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Tuesday, 14 June 2022 06:44

What to know after Day 110 of Russia-Ukraine war

Russian forces cut off the last routes for evacuating citizens from the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, a Ukrainian official said, as the Kremlin pushed for victory in the Donbas region. The last bridge to the city was destroyed, trapping any remaining civilians and making it impossible to deliver humanitarian supplies, said regional governor Sergei Gaidai, adding that some 70% of the city was under Russian control. Ukraine has issued increasingly urgent calls for more Western heavy weapons to help defend Sievierodonetsk, which Kyiv says could hold the key to the battle for the eastern Donbas region and the course…

Monday, 13 June 2022 06:46

Nationwide power outage as grid collapses again

Nigeria experienced a nationwide outage on Sunday evening as the national electricity grid crashed to zero. This is the fourth time Nigeria will be experiencing a system collapse this year, the last being on 8th April 2022. According to a top official of a Generation Company (GenCo), the nationwide outage began around 6pm as the generation from various power plants dipped. “We experienced a grid collapse this evening at 18:49 hours,” said the official. As of 6:00pm on Sunday, June 12, 2022, power generation on the national grid was 1,353.80 megawatts (MW), generated by 13 GenCos shortly before the system…

Monday, 13 June 2022 06:43

The major parties have handed nominations to contest 2023 elections to past and current treasury looters - ASUU

Exclusion of the best brains in Nigerian politics through high-cost nomination forms will place Nigeria’s future in the hands of looters. This was the thrust of the June 12 message of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ibadan, by its chairman, Ayoola Akinwole. According to him, “it is a strategy of handing over the country to those individuals who have looted the country in the past. If this practice goes unchallenged, Nigerians are in for not just another regime of poor governance but that of extreme corruption and looting.” The ASUU boss stated that it will take a…

Monday, 13 June 2022 06:39

China surpasses US in the eyes of young Africans, survey shows

China has overtaken the US as the foreign power seen as having the biggest positive influence in Africa by young people, according to a survey released on Monday. A survey conducted by the Ichikowitz Family Foundation found that 76% of 4,507 young Africans across 15 countries named China as a foreign power with a positive influence on their lives, compared with 72% for the US. In 2020, when the inaugural study of 18-to-24-year-olds was conducted, 83% of respondents saw the US’s influence as positive while the figure for China was 79%. The results are further evidence that China is winning…

Monday, 13 June 2022 06:35

What to know after Day 109 of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukrainian defenders were fighting fiercely for "every metre" of Sievierodonetsk, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as Russian forces destroyed a bridge to another city across the river, leaving stranded civilians with just one way out. Sievierodonetsk has become the epicentre of the wider battle for control over Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. Russian forces have taken most of Sievierodonetsk, having pulverized parts of the city in one of the bloodiest assaults since the Kremlin unleashed its invasion on Feb. 24. "The key tactical goal of the occupiers has not changed: they are pressing in Sievierodonetsk, severe fighting is ongoing there - literally…

Sunday, 12 June 2022 06:45

IBEDC explains why some Ogun communities have prolonged power outage

Management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), has appealed to its customers in some parts of Ogun state, to bear with it over the current power outage being experienced. The communities, according to the distribution company include Papalanto, Arigbajo, Ejio Ifo, Agosi, Olomu road, Ososun village, Coker, Akinside, Ibogun, Oju-sango, Pakoto, Babyoku, Agebgise, Ogun bade, Iyana Cele, Iyana Ilogbo, Owode, Ijako, Isorosi, Ishaka Igbala, Ijako-Sugar, Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway, Ilaro town, Igbogila, Oja Odan, Ilaro poly, Paayi, Idiroko, Ipokia, Ilase, Igua, Farm settlement, Ibese, Ijoga, Ibara orile, Ijoun, Imasayi, Abule oke, Maria, Yewa, Ajegunle, Abalabi, Akinside, Akinbo. Olorunsogo, Ilaro road, Weybridge, Gudugba,…

Sunday, 12 June 2022 06:40

What to know after Day 108 of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukraine remains in control of the Azot chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk where hundreds of civilians are sheltering amid bitter fighting, the region's governor said on Saturday, after a Russia-backed separatist claimed 300 to 400 Ukrainian fighters were also trapped there. Earlier, the governor, Serhiy Gaidai, said Russian shelling of the plant in Luhansk province had ignited a big fire after a leak of tonnes of oil. In neighboring Donetsk province, Russian media reported that a huge cloud of smoke could be seen after an explosion in the city of Avdiivka, which houses another chemical plant. Weeks of fighting for Sievierodonetsk,…

