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Thursday, 21 September 2017 04:30

Lagos third most “stressful” city in the world – Study

Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial centre, is the third most stressful city in the world, according to a study. The study, conducted by UK-based drycleaning and laundry service, Zipjet, listed the world’s most and least stressful cities of 2017. Factors considered by the researchers include traffic levels, infrastructure, pollution levels, finance, citizens’ wellbeing, public transport, percentage of green spaces, debt levels, physical and mental health, and the financial status of citizens. The list ranked Baghdad as the most stressful city in the world, while Kabul was placed second on the list. On the list of stress-free cities, four cities in the top…

Thursday, 21 September 2017 04:29

NBS’ Report confirms Aregbesola’s prudence - Osun govt

PRESS RELEASEThe debt profile of the State of Osun released by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has vindicated the State Government of Osun’s position on how much is owed and paid on blatant lies and blackmail of the opposition who were arbitrary and unreasonable in vomiting irresponsible figures with a view to maligning the government. The NBS has put both the internal and external loans, bond and other credit line obtained by the State Government to N179bn ($96, 347, 432, 73 and N147, 069, 973, 626.49) as against the wanton figure of N600bn at a time, N450billion at another and…

Thursday, 21 September 2017 04:28

Debts profile: FG's disclosure confirms my claim on Fayemi - Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said Federal Government's disclosure on the debt profile of the state had vindicated him on his claim that the immediate past administration of Dr Kayode Fayemi ran the state aground financially. The governor, reacting to statement by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) that the state government is owing N85.04 billion as local debts, said Fayemi left the state in an insolvent position. The governor spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday. "When I came on board, I said they left over N80 billion naira debt profile, they…

Thursday, 21 September 2017 04:25

Anglican Church leader, Okoh tasks FG on restructuring

Nigerians are presently befuddled with the word restructuring. The Archbishop Metropolitan, and Primate of All Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev'd Nicholas Okoh has alerted the Federal Government of Nigeria. In his opening address to the 12th General Synod of the church, holding in Port Harcourt Primate Okoh noted that " it is not everybody that understands the language of restructuring. We think that it will be necessary to adequately explain the full import of restructuring to the grassroots, so that Nigerians will know what to expect". He asked: "Is the restructuring going to be along the demarcation of the current…

Wednesday, 20 September 2017 04:37

Buhari likens Myanmar crisis to Bosnia, Rwanda genocides

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday likened the violence in Myanmar against Rohingya Muslims to genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda, urging a halt to the "ongoing ethnic cleansing" and safe return of refugees. "The Myanmar crisis is very reminiscent of what happened in Bosnia in 1995 and in Rwanda in 1994," Buhari told the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations. He added that the "horrendous suffering" had been caused by "state-backed programme of brutal depopulation of the Rohingya inhabited areas in Myanmar on the bases of ethnicity and religion." Reuters

Wednesday, 20 September 2017 04:35

Nigeria’s foreign debt up by 40% under Buhari - NBS

Nigeria’s total domestic and foreign debt stocks as at June 30 stood at about $15.1 billion and N14.1 trillion respectively, National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday. A review of the total foreign debt profile of the Federal and the 36 states governments and the FCT also shows a continuous rise since the coming of the present administration, from $10.718 billion in 2015, to $11.406 billion in 2016 and $15.047 billion in 2017. Out of the current total figure of $15.047 billion, the Federal Government accounts for $11.106 billion, or about 74 per cent, while the 36 states of the…

Wednesday, 20 September 2017 04:34

Air Force joins Python Dance, deploys fighter jet in S’East

Nigerian Air Force declared on Tuesday that it had joined the ongoing Operation Python Dance in the South-East and had deployed its fighter jet in the region. NAF said its deployment of “air assets” to the operation was based on a request by the army and in line with its constitutional mandate to ensure national peace and security. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, said Alpha Jet was deployed and would operate from air force 115 Special Operations Group, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He said, “In line with its commitment to national peace and security,…

