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Tuesday, 04 June 2019 04:52

Prosperity, repression mark China 30 years after Tiananmen

Thirty years since the Tiananmen Square protests, China’s economy has catapulted up the world rankings, yet political repression in the country is harsher than many who watched those events would have anticipated. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims are held in re-education camps without charge, student activists face relentless harassment, and dissident leaders have been locked up or simply vanished. Religious groups face ever greater pressure to conform, and a web of mass surveillance is bolstering a system many call totalitarian. It’s a far cry from the hopes of the idealistic student demonstrators, and a level of control far beyond what…

Tuesday, 04 June 2019 04:51

China tightens security on 30th anniversary of Tiananmen

Chinese authorities have stepped up security around Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, a reminder of the government’s attempts to quash any memories of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests 30 years ago. Extra checkpoints and street closures greeted tourists who showed up early Tuesday morning to watch the daily flag-raising ceremony. An honor guard marched across a barricaded street and raised the Chinese flag. Foreign journalists were not allowed onto the square to record events. Hundreds, if not thousands of people are believed to have been killed in 1989 when the government sent in the military to clear Tiananmen Square…

Tuesday, 04 June 2019 04:49

Nigerians celebrate Sallah today as moon sighted Monday night

The new moon marking end of Ramadan has been seen. Mr Ishaq Oloyede, Secretary General of Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) said Sultan of Sokoto, Mr Saad Abubakar, will make an official announcement on Monday night. The Sultan is the head of NSCIA. The moon was seen in Damaturu and another town, Oloyede, a professor JAMB Registrar, said. The new moon marks the end of the 29 days of Ramadan fast for Muslims. Today (Tuesday) will, thus, be the first day of the Islamic month of Shawwal and the celebration of Eid-el-fitr. PT

Monday, 03 June 2019 04:35

Ghana’s railway line project costs less than half Buhari’s Lagos-Ibadan rail line - Report

Ghanaian- European Railway Consortium (GERC) has agreed to construct a 340km standard gauge railway line in Ghana at $2.2 billion, the same contract price as the ongoing 156km railway line between Lagos and Ibadan. In 2016, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), had signed a $2 billion agreement with the Nigerian government to build a 156 km railway line between Lagos and Ibadan. A ground-breaking ceremony for the construction held in March 2017. Eastern Railway line, which links Accra, Tema and Kumasi, is expected to boost economic activities along the corridor, especially at the Boankra Inland Port after completion. Joe…

Monday, 03 June 2019 04:33

Attacking Buhari, govs, other leaders is wrong - Kumuyi

General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Mr William Kumuyi, on Sunday urged Christians not to attack the President of the country through any means. Kumuyi, who gave the admonition during his sermon at Deeper Life Bible Church Headquarters, Gbagada, Lagos, said real Christians must obey constituted authorities and shun violence. Delivering his sermon titled, ‘The Believers’ Preservation until the Day of Visitation,’ Kumuyi said Christians were strangers and pilgrims in the world and must be Christ-like in their character, conducts and conversations. The cleric added that Christians’ lifestyle must reflect Christ in a civil society. He said, “Don’t attack…

Sunday, 02 June 2019 04:42

Aisha Buhari to Nigerians: If you don’t speak out, bandits will kill you all

Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has challenged security agencies to quickly end banditry and other insecurity challenges in parts of the country. Mrs Buhari who made the call on Saturday in Katsina State while distributing relief materials to over 25,000 victims of bandits attacks, said it was necessary to degrade the criminals before they end the civil population. “Security agencies should either assist to take action or allow the situation to continue until bandits finished killing our people,” she said. Mrs Buhari said that all well-meaning Nigerians should talk about things going wrong in the country, so…

Sunday, 02 June 2019 04:40

US demands social media details from visa applicants

Nearly all applicants for US visas will have to submit their social media details under newly adopted rules. The State Department regulations say people will have to submit social media names and five years' worth of email addresses and phone numbers. When proposed last year, authorities estimated the proposal would affect 14.7 million people annually. Certain diplomatic and official visa applicants will be exempt from the stringent new measures. However, people travelling to the US to work or to study will have to hand over their information. "We are constantly working to find mechanisms to improve our screening processes to…

