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Monday, 31 October 2022 06:26

Lagos commercial drivers begin 7-day strike in protest against multiple levies, extortion

Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria (JDWAN), yesterday, declared that there was no going back on its proposed seven-day strike, starting today, Monday, October 31, as its meeting with the Lagos State Government yielded no positive result. JDWAN national leader, Akintade Abiodun, in a statement issued yesterday, said the group met with the representatives of the state government and other stakeholders but their meeting yielded no fruitful result except threats to the union. The statement read: “Leadership of the Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria met with Lagos State Government representatives, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Abdulhafiz Toriola, and…

Monday, 31 October 2022 06:24

Lawyers form splinter association different from NBA

Another professional association of lawyers different from the Nigeria Bar Association has been established. The association, known as the Law Society of Nigeria, is led by Kunle Ogunba, a senior advocate of Nigeria. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the National Publicity Secretary of the LSN, Douglas Ogbankwa. The legal practitioners in Nigeria had been hitherto regulated solely under the umbrella of the Nigerian Bar Association founded in 1933. Ogbankwa said in the statement that the LSN emerged in a bid to redefine the ideas of the founding fathers of legal profession. Ogbankwa referred to the…

Monday, 31 October 2022 06:24

‘Owner’ of new lawyers association issues disclaimer, gives reasons

Monday, 31 October 2022 06:21

132 die as bridge collapses in India

Military teams were hunting Monday for people missing after a century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into a river Sunday in the western Indian state of Gujarat, sending hundreds plunging into the water and killing at least 132 in one of the worst accidents in the country in the past decade. At least 177 survivors were pulled from the river and teams from the army, navy and air force were searching for others still missing, said Jigar Khunt, an information department official in Gujarat said. Live video reports showed hundreds of others desperately clinging to the broken structure and trying to…

Monday, 31 October 2022 06:20

What to know after Day 250 of Russia-Ukraine war: Russian and Western perspectives

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE The United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine pressed ahead to implement a Black Sea grain deal and agreed on a transit plan for Monday for 16 vessels to move forward, despite Russia's withdrawal from the pact that has allowed the export of Ukrainian agricultural products to world markets. Russia, which invaded Ukraine on. Feb 24, on Saturday halted its role in the Black Sea deal for an "indefinite term", cutting shipments from one of the world's top grain exporters, because it said it could not "guarantee safety of civilian ships" travelling under the pact after an attack on its…

Sunday, 30 October 2022 05:51

CBN pushes back against Finance Minister, says Naira redesign approved by Buhari, in Nigeria’s interest

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has insisted that it followed the law and due process in the ongoing Naira notes redesigning exercise, which it said was 12 years due. Its position was contained in a note sent to the media in the early hours of this morning in an apparent response to claims by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmad, that her ministry was not carried along by the CBN in the exercise. The bank’s spokesman, Osita Nwanisobi, expressed surprise at the minister’s claim, stressing that the CBN remains a very thorough institution that follows due…

Sunday, 30 October 2022 05:49

Julius Berger shuts Abuja operations over terror threats

Julius Berger, a construction company has closed down operations in the federal apital city. The closure was in response to the ongoing security concern within the Federal Capital Territory and Central Abuja. In a statement made available to the press on Saturday, the company advised its staff to avoid public premises during the weekend adding that temporary relocation to other sites may be considered. “It is advised to avoid all public events within the FCT environment, including supermarkets, restaurants, hotels, bars, clubs and other areas where many meet. This advice is applicable from, 28.10.2022 in the evening until Monday, 31.10.2022…

Sunday, 30 October 2022 05:47

Terror threats: Has Nigeria surrendered its sovereignty? - Gravitas Group

PRESS RELEASE There is a very disturbing news story that has gone viral to the effect that American soldiers and DSS have arrested a suspected terrorist in Abuja community. Adewale Adenaike, chairman of phase 3, Trademore Estate, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was reported to have narrated how officers of the Department of State Services (DSS) and some American soldiers arrested a suspected terrorist in his community. To boot, picture of the American soldiers and DSS operatives was shown in the report to emphasize its veracity. Which means this is not a story that can be denied in accordance with the…

Sunday, 30 October 2022 05:46

149 crushed to death in Halloween stampede in South Korea

A mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween festivities in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley, killing at least 149 people and injuring 150 others in South Korea’s worst disaster in years. Emergency workers and pedestrians desperately performed CPR on people lying in the streets after the crush in the capital’s leisure district of Itaewon Saturday night. Choi Seong-beom, chief of Seoul’s Yongsan fire department, said the death toll could rise further and that an unspecified number among the injured were in critical condition. An estimated 100,000 people had gathered in Itaewon for…

Sunday, 30 October 2022 05:45

What to know after Day 249 of Russia-Ukraine war: Russian and Western perspectives

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia is suspending its participation in the grain deal after the terrorist attack in Sevastopol on the warships of the Black Sea Fleet and on the commercial vessels employed for security of the grain corridor, Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. "Taking into account the act of terrorism committed by the Kiev regime with the participation of British specialists on October 29, 2022 against the Black Sea Fleet ships and the civilian vessels employed to safeguard security of the grain corridor, Russia suspends its participation in the implementation of the agreements on the exports of…

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Saturday, 29 October 2022 06:07

Finance Minister disclaims CBN’s Naira redesign announcement

Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, says the ministry was not consulted before the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) decided to redesign some naira notes. Ahmed disclosed this during the 2023 budget defence session with the senate committee on finance in Abuja on Friday. Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, had announced that the bank had redesigned some naira notes in the denomination of N100, N200, N500 and N1000. Emefiele had said the decision was in line with the provisions of the CBN Act 2007, adding that the management of the bank “sought and obtained the approval of President…

Saturday, 29 October 2022 06:06

Banks, worship centres, roads deserted in Abuja over terror threats

Commercial activities in the nation’s capital, Abuja, have taken a hit, in response to the terror alerts by both the United States of America embassy and United Kingdom High Commission in Abuja. Similarly, residents have begun to take precautionary measures, since the alarms were raised by the diplomatic community. Palpable fears reached new heights when the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Australia, and other countries’ representatives in Nigeria, through their embassies, issued a similar advisory, asking their citizens to “run for their lives”. Many residents of the nation’s capital who were skeptical initially at the beginning of the week when the…

Saturday, 29 October 2022 06:05

Terror alerts: British Airways cancels London-Abuja flight

British Airways has cancelled its flight which was expected to arrive in Abuja in the early hours of Saturday, finding by our correspondent has revealed. The development comes after a BA83 flight from London-Heathrow to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, was suddenly diverted to Lagos. Passengers affected by the cancellation and diversion lamented that there was no adequate notice. Though BA did not provide any reason for the decision, the diversion of the flight might not be unconnected with the terror alert in Abuja, with several foreign missions issuing travel warnings to their citizens. Despite allaying of fears…

Saturday, 29 October 2022 06:04

Appeal Court grants FG’s application for stay of execution of judgment releasing Kanu

Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday, stopped the execution of its judgment that quashed the terrorism charges and ordered the release of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu. The appellate court had on Oct. 13 delivered a judgment which faulted the rendition of Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria and also set aside the terrorism charges against him. The Federal Government, not satisfied with this judgment, said that it would explore every legal avenue to quash the judgment of the appellate court and headed to the Supreme Court. The government, after appealing the appellate court’s…

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