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Thursday, 01 September 2022 06:37

Oyo NUJ inaugurates Screening Committee for 2022 election

Ahead of the union's election scheduled for later this year, Oyo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has adopted and inaugurated a five-man credentials/screening committee saddled with the responsibility of organising a hitch-free election. The committee members who were unanimously nominated by the congress were subsequently adopted by all members present and names forwarded to the National Secretariat for ratification at the end of the monthly Congress of the Council, held at the Press Centre, Iyaganku GRA, Ibadan. After the members were nominated, Olamide Adeniji of the Information Chapel, moved the motion for their adoption, while Dapo…

Thursday, 01 September 2022 06:35

Don't underestimate Russia's military strength, German defence chief warns

Germany’s chief of defence has warned that the West must not underestimate Moscow’s military strength, saying Russia has the scope to open up a second front should it choose to do so. “The bulk of the Russian land forces may be tied down in Ukraine at the moment but, even so, we should not underestimate the Russian land forces’ potential to open a second theatre of war,” General Eberhard Zorn, the highest-ranking soldier of the Bundeswehr, told Reuters in an interview. Beyond the army, Russia also has a navy and air force at its disposal, he added. “Most of the…

Thursday, 01 September 2022 06:34

What to know after Day 190 of Russia-Ukraine war

United Nations inspectors in Ukraine were due on Thursday to visit a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, where nearby shelling has prompted bitter recriminations and global fears of disaster. NUCLEAR PLANT, FIGHTING * An IAEA team arrived at the city of Zaporizhzhia near the Russian-held nuclear power plant in Ukraine's south, and is expected to visit the plant Thursday morning. * Head of the Ukrainian military administration of Nikopol across the Dnipro river from the Zaporizhzhia plant said Russian forces were shelling near the plant to try to give the IAEA the impression that Ukraine was attacking it. Russia…

Wednesday, 31 August 2022 07:05

Igboho: Appeal Court nullifies N20bn cost awarded against SSS

The Court of Appeal in Ibadan on Tuesday nullified the N20 billion cost awarded against the Federal Government in a fundamental human rights suit filed by Sunday Adeyemo, who is popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Ladiran Akintola, a judge of the Oyo State High Court, on September 17, 2021, awarded N20 billion cost “as exemplary and aggravated damage” against the State Security Services (SSS) over the invasion of Igboho’s residence on July 1, 2021. The Court of Appeal judgement, delivered virtually, was read by the judge, Muslim Hassan. Hassan said the lower court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter and…

Wednesday, 31 August 2022 07:00

Last Soviet leader Gorbachev dies aged 91

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said. Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, forged arms reduction deals with the United States and partnerships with Western powers to remove the Iron Curtain that had divided Europe since World War Two and bring about the reunification of Germany. But his internal reforms helped weaken the Soviet Union to the point where it fell apart, a moment that President Vladimir Putin has called the "greatest geopolitical catastrophe" of the…

Wednesday, 31 August 2022 06:59

What to know after Day 189 of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Russian troops to flee for their lives after his forces launched an offensive to retake southern Ukraine, but Moscow said it had halted the attack and inflicted heavy losses on Kyiv. FIGHTING * Ukrainian forces are shelling ferries used by Russia to supply its forces on the west bank of the Dnipro river, Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said. * Ukraine's armed forces have heightened the rate of artillery fire across southern Ukraine, and long-range precision strikes have continued to disrupt Russian resupply, Britain's defence ministry said. * Russia's defence ministry said Ukrainian forces, after…

Tuesday, 30 August 2022 07:12

FG to borrow N11trn, sell national assets to fund 2023 budget - Minister

Minister of Finance and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said the federal government will borrow over N11 trillion and sell national assets to finance the budget deficit in 2023. She also said the government’s budget deficit is expected to exceed N12.42 trillion if it should keep petroleum subsidy for the entire 2023 fiscal cycle. Ahmed disclosed this on Monday while appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance to defend the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP). Explaining two scenarios of the budget deficit to the committee, the minister said the first option involves…

