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Tuesday, 23 August 2022 07:06

What to know after Day 181 of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukraine's capital Kyiv banned public celebrations this week commemorating independence from Soviet rule, citing a heightened threat of attack as a U.S. official warned of Russian plans to strike Ukrainian infrastructure in the coming days. FIGHTING * The United States has intelligence that Russia is planning to launch fresh attacks against Ukraine's civilian infrastructure and government facilities soon, a U.S. official said on Monday, citing downgraded intelligence. * Russian rockets fired at Nikopol, Krivyi Rih and Synelnykovsky, all close to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe's largest, injured at least four people overnight regional Governor Valentyn Reznichenko wrote on Telegram. *…

Monday, 22 August 2022 07:00

Paris Club refund: Govs reply Ned Nwoko, say he lied to deceive the public

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says comments made by Ned Nwoko, a lawyer and business magnate, regarding the Paris Club refund were “blatant lies and half truths”. There has been controversy over consultancy fees amounting to $418 million from the Paris Club refund. Nwoko, on Saturday, alleged that the consultancy fee owed by the states and local governments was $68 million and not $418 million as claimed by NGF.He said the original claims calculated based on agreed terms was in excess of $300 million, but his firm “offered huge discount on the entitlement to accept the $68 million”. However, NGF,…

Monday, 22 August 2022 06:54

What to know after Day 180 of Russia-Ukraine war

Artillery shells rained down on a city near Europe's biggest nuclear plant and Russian missiles struck near the Black Sea port of Odesa on Sunday, as Ukraine warned of the potential for more serious attacks by Russia as the war neared its six-month anniversary. Wednesday marks 31 years of Ukraine's independence from Soviet rule as well as half a year since the invasion and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for vigilance, saying Moscow could try "something particularly ugly." In his nightly video address on Sunday, Zelenskiy said he had discussed "all the threats" with French President Emmanuel Macron and word had…

Sunday, 21 August 2022 06:45

Govs demanded and received $100m bribe from from Paris Club Refund consultation fee - Consultant

Lead Consultant of Linas International Limited, the consultants for the recovery of over deductions from Paris and London clubs debt buy back funds, Ned Nwoko, Saturday alleged that the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) demanded and received $100 million to prosecute elections in some states. Nwoko was reacting to the flurry of allegations and claims trailing his personal and company’s demands for the payment of services fee from the state governments and local government councils in the country. Addressing the media in Abuja, Nwoko described recent outbursts of the NGF on the matter as “noise”, adding tat a former chairman of…

Sunday, 21 August 2022 06:43

Non-academic unions in universities explain why they suspended strike action

National President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Muhammed Ibrahim, on Saturday, disclosed that the union decided to suspend its strike to give the government a window of opportunity to fulfill its promises. SSANU and its sister union, Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions, announced a suspension of the ongoing strike. Our correspondent also gathered that the decision was taken at the end of a meeting with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, at the minister’s office in Abuja. It was gathered that the executive secretary of the National Universities Commission, Abubakar Rasheed, was also in…

Sunday, 21 August 2022 06:42

NBC suspends shutdown of 52 broadcast stations after IPI Nigeria’s intervention

Following the intervention of the Nigerian chapter of the International Press Institute, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended the revocation of the operating licenses of 52 broadcast stations owing various sums in licensing fees. The NBC has now given the affected stations up to 6PM on Tuesday, August 23, to pay up their debts. Those unable to pay are to shut down at 12AM on August 24. In revoking the licenses on Friday, the commission had ordered the stations off air beginning this Saturday, citing Section 10(a) of the 3rd Schedule of the National Broadcasting Commission Act CAP N11,…

Sunday, 21 August 2022 06:37

What to know after Day 179 of Russia-Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Ukrainians to be vigilant ahead of Wednesday's celebrations to mark 31 years of independence from Soviet rule, as fresh blasts hit Crimea and a missile wounded 12 civilians near a nuclear power plant. Ukrainians must not allow Moscow to "spread despondency and fear" ahead of the Aug. 24 events, which also come six months after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Zelenskiy said on Saturday. "We must all be aware that this week Russia could try to do something particularly ugly, something particularly vicious," Zelenskiy said in nightly remarks on video. Curfew in Ukraine's second-largest…

