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Wednesday, 24 March 2021 05:41

‘Don’t panic’, group advices Yoruba pushing for self-determination

PRESS RELEASE Yoruba Global Alliance, a leading Self Determination Organization with allies in 133 countries across the world has admonished the Yoruba people currently tied down in Nigeria not to panic in the face of the programmed onslaught by marauders waging war against the whole of Nigeria. In a statement signed by Veteran International Journalist and Chairman of Council of the Organization, Tola Adeniyi, Yoruba Global Alliance assures the Yoruba Nation that their goal of Yoruba Sovereignty is not negotiable, on course and irreversible. The statement, endorsed by the founding fathers of the YGA, assures the entire Yoruba race that…

Tuesday, 23 March 2021 05:34

Rising oil prices boost FG’s 2021 but create one nagging headache for govt

Federal government is optimistic about funding its 2021 budget due to rising oil prices, but is engaged in a “tussle” with organised labour over how it can end fuel subsidies without harming the poor, Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed said on Monday. Oil prices, which are averaging around $10 per barrel above the level projected for the 2021 budget, are good for the nation’s revenues, she told journalists, but are complicating plans to end costly fuel subsidies. “We made recommendation to deregulate the pricing of (gasoline). But we have a stalemate with labour,” she said, calling the oil price rise a…

Tuesday, 23 March 2021 05:33

Nigeria’s debt to revenue ratio to rise to 395% next year - Rating agency

Fitch Ratings, an international credit rating agency, has projected that Nigeria’s debt to revenue ratio will rise to 395 percent by 2022. The debt to revenue ratio is used to measure what percentage of a country’s revenue is used to service its debt. Between January and November 2020, Nigeria’s debt to revenue ratio was 89 percent. In a note announcing Nigeria’s ‘B’ rating, Fitch said debt interest will consume 24 percent of revenue. “General government (GG) debt will further rise to 32.6 percent of GDP in 2022, from less than 13 percent a decade earlier, but will remain much below…

Tuesday, 23 March 2021 05:28

Domestic airlines to resume in-flight catering services - FG

Federal government has announced the resumption of catering services on domestic and international flights. Catering services during flights were suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Speaking on Monday during a media briefing of the presidential task force (PTF) on Covid-19, in Abuja, Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, said the decision was taken in consideration of the businesses involved in the provision of in-flight refreshments who have been adversely affected by the suspension. He, however, explained that modalities for the resumption of catering services would be worked on and rolled out by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA),…

Tuesday, 23 March 2021 05:26

Insecurity in Nigeria alarming – Defence minister

Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi has raised the alarm that Nigeria is in a critical situation following resurgence and incessant attacks by terrorists, bandits and other criminal groups across the nation. He called for support and collaboration of the public and critical stakeholders to secure the country. The minister spoke at a one-day National Defence and Security Summit with the theme: “Promoting Kinetic Operations as a major Plank for Counter Terrorism and Counter Insurgency in Nigeria” organised to brainstorm on ways to tackle the menace of terrorism and insurgency ravaging some part of the country. The event held at the…

Tuesday, 23 March 2021 05:25

We have devised strategies to kill all terrorists, bandits, other criminals hiding in the forests - Military chief

Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor, says the military has concluded arrangements to neutralise non-state-actors and other agents of violence in the country. While speaking at a one-day National Defence and Security Summit in Abuja, on Monday, he said illegal occupants of communities, forests and countryside will be targeted so as to stabilise the country. He said the military will ensure that the peace which eluded the country returns as soon as possible. According to him, it is no longer news that the nation experiences a wide range of national security threats including terrorism, insurgency, farmers/herders conflict, ethno-religious conflicts, kidnapping…

Tuesday, 23 March 2021 05:24

Leah Sharibu gives birth to second baby in Boko Haram captivity

Three years and five weeks since her abduction in Dapchi, Yobe State, a United States-based group, US-Nigeria Law Group, has lamented the plight of the abandoned Dapchi “heroine Christian” schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, with reports she has given birth to a second child in captivity. It would be recalled that Leah, still held in captivity, was forced to accept Islam before being married off to a top Boko Haram commander after she refused to renounce her Christian faith. Leah was among 110 girls, aged between 11 and 19 years, abducted by the terrorists from Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi,…

