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Sunday, 10 July 2022 06:57

16 passengers missing as another boat capsizes in Lagos

Barely three days after a 20-passenger boat ferrying 17 persons capsized and two persons died on Lagos water channel, another passenger boat carrying 16 persons late Friday night capsized with all passenger onboard declared missing. A press statement on Saturday by the General Manager, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) in Lagos, Sarat Braimah, said the passenger boat was sailing from Mile 2 to Ibeshe, Ojo, in Lagos state, adding that the boat broke the waterways rules of late travelling by sailing at 7.45pm. According to her, the tide of the water drifted the boat to a stationary barge, which caused…

Sunday, 10 July 2022 06:53

Protesters break into Sri Lankan PM’s residence, burn it down

Protesters on Saturday broke into the Sri Lankan prime minister’s private residence and set it on fire hours after he said he would resign when a new government is formed, in the biggest day of angry demonstrations that also saw crowds storming the president’s home and office. The office of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the protesters forced their way into his Colombo home in the evening. It wasn’t immediately clear if he was inside at the time. Wickremesinghe announced earlier that he would resign in response to calls by political leaders for him and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to quit,…

Sunday, 10 July 2022 06:52

What to know after Day 136 of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukrainian defenders battled on Saturday to contain Russian forces along several fronts, officials said, as the United States urged China to align itself with the West in opposing the invasion following an ill-tempered G20 meeting. A missile strike on the northeastern city of Kharkiv wounded three civilians, its governor said, though Russia's main attacks appeared focused southeast of there in Luhansk and Donetsk. Those two provinces, parts of which were held by pro-Russian separatists before the conflict began in February, comprise the eastern industrial region of the Donbas. Ukrainian officials reported strikes in both on Saturday, while Britain's Ministry of…

Saturday, 09 July 2022 06:48

Malami weds Buhari's daughter as third wife

Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami on Friday, got married to Nana Hadiza, a daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari. A Spokesman for the President, Garba Shehu, confirmed this to our correspondent on Friday. “It is true. The AGF got married to the President’s daughter,” he said. Hadiza is Buhari’s daughter from a previous marriage and now the third wife to the AGF. She is said to have been previously married and has six children. It was gathered that the private Nikkai ceremony took place at the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock. Punch

Saturday, 09 July 2022 06:44

Sallah: IBEDC felicitates with Nigerians, assures of good service delivery

Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company(IBEDC) has congratulated Muslims and Nigerians at large on the celebration of Eid-el-Kabir. A statement signed by the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company, John Ayodele, said the Eid-el-Kabir festival exemplifies the virtues of love and sacrifice as some of the pillars for existence of humanity. He urged Muslim faithful and all Nigerians to epitomize the spirit of love for the continuous prosperity of the country, assuring that IBEDC would ensure good service delivery during the holidays. He said, “We are aware that our customers are looking forward to enjoying power supply during the holidays, so…

Saturday, 09 July 2022 06:39

What to know after Day 135 of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukraine urged its allies on Friday to send more weapons as its forces dug in to slow Russia's military advance through the eastern Donbas region, while its chief negotiator said a turning part was approaching in the conflict. Signalling that the Kremlin was in no mood for compromise, President Vladimir Putin said continued use of sanctions against Russia for the invasion it launched in February risked causing "catastrophic" energy price rises. His top diplomat, Sergei Lavrov, clashed with his Western counterparts at a G20 meeting, where they urged Russia to allow Kyiv to ship blockaded Ukrainian grain out to an…

Friday, 08 July 2022 07:10

Terrorists are trooping to southern Nigeria, Akeredolu tells police chief

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has raised the alarm that terrorists are moving southward to take refuge in the forest. He reiterated the need for the creation of state police to ensure security of lives and property. Akeredolu pointed out that the Nigeria Police Force is overstretched, understaffed and lacks the capacity to adequately secure the people. The governor spoke in his office on Thursday, while hosting the new Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 17, Yunnus Akeera. He said, “We do not run away from the fact that the police force is overstretched. The same thing, we…

