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Monday, 09 March 2020 04:56

Police, Customs, universities, others share 65 radio, TV licenses newly approved by FG

President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved 65 radio FM and digital television licenses across various sectors in the country. Top among the beneficiaries are Nigeria Police Force and Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corp who acquired radio FM broadcasting license each, Nigeria Customs Service, with radio and television licenses, and Blueprint newspapers who got approval of a free view digital terrestrial television licence. The list of the first batch of the FM Radio and Digital Television Broadcasting Licenses, was announced in Abuja by Assistant Diretor, Public Affairs, National Broadcasting Commission, Mr Ekanem Antia. “Consequent upon the approval granted by the President,…

Monday, 09 March 2020 04:55

NCC deactivates 2.2m SIM cards

Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has deactivated 2.2 million improperly registered Subscriber Identification Module, SIM, cards across telecommunication networks nationwide. Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Mr Umar Danbatta, who disclosed this in a statement by Mr Henry Nkemadu, Director, Public Affairs in Abuja, yesterday, said the commission’s effort in this regard was in line with one of the key agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari to strengthen security of lives and property of all Nigerians. He said: “We have since initiated the second phase of SIM deactivation based on the ministerial directive and as at today, we have completely deactivated the remaining 2.2…

Monday, 09 March 2020 04:54

Women fill streets of world's cities with call for justice

Women filled the streets of the world’s largest cities Sunday to protest gender violence and inequality on International Women’s Day, with the mothers of murdered girls leading a march in Mexico City and participants in Paris inveighing against the “virus of the patriarchy.” While many protests were peaceful celebrations others were marred by tension, with security forces arresting demonstrators at a rally in Kyrgyzstan and police reportedly using tear gas to break up a demonstration by thousands of women in Turkey. “In many different ways or forms, women are being exploited and taken advantage of,” Arlene Brosas, the representative of…

Monday, 09 March 2020 04:53

North Korea fires multiple rockets in new weapon tests

North Korea’s military test on Monday was part of ongoing firing drills and included the use of multiple rocket launchers, South Korea’s military said. The projectiles flew up to 200 km (124 miles) and reached 50 km in altitude, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. Compiled by Olalekan Adeleye Reuters

Friday, 06 March 2020 05:19

Buhari’s $22.7 billion loan request gets Senate’s approval

Senate has approved a $22 billion external loan requested by President Muhammadu Buhari, following an executive session that lasted for over 40 minutes. The approval was sequel to the consideration of the report of Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts. Chairman of the committee, Mr Clifford Ordia (PDP, Edo), read the report and recommended that the Senate approve the request. Prior to the approval, there were arguments between lawmakers and Senate president that lasted for over half an hour. The arguments Both the majority and minority leaders, Messers Abdulahi Yahaya and Enyinnaya Abaribe, suggested that the report be considered…

Friday, 06 March 2020 05:14

Buhari appoints acting Court of Appeal President as Bulkachuwa retires

PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mrs M.B. Dongban Mensem as Acting President of the Court of Appeal for an initial period of three (3) months, with effect from March 6, 2020, when the incumbent President of the Court of Appeal, Mrs Zainab Bulkachuwa, would statutorily retire from service. Mensem, who is the next most senior Judge of the Court of Appeal, will be acting pending when a substantive appointment to the position of the President of the Court of Appeal may be made by Mr Buhari subject to confirmation of the Senate. The President’s approval…

Friday, 06 March 2020 05:12

Study finds 90% of people are biased against women

A new UN report has found at least 90% of men and women hold some sort of bias against females. The "Gender Social Norms" index analysed biases in areas such as politics and education in 75 countries. Globally, close to 50% of men said they had more right to a job than women. Almost a third of respondents thought it was acceptable for men to hit their partners. There are no countries in the world with gender equality, the study found. Zimbabwe had the highest amount of bias with only 0.27% of people reporting no gender bias at all. At…

