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Thursday, 12 August 2021 06:02

Shell to pay N45.9bn to Ogoni community for decades-old oil spill

Oil major Shell will pay a Nigerian community N45.9 billion ($111.68 million) to settle a case over an oil spill that took place more than 50 years ago, a spokesman said on Wednesday. The company will pay the Ejama-Ebubu community in Nigeria’s Ogoniland the “full and final settlement” to end the case over a spill that took place during the 1967-70 Biafran war. Nigeria’s Supreme Court in November last year denied Shell’s bid to challenge a 2010 award of N17 billion ($41.36 million), that with accruing interest the community had said was worth more than N180 billion. Shell has said…

Thursday, 12 August 2021 05:56

More than 2 dozens Northern lawyers offer to defend Kyari against FBI in Hushpuppi case

A group of 31 lawyers from northern Nigeria on Wednesday volunteered to render free legal services to the former commander of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari. Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, is facing allegations of corruption levelled against him by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States for which he was suspended by the Police. Spokesperson of the group, Sunusi Bappah Salisu, in a statement said the volunteer lawyers were drawn across all the 19 northern states and religions. According to him, the pro bono was in response to calls for support for…

Thursday, 12 August 2021 05:55

Gani Fawehinmi’s son, Mohammed, is dead

Mohammed Fawehinmi, son of late human rights advocate, Gani Fawehinmi, is dead. Mohammed’s death was confirmed by minister of state for labour, Festus Keyamo, who worked as a lawyer in Fawehinmi’s law chamber. “My brother, friend and son of my late boss, Mohammed Fawehinmi, is gone. I am speechless and heartbroken. I just spoke with the eldest daughter Basirat and she confirmed it. Mohammed was energetic and very intellectually alert, despite his mishap. He kept the flame of his father burning. We will sorely miss him,” Keyamo wrote on Facebook. Mohammed, 52, died on Wednesday. Like his father, Mohammed was…

Wednesday, 11 August 2021 05:53

Nigeria slides 20 places on global youth development index - Report

Nigeria has been ranked 161st out of 181 countries on the 2020 global youth development index, which measures the status of young people around the world. In 2016, Nigeria ranked 141. According to the triennial report released by the Commonwealth Secretariat on Tuesday, Singapore ranked top for the first time, followed by Slovenia, Norway, Malta and Denmark. Chad, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Afghanistan and Niger took the last five positions, respectively. The report, which measured youth development in 181 countries, indicated that 156 countries recorded slight improvements in their scores. The index further reveals that while the conditions…

Wednesday, 11 August 2021 05:49

Over 1,000 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists surrender – Army

Nigerian Army says at least 1,000 Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) members have laid down their arms and surrendered to its troops. Army spokesperson, Onyema Nwachukwu, stated this on Tuesday in a statement in Abuja. He debunked reports that the force was making arrangements to free two senior repentant terrorists. The army’s response comes amidst reports that the terrorists have been surrendering and embracing peace. It has on at least four different occasions in the recent past said that several terrorists had repented. In Tuesday’s statement, the army stated that it would continue to operate according to the…

Wednesday, 11 August 2021 05:48

WAEC announces date for 2021 WASSCE, says NIN compulsory from 2022

From next year, West African Examinations Council (WAEC) would require candidates to submit their National Identification Numbers (NIN) to register for the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the regional examining body. Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, who said during a briefing on Tuesday at WAEC Headquarters in Yaba, Lagos that the decision was in line with the law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, also announced that the WASSCE 2021 for school candidates would begin Monday. “As we continue to make progress in the conduct of the Council’s business in Nigeria, National Identification Number (NIN) will become…

Tuesday, 10 August 2021 06:08

‘Further warming could mean that people could die just from going outside’, U.N. climate change report issues dire warnings to humanity

Global warming is dangerously close to spiralling out of control, a U.N. climate panel said in a landmark report Monday, warning the world is already certain to face further climate disruptions for decades, if not centuries, to come. Humans are "unequivocally" to blame, the report from the scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1 said. Rapid action to cut greenhouse gas emissions could limit some impacts, but others are now locked in. The deadly heat waves, gargantuan hurricanes and other weather extremes that are already happening will only become more severe. Monday alone saw 500,000 acres of…