Friday, 08 July 2022 07:09

FG declares July 11, 12 public holiday for Eid-el Kabir

PRESS RELEASE Federal Government has declared Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th July, 2022, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulates all Muslims and Nigerians both at home and in the Diaspora on this occasion. “I call on Muslims to continue to imbibe the spirit of love, peace, kindness and sacrifice, as exemplified by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him) and to also use the period to pray for peace, unity, prosperity and the stability of the country, considering the…

Friday, 08 July 2022 07:05

What to know after Day 134 of Russia-Ukraine war

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the raising of the Ukrainian flag on Snake Island in the Black Sea was a sign his country would not be broken, as President Vladimir Putin warned the West that its efforts to defeat him would bring tragedy to Ukraine. In a hawkish speech to parliamentary leaders more than four months into the war, Putin said Russia had barely got started in Ukraine and the prospects for negotiation would grow dimmer the longer the conflict dragged on. "We have heard many times that the West wants to fight us to the last Ukrainian. This is a…

Thursday, 07 July 2022 06:54

Govt had prior knowledge of the Kuje attack but did nothing to stop it - Newspaper publisher

Tukur Manu, an aide to a popular Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, on Wednesday, said he had prior knowledge of the attack on Kuje prison and shared his intelligence with security forces, but nothing was done to avert the attack. Mamu, who also publishes the Desert Herald Newspaper, claimed the group that attacked the prison is the same group that attacked a Kaduna-bound train in March. The attackers of the prison freed at least 64 inmates suspected to be members of the Islamist group Boko Haram after the prison was successfully attacked on Tuesday night. Mamu helped to negotiate the release…

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Thursday, 07 July 2022 06:51

Buhari has sworn in the new ministers and redeployed four old ones. Here’s who’s where

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday warned that any of the seven newly-inaugurated ministers “caught in corrupt practices would face the full wrath of the law.” This was as he urged them to eschew corruption, saying public officers must be above board. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President issued the warning at the swearing-in of the ministers which preceded a meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The newly-appointed ministers and their portfolios are: Ikechukwu Ikoh (Minister of State, Science and Technology); Umana Umana (Minister of Niger…

Thursday, 07 July 2022 06:44

Russia issues fresh warning on threats of nuclear conflict

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said attempts by the West to punish a nuclear power such as Russia for the war in Ukraine risked endangering humanity, as the near five-month conflict leaves cities in ruins and thousands homeless. Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has triggered the most serious crisis in relations between Russia and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when many people feared the world was on the brink of nuclear war. U.S. President Joe Biden says Russian President Vladimir Putin is a war criminal and has led the West in arming Ukraine and imposing crippling…

Thursday, 07 July 2022 06:43

What to know after Day 133 of Russia-Ukraine war

On Wednesday, the Ukrainian military said it had so far staved off any major Russian advance into the north of Donetsk, but pressure is intensifying with heavy shelling on the city of Sloviansk and nearby populated areas. It said Russian forces were bombarding several Ukrainian towns with heavy weaponry to enable ground forces to advance southward into the region and close in on Sloviansk. "The enemy is trying to improve its tactical position...(They) advanced ... before being repulsed by our soldiers and retreating with losses," the Ukrainian military said in its evening note. Other Russian forces, it said, aimed to…

Wednesday, 06 July 2022 03:52

Oil theft knocks off a third of Nigeria LNG’s capacity in LPG production

Nigeria LNG Ltd's plant is producing at up to 68% of its capacity due to theft of crude oil and vandalism of pipelines, among other problems, head of the company said on Tuesday. Nigeria LNG is a consortium between state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Eni, TotalEnergies and Shell with a capacity of 22 million tonnes per year. Chief Executive Philip Mshelbila said theft and vandalism were gradually strangulating Nigeria's oil and gas sector. "We have been producing in the last month at about between 60 to 68 percent utilisation. In other words, roughly 35% of our capacity is empty," he…

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