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Sunday, 16 May 2021 05:54

Buhari leaves for France today

PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday, May 16, 2021, depart Abuja for Paris, France, on a four-day official visit to attend African Finance Summit which will be focused on reviewing African economy, following shocks from Coronavirus pandemic, and getting relief, especially from increased debt burden on countries. The Summit, to be hosted by President Emmanuel Macron, will draw major stakeholders in the global finance institutions and some Heads of Government, who will, collectively, discuss external funding and debt treatment for Africa, and private sector reforms. During the visit, Buhari will meet with the French President to discuss growing…

Sunday, 16 May 2021 05:53

Buhari ‘should step aside. He’s a figurehead. He doesn’t know what he’s doing’ - Miyetti Allah

Bauchi State Chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has urged its members to vacate the 17 southern states, where governors have decided to ban open grazing. MACBAN Chairman, Sadiq Ibrahim Ahmed, said: “This is a simple calculation. We are heading for secession. The rulers are no longer interested in the people. If some people are banned from open grazing, there is nothing more. Fulani people should move out from there. It is very simple. “Must we transport the cattle there? I have said it before. We have an option of breeding our cattle here (North). We…

Sunday, 16 May 2021 05:51

Workers set to shut down airport, train station over Kaduna retrenchment plan

Electricity and airport workers have vowed to cripple activities in Kaduna following the industrial action declared by Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). Foremost Aviation unions – National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP) and National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) have issued a joint notice to join the strike in compliance with the NLC directive. NLC had declared the industrial action to protest what it called the anti-labour policies of Kaduna State Government, especially the mass sack of workers. Many trade unions have also pledged their resolve to join the strike. Among them…

Sunday, 16 May 2021 05:50

Israel bombs Hamas Gaza chief's home as fighting enters seventh day

Israel bombed the home of Hamas’s chief in Gaza early on Sunday and the Islamist group fired rocket barrages at Tel Aviv as hostilities stretched into a seventh day with no sign of abating. At least four Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes across the coastal enclave, health officials said, and many were injured as the sounds of heavy bombardment roared through the night. Israelis dashed for bomb shelters as sirens warning of incoming rocket fire blared in Tel Aviv and the southern city of Beersheba. Around 10 people were injured while running for shelters, medics said. At least…

Saturday, 15 May 2021 05:52

CBN again devalues the Naira in possible move to unify exchange rates

Nigeria let the naira weaken to a record low against the dollar on the official market on Friday, according to traders, who said this could be a move by the central bank to unify multiple exchange rates. Having traded within a band of 380 and 381 to the dollar since July last year, the naira hit a record low of 419.75 against the dollar on Friday. It then closed at 411.25 — the last closing rate for the naira on the over-the-counter spot market. CBN did not respond to calls for comment and no quotes have been available on the…

Saturday, 15 May 2021 05:51

Man declared wanted for $65m fraud no longer Buhari’s in-law - Presidency

Presidency says the person declared wanted by Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) is not an inlaw to President Muhammadu Buhari as being claimed in some quarters. Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. ICPC had declared one Gimba Ya’u Kumo wanted for alleged 65 million dollars fraud. Kumo, a former Managing Director, Federal Mortgage Bank, got married to Buhari’s daughter in October 2016 in Daura, Katsina State. However, the presidential aide disclosed that the (marriage) relationship had since ended some years ago. The…

Saturday, 15 May 2021 05:49

Isreal air and ground forces hit targets in Gaza Strip as death toll climbs

Israeli ground and air forces have attacked targets in Gaza, forcing residents to flee their homes, in a significant escalation in the worst bout of fighting for seven years. Heavy artillery fire was aimed at what the Israeli military said was a large network of militant tunnels. The intense overnight bombardment came amid speculation that Israeli troops were preparing to enter Gaza on the ground. Red flames illuminated the skies above Gaza in the early hours of Friday as the deafening blasts from the outskirts of Gaza City, which lies about a mile from the frontier, jolted people awake as…

