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Sunday, 27 November 2022 06:21

Passport offices will work on Saturdays to clear backlog - CG

Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has directed selected passport offices across the country to work on Saturdays in order to clear backlog of passport applications. The NIS said this on Saturday in a statement by Tony Akuneme, its public relations officer. Akuneme said Isa Jere, comptroller-general, gave the directive to enable the service reduce the backlog ocassioned by the 2020 and 2021 prolonged lockdown due to the Covid pandemic. “The C-G has directed that passport offices across the country with high volume of pending applications to work on Saturdays,” the statement reads. “The period for this exercise is expected to be…

Sunday, 27 November 2022 06:20

NYSC: Corps members constitute 63 percent of teachers in Anambra

Anambra State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps, Blessed Iruma, has said that 63 per cent of teachers in the state are corps members. Iruma disclosed this on Saturday, during the 2022 corps employers workshop in Awka. This is contrary to the claims that the state government had approved the employment of no fewer than 5,000 teachers for both primary and secondary schools in the state. However, Iruma who disclosed the corps members’ strength, called on employers in the state to prioritise their welfare in workplaces by giving attention to their safety and comfort at all times. She said…

Sunday, 27 November 2022 06:16

What to know after Day 277 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Heavy snowfall was expected in Kyiv starting on Sunday, with temperatures dropping below freezing day and night, while millions of people who still live in and around the Ukrainian capital remain with little electricity and heat. Grid operator Ukrenergo said on Saturday that electricity producers were able to cover only three-quarters of consumption needs, necessitating restrictions and blackouts across the country. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that there are restrictions on the use of electricity in 14 out of Ukraine's 27 regions and in Kyiv, for "more than 100,000" customers in each of the regions. "If consumption increases in…

Saturday, 26 November 2022 05:44

What to know after Day 276 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE The Donbass republics should probably have rejoined Russia sooner, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the mothers of troops involved in the military operation in Ukraine on Friday. In such a case, fewer lives might have been lost, the president stressed. “There might not have been so many casualties among civilians, there would not be so many children killed,” the Russian leader suggested. He maintained, however, that back in 2014, Russia did not have a full understanding of the situation in Donbass or of the true sentiments of the locals. “[We] believed that we might…

Friday, 25 November 2022 06:14

Nigeria’s Q3 GDP eases to 2.25 percent on low oil production - NBS

Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.25 percent year-on-year in Q3 2022, down from 3.54 percent in Q2. National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said this in its latest GDP report for the third quarter of 2022. The slow growth was due to the country’s low oil production, as output slumped to 1.20 million barrels per day. According to the NBS, the slow growth is attributable to the base effects of the recession and the challenging economic conditions that have impeded productive activities. On a year-on-year basis, NBS said the third quarter of 2022 growth rate decreased by 1.78 percent…

Friday, 25 November 2022 06:14

Buhari commissions road named after him in Niger Republic

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, inaugurated a boulevard named after him in Niger Republic. The boulevard is said to be 3.8km in length and 160m wide. Also present at the event were Mohammed Bazoum, president of Niger Republic; Bashir Magashi, Nigeria’s minister of defence; and Mohammed Indimi, chairman, Oriental Energy. The Cable

Friday, 25 November 2022 06:10

1.6m Nigerians with HIV receiving treatment - NACA

National Agency for the Control of AIDS says 1,619,133 of the 1.9 million Nigerians living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus are now on treatment. The NACA Director-General, Gambo Aliyu, made this known at a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja in commemoration of the World AIDS Day, themed, ‘Equalise to End AIDS: Equal Access to Treatment and Prevention Services.’ Aliyu said this year’s WAD seeks to promote equal access across among the vulnerable and affected population groups by removing economic, social, cultural, and legal barriers to HIV prevention services. HIV is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system, and…

