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Saturday, 06 June 2020 05:20

Buhari not in-charge of Nigeria – Wole Soyinka

Nobel Laureate, Mr Wole Soyinka, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is not in-charge of Nigeria. “I don’t really believe there’s anybody in-charge at Aso Rock,” Soyinka, a critic of Mr Buhari’s administration, said on Thursday in an interview with Plus TV Africa. “I am sorry to say this, but I have been studying the trend over the past year and a half and I believe that this president is not in-charge of this nation.” Soyinka supported Buhari’s election in 2015 but turned against him before the 2019 election after he repeatedly accused Buhari of poor performance and maladministration. In…

Saturday, 06 June 2020 05:19

Nigerian campaigners stage protest over sexual violence

Nigerian rights campaigners took to the streets of the capital Abuja on Friday to raise awareness about sexual violence in the West African country after a series of high-profile rape cases. #JusticeforUwa has trended on social media in the last week after Vera Uwaila Omosuwa, a 22-year-old student, died two days after she was raped in a church in the southern city of Benin. More than 200 protesters marched around police headquarters in Abuja, chanting and holding placards that read “Justice for all Nigerian girls and women”, and “No means no”. The march was one of a number of activities…

Saturday, 06 June 2020 05:16

Lawmakers from US, EU, UK, 5 other countries form new alliance to counter China

A group of senior lawmakers from eight democracies including the U.S. have launched a new cross-parliamentary alliance to help counter what they say is the threat China’s growing influence poses to global trade, security and human rights. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, which launched Friday, comes as the U.S. struggles to muster a cohesive alliance to take on China’s growing economic and diplomatic clout and as it leads foreign governments in condemning Beijing’s move to impose national security legislation on Hong Kong that threatens the city’s autonomy. The group said it aims to “construct appropriate and coordinated responses, and to…

Friday, 05 June 2020 05:41

Buhari nominates Okonjo-Iweala as head of World Trade Organisation

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former coordinating minister for the economy, for the position of director-general of World Trade Organisation (WTO). In a document seen by journalists on Thursday, Mr Buhari withdrew the candidacy of Yonov Frederick Agah, Nigeria’s permanent representative to WTO, for the same position. The election is scheduled to hold in Geneva, Switzerland in 2021 for a four-year term that would run from 2021 to 2025 after Roberto Azevedo, former director-general of the organisation stepped down a year to the end of his second term. “The embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and…

Friday, 05 June 2020 05:36

Ex-gov of Ondo state, Olumilua, is dead

A former Governor of the old Ondo State, Mr Bamidele Olumilua, has died at the age of 80. Olumilua is also the father of Ekiti State Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Mr Muyiwa Olumilua. Muyiwa, while confirming his father’s death, in Ado Ekiti, said that the former governor died in the early hours of Thursday. “I can confirm to you that it is true that Baba died today around 3 a.m. “We thank God that he lived a good and worthy life and we are proud of his personality and achievements while alive,” he said. Olumilua had been battling…

Thursday, 04 June 2020 05:38

FG will no longer pay states for repairing federal roads

Minister of information and culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, says states would no longer be refunded for construction or repair works carried out on federal roads. Addressing state house correspondents after the third virtual meeting of the federal executive council (FEC), Mohammed said reconstruction works done on federal roads would be supervised by the ministry of works and housing. “There is a caveat henceforth if any state takes on federal government road, it will not be paid, they will not get any refund,” he told journalists on Wednesday. “Even if you want to pay from your own pocket, you will still…

Thursday, 04 June 2020 05:37

12 universities have approval to operate open distance learning. Here's the list

Only 12 Nigerian universities have approval to operate both conventional learning and Open and Distance learning (ODL), National Universities Commission (NUC) has said. The 12 were given ‘conventional’ licences to operate a dual-mode system – face to face learning in the classroom and also the open distance learning. NUC also said only a few of these universities can run an efficient online learning platform. The commission said there is a big difference between online learning, and open and distance learning. Distance learning is a method of studying in which lectures are broadcast or lessons are conducted by correspondence without the…

