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Friday, 12 February 2021 04:48

Police lied, cattle invaded my home – Soyinka

Nigerian police lied when it said only one cow strayed into the compound of the Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, the professor has said. Soyinka, in a public statement, narrated how the cattle invaded his home, how they were removed and how the police took time to arrive the scene after they were invited. Police in Ogun had claimed in a statement Tuesday that only one cow stayed into Soyinka’s compound. “The entire place was inspected by the DPO and it was established that it was just a case of stray cow as nothing was damaged or tampered with,” the police…

Friday, 12 February 2021 04:47

Bauchi gov defends herdsmen carrying AK-47, attacks southern, Benue govs

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said Fulani herders carry AK-47 for self-defence because they are being attacked by cattle rustlers. He slammed his counterpart in Benue State, Samuel Ortom, over his handling of the farmer-herder clashes which had led to loss of lives. Mohammed spoke at the closing ceremony of the 2021 Press Week of Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Bauchi State Council on Thursday at the Command Guest House. The governor in his keynote address on the theme, ‘The Role of the Media in Promoting Peace in Nigeria,’ commended journalists in the state for their…

Friday, 12 February 2021 04:46

Insecurity: FG needs to ban foreign herders immediately - Ganduje

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has advised the federal government to ban foreign herders from coming to Nigeria to tame rising insecurity. He also said it was wrong to tag all herders as criminals, saying many Fulani are doing legitimate business of rearing animals and needed the support of various stakeholders to do it better. Ganduje also faulted the recent comment by Governor Nasir El-Rufai who said North-West governors were working at cross purposes, hence the escalation of security challenges in the region. What Ganduje said Speaking on Radio France International (RFI), monitored in Kano, Ganduje said Governor El-Rufai…

Friday, 12 February 2021 04:41

Son, daughter narrate Jakande’s last moments

Third son of the late first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Lateef Jakande, Seyi yesterday, narrated his moment of his late dad. Seyi, while granting an interview with newsmen at their Ilupeju resident, said his father died as a progressive politician, and also revalidated his membership with All Progressives Congress, APC in the ongoing registration and validation exercise, before he died. He said the former governor died in his sleep on Thursday, around 11: am at his residence. According to him, his father lived a fulfilled life and had left a big vacuum in society due to his kindness, philanthropic…

Friday, 12 February 2021 04:40

Yoruba leadership group mourns Jakande

Yoruba Ko'Ya Leadership and Training Foundation, home and abroad, join in condoling all citizens and residents of Lagos State on behalf of all South West residents in Nigeria and in diaspora, on the peaceful passage of former Governor of Lagos State, Lateef Kayode Jakande, one of the remaining closest loyalist and associates of Late Obafemi Awolowo at a ripe age of 91 yesrs. We in the Foundation take solace in the Lord that LKJ lived a graceful, exemplary, purposeful and modest life throughout his sojourn here in Nigeria, despite various opportunities in his plates, to enrich and elevate himself to…

Friday, 12 February 2021 04:39

Sacked teachers storm Kwara governor’s office over new recruitments

Some of the over two thousand teachers sacked last year in Kwara State on Thursday stormed the governor’s office in Ilorin to protest the recruitment of new teachers to fill their positions. The state government had in December last year sacked 2,414 teachers employed in the last weeks of the administration of former governor Abdulfatah Ahmed in 2019. The state Ministry of Education said the “Sunset teachers” were laid off because their employment contravened due process. It also said an investigation conducted by the state government with Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) found over 600 of the teachers not…

Friday, 12 February 2021 04:38

Man tests positive for Covid-19 weeks after second jab

A California man said he was diagnosed with Covid-19 three weeks after he received his second dose of the vaccine, reports said. CBS Los Angeles reported that Gary Micheal, who lives in Orange County's Lake Forest, found out he had the virus after being tested for an unrelated health concern. His symptoms are relatively minor, the report said. He received the Pfizer vaccine, the report said. Patch.com reported that he got his first dose on Dec. 28 and his second jab on Jan. 18. Anthony Fauci, the country's leading infectious-disease scientist, said the latest evidence indicates that the two vaccines…