Wednesday, 20 September 2017 04:33

IPOB: Nnamdi Kanu ‘abducted, probably killed’ - Lawyer

The lawyer representing the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, says he has not communicated with his client since September 14, when Mr. Kanu’s Abia State home was “invaded” by soldiers. The lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, was reacting to reports that Mr. Kanu had gone into hiding. In a statement Tuesday, Mr. Ejiofor claimed his client was abducted by military operatives on September 14. He said “Mr. Kanu has probably been killed”. Mr. Kanu was last seen in public on September 10, after his supporters clashed with soldiers. Mr. Ejiofor said some IPOB supporters were killed the clash. However,…

Wednesday, 20 September 2017 04:29

Nigeria's Amina Yuguda wins BBC World News award

A journalist from north-eastern Nigeria has won the third BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Amina Yuguda is a news presenter on local network Gotel Television, where she has reported on high-profile news stories, including the Boko Haram insurgency. She will start a three-month placement at the BBC in London in September. The award was created to honour Komla Dumor, a presenter for BBC World News, who died suddenly aged 41 in 2014. Ms Yuguda said her win was a "huge honour". "I was overwhelmed with joy. Storytellers have always had an important role in Africa... this is what defines…

Wednesday, 20 September 2017 04:26

If threatened, U.S. will 'totally destroy' North Korea, Trump vows

U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his standoff with North Korea over its nuclear challenge on Tuesday, threatening to "totally destroy" the country of 26 million people and mocking its leader, Kim Jong Un, as a "rocket man." In a hard-edged speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Trump offered a grim portrait of a world in peril, adopted a more confrontational approach to solving global challenges from Iran to Venezuela, and gave an unabashed defense of U.S. sovereignty. "The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have…

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Wednesday, 20 September 2017 04:24

Mexico: Strong earthquake topples buildings, killing scores

A strong earthquake has struck central Mexico, killing more than 130 people and toppling dozens of buildings in the capital, Mexico City.Rescuers are searching for survivors and there are reports of children trapped in a partly collapsed school. The 7.1 magnitude quake caused damage in Morelos and Puebla states and in Mexico State. It struck while many people took part in an earthquake drill exactly 32 years after a quake killed thousands. The country is prone to earthquakes and earlier this month an 8.1 magnitude tremor in the south left at least 90 dead. The epicentre of the latest quake…

Wednesday, 20 September 2017 04:14

After 27 years, CAC factions take steps to end leadership crisis

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan An end may be in sight to the 27 years of leadership crisis in Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), as the President, Supreme Council faction of the church, Pastor Gabriel Lagunju, on Tuesday, said the two feuding factions had resolved to settle their differences amicably. It would be recalled that the crisis between the factions of the church started since 1990 culminating in legal tussles. But unlike previous years when both sides maintained a rigid stance, Lagunju while delivering the presidential address at the week-long annual Pastors' conference holding at CAC, Ile Aanu, Alasepe Prayer ground, Ikire, said…

Wednesday, 20 September 2017 04:12

Ex-NYSC DG Yusuf Bomoi is dead

A former Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Yusuf Bomoi, died on Monday after a brief illness. Mr. Bomoi was the 13th Director General of the corps and served from October 2004 to November 2009. Current Director-General, Suleiman Kazaure, on Tuesday condoled with the family of Mr. Bomoi. Mr. Kazaure, a brigadier-general of the Nigerian Army who paid a condolence visit to the family in Abuja on Tuesday along with top management staff of NYSC, said the death of Mr. Bomoi was a ‘rude shock’ to the scheme. He said the deceased left indelible footprints on the scheme…

Tuesday, 19 September 2017 04:08

ASUU suspends strike 'conditionally'

Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its strike after a final four-hour meeting with Federal Government delegation, which ended around 9pm in Abuja on Monday. ASUU President, Mr Biodun Ogunyemi, addressed a briefing at Nigeria Labour Congress secretariat to announce the union’s “conditional suspension of the strike.” Ogunyemi said the strike was suspended, after the union gave the Federal Government a deadline of the end of October to fulfil its promises. He said, “We have signed a new Memorandum of Action today (Monday). Each item on the list in the MoA has a timeline attached. It is our hope…

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