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Saturday, 26 June 2021 04:16

DSS quizzes Gumi over utterances

Ahmad Gumi, popular Islamic cleric, has been invited by Department of State Services (DSS) in Kaduna. Gumi was invited on Friday over his allegation that Nigerian security agencies are benefitting from the banditry ravaging communities in the north. Although he has denied being invited, it was confirmed from the DSS that he was indeed invited and he honoured the invitation. It was gathered that the cleric was cautioned on his utterances but was not arrested contrary to reports. The cleric, who is known to have access to bandits, made the allegation on Wednesday during a programme on Arise TV. He…

Saturday, 26 June 2021 04:15

JAMB releases 2021 UTME results

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released results of candidates who sat in more than 720 CBT centres for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted between June 19 and June 22. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB Spokesperson made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Friday. Benjamin advised each concerned candidate to check his/her result by sending UTMERESULT to 55019 through the GSM number used by each candidate to obtain profile code and UTME registration with the board. He said that their results would be relayed to them immediately after following the instructions given to…

Friday, 25 June 2021 06:01

Buhari, again, departs for London for medical ‘follow up’

President Muhammadu Buhari will proceed to London, the United Kingdom, today (Friday) for a scheduled medical follow-up. Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. “He is due back in the country during the second week of July, 2021,’’ the presidential aide stated. The president returned from his previous medical trip to London in April. He had travelled on March 30 and returned to the country two weeks later. Before the April trip, Buhari had gone to London for medical checkup in May 2018. NAN

Friday, 25 June 2021 06:00

Boko Haram insurgency has killed 350,000 - UN

Northeast Nigeria’s conflict with Islamist insurgencies had killed nearly 350,000 people as of the end of 2020, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said on Thursday. The toll, given by the U.N. agency in a new study on the war and its impact on livelihoods, is 10 times higher than previous estimates of about 35,000 based only on those killed in fighting in Nigeria since the conflict’s start 12 years ago. “The full human cost of the war is much greater,” the UNDP said in a report, released with Nigeria’s Ministry of Finance. “Already, many more have died from the…

Friday, 25 June 2021 05:59

Italian court quashes jail terms passed on two in Nigeria oil graft case

An Italian appeals court on Thursday overturned jail sentences handed down to Nigerian Emeka Obi and Italian Gianluca Di Nardo for their part in a graft case involving Eni and Shell in Nigeria. In a decision taken behind closed doors but read out to reporters afterwards, the three judges quashed the convictions and said there was no case to answer. The prosecution itself had asked for the sentences to be overturned after a court in March acquitted the two energy groups in a long-running case revolving around the acquisition of a Nigerian oilfield for about $1.3 billion. The judges dismissed…

Friday, 25 June 2021 05:59

FG, states, LGs share N606bn for May, 2021

Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Wednesday said it shared a total of N605.958 billion as May 2021 revenue to the Federal, States and Local Governments as well as other relevant agencies. Charles Nwodo, Director, Information, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, in a statement in Abuja, said the amount was shared during a virtual conference of the committee. The committee, in a communique, noted that the N605.958 billion shared included cost of collection to Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The committee also stated that Federal Government received N242.120…

Thursday, 24 June 2021 05:09

Buhari meets Zamfara, Niger govs over insecurity

President Muhammadu Buhari and some Northern governors met yesterday at the State House, Abuja over the deteriorating security situation in the country. The meeting was said to have primarily centred on the security situation in the 19 Northern states. Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, told journalists after the meeting that peace and confidence seemed to be gradually returning to the region with the new security roadmap adopted by the federal and state governments to secure the region. He assured farmers that they would soon be able to safely cultivate their farms during raining season as security would continue to be…

