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Tuesday, 26 April 2022 05:52

FG shortlists 18 firms to toll Sagamu-Benin, Kano-Maiduguri, 10 other highways

Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has shortlisted 18 firms from among 75 bidders seeking to operate and toll 12 economically viable highways on a concession basis. The ministry has also concluded the evaluating proposals for phase one of the Value-Added Concession (VAC) under the Highway Development and Management Initiative (HDMI), revealed a statement from Hakeem Bello, spokesman of the minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Monday. The 12 roads of 1,963 kilometres will be managed by technically and ﬁnancially capable private sector firms/consortia. They are Benin-Asaba, Abuja-Lokoja, Kano-Katsina, Onitsha-Owerri-Aba, Sagamu-Benin and Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga. The rest are Kano-Maiduguri (Kano-Shuarin),…

Tuesday, 26 April 2022 05:43

What to know after Day 61 of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukraine’s foreign minister on Monday urged the U.N. chief to press Russia for an evacuation of the besieged port of Mariupol, calling it something the world body is capable of achieving. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told The Associated Press in an interview he was concerned that by visiting Moscow on Tuesday before traveling to Kyiv, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres could be vulnerable to falling into a Kremlin “trap” in the war. Kuleba said Guterres “should focus primarily on one issue: evacuation of Mariupol. An estimated 100,000 people are trapped in the seaside city while a contingent of Ukrainian fighters hold…

Monday, 25 April 2022 06:22

Predicting Nigeria’s collapse is a perennial pursuit of US think-tanks and policy experts - Presidency

PRESS RELEASE In 2005, a US National Intelligence Council paper “Mapping Sub-Saharan Africa’s Future” floated the idea there could be a military coup in Nigeria. At the time this was hardly an earth-shattering prediction: 2005 was only six years after the return of civilian democratic rule and just over a decade since the Abacha military coup of 1993 – the final of seven coups since independence. However, for the last 29 years – close to a generation – there have been none. Since the return of democracy in 1999 there have been six general elections, four elected presidents, four transfers…

Monday, 25 April 2022 06:18

What to know after Day 60 of Russia-Ukraine war

An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the U.S. secretaries of state and defense are meeting with the Ukrainian leader in the highest-level visit to Kyiv by an American delegation since the start of Russia’s invasion. The adviser, Oleksiy Arestovych, said in an interview on Ukrainian TV late Sunday that the talks are going on “right now.” Zelenskyy’s meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin comes as Ukraine presses the West for more powerful weapons in its fight against the Russian invasion, which began 60 days ago. ___ Hundreds of Russians and…

Sunday, 24 April 2022 06:38

Hausa in Southeast not our enemies – IPOB

Contrary to insinuations that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are targetting non-indigenes, especially the Hausa communities in the Southeast, the group has specifically declared that they are not its enemy even as they have vowed to give them protection against attacks. The group in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, also insisted that the violent attacks witnessed in the zone for quite some time now are not caused by its members, blaming it on their detracors who they said only wanted to rope them in so as to be labelled as a terrorist organisation and thereby prolonging…

Sunday, 24 April 2022 06:35

What to know after Day 59 of Russia-Ukraine war

The Ukrainian military said Saturday it destroyed a Russian command post in Kherson, a southern city that fell to Russian forces early in the war. The Ukrainian military intelligence agency posted a statement saying the command post was hit on Friday and two generals were killed and one was critically wounded. Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said in an online interview that 50 senior Russian officers were in the command center when it came under attack. He said their fate was unknown. The Russian military did not comment on the claim, which could not be confirmed.…

Sunday, 24 April 2022 06:34

US, NATO move to final stage of plotting provocations in Ukraine, Russian diplomat says

According to data by Russia’s Defense Ministry published on Saturday, the US and its NATO partners have moved on to a final stage of plotting provocations in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel. "Information by the Russian Defense Ministry published Saturday clearly proves: Washington, in close coordination with NATO partners, has moved on to a final stage of plotting provocations in Ukraine which should convince the global community that 'Russia is using poisonous combat substances and biological agents'," the diplomat noted. She stressed that Washington’s initial plan involved economic pressure on Russia to make…

