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Thursday, 15 August 2024 04:48

WHO declares mpox global public health emergency

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to neighbouring countries. An emergency committee met earlier on Wednesday to advise WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on whether the disease outbreak constitutes a "public health emergency of international concern," or PHEIC. PHEIC status is WHO's highest level of alert and aims to accelerate research, funding and international public health measures and cooperation to contain a disease. "It's clear that a coordinated international response is…

Wednesday, 14 August 2024 04:50

NNPC postpones for 6th time kick off of Port Harcourt refinery

The Port Harcourt Refining Company, a refinery under the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited in Rivers State, has again failed to commence operations after about six postponements. It was observed that promises made to Nigerians by the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and NNPC about the refinery have continued to witness multiple failures. Since December 2023, NNPC, which is in charge of all the government refineries, has given Nigerians different dates, assuring citizens that the refinery would begin the sale of refined products soon. In July, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, stated…

Wednesday, 14 August 2024 04:48

Tinubu’s policies ‘are making people hungry. People are dying. People are eating grass right now’ - Dan Bello

Bello Galadanchi, a skitmaker popularly known as Dan Bello, has said that Nigerians are dying of hunger because of President Bola Tinubu economic policies. Dan Bello stated this during an interview on Trust TV’s Daily Politics on Tuesday. He challenged the government to sue him if it was not happy with his works. The skitmaker said that he was not affiliated to any political party in the country, saying he was not working for anybody. Bello said, “If what I am doing is not good for them, that means that it is automatically good for the people. If what they…

Tuesday, 13 August 2024 04:55

Nigerians, Indians got more jobs - but earned much less - in UK than Britons in the past 4 years - Report

Data from HMRC, released through a Freedom of Information request, showed the biggest growth in employments over the period was among Indian nationals (+487,900). This compared to an increase of 278,700 employments among Nigerian nationals and an increase of 257,000 employments among UK nationals between December 2019 to December last year. In total, there were 1.481million more employments over the period, with 1.465million more accounted for by people from outside the EU. Between December 2019 and December 2023, there were 241,600 fewer employments for EU nationals in the UK. Tory MP Neil O'Brien, a former government minister who requested the…

Monday, 12 August 2024 04:46

FG set to bar British Airways, Virgin from Lagos, Abuja airports over Air Peace’s lack of access to Heathrow

The row over Air Peace’s flight operations from the United Kingdom has taken another turn with Festus Keyamo, the Nigerian minister of aviation and aerospace development, writing to his British counterpart to lodge a formal complaint, TheCable understands. In a letter dated August 1, 2024 and addressed to Louise Haigh, the UK secretary of state for transport, Keyamo warned that if Air Peace is not allocated a space at the London Heathrow, Nigeria will be forced to “reciprocate” by denying British Airways and Virgin Atlantic slots at the Lagos and Abuja airports. Although Heathrow is the UK’s primary airport, Air…

Monday, 12 August 2024 04:45

FG mandates all travellers to Nigeria to complete Health Declaration Form

In response to the ongoing monkeypox (Mpox) outbreak in parts of Africa, Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Health has mandated that all travellers entering the country fill out and submit a health declaration form. This measure, aimed at curbing the spread of the disease, came into effect yesterday, August 11, for passengers arriving at the airports in Abuja and Lagos. Travellers can complete the form online or opt to print and fill out a physical copy. The ministry has encouraged passengers to submit the form online before departure to avoid delays upon arrival in Nigeria. According to the ministry's website, "The…

Sunday, 11 August 2024 04:52

#EndBadGovernance: Here’s all that happened on Day 10

On August 10, 2024, Nigeria witnessed the culmination of a 10-day nationwide protest movement against economic hardship and government policies. The protests, which began on August 1, reached their peak with a planned "one-million-man march" across the country, particularly in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Key Developments: 1. One-Million-Man Hunger Protest: - Protesters in Abuja commenced their march early Saturday morning. - Demonstrators carried placards and chanted slogans such as "we are hungry" and "End hunger." - The protest aimed to highlight the high cost of living and demand changes in government policies. 2. Protest Locations and Strategies: -…

Sunday, 11 August 2024 04:51

‘The govt should know, they should tell us’ those stealing Nigeria’s oil, Elumelu says on massive crude oil theft

