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Wednesday, 10 June 2020 05:21

Amid US tension, Iran builds fake aircraft carrier to attack

As tensions remain high between Iran and the U.S., the Islamic Republic appears to have constructed a new mock-up of an aircraft carrier off its southern coast for potential live-fire drills. The faux foe, seen in satellite photographs obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, resembles the Nimitz-class carriers that the U.S. Navy routinely sails into the Persian Gulf from the Strait of Hormuz, its narrow mouth where 20% of all the world’s oil passes through. While not yet acknowledged by Iranian officials, the replica’s appearance in the port city of Bandar Abbas suggests Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is preparing an…

Tuesday, 09 June 2020 06:01

After widespread outcry, Buhari finally nominates Dongban-Mensem to Senate as Appeal Court President

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally sent the name of Mrs Monica Dongban-Mensem to Senate for confirmation as the substantive President of the Court of Appeal. This was disclosed in a brief statement by Mr Buhari’s spokesperson, Mr Garba Shehu, Monday afternoon. “President Muhammadu Buhari, in-line with his constitutional responsibility has sent the nomination of Mrs Dongban-Mensem, Acting President, Court of Appeal to Senate for confirmation as President, Court of Appeal. “Dongban-Mensem is a serving Justice of the Court of Appeal and was recommended, as is the practice, by National Judicial Council for the nomination by the President,” Shehu wrote. Buhari…

Tuesday, 09 June 2020 06:00

Buhari bows to pressure, suspends executive order on state legislature, judiciary autonomy

President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the gazetting of the executive order which he recently signed to grant financial autonomy to state assemblies and judiciary. Governor of Ekiti and chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Mr Kayode Fayemi, disclosed this to state house correspondents in Abuja on Monday. Speaking after a meeting the governors had with chief of staff to the president and some ministers, Fayemi said the president suspended the implementation of the order over the governors’ concerns. The governors had expressed reservations over the order which Buhari signed to make the state legislature and judiciary more independent by ensuring…

Tuesday, 09 June 2020 05:57

Resident doctors begin nationwide strike next week

National Association of Resident Doctors, umbrella body of junior doctors working in government health facilities, has issued a notice of strike effective Monday, June 15, 2020. The association said the call to strike also includes doctors attending to Covid-19 patients and other energencies. National President of NARD, Mr Aliyu Sokomba, said this in an official letter with reference number NARD/SG/2019-2020 <tel:2019-2020>/070620/246. Sokomba said the action had become necessary due to the failure of the government to redeem its pledges especially in the area of salary arrears and working conditions. The doctors vowed that “the strike shall be total and indefinite”.…

Tuesday, 09 June 2020 05:55

Nigeria, Cameroon pay $6m to UN for boundary demarcation

Federal Government and Republic of Cameroon have remitted N2.3bn ($6 million) to the United Nations headquarters for the demarcation of the international boundaries between the two countries. The money was paid to the Trust Fund account on the Nigeria-Cameroon Boundary Demarcation in respect of the 2,000km stretch from the Lake Chad region in the North to the Bakassi Peninsula in the South, as well as the maritime boundary in the Gulf of Guinea. Acting Director-General of the National Boundary Commission, Mr Adamu Adaji, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday, also dismissed reports that the nation planned…

Tuesday, 09 June 2020 05:54

Nasarawa gov sacks SSG over fraud indictment

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has sacked Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Aliyu Ahmed-Tijani. Ahmed-Tijjani was Commissioner for Education in the administration of Mr Umaru Al-Makura, the immediate past governor of the state. The announcement is contained in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary (PS), Government House Administration, Mr Hamza Gayam on Monday in Lafia. The statement said the governor had directed Ahmed-Tijani to immediately hand over all government property in his possession to Mr Muazu Adamu-Gosho, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs in the Office of the SSG. It said that the governor thanked the former SSG…

Tuesday, 09 June 2020 05:52

Democracy Day: FG declares Friday public holiday

Federal Government has declared Friday, June 12 as public holiday to mark 2020 Democracy Day. Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government congratulated all Nigerians at home and abroad for the entrenchment of democratic rule in the country. In a statement signed by permanent secretary of the ministry, Ms Georgina Ehuriah, the minister commended the heroes of democracy for their dogged determination and sacrifice which eventually birthed democratic governance in Nigeria. “Federal Government has declared Friday, June 12 as public holiday to mark this 2020 Democracy Day. “Aregbesola called on all…