Sunday, 24 April 2022 06:33

The Iroko has fallen: Tribute to Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Adeyemi - Yoruba Global Alliance

PRESS RELEASE The saddening news of the royal passage of His Imperial Majesty Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Atanda Adeyemi hit us like high voltage thunderbolt. Totally unexpected and unanticipated. The Alaafin Oba Adeyemi lll was a veritable inspirer and an inspiration to Yoruba self-consciousness. He was a towering pillar of support and great defender of our spiritual faith. He believed in the avowed rightness of the Yoruba Self-Determination agenda the same way he believed in the freedom of all peoples the world over to determine and choose the way they want to be governed. Adeyemi was a phenomenal monarch and an…

Saturday, 23 April 2022 04:22

Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Adeyemi, is dead

Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Adeyemi, has passed. Adeyemi, the third from the Alowodu Ruling House, died in the late hours of Friday at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti. The remains of the top Yoruba traditional ruler were brought to Oyo in the early hours of Saturday and traditional rites began, palace sources told this newspaper. He was 83 years old and the longest reigning Alaafin ever, having ruled for 52 years. Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, is expected to make an official announcement upon receiving the report of the monarch’s passing from the Bashorun of Oyo,…

Saturday, 23 April 2022 04:21

Buhari orders reopening of Idiroko, Jibiya, two other land borders

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reopening of four more land borders. The borders are Idiroko in Ogun, Jibiya in Katsina, Kamba in Kebbi and Ikom in Cross River. In August 2019, Nigeria closed its land borders over the proliferation of illegal importation of drugs, small arms and agricultural products into Nigeria from neighbouring West African countries. In 2020, the president ordered the reopening of borders in Seme in Lagos, Illela in Sokoto, Maigatari in Jigawa, and Mfum in Cross River. According to a memo dated April 22, 2022, and signed by E.I. Edorhe, deputy…

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Saturday, 23 April 2022 04:17

What to know after Day 58 of Russia-Ukraine war

At least three civilians died and seven more were injured in shelling attacks in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on Friday, as Russian forces continue to roll into the country’s industrial east, the governor of the region said in a Telegram post. Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko blamed the deaths of “three more peaceful residents” in a small town and two villages on Russian shelling. In a separate Telegram post earlier, Kyrylenko said that as of Friday afternoon, Russians had opened fire at 20 settlements in the region and destroyed or damaged 34 civilian infrastructure facilities. Also on Friday, the local…

Friday, 22 April 2022 06:53

FG to borrow fresh N225bn via bond issuance

Debt Management Office (DMO) has announced offers for subscription, by auction, of three batches of N75 billion bonds. In a statement yesterday, it stated that the auction date is April 25, 2022, while settlement would be on April 27, 2022. It said the N75bn bond would have a 13.53 per cent interest rate maturing by March 2025 with a 10-year re-opening. The next is also a N75bn bond maturing by April 2032 as a 10-year new issue; while the third is also a N75bn bond of 13% with January 2042 maturity (20 years re-opening). It said the units of sale…

Friday, 22 April 2022 06:52

Buhari appoints new SSA on job creation

PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mrs Matilda Mmegwa as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Employment and Job Creation (Office of the Minister of Labour and Employment.) The Senior Special Assistant, who has held a number of posts in the private sector in Canada and international organisations, will work under the leadership of the Minister of Labour and Employment on issues of job creation. Mmegwa brings to the position over 30 years’ experience in the field of strategic leadership, corporate governance, social inclusion and economic development. She is an internationally decorated Presenter/Keynote Speaker and…

Friday, 22 April 2022 06:51

Embassy lists conditions for Nigerian students studying in US to renew visa without fresh interview

The United States embassy in Nigeria has said that individuals studying in the US may be eligible to renew their student visa without an interview when they return to Nigeria this summer. However, to qualify for the procedure, the applicant must be physically present to renew a student visa that is still valid or has expired within the last 24 months. The embassy in a statement in Abuja on Thursday further explained that an eligible student must continue participation in the same major course of study even if at a different institution or attend the same institution even if in…

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