Thursday, 05 March 2020 05:35

FG set to review 2020 budget as oil revenue slides

Federal Government has announced plans to review 2020 budget as crude oil revenue comes under pressure from the effects of the raging coronavirus infection globally. Minister of Finance/Budget Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, said on Wednesday that the government was worried about the drop in oil revenue and would soon start a mid-term review of the budget to determine the way forward. “We are concerned about the current drop in oil price because it’s now below our budget. “We will do a mid-term review, and if the impact is so much, we will need to do an adjustment in the budget,…

Thursday, 05 March 2020 05:33

Buhari drops Peterside as NIMASA DG, appoints replacement

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Bashir Jamoh as director-general of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Jamoh will replace Dakuku Peterside who was appointed in 2016 to head the maritime agency. Peterside’s tenure as NIMASA DG ends on March 10, 2020. The newly appointed DG is currently executive director for admin and finance at NIMASA. Jamoh, who hails from Kaduna, is also the current president of Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA). The 56-year-old holds a PhD from University of Port Harcourt, specialising in logistics and transport management. He also holds a master’s…

Thursday, 05 March 2020 05:32

US offers $7m reward for information on Boko Haram leader Shekau

United States Department of State (USDS) Wednesday announced a $7million (N2.54b) bounty for information that could lead to the arrest of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. The information was posted on the USDS’ counter-terrorism project, Reward for Justice Programme’s verified French Twitter handle @RFJ_Francais on Tuesday evening. The is the second time since 2013 that US government would be placing a reward on Shekau and other Islamic State in Syria (ISIS) as well as Al-Qaeda terrorists on the global watch list. Shekau, a factional leader of Boko Haram terrorist group that has wreaked havoc in northeastern region of Nigeria since…

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Thursday, 05 March 2020 05:27

Yoruba professionals rally support for Amotekun, advocate more Southwest integration

President of Yoruba Leadership and Peace Initiative (TYLPI), Mr Olusegun Ahmadu, has called on Yoruba people of the Southwest and their kith and kins in the Diaspora to rally round and support Amotekun to ensure the initiative succeed. According to him, every Yoruba person must support the ideals of Amotekun, which, he, however, stressed must be seen beyond its recent launch by governments of the six states to safeguard lives and property in the region, but also as a pragmatic initiative offering immense possibilities for dynamic development and holistic transformation of different aspects of life of the geo-political zone. Ahmadu…

Wednesday, 04 March 2020 05:18

COVID-19: Aso Rock moves to protect Buhari, others through rigorous screening of staff, visitors

As Nigeria raised the alert level against the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Presidential Villa in Abuja commenced careening of staff and visitors on Tuesday. Besides the hand sanitizer being applied to all who must pass through the security screening point at the entrance into the main offices building, health workers were seen at the corner carrying out screening with temperature screening device. It is believed that the exercise is being conducted to protect President Muhammadu Buhari and his household from the highly infectious virus which has killed prominent ruling members of Iranian government. It would be recalled…

Wednesday, 04 March 2020 05:15

Reps suspend sitting for 2 weeks over Covid-19 scare

House of Representatives has mandated management of the National Assembly to shut the parliament for two weeks to facilitate the installation of infrastructure and other preventive measures that would protect lawmakers and workers from coronavirus. The House urged Federal Government to release emergency funds to Federal Ministry of Health, as well as other health agencies and institutions to eliminate the threat of coronavirus in Nigeria. It also called for the immediate reactivation of all centres established and designated for the treatment and management of Ebola cases in the country for the management of suspected cases and victims of coronavirus. These…

Wednesday, 04 March 2020 05:15

Dangote donates N200m to fight Covid-19

Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) yesterday pledged to support the current efforts of federal government against Coronavirus with N200 million. The ADF’s intervention is considered the largest single donation by a corporate organisation in the country to contain the spread of virus since a foreigner was tested positive last month in Lagos. ADF also committed about N1 billion to the fight against the dreaded Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Africa. The foundation directly supported federal government’s Ebola containment efforts through strategic investments that built resilience and strengthened Nigeria’s health system in a manner expected to endure beyond the Ebola crisis period.…

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