Tuesday, 23 March 2021 05:23

US, EU, others sanction China over human rights abuses. Beijing hits back swiftly

The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials on Monday for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, the such coordinated Western action against Beijing under new U.S. President Joe Biden. Beijing hit back immediately with punitive measures against the EU that appeared broader, including European lawmakers, diplomats, institutes and families, and banning their businesses from trading with China. Western governments are seeking to hold Beijing accountable for mass detentions of Muslim Uighurs in northwestern China, where the United States says China is committing genocide. China denies all accusations of abuse. The coordinated effort appeared to…

Tuesday, 23 March 2021 05:22

Five members of same family die in Tanzania stampede as crowds view body of dead president

Five people from the same family have died in Tanzania in a stampede that occurred at a stadium in the port city of Dar es Salaam where hundreds of people were paying their last respects to the late President John Magufuli, according to local TV. It is unclear what triggered the stampede which occurred on Sunday evening as crowds of people jostled to view the body and pay their last respects. “We are...grieving for the loss of our five family members who died yesterday during the stampede,” Gerald Mtuwa, a member of the family told MwanaHalisi TV, a private online…

Monday, 22 March 2021 05:16

Buhari breaks silence, condemns attack on Benue gov

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attack on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, saying the string of brutal attacks on individuals and communities in the state, with the latest one targeting the governor, was unacceptable. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) who disclosed this in a statement Sunday, also said the President welcomes the dispatch of a high level team of crack investigators to the state from the Police headquarters in Abuja, urging the officers to uncover who, or whatsoever, was behind the attacks and bring them to justice. “In expressing his sympathies, and…

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Monday, 22 March 2021 05:15

Criminals who attacked Ortom must be apprehended - Northern govs

Northern Governors Forum on Sunday condemned the attack on the convoy of Samuel Ortom, Benue state governor. Simon Lalong, chairman of the forum and governor of Plateau, described the incident as disturbing and called for a thorough investigation. Ortom’s convoy was attacked on Saturday at Tyo-Mu community near Makurdi. In a statement issued by Makut Macham, his director of press and public affairs, Lalong said the attack was another attempt by criminals to cause mayhem in Benue and in the nation as a whole. He tasked all relevant security agencies to conduct a thorough investigation to fish out those behind…

Monday, 22 March 2021 05:14

Ortom attack: Citizens may resort to self-help - David Mark

David Mark, a former president of the senate, has condemned the attack on Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state. Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen had attacked the governor’s convoy on Saturday at Tyo Mu, along Makurdi-Gboko road. In a statement through Paul Mumeh, his media aide, Mark said if a governor’s security cannot be guaranteed, citizens may have to resort to self-help. “If a state governor can be so brazenly attacked, what would they not do to the ordinary citizens,” he said. “Let me state clearly that Benue people are receptive and accommodating. But this should not be misconstrued or…

Monday, 22 March 2021 05:12

Group identifies ‘love lost’ behind ethnic quit notices

A non-governmental oganisation, Rescue Citizen’s Ambassadors (RCA), has identified love lost as the reason behind the sack of ethnic groups from one region or the other across the country. South West Zonal Coordinator of the organisation, Paul Omokehinde, while addressing journalists at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre, Iyaganku, Ibadan, said if all issues affecting the country must be addressed, traditional rulers from various ethnic groups must be involved and made to take responsibilities for ongoings in their various domains. While apparently speaking on the recent call by some Arewa youth for Yorubas to leave the region, he…

Monday, 22 March 2021 05:11

South Africa sells off AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, places orders for other types

South Africa has sold a million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for distribution in 14 fellow African nations, the health minister announced Sunday. The country has ordered vaccine does from Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer and now hopes to immunise two-thirds of the population, though so far only 183,000 doses have been administered. South Africa last month suspended its vaccination programme, which had started with AstraZeneca jabs after doubts were raised over that vaccine’s efficacy against a local variant of Covid-19. Pretoria instead announced its intention to sell its AstraZeneca doses to the African Union (AU). In a statement,…

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