Thursday, 04 June 2020 05:36

FG lists five airports approved for flight resumption

Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has named five airports where flights will resume on June 21, as announced by Presidential Task Force on Covid-19. NCAA Director-General, Mr Musa Nuhu, made the announcement in a letter to Accountable Managers of all domestic and foreign airlines in the country with ref NCAA/DG/AIR/11/16/121, in Lagos on Wednesday. This is coming on the heels of the announcement by the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 on the easing of and restart of the second phase of the Covid-19 lockdown and restart of flights on June 21. Nuhu said the five airports are Nnamdi Azikwe International…

Thursday, 04 June 2020 05:30

Trump signs Executive Order to make religious freedom a foreign policy priority

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring the effort to protect religious freedom both a domestic and foreign policy priority. Trump quietly signed the executive order on Advancing International Religious Freedom on Tuesday, as nationwide protests over police brutality and systemic racism in the wake of George Floyd's death continued to dominate headlines. The executive order dedicates $50 million for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to fund programs that promote and defend religious freedoms abroad. The order also calls on diplomats to work harder to hold partner countries to account over religious…

Wednesday, 03 June 2020 05:51

Buhari slashes health, education votes while granting N27bn for ‘renovation’ of NASS in revised budget

Federal Government has reduced the N37bn budget for the renovation of the National Assembly complex to N27.7bn. Federal Government, in the 2020 revised budget proposal, according to documents obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday, cut N9.3bn from the budget for the renovation of the National Assembly complex. The renovation of the complex at the initial cost of N37bn, which is to be executed by Federal Capital Territory Administration, attracted criticisms from a large section of Nigerians last year. However, following the drop in the price of crude oil and a fall in projected government revenue, it was learnt that Federal…

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Wednesday, 03 June 2020 05:50

Senate approves Buhari's $5.51bn loan request

Senate on Tuesday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for $5.51 billion in external borrowing from international lenders. The borrowing is part of a revised budget for 2020. The revisions allow for the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic and a sharp drop in oil prices, which has dented Nigeria’s spending plans because oil sales make up 90% of its foreign exchange earnings. The money from International Monetary Fund, African Development Bank, World Bank and Islamic Development Bank is to fund the deficit. “As regards the IMF loan, there are no usual onerous conditions for borrowing, such as currency devaluation and deregulation…

Wednesday, 03 June 2020 05:49

FG issues strict measures for reopening of churches, mosques

Federal Government, on Tuesday released guidelines for religious centres to resume activities in the country. It said notwithstanding the lifting of ban on religious gatherings, it is safer for people to worship at home. The government had banned large gatherings and ordered suspension of conventional religious activities in April to check the spread of Covid-19. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, had on Monday, announced that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved that churches and mosques could reopen based on some guidelines. According to National Coordinator of the…

Wednesday, 03 June 2020 05:48

812 health workers infected with Coronavirus - FG

Federal Government on Tuesday said no fewer than 812 health workers have been infected with the Covid-19 virus in the line of duty. It reiterated that the protection of health workers, especially those in the frontline of the pandemic are its priority, and will ensure the constant provision of personal protective equipment (PPEs), to shield them from exposure. Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Mr Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, in Abuja. He said: “As we go further in the easing of the restrictions, I just…

Wednesday, 03 June 2020 05:47

FG directs senior civil servants to resume fully

Federal Government has asked workers on Grade Level 14 and above, including those on essential services to resume work on daily basis with effect from yesterday. In late March, federal government had asked all non-essential workers on Grade Level 12 and below to work from home until further notice as authorities fought to curtail spread of Coronavirus in the country. Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs Folasade Yemi -Esan said at that time the government was concerned about the welfare and safety of public servants and other Nigerians, hence the need to strictly adhere to Covid-19 precautionary measures. She,…

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