Tuesday, 10 August 2021 06:06

States, not FG, constitutionally empowered to collect VAT, income tax, court rules

Federal high court in Port Harcourt has issued an order restraining Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) from collecting value-added tax (VAT) and personal income tax (PIT) in Rivers state. In its ruling on Monday, the court directed the Rivers state government to take charge of the collection. Rivers state government (plaintiff) had filed a case, with suit No. FHC/PH/CS/149/2020, against the FIRS (first defendant) and the attorney general of the federation (second defendant) over demands, threats and intimidation of the state residents to pay PIT and VAT by the tax agency. The state government had sought 11 reliefs from the…

Tuesday, 10 August 2021 06:06

FG announces new date for commencement of second batch Covid-19 vaccination

After an abrupt postponement announced on Sunday night, federal government has said the second phase vaccination against the coronavirus would commence on August 16. This was contained in a terse statement issued early Monday morning by the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib. The statement reads; “The start date for the vaccination has been postponed to next week Monday. This is to enable NAFDAC to finish its assessment and preparatory processes.” The second phase of the vaccination was earlier scheduled to commence on August 10, with the national flag-off ceremony slated to take…

Tuesday, 10 August 2021 06:01

Nnamdi Kanu: IPOB sit-at-home order shuts down Southeast

Southeastern Nigerian city centres were deserted on Monday as many people stayed at home to show solidarity with a detained separatist leader and to express broader grievances about how the country is run, residents said. The stay-at-home protest was called by the banned group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), whose leader Nnamdi Kanu was brought back to Nigeria in June after years on the run and is in custody pending a trial on 11 charges including treason. Residents of southeastern centres including the trading hub Onitsha and the cities of Enugu, Awka and Owerri said usually busy markets were quiet,…

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Tuesday, 10 August 2021 05:59

Oke-Ogun group rallies support for Igboho

Oke ogun Development Consultative Forum (ODCF) has called on both Federal Government of Nigeria and Government of Benin Republic to respect the fundamental human rights of Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho) in the course of his being tried in the court of law. The umbrella body for the people of Oke Ogun in Oyo State, in a statement on Sunday jointly signed by its President, Olusegun Ajuwon, and Public Relations Officer, Jare Ajayi, said his mission was meant to put a stop to the iniquities being meted out to Yoruba people – of which he is a proud son. The…

Monday, 09 August 2021 05:51

FG postpones second batch Covid-19 vaccination indefinitely

Federal Government has postponed administration of the second phase of the coronavirus vaccine doses. Director of Press, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, had announced on Saturday that the administration would commence on Tuesday. However, in a notice on Sunday, Bassey said the exercise had been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. The notice titled, ‘Postponement of phase II of national vacation programme,’ reads, “This is to announce postponement of the national flag-off exercise of phase II vaccination programme earlier scheduled for Tuesday this week due to unforeseen circumstances. “A new date will be communicated,…

Monday, 09 August 2021 05:48

U.S. Navy ship arrives Nigeria to support anti-piracy push

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams, the first ship permanently assigned to Africa, arrived in Nigeria’s commercial capital city of Lagos on Saturday as part the U.S. government’s support to combat piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. “Ship visits like this one clearly demonstrate the U.S.’s continued dedication to our partners in the Gulf of Guinea as they strive for security of their resources, their economy, and their people,” Claire Pierangelo, U.S. Consul General in Lagos, told reporters Saturday. Bloomberg

Monday, 09 August 2021 05:47

NRC announces resumption date for Lagos-Kano train service

Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says the Lagos-Kano mass transit train service (MTTS) will resume operations from August 13, 2021. Ismail Adebiyi, NRC northern district regional manager, said this in an interview with NAN on Sunday. In March 2021, the corporation announced plans to resume operations on the Lagos-Kano route which was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Adebiyi said the train will operate once a week to leave Lagos on Friday evening and arrive in Kano Sunday morning. For other train services in the country, he said NRC has concluded plans to restart operations from Kaduna to Kafanchan; and Kaduna…

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