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Friday, 09 September 2022 06:51

Tearful crowds sing 'God Save the Queen' at Buckingham Palace

Thousands of people gathered outside Buckingham Palace in London, shedding tears and singing "God Save the Queen" in an impromptu show of emotion as news emerged that Queen Elizabeth had died. A double rainbow arched over the London skyline shortly before well-wishers fell into stunned silence as the palace lowered its Union Jack flag to half-staff, signifying the death of the monarch. "We've grown up with her always being there," said consultant Margaret Parris, tears welling up in her eyes. She had travelled 20 miles (32 km) to the palace after hearing earlier in the day that the queen had…

Friday, 09 September 2022 06:47

Angola displaces Nigeria as Africa’s biggest oil producer

Nigeria lost its crown as Africa’s largest crude producer as Angola surpassed the country for the first time in more than five years. Angola’s average daily output in August of 1.17 million barrels was more than Nigeria’s at 1.13 million barrels, according to Bloomberg’s survey of monthly OPEC output. The last time that happened was in April 2017 when both nations were pumping about 500,000 barrels a day more, the same data show. Nigeria’s production has declined steadily since 2020 and has reached multi-decade lows this year. The government has blamed massive levels of theft on the pipelines that crisscross…

Thursday, 08 September 2022 17:38

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch is dead

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, has died. She was 96. Buckingham Palace made the announcement in a statement. A link to the almost-vanished generation that fought World War II, she was the only monarch most Britons have ever known, and her name defines an age: the modern Elizabethan Era. The impact of her loss will be huge, and unpredictable, both for the nation and for the monarchy, an institution she helped stabilize and modernize across decades of huge social change and family scandals. With the death of the…

Thursday, 08 September 2022 07:09

Police officers protest non-payment of 18 months salaries

The police special constabularies in Osun State on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest over the non-payment of 18 months’ salary. The constables gathered at the Oke-Fia roundabout and moved through Alekunwodo to the Olaiya areas of Osogbo, the capital of Osun State. They were dressed in the police uniform and carried placards with inscriptions like “Pay us now,” “We’re dying,” We’re hungry,” “18 months no kobo,” “Okada riders are sleeping with our wives,” among others. Some of the protesters told PREMIUM TIMES that their “wives have been snatched because of their inability to provide for their families.” The constabularies said…

Thursday, 08 September 2022 07:08

UN report says ‘it may take 300 years to attain full equality between men and women’

A new report by the United Nations Women and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) has revealed that achieving gender equality cannot no longer be possible by 2030. The report states that at the current rate of progress of Sustainable Development Goal 5, it may take close to 300 years to achieve full gender equality. The report, which is titled; “Gender Snapshot 2022,” “shows that global challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, violent conflict, climate change, and the backlash against women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights are further heightening gender disparities.”…

Thursday, 08 September 2022 06:50

What to know after Day 197 of Russia-Ukraine war

Russian President Putin raised the idea of adding limits to a U.N.-brokered deal for Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea and threatened to halt all energy supplies to Europe if Brussels caps the price of Russian gas. ENERGY * The European Union's proposed price cap on Russian gas raises the risk of rationing in some of the world's richest countries this winter. * Ukraine said on Wednesday it might have to shut down the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to avoid a disaster and called on residents in areas nearby to evacuate. GRAIN * Senior U.N. and Russian officials…

Wednesday, 07 September 2022 06:57

Meetings chaired by Minister of Education have been going on towards resolving months-old ASUU strike. This is what FG is offering

Federal government says it can only afford a 23.5 percent salary increase for lecturers of all categories, except professors. Adamu Adamu, minister of education, said this on Tuesday at a meeting with pro-chancellors and vice-chancellors of federal universities on the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Speaking at the meeting, which held in Abuja, Adamu said aside from the salary increment, the government made other offers regarding the demands of ASUU. “That the federal government can only afford a 23.5% salary increase for all categories of the workforce in federal universities, except for the professorial cadre…

Wednesday, 07 September 2022 06:53

NSCDC dissolves anti-oil theft squad nationwide over ‘non-satisfactory’ performance

Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Audi, has dissolved the corps’ anti-vandalism units nationwide. Audi gave the dissolution order during a meeting with senior officers and all state commandants of the corps on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the action was sequel to insinuations and reports in the public domain that security operatives were likely involved in oil theft and related crimes. “There are also reports that our officers are doing their jobs, but not satisfactorily enough,” he said. The commandant-General said the squad would be reconstituted in due time for better service delivery. He…

Wednesday, 07 September 2022 06:52

Fuel queues return to Abuja as marketers shut stations

Many fillings stations were shut on Tuesday leading to lengthy queues by motorists for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, at the few outlets that dispensed the commodity in Abuja and neighbouring states. Petrol scarcity resumed again in the Federal Capital Territory and environs on Tuesday after about a month break, as motorists and other PMS users imagined when they would see the last of fuel queues in Abuja. The petrol scarcity and its attendant queues on Tuesday were due to the warning strike embarked upon by the Suleja Depot Branch of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria. The…

Wednesday, 07 September 2022 06:49

Russia is cutting off gas flow to Europe. Here’s what that means for both parties

Europe is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession. The primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise. The crisis deepened when Russia’s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and…

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Wednesday, 07 September 2022 06:45

What to know after Day 196 of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukrainian forces shot down five Russian cruise missiles on Tuesday, most of them in the south, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, but he made no mention of a new military success in the east hinted at by officials earlier. ENERGY * United Nations chief Guterres urged Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday to agree a demilitarized perimeter around the Russian-held Zaporozhzhia nuclear power plant. * Russia's Gazprom says it has signed an agreement to start switching payments for gas supplies to China to yuan and roubles instead of dollars. BATTLEFIELD REPORTS * The Russian-installed commandant of a southern Ukrainian city was badly…

Tuesday, 06 September 2022 06:29

Daily petrol consumption cited by NNPCL not true; subsidy amount quoted by Finance Minister incorrect - Regulator

Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says Nigeria consumes 62.9 million litres of petrol a day. NMDPRA’s Head of Finance and Account, Adebayo Adeniyi, disclosed this while appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on Monday in Abuja. He said the agency arrived at the figure based on the official trucks out from depots. “The average daily truck-out for 2022 is 62.95 million litres per day. This from the actual truck-out,” Adeniyi said. He added that “what we gave you is what is obtainable as an actual truck-out. When we say truck-out, we mean from the…

Tuesday, 06 September 2022 06:26

FG suspends 5 percent excise duty on telecom services

Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, says the federal government has suspended a five percent excise duty on telecommunications services in Nigeria. According to The Punch, Pantami announced this on Monday during the inaugural meeting of the presidential committee on excise duty for the digital economy sector in Abuja. The minister said the sector is already overburdened by excessive and multiple taxations. TheCable had reported that Pantami faulted the government’s plan to implement the tax. But Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, had insisted that the federal government would go ahead to implement the five…

Tuesday, 06 September 2022 06:25

Electricity firms fail to utilise 1,936MW despite power outages – FG

The 11 power distribution companies in Nigeria did not utilise a total of 1,936.26 megawatts of electricity in one week amidst the country’s limited power generation, the latest data on the daily Discos load summary from the Federal Ministry of Power, showed. Figures contained in the load summary obtained in Abuja on Monday, indicated that the power firms did not utilise the 1,936.26MW between August 13 to 19, 2022 due to various concerns such as electricity theft, poor payment of bills, etc, in the distribution subsector. The 11 power distribution companies include Abuja, Benin, Eko, Enugu, Ibadan, Ikeja, Jos, Kaduna,…

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