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Thursday, 20 May 2021 14:44

Stampede as soldiers take over Oshodi, Lagos

Many residents and passengers are currently stranded in Oshodi, Lagos State, as soldiers have taken over major places in the area. Daily Trust gathered that the military personnel stormed the area on Thursday morning to avenge the death of an officer of the Nigerian Air Force, who was allegedly mobbed to death by hoodlums. Many vehicles, especially commercial buses have been destroyed, while some persons were assaulted by the aggrieved security operatives. Some residents heading to work were trapped in the ensuing violence while students have fled back home. Traders cleaning up their stores on the day of the weekly…

Thursday, 20 May 2021 05:51

Southern govs’ ban on open grazing dangerous, ‘does not hold water’ - Malami

Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, says the resolve to ban open grazing by southern governors is equivalent to prohibiting spare parts trading in the north. Last Tuesday, southern governors resolved to ban open grazing and the movement of cattle by foot, after a meeting in Asaba, Delta state. The resolutions of the southern governors have been greeted with mixed reactions from different parts of the country. Speaking on the development on Wednesday in an interview on Channels Television, Malami faulted the decision of the southern governors, saying it does not align with the provisions of the constitution. The attorney-general…

Thursday, 20 May 2021 05:49

Those blowing trumpets of war are ‘drawing attention to what they can get out of this country’ - Sultan

Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, says war will not break out in Nigeria despite the increasing agitations for disintegration. The Sultan said the persons blowing trumpets of war are simply trying to “draw attention to what they can get out of this country”. He spoke on Wednesday at the second quarterly meeting of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) in Abuja. The monarch said he would always advocate for dialogue as a way to achieve peace. He said: “People have been talking about war; there will not be war in Nigeria, who is going to fight who? In families…

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 05:44

FG eyes $6.2 billion from Eurobond sale, other sources, seeks approval

Nigeria plans to issue $3 billion or more in Eurobonds as international capital markets (ICM) open up and interest rates decline, the government said on Tuesday, after the coronavirus pandemic disrupted markets last year. The West African country had planned a Eurobond issue early last year after its sixth sale in 2018, but it decided to defer the 2020 sale due to market turmoil caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. In April, head of the debt office told Reuters the government was looking to pick advisers. “The plan is to raise $6.183 billion from a combination of sources,” President Muhammadu Buhari…

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 05:42

New applications for passport suspended until backlog cleared - Immigration Service

Nigeria will not accept new applications for international passports until old applications are attended to, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said. While addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, comptroller general of NIS, Mohammad Babandede, said the agency would resume accepting new applications from June 1. Babandede said the directive was given by Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. “The process of receiving and processing all fresh passport applications nationwide is suspended till 1st June 2021, when the new passport regime would have taken effect,” he said. “The suspension of receiving and processing of fresh passport applications is to allow for clearance…

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 05:40

UK sends £4.2m of jailed Ibori’s stolen assets to Nigeria

The British government has sent Nigeria 4.2 million pounds ($5.97 million) recovered from a former state governor who was jailed for laundering money in Britain, the West African country said on Tuesday. James Ibori, who was governor of the southern oil-producing Delta State from 1999 to 2007, pleaded guilty at London’s Southwark Crown Court in 2012 to 10 counts of fraud and money-laundering. He received a 13-year sentence. The 4.2 million pounds was stolen by Ibori and his associates but retrieved through operations led by British law enforcement agencies, who identified assets bought in Britain with illicit funds, the Foreign…

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 05:38

El-Rufai sacks nurses below level 14, threatens other categories of workers over strike

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has sacked all nurses below grade level 14 in the state for embarking on strike called by Nigeria Labour Congress. The governor directed Ministry of Health in the state to immediately advertise vacancies for the replacement of the dismissed nurses. Kaduna State has been grounded in the last 48 hours as aviation, bank, rail, electricity, health workers, teachers, amongst others, down tools in protest against the alleged injustice of the El-Rufai-led government and the mass sacking of over 60,000 civil servants. However, the governor in a statement on Tuesday titled, ‘KDSG will not tolerate criminal…