Saturday, 01 June 2019 05:26

We’re not aware of Executive Order revoking gun licences - Police

Nigeria Police Force has said it is not aware of Executive Order reportedly issued by President Muhammadu Buhari to revoke licences for firearms or short guns nationwide. The Executive Order, according to reports, is to take effect from June 1 (today). The President was said to have signed the order on May 22, 2019, in response to threats by some Niger Delta militants to declare a Niger Delta Republic and secede from Nigeria. But police denied knowledge of the order barely 24 hours after National Assembly, through Federal House of Representatives, passed a resolution asking Buhari to reverse it in…

Saturday, 01 June 2019 05:23

Eid-Fitri: FG declares Tuesday, Wednesday public holiday

Federal Government has declared Tuesday, June 4 and Wednesday, June 5, as public holidays to mark Eid-Fitri celebration by Muslims. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Mrs Georgina Ehuriah, made the declaration on behalf of Federal Government in a statement signed by Mr Mohammed Manga, Director Press & Public Relations, of the ministry, on Friday in Abuja. Ehuriah congratulated Muslim faithful on the successful completion of the Ramadan fast and enjoined all Nigerians to use the occasion of the celebration to pray for the peace, unity, prosperity and stability of the nation. She admonished Nigerians to shun hate speeches and divisive…

Saturday, 01 June 2019 05:22

The man who couldn’t be buried until his son became president

After a two-year delay, the body of the father of Democratic Republic of Congo's president is now lying in state in his home country. Thousands have gathered in a stadium to pay their respects to veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi. Mr Tshisekedi died in Belgium in February 2017, aged 84, but his body stayed there because of a row with former President Joseph Kabila. The deadlock ended when his son, Félix, became president last year. The Martyrs' Stadium in Kinshasa erupted in cheers on Friday afternoon as the casket containing Etienne Tshisikedi's remains entered, says the BBC's Gaius Kowene. Supporters…

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Friday, 31 May 2019 04:27

FG spent N11tn on subsidy in six years - Senate

Senate on Thursday flayed payment of N11 trillion to oil marketers as subsidy in the last six years, stressing that the development, if not halted, could kill the nation’s economy. The upper chamber took the position while considering report of its Committee on Downstream Petroleum Sector. Chairman of the committee, Mr Kabir Marafa, had while presenting the report, told his colleagues that Nigeria spent over N11 trillion to pay outstanding subsidy claims in the last six years. The development came just as the upper chamber, on Thursday, approved payment of additional N129bn subsidy claims to 67 petroleum marketers. Senate had…

Thursday, 30 May 2019 05:06

All former Heads of State, except one, absent at Buhari’s 2nd term inauguration

Two former Nigerian presidents who opposed the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari were conspicuously absent at Wednesday’s inauguration ceremony. Ex-presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, both of whom are believed to have supported Atiku Abubakar for the February presidential election, were absent at the Eagle Square, Abuja, venue of the inauguration. Messers Ibrahim Babangida, Ernest Sonekan, and Abdusalam Abubakar - all past Nigerian leaders - were also absent. No reason has been given for their absence, although federal government had announced that the inauguration would be low-key. Major events that would have been part of the inauguration have been scheduled…

Thursday, 30 May 2019 05:05

24 hrs after 2nd term inauguration, Buhari travels to Saudi Arabia for OIC summit

President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to Saudi Arabia on Thursday (today) barely 24 hours after his inauguration for second term in office. The Presidency said on Wednesday that Mr Buhari would be in Makkah to attend Summit of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. “The 14th session of the Summit Conference of OIC, scheduled to hold on Friday, May 31, will be hosted by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and attended by Heads of State and governments of member states. “According to OIC secretariat, the summit to be convened under the theme, ‘Makkah al-Mukarramah Summit: Hand in Hand toward the Future’,…

Thursday, 30 May 2019 05:04

What I did onboard as Ethiopian Airline nearly crashed in Lagos - Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has narrated his experience while on board an Ethiopian Airline flight that nearly crashed on Wednesday at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The airplane, Boeing 777-300, narrowly avoided an accident while trying to land with nearly 400 people on board. In an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Obasanjo said ”he remained calm and read papers while the scary situation occurred.” “While it all happened, I was reading my papers,” said Obasanjo. “One man, who was next to me, said, ‘Oga you no worry?’ I said, ‘Íf I worry, what will I do? If you…

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