Saturday, 20 August 2022 06:59

FG has revoked licences of 52 radio and television stations. These are the stations affected

National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revoked licences of the African Independent Television (AIT), Silverbird Television (STV), and 50 other broadcast stations. Addressing the press in Abuja on Friday, Director General of the Commission, Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, said the 52 affected stations had been owing since 2015. He said the stations were owing about N2.6 billion debt. According to him, in May, the commission published the names of stations who were yet to renew their licences and granted them two weeks to do so or get their licences revoked. He said three months after the publication, some stations were yet to…

Saturday, 20 August 2022 06:58

Journalist arrested for ‘defaming’ gov’s sister-in-law

Cross River activist and journalist, Agba Jalingo, who earlier announced in the afternoon that his Lagos residence was under siege by policemen, has been reportedly detained at Alapere Police Station, Lagos. Wife of the activist, Violet Agba, confirmed this to our correspondent, Friday evening. She noted that the police had planned to transfer the activist to Abuja tomorrow morning. “They took him to the police station, he will be moved to Abuja tomorrow morning,” she told The PUNCH. She claimed that Jalingo was being arrested for alleged defamation of character of the wife of Frank Ayade, the brother of the…

Saturday, 20 August 2022 06:13

Over 30,000 teachers to participate in TRCN online conference - Official

No fewer than 30,000 registered teachers will be participating in an online capacity building conference. The training to be organised by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, (TRCN) is in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Segun Ajiboye, who made the disclosure, said the conference which is the second organised by the Council will hold between Monday, 22nd and Tuesday, 23rd August, 2022. It would be recalled that the 1st edition of the conference was held between January 26th and 27th, 2021. Ajiboye who…

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Saturday, 20 August 2022 06:11

What to know after Day 178 of Russia-Ukraine war

Russia reported fresh Ukrainian drone attacks on Friday evening, a day after explosions erupted near military bases in Russian-held areas of Ukraine and Russia itself, apparent displays of Kyiv's growing ability to pummel Moscow's assets far from front lines. The latest incidents followed huge blasts last week at an air base in Russian-annexed Crimea. In a new assessment, a Western official said that incident had rendered half of Russia's Black Sea naval aviation force useless in a stroke. Russia's RIA and Tass news agencies, citing a local official in Crimea, said it appeared Russian anti-aircraft forces had been in action…

Friday, 19 August 2022 07:39

FG and ASUU have been in talks to end the 6 months strike that shut down public universities. Here’s the one key issue that remains unresolved

Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday said it would not call off its strike until the salary arrears of its members were paid. The university lecturers also said they would not teach students to make up for the six months they had been on strike if the Federal Government failed to pay for the “period of strike.” The union’s national president, Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this in response to a statement by Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, that the Federal Government would not concede to ASUU’s demands for the backlog of salaries withheld within the period. Other associations such as…

Friday, 19 August 2022 07:36

FG directs Telcos, payment platforms, others to stop providing service to digital lenders under investigation

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has directed telecommunication companies to desist from providing connectivity services to digital lenders that are under investigation. Babatunde Irukera, chief executive officer, FCCPC, said this in a statement on Thursday during an enforcement exercise in Lagos. FCCPC said it has ordered payment service firms to stop providing transaction services to such lenders under the commissions’ radar or those not adjudged to be unlicensed. “The commission has ordered all operating payment systems, including Flutterwave, OPay, Paystack and Monify, to immediately cease and desist providing payment or transaction services to lenders under investigation or…

Friday, 19 August 2022 07:35

FG spends N18.39bn daily on petrol subsidy - Minister

Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance minister, budget and national planning, says Nigeria spends N18.39 billion daily on petrol subsidy petrol payments. Subsidy or under-recovery is the shortfall for the underpriced sales of premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol. The minister spoke on Thursday during an inquiry by the house of representatives committee investigating petroleum products for subsidy regime from 2013 to 2022. Zainab was grilled over funding of subsidy payments by the federal government. “For 2023, the projection is that the average daily truck-out will be N64.96 million per day; that is about 65 million per day, using…

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