Friday, 14 May 2021 05:51

Muslims mark Eid with masks and prayers amid Covid and conflict

Muslims across the world celebrated Eid al-Fitr with masks and prayers, as conflicts and coronavirus restrictions cast shadows over the festival’s mass gatherings and family reunions. Many Covid-hit countries, including Pakistan, India, Malaysia and Indonesia imposed curbs, shut shops and even some mosques - though the numbers out praying were higher than in 2020 when lockdowns all but cancelled events. “(We are) very lucky that we can pray together this year, when we couldn’t do it last year,” said Tri Haryati Ningsih, 53, at the Dian Al-Mahri mosque in the Indonesian city of Depok, south of the capital Jakarta. “Hopefully,…

Friday, 14 May 2021 05:51

Northern Reps back southern govs’ ban of open grazing

Members of minority parties from the 19 northern states in the house of representatives, have backed the resolve by governors in the southern region to ban open grazing and the movement of cattle by foot. Governors of the southern states took the decision after a meeting in Asaba, Delta state capital, on Tuesday. In a statement issued on Thursday and signed by Amos Gwamna, Kaduna; Solomon Maren, Plateau; Rimande Shawulu, Taraba; Mark Gbillah, Benue; Tajudeen Yusuf, Kogi, and Usman Sokodabo, FCT, respectively, the lawmakers said the ban will address the security challenges in the region. The lawmakers also urged President…

Thursday, 13 May 2021 05:41

Southern senators, Reps back their govs on open grazing ban, restructuring, others

Senators from the 17 states in the south on Wednesday applauded the decision of the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) to ban open grazing in the region. The senators stated that the position of the governors from the region will help to end kidnapping, killing and other vices in the region. The governors of the 17 southern states had in a communique after a four-hour meeting at Asaba, Delta State, on Tuesday, resolved to ban the open grazing practice. In a 12-point communique read by the Chairman of the SGF, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state, the governors also called for…

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Thursday, 13 May 2021 05:39

Afenirere backs Southern govs’ ban of open grazing

Pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has thrown its weight behind the declaration of a total ban on open grazing by governors of the 17 states in the Southern part of Nigeria. The position of the organisation was contained in a statement by its acting Leader, Ayo Adebanjo, and made available to journalists in Ibadan by National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi. He said, “Afenifere is in total support of the position of these governors, belated as it was. As the saying goes, it is better late than never.” According to him, when Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State enacted the law and…

Thursday, 13 May 2021 05:38

Northern elders to southern govs: ‘Exercise caution in your decisions, utterances’

Northern Elders Forum (NEF) on Wednesday, urged southern governors to exercise caution in their decisions and utterances. NEF spokesman, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, stated this against the background of the 12-point decisions reached by the governors after a meeting in Asaba. Baba-Ahmed, who noted that the country was facing trying times, reiterated its call for the rights of Northernern communities in the South not to be abridged in any form. “The meeting and its resolutions are clearly major developments in the context of our current circumstances as a nation. “Our Forum prefers to study developments of this nature with the responsibility they…

Thursday, 13 May 2021 05:32

Ndume tackles southern govs over ban on open grazing

Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, has faulted the decision of southern governors to ban open grazing of cattle. Southern Governors Forum (SGF), had at its meeting held in Asaba, Delta State Capital, on Tuesday, unanimously prohibited open grazing in the region in order to checkmate herders-farmers clashes. Speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, Ndume, who represents Borno South in the Senate, said Nigeria’s security problems is not about open grazing. The issue of insecurity, he argued, is unique to each geopolitical zone. The lawmaker said: “The governors are deviating from the matter. The problem is not about…

Thursday, 13 May 2021 05:31

Nationwide power outage as electricity grid collapses again

Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the national grid experienced total system collapse on Wednesday resulting in blackout in some parts of the country. TCN confirmed the development in a statement by its General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah. “TCN hereby states that at about 11.01 a.m today, May, 12 ,2021, there was a total system collapse of the grid, as a result of voltage collapse at some parts of the grid,” the statement read. “TCN commenced grid recovery immediately after the collapse, from Shiroro Generating Station to Katampe TS, Abuja through the Shiroro – Katampe line at 11:29 a.m…

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