Billionaire businessman Tony Elumelu has called on Nigerian security agencies to identify and expose those responsible for stealing the country’s crude oil, particularly through the use of large vessels operating in Nigerian waters. Elumelu’s comments, made during an interview with the Financial Times, underscore the ongoing issue of oil theft, which he claims has significantly contributed to the withdrawal of foreign oil companies from Nigeria. Elumelu, who leads Heirs Holdings, has personally experienced the impact of crude oil theft. He recounted how, in 2022, his company had to halt production due to rampant theft, which saw over 95% of their…

Saturday, 10 August 2024 04:30

World Bank loan, not FG grant: Governors refute Tinubu’s claims of N570bn grant to states

Governors from both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) have clarified that the N570 billion recently mentioned by President Bola Tinubu as support to states was not a direct grant from the Federal Government, but rather a World Bank loan. Tinubu had stated during a national broadcast on Sunday that "more than N570 billion has been released to the 36 states to expand livelihood support to their citizens." This statement came amidst widespread protests over economic hardship in the country. However, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State (PDP) countered this claim, explaining that the…

Saturday, 10 August 2024 04:29

Flood cuts off major highway linking Northeast and Northwest in Bauchi

A heavy downpour has cut off the Kano-Maiduguri expressway in Bauchi state, leaving many motorists and pedestrians stranded. The incident occurred between the Malori and Guskuri villages in Katagum LGA of Bauchi state. The highway is one of the major roads connecting north-west and north-east. Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi, who visited the scene for an assessment, told journalists that he would inform the federal government about the condition of the road. “This is a major highway; the north-east highway and the dual carriageways have been completely washed away,” the governor said. “We are calling on the federal government to…

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Saturday, 10 August 2024 04:28

Plane crashes into residential community in Brazil, kills all 61 aboard

A passenger plane crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state Friday, killing all 61 people aboard and leaving a smoldering wreck, officials and the airline said. Officials did not say if anyone was killed on the ground in the neighborhood where the plane landed in the city of Vinhedo, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of the metropolis of Sao Paulo. But witnesses at the scene said there were no victims among local residents. The airline Voepass said that its plane, an ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop, was headed for Sao Paulo’s international airport Guarulhos with 57…

Friday, 09 August 2024 04:51

NNPC ramps up supplies to 60 percent for Dangote Refinery - Official

In what appears a major shift from previous claim by the Dangote Refinery company, the Group Chief Strategy Officer, Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals Company, Aliyu Suleiman on Wednesday, stated that 60 per cent of the crude supplied to the refinery was done by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL. Aliyu made the submission during an interactive session organised by the Senate Ad-hoc committee to investigate alleged sabotage in the Nigerian petroleum industry. This supersedes the position of the Group Chief Commercial Officer, Dangote Industries Limited, Rabiu A. Umar, who had claimed that the NNPC has been supplying insufficient crude…

Friday, 09 August 2024 04:47

20 die as boat explodes in Bayelsa waterways

A wooden cargo boat, identified as ‘Godbless Dickson’, laden with cargo and over 64 passengers and crew, exploded and was engulfed with flames, leaving 20 dead in the waterways in Bayelsa State, south-south Nigeria. The tragic incident occurred on Wednesday along the Ezetu 1 community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Musa Mohammed, the police spokesperson in Bayelsa said that 20 people have been so far confirmed dead, while rescue efforts by the Marine Police unit were still ongoing. The ill-fated cargo boat, laden with farm produce from a rural settlement, was en route to Swali market…

Thursday, 08 August 2024 05:05

Despite FG’s disbursement of N1.03trn to fight insecurity in Half 1 2024, ‘insurgents continue to operate with relative ease’ - Report

The Federal Government disbursed a total of N1.03tn to fight against insecurity and terrorism between January and June 2024. In the budget implementation report for the first half of 2024 obtained by our correspondent through Open Treasury, a website that monitors government spending, the amount represents a disbursement rate of 42.80 per cent from its appropriation of N2.41tn and a balance of N1.38tn. Despite this spending, no fewer than 5,801 Nigerians were killed in terrorist attacks, and 4,348 citizens were abducted in the first seven months of 2024, Findings by The PUNCH showed. Data sourced from an Indigenous intelligence outfit,…

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