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 05:35

NUPENG threatens nationwide strike over Kaduna labour dispute

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) says it may embark on nationwide industrial action over alleged attack on members of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) protesting in Kaduna state. Williams Akporeha, NUPENG national president, said the union members should be on the red alert as they could shut their services “at very short notice if situation arises”. NLC members were allegedly attacked by armed thugs while protesting in Kaduna on Monday. The labour union are on a five-day warning strike over the sack of civil servants by the state government. Ayuba Suleiman, NLC chairman in the state, had…

Tuesday, 18 May 2021 05:43

We support southern govs’ decision on ban of open grazing - ACF

Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called for an end to open grazing to tackle insecurity and address farmer-herder crisis in the country. Audu Ogbe, ACF chairman, disclosed the forum’s position in a statement issued in Kaduna, on Monday. Ogbe said “ACF does not see any reason to object to a decision taken in the best interest of all”. He said no society will continue to watch as herders invade farms, leading to a food security crisis. “The fact of the matter is that the crisis emanates from the belief by most herdsmen that they are free to enter any farm,…

Tuesday, 18 May 2021 05:42

Workers occupy Kaduna streets, shut down train station, state secretariat in protest against retrenchment

Members of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) occupied the streets of Kaduna for the strike declared against the state government over what the union described as anti-labour policies. NLC declared strike after Kaduna state government failed to reverse the mass sack of workers. The train station at Rigasa was shut down, while the state secretariat, which houses 10 ministries, was put under lock and key. Officials of different workers group enforced compliance with the strike. Before the workers hit the streets, Ayuba Sulieman, NLC Chairman in Kaduna, addressed members of affiliated unions. Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, later joined the protesters at…

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Tuesday, 18 May 2021 05:41

El-Rufai to NLC: Your actions won’t stop Kaduna from ‘right-sizing’ workforce

Kaduna Government has reacted to shut down of activities in the state by Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday, describing the actions as illegal and unlawful trespass on government facilities. It however said labour’s desperate actions would only reinforce government’s resolve and commitment to using all the resources it can generate to serve the interests of the majority of its citizens. The government, in a statement by Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye, noted the conditions that compelled its decision to right-size its work force have not been altered by the NLC’s campaign of economic…

Monday, 17 May 2021 05:54

China loan at risk as Nigeria faces new claim over power deal - Bloomberg

A Nigerian company that lost out on a contract to build a multibillion-dollar hydropower plant has filed a $400 million arbitration claim against the federal government, further hampering its plans to access Chinese financing for the project. Sunrise Power & Transmission Co. accuses the government of reneging on a settlement accord agreed last March that was supposed to resolve a long-running dispute over the rights to construct the Mambilla facility. The company filed a case at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris on May 11, asking a tribunal to order President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to honor the agreement, its…

Monday, 17 May 2021 05:51

Israel launches dozens of strikes as Gaza fighting enters second week

Israel launched dozens of air strikes in Gaza and the Hamas militant group kept up its rocket attacks on Israeli cities in fighting that spilled into a second week on Monday. International calls mounted for a ceasefire, but there was no sign of any imminent end to the most serious hostilities between Israel and Gaza’s ruling Hamas Islamists in years. Roads, security buildings, militants’ training camps and houses were bombed in Israeli attacks that seemed to be focused on Gaza City, witnesses said. The sound of explosions echoed in many part of the Palestinian enclave overnight. The Israeli military said…

Monday, 17 May 2021 05:48

Group condemns killing by Customs officers in Oyo state, demands justice for victims

A group, Oke Ogun Development Consultative Forum (ODCF), has called on the Federal Government to rein in its uniformed officers in their penchant to intimidate innocent citizens and sometimes waste lives of innocent ones. It made the call following the shootings by officers of Nigerian Customs Service that led to the death of four people and caused injuries to several others in Iseyin, headquarters of Iseyin local government area, Oyo State, last Thursday. The umbrella body for the people of Oke Ogun, to which Iseyin belongs, in a release jointly signed by its President, Olusegun Ajuwon, General Secretary, Zaccheus Adepoju…

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