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Wednesday, 11 May 2022 06:30

Presidency responds to Clarke’s suggestion to Buhari to elongate tenure

Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, says President Muhammadu Buhari will hand over to his successor at the end of his tenure in 2023. On Monday, Robert Clarke, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), had said the Nigerian constitution allows Buhari to extend his tenure in order to tackle the country’s security challenges. Reacting to the statement on Tuesday, Shehu said the president is committed to observing democratic values by handing over to the candidate elected by the people. “Robert Clarke, a very well respected elder may be sincere in his wish for the president to extend his term by six months. We…

Wednesday, 11 May 2022 06:28

Twitter ban on Donald Trump ‘morally wrong and flat-out stupid’. I’ll reverse it - Elon Musk

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said Tuesday he would reverse Twitter’s ban on former U.S. President Donald Trump, while speaking at the Financial Times Future of the Car conference. Musk, who has called himself a “free speech absolutist,” recently inked a $44 billion deal to acquire the social media platform. The decision to ban Trump from Twitter did not silence the former president’s voice, but rather amplified his views among people on the political right, Musk said, calling the ban “morally wrong and flat-out stupid.” Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter shortly after the Jan. 6 riot on the U.S.…

Wednesday, 11 May 2022 06:27

What to know after Day 76 of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cited some good news Tuesday from the front, where he said the Ukrainian military was gradually pushing the Russian troops away from Kharkiv. The Ukrainian General Staff said its forces drove the Russians out of four villages to the northeast of Kharkiv as it tries to push them back toward the Russian border. Meanwhile Tuesday, Ukrainian officials say Russian missiles pummeled the vital port of Odesa, apparently as part of efforts to disrupt supply lines and weapons shipments critical to Kyiv’s defense. Ukraine’s ability to stymie a larger, better-armed Russian military has surprised many who had…

Tuesday, 10 May 2022 06:21

ASUU extends strike by 3 months, says Nigeria ‘headed for a state of anarchy’

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it would not yield to the decision by the Nigerian government to “starve” its members over the ongoing prolonged strike. It described the decision as ill-advised, and said rather than forcing its members to back down, it would complicate matters. ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, reiterated this on Monday in a statement issued to announce the extension of the three-month-old strike by additional three months. He decried the failure of the government to accede to its request, and accused the elected and appointed government officials of showing no concern because their children and…

Tuesday, 10 May 2022 06:18

Putin speaks at Victory Day parade on Moscow's Red Square

Following are quotes from a televised speech on Monday by President Vladimir Putin at Moscow’s annual Victory Day parade on Red Square, translated from Russian to English by Reuters: ON SECURITY GUARANTEES DEMANDED BY PUTIN “Despite disagreements in international relations, Russia has always advocated the creation of a system of equal and indivisible security, a system that is vital for the entire international community. “In December last year, we proposed the conclusion of an agreement on security guarantees. Russia called on the West to enter an honest dialogue, in search of reasonable compromise solutions, to take each other’s interests into…

Tuesday, 10 May 2022 06:17

What to know after Day 75 of Russia-Ukraine war

An adviser to Ukraine’s president is interpreting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Victory Day speech as indicating that Russia has no interest in escalating the war through the use of nuclear weapons or direct engagement with NATO. Oleksiy Arestovych pointed to Putin’s statement that Russia would honor the memory of those who fought in World War II by doing “everything so that the horror of a global war does not happen again.” Translating from “Kremlin speak into Russian,” Arestovych said this means: “There will be no nuclear war. There will be no war with NATO. What will there be? There will…

Monday, 09 May 2022 06:33

Domestic airlines withdraw threats to halt operations

Airline operators on Sunday announced that they have “acceded” to appeals from the government to withdraw plans to suspend operations from Monday (today) over high cost of jet fuel and other operational costs. The information was conveyed in a letter signed by Serina Abdulmunaf, president, Airline Operators Association, and jointly signed by the chief executive officers of six domestic airline operators. “…the AON has acceded to requests to withdraw the action for the time being while we allow for a fresh round of dialogue with the government in the hope of reaching an amicable solution,” the letter read in part.…