Saturday, 11 June 2022 06:11

Buhari inaugurates council on e-govt to extend ease of doing business, transparency

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja inaugurated the Presidential Council on Digital Economy and E-government, promising that his administration will continue to take advantage of digital technologies to transform every sector of the economy. The president directed Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, to chair the Council on his behalf and give regular updates. He tasked members of the Council to work towards further strengthening the capacity of government to develop, adopt and deploy digital technologies to make government more efficient and transparent, thereby improving Nigeria’s global standing in the ease of doing business index. The president noted…

Saturday, 11 June 2022 06:06

Testing negative for Covid no longer required to enter US - Report

The United States late Friday rescinded a 17-month-old requirement that people arriving in the country by air test negative for Covid-19, a move that follows intense lobbying by airlines and the travel industry. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky issued a four-page order lifting the mandate, effective at 12:01 a.m. ET (0400 GMT) Sunday, saying it is "not currently necessary." The requirement had been one of the last major U.S. Covid-19 travel requirements. Its end comes as the summer travel season kicks off, and airlines were already preparing for record demand. Airlines have said that many…

Saturday, 11 June 2022 06:02

What to know after Day 107 of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukraine sought more help from the West on Friday, pleading for faster deliveries of weapons to hold off better-armed Russian forces and for humanitarian support to combat deadly diseases. In Sievierodonetsk, the small city that has become the focus of Russia's advance in eastern Ukraine and one of the bloodiest flashpoints in a war well into its fourth month, further heavy fighting was reported. To the south, the mayor of Mariupol - reduced to ruins by a Russian siege – said sanitation systems were broken and corpses were rotting in the streets. "There is an outbreak of dysentery and cholera…

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Friday, 10 June 2022 06:30

Inaugural flight for Hajj 2022 takes off from Maiduguri

The inaugural flight of Nigerian pilgrims for the 2022 Hajj exercise has begun in Maiduguri with 546 pilgrims.President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the exercise on Thursday at the Maiduguri International Airport. Represented by Governor Babagana Zulum, the president said the decision to choose Maiduguri for the inaugural flight was in appreciation of the return of peace in the state. “Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam,” he said and urged the pilgrims to be good ambassadors of the country and adhere to Covid-19 protocols. The president commended the Borno government for its complementary support to the National Hajj Commission…

Friday, 10 June 2022 06:26

FG declares Monday public holiday for Democracy Day

Federal Government, through the Ministry of Interior, has declared Monday, June 13, as a public holiday in commemoration of Nigeria’s Democracy Day which comes up on June 12. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made this known in a statement signed by Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, M. L. Shuaib Belgore, on Thursday. He congratulated Nigerians and urged all citizens to support the present administration in its efforts at ensuring a secured, united and prosperous nation. Aregbesola admonished Nigerians to use the occasion to reflect on the long journey the country has made towards enthronement of civil democratic order, before Independence…

Friday, 10 June 2022 06:25

What to know after Day 106 of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukrainian forces claimed on Thursday to have pushed forward in intense street fighting in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, but said their only hope to turn the tide was more artillery to offset Russia's massive firepower. In the south, Ukraine's defence ministry said it had captured new ground in a counter-attack in Kherson province, targeting the biggest swathe of territory Russia has seized since its invasion in February. The battle amid the ruins of Sievierodonetsk, a small industrial city, has become one of the war's bloodiest, with Russia concentrating its invasion force there. Both sides say they have inflicted massive…

Thursday, 09 June 2022 06:47

25,000 drug factories, shops shut down nationwide over unwholesome practices - Pharmacy Council

Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) yesterday disclosed that it has so far sealed over 25,000 illegal premises used for the manufacturing of medicine across the country. While presenting his scorecard at a ceremony held in Abuja yesterday, the Registrar, Elijah Mohammed, said the pharmacy outlets were closed down due to several infractions ranging from poor hygiene to environment of operation. Mohammed said: “The illegal premises sealed up across the country within the period under review were about 25,000. Their offences range from poor documentation, poor hygienic environment and practices, non- regularisation of their papers to other inappropriate behaviours in their…

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