Tuesday, 30 August 2022 07:09

ASUU moves from periodic extensions to indefinite strike

Academic Staff Union of Universities has declared a total and indefinite strike. The decision was taken at a meeting of the union’s National Executive Council held on Sunday in Abuja. The union started its ongoing strike on February 14, 2022. The strike is in protest against government’s failure to release revitalisation funds for universities, failure to release the white paper report of the visitation panel to universities and the failure to deploy the University Transparency Accountability System for the payment of salaries and allowances of lecturers. The union’s President, Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed the outcome of the NEC meeting in a…

Tuesday, 30 August 2022 07:07

FG releases N6.25bn for cattle ranches, grazing routes in Katsina

Mannir Takubu, Katsina deputy governor, says the federal government has released N6.25 billion for the establishment of cattle ranches in LGAs affected by banditry in the state. Yakubu, who is also the commissioner for agriculture and rural development, spoke during the ranch stakeholders development meeting in Katsina, on Monday. According to NAN, he said the frontline LGAs where grazing reserves would be established are Jibia, Batsari, Dutsinma, Safana, Danmusa, Kankara, Faskari and Sabuwa Dandume. He said part of the funds will be used to construct schools, health centres and veterinary clinics in the affected communities. The deputy governor said the…

Tuesday, 30 August 2022 07:02

What to know after Day 188 of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukraine said it broke through enemy lines in several places near the southern city of Kherson as it pressed a new campaign to retake territory while Moscow said Kyiv's counter-offensive had failed as Russia shelled the port city of Mykolaiv. NUCLEAR PLANT * A team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog (IAEA) is heading to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the agency's chief said, as Russia and Ukraine traded accusations of shelling in its vicinity, stirring fears of a radiation disaster. * Russia's defence ministry said Russian forces shot down a Ukrainian drone that was trying to attack the Zaporizhzhia reactor complex…

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Monday, 29 August 2022 06:47

WHO recommends 1 doctor to 600 people, while in Nigeria it’s 1:5,000. Here’s what both FG and doctors say about the worsening brain drain

Persistent brain drain by doctors is depleting the country’s medical care expertise and taking the country farther away from the recommended number of doctors per population, medical associations and experts have said. Their position faulted the claim by the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire that Nigeria has a sufficient number of medical doctors despite the brain drain. The minister during a briefing on Tuesday stated that there were enough medical doctors in the country and that the number of doctors produced annually exceeds the number leaving the country. But the umbrella body of medical doctors in the country, Nigerian Medical…

Monday, 29 August 2022 06:43

What to know after Day 187 of Russia-Ukraine war

Russian artillery fired at Ukrainian towns across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, local officials said, while reports of shelling around the plant fuelled fears of a radiation disaster. FIGHTING * Britain's defence ministry said it was not yet clear how Russia would achieve an announced large increase in its armed forces, but the boost was unlikely to substantially increase its combat power in Ukraine. * Russian air forces hit workshops at a Motor Sich factory in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine where helicopters were being repaired, Russian state news agency RIA quoted the defence ministry as saying.…

Sunday, 28 August 2022 07:00

Will public universities’ students resume schooling after 6 months at home? ASUU decides today

National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will today hold a crucial meeting in Abuja to decide whether to suspend or continue with its six-month-old industrial action. Principal officers and branch chairmen are already in Abuja for the make or mar NEC meeting that will determine the fate of millions of Nigerian students, who have been at home since February 14, 2022. Ahead of the meeting, branch congresses were held on Tuesday and Wednesday across the universities and the resolutions would be discussed at the NEC meeting. Already, some state universities such as Ekiti State…

Sunday, 28 August 2022 06:58

FG apologises for Lagos-Ibadan expressway gridlock

Federal government has apologised for the hardship faced by road users due to construction works on the Berger-Opic axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Forosola Oloyede, the acting federal controller of works in Lagos state, conveyed the apology in a statement on Saturday. Oloyede said the government feels the pains of the people, especially residents of Lagos and Ogun states who are at the receiving end of the inconvenience caused by the gridlock. In recent weeks, motorists plying the route spend hours in traffic, a situation that has worsened in the last few days. Oloyede said the federal government has ordered…

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