The State Security Service, SSS, has uncovered plans by subversive elements to disrupt May 29 inauguration and other programmes in parts of the country. The Public Relations Officer of SSS, Dr Peter Afunanya, stated this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, their aim is to undermine security agencies’ efforts at ensuring peaceful ceremonies and create panic and fear among members of the public. “Based on these, citizens, the media and Civil Society Organisations are advised to adhere strictly to security and civil protocols during the events. “They are also urged to shun fake news, false alarms,…
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Presidential aide Garba Shehu on Thursday said Nigerians should get used to President Muhammadu Buhari’s sense of humour. Buhari had recently said the Niger Republic is a safe haven for him if Nigerians give him issues after handing over next week. The comment did not go down well with many Nigerians who questioned the President’s loyalty to the country. But Mr Shehu has dismissed the insinuations that Buhari is not loyal to Nigeria. “That is absolutely not the case. He has a way of throwing banters, a form of easing tension around himself,” he said on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. “Even…
For more than a decade, campaigners have asked Britain to repatriate the body of Prince Alemayehu, who was buried at St. George’s Chapel when he died at 18 in 1879. For centuries, the catacombs of St. George’s Chapel in Windsor have been the final resting place for monarchs and consorts, including Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, and the late queen’s parents, King George VI and the Queen Mother. But buried alongside the Windsors are a handful of royal friends, associates, and military heroes. In 2007, one of its inhabitants became a matter of international controversy, when Ethiopia’s then-president Girma Wolde-Giorgis asked the queen…
Article summary The NGF said that apart from stopping further deductions from the State Governments’ accounts for London/Paris Club obligations, the Finance Minister also promised to ensure the refund of what had been previously deducted from the respective states’ accounts. The Finance Minister promised to refund the amounts previously deducted from the respective states’ accounts. The NGF also underwent a leadership change, with the Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, becoming the new Chairman, and the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, becoming the Vice Chairman. The 36 state governors under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) said…
The reopening of some refineries in Africa and the gradual commissioning of new facilities will mark the recovery of the continent’s downstream industry in 2023, according to Hawilti’s African Refineries report. While sub-Saharan Africa’s refining capacity is still under-utilised at some 40 per cent, Hawilti noted that recovery is on the horizon with the re-opening of South Africa’s Astron Energy Refinery (100,000 barrels per day and Ghana’s Tema Oil Refinery (45,000 bpd). “Once both facilities are back in operations, the sub-continent will be able to utilise about half of its installed refining capacity,” it explained. However, the report stated that…
Thirty tons of ammonium nitrate, a powerful explosive, vanished on a two-week rail shipment from to . A railcar laden with the chemical left an explosives plant in Cheyenne on April 12 but on arrival in Saltdale – an old mining town in the Mojave Desert – the cargo was gone. Manufacturer, Dyno Nobel, informed the National Response Center the product was missing. The firm makes explosives for a variety of applications including mining, construction and oil and gas exploration. Ammonium nitrate, which can also be used as a fertilizer, is notorious for its use in the Oklahoma City bombing which killed 168 people…
Hadi Sirika, the minister of aviation, has revealed that a Nigeria Air aircraft is scheduled to land in the country on Friday. The minister who revealed this on Channels Television Wednesday promised that the aircraft will be unveiled in Nigeria’s colours in fulfilment of all the promises made by the administration in the aviation sector. Plane for Nigeria Air will arrive the country on Friday ahead of commencement of operations, Sirika has confirmed. He, however, noted that the only incomplete item is the aerotropolis, which is the airport city and is 60 percent complete. According to him, the ground work…
The summer of 2020 was rife with promise–and promises. After George Floyd’s murder in May of that year sparked a nationwide conversation about systemic racism, countless companies, financial firms, and corporations made commitments. They’d invest more in Black-owned businesses. They’d create more accessible pipelines for Black entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into fast-growing companies. They’d diversify their supply chains and their retail shelves. They’d pour resources into diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. For many Black founders, these promises felt dubious, if not downright empty. Still, this was a moment when opportunities–however briefly–abounded. And entrepreneurs know how to make the most of an opportunity. Some members…
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` The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned one Oluremi Phillips over alleged N57, 690,000 fraud. Phillips was re-arraigned on Monday before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja. In a statement issued on Tuesday, it was disclosed that Phillips was previously standing trial before Justice S.O. Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, following her arraignment on January 27, 2022. However, the trial could not be concluded before the retirement of Justice Solebo in November 2022, a development that resulted in the re-assigning of the case file to Justice…