Monday, 09 May 2022 06:30

CBN takes over stamp duty collection as NIPOST-FIRS face-off lingers

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has begun the collection of electronic stamp duty due to the rift between the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST). President-General of the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned Companies (SSASCGOC), Kayode Alakija, disclosed this during an interview with Labour Correspondents in Abuja at the weekend. Alakija said the association, an affiliate of TUC, could not be watching akimbo while NIPOST, one of the branches of SSASCGOC, was being deprived of its power. The two government agencies fought over collection of the N50 stamp duty before the matter was…

Monday, 09 May 2022 06:29

Buhari off to Cote d’Ivoire for COP-15 conference

PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, May 8, 2022, left for Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, to attend a United Nations organized conference on the future of land, regarding desertification, drought, degradation, rights, restoration and implications for national and world economies. Buhari, who will participate in a Summit of Head of States and Government, May 9th-10th, 2022, joined world leaders at Sofitel Hotel, for the 15th session of the Conference Of the parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), with the theme “, ‘Land. Life. Legacy: From scarcity to prosperity.” The convention aims to take action to…

Monday, 09 May 2022 06:27

Petrol queues are back in Abuja. NNPC explains why

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says “low loadouts” at depots are “very likely” contributing to the queues observed at petrol stations in Abuja. Over the weekend, queues had resurfaced at filling stations in parts of the federal capital territory (FCT). Speaking on the development in a statement issued on Sunday, Garba Deen Muhammad, NNPC spokesman, said purchases by residents who recently returned after the public holidays also contributed to the queues. Loadouts involve the process of moving petroleum product from depots to filling stations. NNPC, however, said efforts are ongoing to address the situation. “NNPC Ltd notes the sudden appearance…

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Monday, 09 May 2022 06:26

10 feared dead in Abia pipeline explosion

Ten persons may have died when a petroleum pipeline exploded in Abia State at the weekend. The explosion took place in Uzuaku community in Ukwa West council of the state. Names of the affected victims were not available at press time, but a community source confirmed the incident, which he said occurred in the wee hours of Saturday. The incident is said to have thrown the community into mourning. The source said the explosion took place when community residents went to fetch spilled petrol from a burst pipeline. The villagers did not report the spill but rather went to help…

Monday, 09 May 2022 06:24

What to know after Day 74 of Russia-Ukraine war

More than 170 people have been evacuated from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after weeks of shelling and fighting as Russia attempts to take over the port city. That’s according to a Sunday statement by Osnat Lubrani, the United Nation’s humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine. The evacuees have been taken to Zaporizhzhia, a city in southeastern Ukraine. Lubrani says more than 600 people have now been evacuated from the Mariupol area. The most recent evacuation was the latest effort to rescue people from tunnels beneath the Azovstal steel mine, where Ukrainian fighters are trying to hold off Russian attackers. The United…

Sunday, 08 May 2022 06:11

Sultan: Children orphaned by insurgency are mine

Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared that the orphans of insurgency are his children. Abubakar made the declaration on Saturday, at the Eid-el-fitr lunch organised for the students of UK Jarma Academy in Sokoto State. The school, which was initiated by a Sokoto-based Philanthropist, Umarun Kwabo, has 171 Orphans from Borno, Yobe and Sokoto states. They include 117 orphans from Borno, 21 from Yobe and 33 from Sokoto, being sponsored by the philanthropist to acquire their education to tertiary institution. According to the Sultan, the children are no longer…

Sunday, 08 May 2022 06:09

What to know after Day 73 of Russia-Ukraine war

All women, children and elderly civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday, after a week-long effort rescued hundreds of people during an ongoing Russian assault at the plant. "This part of the Mariupol humanitarian operation is over," Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk wrote on the Telegram messaging app. The Soviet-era steel mill, the last holdout in Mariupol for Ukrainian forces, has become a symbol of resistance to the Russian effort to capture swathes of eastern and southern Ukraine in the 10-week-old war. Under heavy bombardment, fighters and civilians have been trapped…

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