A Lagos Federal High Court, yesterday, convicted a Vessel Captain, Mr. Omosehin Ipinle, and sentenced him to one year imprisonment for unlawful possession of 120 metric tonnes of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), popularly called diesel. The Trial Judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo, equally convicted the vessel, MV D’ Dove, used in stealing the petroleum product and […]
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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, says most Nigerian youths are unemployed because of a lack of functional skills.Ngige said this while declaring open a one-day ‘Job, Career and Employability Fair’, yesterday in Abuja. The fair was organised by the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) […]
The federal government yesterday expressed concern over the state of insecurity in the country. Speaking in Abuja, Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Dingyadi said government was worried about recent attacks in Kaduna and Zamfara States.He expressed concern that attacks by terrorists were aided by unpatriotic people and called on community leaders to support government’s […]
An Economist and Founder of the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE), Dr. Muda Yusuf, has warned the federal government that unchecked crude oil theft, sustenance of petrol subsidy at its current rate and debt servicing would wipe out the government’s expected revenue of N10.7 trillion in 2022 and plunge the country into […]
There is no end in sight to the protracted strike action embarked upon as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Nsukka zone, has accused the federal government of being intransigence and insensitive to resolve the current ASUU strike that it had foisted on the universities. ASUU has vowed to remain adamant as long as […]
Abuja-based lawyer, Dr Kayode Ajulo opines that Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State’s plan to employ foreign mercenaries may be interpreted as subversive It is now trite that Nigeria in recent times has been trailing through periods of insecurity of lives and property as well as none respect for the rule of law, natural justice […]
“We cannot have children not go to school because they cannot cross the river when it is full,” says Sakhile Masikane, of Emakhabeleni, outside Kranskop in northern KwaZulu-Natal. When it rains, people often struggle to cross the Dimane River, which connects to the Tugela. “I think the situation is getting worse each year,” says Masikane. […]
Hout Bay fishers have taken issue with the fishing rights allocation process for this year. They want 50% of quotas to go to small-scale fishers, instead of the tiny quotas they currently get. The government defended its allocations, saying fish resources are finite and therefore it cannot accommodate all those that apply. Applicants have until […]
As of April 8, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,435,999 while over 273,178,717 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 252,199 and 9,619,252 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases of 3,728,689 and 100,075 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco ( […]
The state government says there is the possibility that the cows ingested poisonous substances while grazing. Residents of Kogi State were on Thursday advised to shun cow meat for at least one week as 20 cows died mysteriously in Lokoja. The state government says there is the possibility that the cows ingested poisonous substances while […]
The zoning of the presidency under a principle of rotation between North and South is the most contentious issue in the PDP going into the 2023 general elections A 37-member committee set up by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to advise it on whether or not to “zone” its ticket for the 2023 presidential election […]
The last day for the purchase of all forms has been extended to April 14, while the last day for the submission of all forms was extended to April 17. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has further extended the closing dates for the purchase and submission of its expression of interest and nomination forms for […]
Nairobi, Kenya — Marisol Ntalami is one of 747,161 candidates who sat for the national Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in 2020. “I come from a pastoral community. My father has five wives and many children. I am the only girl in the family to have completed primary school and now secondary school. My mother […]
More than 34 years after Thomas Sankara’s assassination, a trial to establish the facts has taken place. For some, justice that has been delayed for deceades is finally being served. Some 34 years after the killing of Burkina Faso’s former leader Thomas Sankara, closure over his untimely death that ended the revolutionary’s reign in 1987 […]
Prevention of genocide and other atrocities must be brought to the community level Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu was appointed the Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide about a year ago. Since then, she has traversed several continents in her efforts to help prevent genocides. As the world commemorates 28 years […]
The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd, Mele Kyari has lamented the negative impacts of the activities of oil vandals and operators of illegal refineries, which he said has led to the country losing $1.5 billion dollars worth of crude between January till date. Kyari spoke yesterday when he appeared before […]
Accra, Ghana — How would the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu have reacted to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine? Differently than you might think. The invasion of Ukraine is a mass human tragedy. It is killing Ukrainians, exposing families to violent atrocities, and has driven a refugee crisis of over 4 million people and counting. The […]
The Chairman of the United Bank of Africa, Tony Elumelu, recently revealed that Nigeria was losing 95 per cent of oil production to thieves at Bonny Terminal, Rivers State. The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has corroborated the claim by the Chairman of the United Bank of […]