Thursday, 24 June 2021 05:08

Gumi’s accusation against the military ’sad and unfortunate’ - Army

Nigerian Army has described as “sad and unfortunate” comments made by a renowned Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, that security personnel are colluding with bandits. When he appeared on ARISE TV on Wednesday, Gumi accused some security personnel of giving armed gangs wreaking havoc across the country a soft landing. He said gunmen would not have had access to weapons without the support of some security personnel. But reacting to the allegation, Army spokesman, Onyema Nwachukwu, described it as a calculated attempt to denigrate the Nigerian military and undermine the sacrifices of the troops. Nwachukwu called on the opinion leaders to…

Thursday, 24 June 2021 05:06

‘To the people of Hong Kong, stay strong. May we meet down the road. Goodbye’, says Apple Daily, the Hong Kong newspaper that pushed the boundary

It started off as a local tabloid with a reputation for sensational headlines and paparazzi photographs. But over its 26 years in print, Hong Kong's Apple Daily became something rarer - a newspaper unafraid to be openly critical of the Chinese state and a standard bearer for the pro-democracy movement. Its role as one of Hong Kong's most vocal defenders won fans, but also contributed to its eventual demise. Last year, its outspoken founder Jimmy Lai was arrested and jailed under a string of charges just months after the imposition of a new national security law. And last week, the…

Thursday, 24 June 2021 05:05

Japan's top court rules couples must use the same surname

Japan’s top court on Wednesday threw out a challenge by three couples who wanted to keep their own surnames after marriage, ruling that laws stipulating Japanese couples must choose one family name were constitutional, media reported. The couples had argued that the provisions were discriminatory, pointing to growing public support for allowing married people to use different surnames. Debate about allowing couples to use different surnames has become a hot topic among politicians after Yoshihide Suga replaced Shinzo Abe, who is thought to have more conservative views on the issue, as prime minister last year. While some lawmakers in the…

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Wednesday, 23 June 2021 05:55

Buhari mandates 6 ministers, others to engage with Twitter over suspension

PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Federal Government's team to engage with Twitter over the recent suspension of the operations of the microblogging and social networking service in Nigeria. The approval was announced in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who will chair the team. The Federal Government's team also comprises the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Works and Housing, Minister of State for Labour and Employment as well as other…

Wednesday, 23 June 2021 05:54

Court bars FG from prosecuting those using Twitter after ban

A West African court said on Tuesday that Nigerian authorities could not prosecute people for using Twitter while it considered a suit seeking to overturn a ban on its use, a non-governmental group that initiated the legal action said. The government on June 4 indefinitely suspended Twitter, two days after the social media platform removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists, which Twitter said violated its rules. Soci-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a Nigerian NGO, along with other groups, went to court to fight the ban, arguing that it was a violation of…

Wednesday, 23 June 2021 05:53

Canadian lawmakers pass bill regulating social media, streaming

Canadian lawmakers passed a controversial bill that aims to regulate programming distributed by media streaming services and social platforms like Facebook and YouTube, a measure that critics warn could infringe on individual speech. The legislation drafted by Justin Trudeau’s government, known as Bill C-10, is meant to subject tech giants to the same requirements as traditional broadcasters -- effectively compelling companies like Netflix Inc. and TikTok Inc. to finance and promote Canadian content. It’s among the most far-reaching plans by governments anywhere to regulate the algorithms tech companies use to amplify or recommend content. And, in an age when everyone…

Wednesday, 23 June 2021 05:51

N’Assembly’s roof leaked badly during rainfall. This is how much was budgeted for renovation of the parliament building in the last 3 years

Shortly after the rain started on Tuesday morning, the roof of the National Assembly began to leak, a sight which left many astonished. It was the main lobby of the legislative complex – between both chambers – that had water dripping from the roof to other parts of the building. The Press Centre, where journalists sit to monitor plenary, was also affected. The situation did not stop the lawmakers from proceeding with plenary even as cleaners battled to get rid of the water. Tuesday’s incident comes despite numerous budgetary allocations, amounting to billions of naira, for renovation of the National…

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