Friday, 25 November 2022 06:09

What to know after Day 275 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE An American-made anti-radar missile, which had been supplied to Kiev by the US, hit a residential building in Ukraine in September, injuring three people, the New York Times has reported. The strike with an AGM-88B High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) occurred in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Kramatorsk in the east of the country on September 26, the paper wrote on Thursday. The missile, which had reportedly been fired by a Ukrainian jet, was likely off-target and may have malfunctioned as it hit the top floor of a five-story residential building. It struck an abandoned apartment, but three people…

Thursday, 24 November 2022 06:15

CBN insists on cashless economy as Buhari unveils new naira notes

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday officially unveiled the newly redesigned naira denominations of ₦‎1000, ₦‎500 and ₦‎200 introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The newly redesigned naira launch preceded the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) held inside the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Fielding questions from newsmen after the event, CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, said the CBN was fully poised to make Nigeria a cashless economy. He added that the quantum of money that can be withdrawn from the counter will be drastically restricted, noting that anyone who wants to withdraw substantial cash would be tracked…

Thursday, 24 November 2022 06:13

Not much success recorded so far in getting old Naira notes back into banks - CBN

One hundred and sixty five billion old naira notes have so far been absorbed by commercial banks since the announcement of the planned launch of new naira notes on October 26. Director Currency, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Ahmed Bello Umar, made the disclosure in Abuja at a post-Monetary Policy Committee media briefing. According to him, the amount deposited thus far was small compared to what the apex bank has anticipated. He also revealed that the apex bank will from Thursday, begin reticulating the new naira notes to all its branches across the country since the currency has been officially…

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Thursday, 24 November 2022 06:11

Buhari nominates media aide, 14 others into Board and Management of NDDC

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, asked Senate to confirm the appointment of his Special Assistant on New Media, Lauretta Onochie, as substantive Chairman for the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Buhari’s letter, which was read at plenary by Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, also named 14 others as Managing Director and members of the Board. Lawan said the President appointed Ifeanyi-Onochie from Delta State as the Chairman, representing the South-south geopolitical zone on the board. He also appointed Samuel Ogbokwu, from Bayelsa State, as the Managing Director, who would serve for a term of two years, in order to…

Thursday, 24 November 2022 06:08

FAAC: FG, states, LGs share N737bn for October

The balance in Nigeria’s Excess Crude Account (ECA) rose to $472,513.64 yesterday as the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) shared a total of N736.782 billion October revenue to the federal, state and local governments. The ECA accruals had plummeted from $35.7 million in June 2022 to a mere $376,655.09 as of July 25, 2022. Citing a communique, Director, Information/Press, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Phil Abiamuwe-Mowete, stated that from the N736.782 billion October revenue, including Gross Statutory Revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT), Exchange Gain and Augmentation from non-oil revenue, the federal government received N293.955 billion while the…

Thursday, 24 November 2022 06:05

What to know after Day 274 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the United Nations Security Council to act against Russia over air strikes on civilian infrastructure that again plunged Ukrainian cities into darkness and cold as winter sets in. Russia unleashed a missile barrage across Ukraine on Wednesday, killing 10 people, forcing shutdowns of nuclear power plants and cutting water and electricity supply in many places. "Today is just one day, but we have received 70 missiles. That's the Russian formula of terror. This is all against our energy infrastructure... Hospitals, schools, transport, residential districts all suffered," Zelenskiy said via video link to the…

Wednesday, 23 November 2022 05:57

Buhari unveils new Naira notes today as CBN ‘fast forwards’ schedule

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says President Muhammadu Buhari will unveil the newly redesigned naira notes today November 23, 2022. Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, said this on Tuesday while fielding questions from journalist at the monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja. On October 26, Emefiele, announced plan to redesign the naira to control money supply and aid security agencies in tackling illicit financial flows. The governor had said the new notes (N200, N500 and N1000) will be effective from mid-December 2022. However, on Tuesday, Emefiele said the bank will no longer wait till December 15 to “unveil and release”…

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