informant, an undercover security advisor to Baghdadi, was also on hand at the compound in Idlib, northwest Syria, when US Special Ops forces raided the safe house to confront the terrorist leader. Baghdadi, 48, the elusive leader of the Islamic State, killed himself and three of his…

Tuesday, 29 October 2019 06:17

From Saudi Arabia, Buhari will go to UK to spend 2 weeks - Presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to leave Saudi Arabia for United Kingdom on a private visit after attending the Economic Forum of the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh. A statement by Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Mr Femi Adesina, said Mr Buhari, who travelled to Saudi Arabia on Monday, would be in the UK from November 2 to 17. He said, “On October 30 2019, the President will participate in the High Level Event titled: ‘What is Next for Africa: How will Investment and Trade Transform the Continent into the Next Great Economic Success Story?’ with Presidents…

Tuesday, 29 October 2019 06:16

FG to borrow another N803b within next two months - DMO

From now till December 31, 2019, Nigeria will raise its domestic debt profile by N802. 82 billion to support the 2019 budget implementation which would elapse in barely 64 days, Debt Management Office (DMO) has said. On the other hand, it would shelve planned borrowing from the international debt market- Eurobond, for the budget, since 2019 appropriation had turned out to be a six-month fiscal operation. With the presentation of the 2020 budget proposals and the pledge by the lawmakers to give the document accelerated approval by mid-December, the 2019 budget signed five months ago would end. Director-General of DMO,…

Tuesday, 29 October 2019 06:14

Nigeria’s unemployment rate frightening - AfDB

African Development Bank on Monday said the unemployment situation in Nigeria was frightening and could become catastrophic if decent jobs were not created for the country’s youth population. It raised the concern at the regional presentation of a report entitled, ‘Creating decent jobs: Strategies, policies and instruments’, in Abuja. The report, a compilation of policy recommendations from some of the world’s leading labour and development economists, also looked at the unemployment situation in different African countries. Senior Director, Nigeria Country Department, AfDB, Mr Ebrima Faal, in an address, said Africa was currently facing a job crisis, with African Economic Outlook…

Tuesday, 29 October 2019 06:13

Minimum wage: What’ll be paid above N30,000 depends on capacity of each state – Govs

The 36 state governors, under the umbrella of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), yesterday said payment of consequential adjustments of the new minimum wage will depend on the finacial standing and capacity of states . Federal Executive Council (FEC) had last week directed National Income and Wages Commission to forward the approved Federal Government template to state and local governments on advisory basis as, according to it, the new minimum wage act is a federal law. FEC, presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, had also directed Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, to effect payment of the new minimum wage…

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Tuesday, 29 October 2019 06:09

Fresh protests, looting erupt in Chile despite new Cabinet

Fresh protests and attacks on businesses erupted in Chile Monday despite President Sebastián Piñera’s replacement of eight key Cabinet ministers with more centrist figures and his attempts to assure the country he has heard calls for greater equality and improved social services. Thousands of protesters crowded again into central Santiago, and one group set fire to a building that houses a fast-food restaurant and stores. Firefighters were battling the blaze. Other looters attacked a pharmacy, and there was an attempt to set a subway station on fire. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people attempted to get home from work on…

Tuesday, 29 October 2019 06:07

EU delays Brexit to Jan. 31; Johnson election bid fails

Britain got Brexit breathing space but no clarity on Monday when the European Union granted a three-month delay to the U.K.‘s departure from the bloc, postponing it until Jan. 31. British politicians immediately began using the extra time to do what they have done for more than three years: bicker about Brexit. Prime Minister Boris Johnson pushed for an early election as a way of breaking the political deadlock over the country’s stalled departure from the EU, only to be rebuffed by lawmakers. Legislators voted by 299-70 for Johnson’s motion to hold a Dec. 12 election — short of the…

Tuesday, 29 October 2019 06:06

US forces kill Baghdadi’s second-in-command in another Syria operation

United States on Monday confirmed the killing of Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir, Islamic State spokesman and a high-ranking figure within the jihadi group, in a separate U.S. operation, according to a senior State Department official. On Sunday, the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said al-Muhajir was killed in a joint raid between Kurdish-led and U.S. forces in northern Syria. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) General Commander Mazloum Abdi said it was “a continuation of the previous operation” in which Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed over the weekend. Mazloum described the jihadist spokesman as Baghdadi’s right-hand man. Muhajir was killed in…

Tuesday, 29 October 2019 06:05

Islamic State's Baghdadi: a trail of horror and death

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Iraqi jihadist who rose from obscurity to declare himself “caliph” of all Muslims as the leader of Islamic State, has died in a raid by U.S. special forces in northwest Syria. U.S. President Donald Trump said in a televised address from the White House that Baghdadi killed himself during the raid by igniting a suicide vest. Test results from the aftermath of the raid had positively identified Baghdadi, he said. Baghdadi had long been a target for U.S. and regional security forces trying to eliminate Islamic State, even as they reclaimed most of the territory the…

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