Thursday, 11 February 2021 04:31

FG raises debt-GDP ratio to enable more borrowing

Federal executive council (FEC) has approved a new medium-term debt management strategy (MTDS), that will guide the government in its borrowing activities for the period 2020-2023. The new MTDS was approved on Wednesday during the weekly FEC meeting in Abuja. In a press statement by Debt Management Office (DMO), for the period 2020-2023, Nigeria’s borrowings will be from both domestic and external sources, with a larger proportion of new borrowings coming from domestic sources using long-term instruments, while for external borrowing, concessional funding from multilateral and bilateral sources will be prioritised. Part of the targets in the new MTDS document…

Thursday, 11 February 2021 04:23

A third of US adults say they definitely or probably won’t get Covid-19 vaccine - Report

About 1 in 3 Americans say they definitely or probably won’t get the Covid-19 vaccine, according to a new poll that some experts say is discouraging news if the U.S. hopes to achieve herd immunity and vanquish the outbreak. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that while 67% of Americans plan to get vaccinated or have already done so, 15% are certain they won’t and 17% say probably not. Many expressed doubts about the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness. The poll suggests that substantial skepticism persists more than a month and a half into a…

Thursday, 11 February 2021 04:22

Emirates suspends flights from Nigeria yet again

Emirates Airlines has suspended flights from Nigeria to Dubai for two weeks, until February 28 2021. It said travellers from both Abuja and Lagos would not be accepted for travel prior to the date, according to a statement issued by the airline on Wednesday. Also, the carrier warned that passengers who have been to or connected through Nigeria in the last 14 days would not be allowed entry into the United Arab Emirates (whether terminating in or connecting through Dubai). The statement read, “In line with government directives, passenger services from Nigeria (Lagos and Abuja) to Dubai are temporarily suspended…

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Thursday, 11 February 2021 04:21

Court unfreezes #EndSARS leaders’ bank accounts

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered Central Bank of Nigeria to immediately unfreeze 20 bank accounts linked to protesters and promoters of #EndSARS. Ahmed Mohammed gave the order following the sudden withdrawal of a suit instituted against them by CBN through its counsel, Michael Aondoakaa. The order which was for 180 days was to enable CBN probe the alleged crime against the defendants. Although the order was supposed to be renewed upon an application by CBN, the apex bank, however, opted to withdraw its earlier application for an extension of time and the subsequent decision of the…

Thursday, 11 February 2021 04:20

#EndSARS: Lagos demolishes community whose residents spoke to the media on Lekki tollgate shooting

Officials of Lagos State Environmental Task Force accompanied by policemen and persons suspected to be thugs have burnt down a community whose residents witnessed the October 20 shooting of peaceful protesters by soldiers at the Lekki Tollgate. PREMIUM TIMES sourced some of its witnesses from the community for its groundbreaking investigation into the shooting, which revealed that soldiers and policemen shot directly at the protesters killing some and injuring several others. After originally claiming that soldiers deployed to the tollgate to disperse the protesters were given only blank rounds and that “they merely shot in the air”, the army later…

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 04:12

FG tells Nigerians to prepare for another fuel price hike

As crude price hits almost $60/barrel, Federal Government has asked Nigerians to prepare for another hike in petrol price because the international price has a direct bearing on the cost of refined products. Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, gave the hint at the launch of Nigerian Upstream Cost Optimisation Programme (NUCOP). According to him, “the higher the price of the crude oil at the international market, the higher the price of refined products like petrol, diesel and the rest”. He said that the increase would reflect market realities, assuring the citizenry that mechanisms were in place to insulate…

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 04:12

Buhari flags off $1.96bn Nigeria-Niger rail project

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, virtually inaugurated construction of the $1.96 billion rail line project linking neighbouring Niger Republic. Buhari, who defended the project known as Kano-Katsina-Jibiya-Maradi (Niger Republic) rail line with branch line from Kano, expressed hope it would boost trans-Sahara trade and contribute to the expected gains in the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA). The 248-kilometre standard gauge rail line first approved by Federal Executive Council last September, is seen as a crucial transportation infrastructure to link the Nigeria’s different regions and parts of West Africa. The country had, in 2019, signed unto the AfCFTA with a…

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