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Tuesday, 22 June 2021 05:49

Gumi to FG: ‘When you kill bandits’ children, remember they also have our children’

Ahmad Gumi, a prominent Islamic cleric, has called on the federal government to engage bandits in order to guarantee security in schools. Since December 2020, at least six kidnappings of schoolchildren have occurred in the northwest and northcentral parts of the country, with not less than 700 students and staff abducted. The latest abduction occurred last Thursday when bandits attacked Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri in Kebbi state and abducted many students and staff. The abductions have resulted in the suspension of boarding schools and deployment of security operatives to schools in some states. Speaking on the development, Gumi, in an…

Tuesday, 22 June 2021 05:47

Court orders FG to pay Bayelsa $951m revenue arrears

Federal Government has been ordered to pay Bayelsa State Government a total of $951 million being the 13 per cent derivation sum due as arrears of revenue and payable to the state. Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja gave the order on Monday in a judgment on a suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/175/2021 filed in the name of the Attorney General of Bayelsa State. Bayelsa had, in the suit, urged the court to compel Attorney General of the Federation (listed as the sole defendant) to pay five per cent of the $50 billion recovered as additional revenue that accrued to…

Tuesday, 22 June 2021 05:44

Buhari nominates members for EFCC board, sends names for senate confirmation

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally constituted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) board, office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) announced Monday. This is coming about six years after the nation’s flagship anti-corruption organisation has operated without a board under Buhari’s watch. EFCC also operated without a substantive chairman for almost six years until Buhari appointed Abdulrasheed Bawa to the position in substantive capacity in February this year. This is despite Buhari riding to power on the promise to make the war against corruption one of its priorities. Board members Umar Gwandu, spokesperson for the AGF, Abubakar Malami,…

Tuesday, 22 June 2021 05:43

WTO head says Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal and Rwanda considered as vaccine production hubs

Africa is working with the European Union and other partners to help create regional vaccine manufacturing hubs in South Africa, Senegal and Rwanda, with Nigeria under consideration, World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said. “We have now seen that over-centralization of vaccine production capacity is incompatible with equitable access in a crisis situation,” Okonjo-Iweala said on Monday during a virtual meeting. “Regional production hubs, in tandem with open supply chains, offer a more promising path to preparedness for future health crisis.” Reuters

Tuesday, 22 June 2021 05:41

Panic as #RevolutionNow protesters block Abuja airport road

There was pandemonium in Abuja yesterday morning as protesters under the aegis of #RevolutionNow blocked the popular Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Way leading to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. The protesters came out in their hundreds as early as 5 O’Clock in the morning thus causing panic among residents, road users and travelers as they blocked the expressway and disrupted flow of traffic. Their action caused tension in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The protesters, mostly youths, carried various placards and set up bonfires with used motor tyre leaving motorists and commuters stranded. The protesters chanted: “Se democracy be this, se…

Monday, 21 June 2021 05:44

Troops rescue 4 more victims of Kebbi school abduction

One teacher and three students among dozens kidnapped from Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, have been rescued, the army said on Sunday. Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, with support from the air force, rescued the four on Saturday at Makuku in Kebbi, said Onyema Nwachukwu, director of Army public relations. These bring to 11 the total number of students and teachers rescued since the abduction on Thursday night. While an unspecified number of teachers and students were abducted from the school on Thursday night, a total of three teachers and eight students have so far been rescued on…

Sunday, 20 June 2021 06:04

Southeast govs denounce IPOB, affirm commitment to united Nigeria

Members of Southeast Governors’ Forum have distanced themselves from the agitations of secessionist groups in the region and other parts of the country. They also condemned the violence that followed the agitations which led to the loss of lives and destruction of properties. Recall that a proscribed group in the region, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been fighting for the secession of the region from Nigeria. The group has been blamed for the violent attacks on security agencies and government’s infrastructures in the Southeast recently. The governors of states in the region met on Saturday in Enugu State to…