Tuesday, 09 June 2020 05:49

Vitamin K could help prevent worst Coronavirus outcomes - Study

Some patients who have died or have been hospitalized as a result of the novel Coronavirus have reportedly been found to be deficient in vitamin K, according to scientists in the Netherlands who hope to further explore if taking a vitamin K supplement could help prevent severe Covid-19 infection. Researchers studying Coronavirus patients at the Canisius Wilhelmina hospital in Nijmegen have reportedly found “a link between deficiency and the worst Coronavirus outcomes,” the Guardian first reported. The study, done in collaboration with the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht in the Netherlands, studied 134 Coronavirus patients who were hospitalized between March 12…

Monday, 08 June 2020 05:04

Presidency hints at why Buhari may not confirm Dongban-Mensem as Court of Appeal President

Presidential spokesman, Mr Garba Shehu, says President Muhammadu Buhari has not appointed Ms Monica Dongban-Mensem as the substantive president of the court of appeal because the relevant security agencies are not done screening her. Dongban-Mensem has been acting as head of the appellate court since the retirement of Zainab Bulkachuwa in March. Although National Judicial Council (NJC) recommended her as the substantive head of the court, Buhari did not send her name to the senate for confirmation. Instead, the president recently extended her tenure as acting president of the court till September. Sources had told reporters that dirt-digging is being…

Monday, 08 June 2020 05:03

Lagos drags FG, NASS to Supreme Court to test constitutionality of virtual court hearings

Lagos State Government has dragged Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, as well as the National Assembly (NASS) before the Supreme Court to test the constitutionality of virtual court hearings. In a suit filed through the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo, Lagos is asking the apex court to determine “whether having regard to Section 36(1), (3) and (4) of the 1999 Constitution [as amended], use of technology by remote hearings of any kind, whether by Zoom, Microsoft teams, WhatsApp, Skype or any other audio visual or video-conference platform by…

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Monday, 08 June 2020 04:59

Anti-racism protesters rally around world, topple statue

Thousands of people took to the streets of European cities Sunday to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, with protesters in the English port of Bristol venting their anger at the country’s colonial history by toppling a statue of a 17th-century slave trader. Demonstrators attached ropes to the statue of Edward Colston before pulling it down to cheers and roars of approval from the crowd. Images on social media show protesters appearing to kneel on the statue’s neck, recalling the death of George Floyd in Minnesota on May 25 that has sparked worldwide protests against racism and…

Monday, 08 June 2020 04:58

5 family members died in a plane crash while on their way to a funeral

A plane crash near Eatonton, Georgia left five people dead on Friday afternoon, the Putnam County Sheriff's office confirmed in a press release. The family aboard the twin engine turbo prop plane was en route to a funeral in Indiana. Among the five victims were two children, ages 6 and 4. Five family members died in a plane crash near Eatonton, Georgia on Friday afternoon, the Putnam County Sheriff's office confirmed in a press release. The victims were onboard a Piper 31T twin engine turbo prop aircraft en route to a funeral in Newcastle, Indiana from Williston, Florida when the…

Sunday, 07 June 2020 04:51

‘Fulani are ruling Nigeria and they’ll rule the country forever’ - Miyetti Allah

National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Mr Abdullahi Bodejo, has said that Fulani herdsmen don’t need anybody’s approval or permission to occupy any land in any part of the country. He said the group’s own security outfit is set to roll out with some 5,000 to 100,000 vigilantes to start and deployed across all the states of the country. In this interview with VINCENT KALU, the leader of the Socio-Cultural Association, stressed that the Fulani race founded Nigeria, so, they will rule forever. What is your view on the state of the nation? Nigeria is moving, but the coronavirus…

Sunday, 07 June 2020 04:50

Ganduje to FG: Stop foreign herders from coming to Nigeria

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has called on Federal Government to seek the review of the West African Protocols that allow for free movement to stop herdsmen migration to Northern Nigeria. He made the appeal on Saturday during the inauguration of 200 Ruga Housing Settlements at Dansoshiya village in Kiru Local Government Area of the state for Fulani cattle rearers. He said there was need for the Federal Government to use the international blockage created by the novel Coronavirus to stop the migration of dangerous weapons-carrying herdsmen to Nigeria. “Such movements of the herdsmen always cause conflicts and destruction…

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