Sunday, 20 June 2021 06:03

UAE lifts ban on travels between Dubai, Nigeria, two others

United Arab Emirates, UAE, yesterday finally lifted the ban on travels between Dubai and Nigeria after a protracted disagreement between the two countries on Covid-19 protocols. UAE had insisted on travelers from Nigeria undergoing several other covid-19 tests after the initial test in Nigeria. Announcing the resumption of flight between the two countries yesterday, a message from the Dubai Media Office said passengers from Nigeria are now expected to “have received a negative result for a PCR test taken within 48 hours before departure.” ”Passengers are also expected to present a negative PCR test certificate with a OR code from…

Sunday, 20 June 2021 06:02

Passengers stranded as protesters block Abuja-Kaduna highway over bandtry

Angry residents of Anguwar Magaji in Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State on Saturday blocked the ever-busy Kaduna-Abuja highway in protest against the killing of a 13-year-old girl by bandits. The situation left thousands of travellers who were left stranded by the quagmire lamenting. But members of the Anguwar Magaji community said the protest was done to draw the attention of government to constant attacks on the community by bandits. One of the community members said they could no longer tolerate the unprovoked attacks by bandits who had prevented them from going to their farms and were now coming to…

Sunday, 20 June 2021 06:01

10 killed in fresh Benue/Ebonyi communal clash

Ten persons were reportedly killed in a renewed communal clash between the people of Ezza in the Ado Local Government Area of Benue State and Effium in Ohaukwu LGA, Ebonyi State. An Ezza native, identified simply as Emma, told our correspondent that there was a crisis on Friday between the Ezza and Effum people, leading to the death of many people. He, however, could not ascertain the cause of the crisis. But Chairman of Ado LGA, James Oche, told journalists that 10 people were killed in the renewed communal clash. Though he did not say what led to the renewed…

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Sunday, 20 June 2021 06:00

ECOWAS adopts new plan to launch single currency in 2027

A group of fifteen West African countries have adopted a new road map to launch a single currency in 2027 after its previous plans were derailed by the coronavirus pandemic. The new road map was agreed by heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, president of the ECOWAS Commission, told a news conference after a summit of the leaders in Ghana on Saturday The countries hope a single currency will help to boost trade and economic growth. “Due to the shock of the pandemic, the heads of state had decided to suspend…

Saturday, 19 June 2021 05:43

Nigeria could launch pilot digital currency by year-end - CBN

Central Bank of Nigeria is preparing a digital currency pilot that could launch as early as the end of this year, its director of information technology said in a recording heard by Reuters on Friday. Nigeria barred its banks and financial institutions from dealing in or facilitating transactions in cryptocurrencies in February after exponential growth in monthly cryptocurrency transfers to and from Africa. CBN director of information technology Rakiya Mohammed said the project to create some form of digital currency had been in the works for two years, and more announcements were likely in the coming weeks. “We’re all aware…

Saturday, 19 June 2021 05:41

Newly re-elected UN Secretary-General re-appoints Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed as deputy for second term

António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), has asked Amina Mohammed to serve as deputy secretary-general for a second term. On Friday, Guterres was re-appointed as secretary-general of the UN for a second term by the general assembly. His second term starts on January 1, 2022, and will run for a period of five years. Guterres succeeded Ban Ki-moon in January 2017 as the ninth secretary-general. Speaking with journalists after taking the oath of office for a second term, Guterres said he had extended an offer to Mohammed to continue in office. “After being elected, I have the pleasure…

Saturday, 19 June 2021 05:39

New leader for Boko Haram emerges after Shekau’s death

A senior cleric with Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram confirmed the death of its leader and urged fighters to stay loyal in its fight against rival Islamic State militants, according to a video seen by our correspondents on Friday. Bakura Sahalaba, a cleric with the Lake Chad branch of Boko Haram, urged its men to fight on in the video, which appeared on social media after the rival Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) said Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau had died. Three Boko Haram researchers verified its authenticity. ISWAP had said Shekau, one of the world’s most notorious extremists,…

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