“As we all know, Nigeria is presently in a debt crisis – with a fiscal deficit well above the statutory threshold of 3%, an increasingly unsustainable debt profile, a rising cost of debt servicing worsened by the rising interest rates, and socio-economic investments sacrificed at that expense” Stakeholders including civil society organisations have revealed how private creditors plunge Nigeria into economic crisis as well as impede physical development. The one-day media presentation of research on the role of private creditors in Nigeria’s debt crisis, organised by Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) with support from Christian Aid (CA) held in…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Sex outside marriage, which under the code could be reported only by limited parties such as close relatives, could lead to up to a year in prison, while unmarried couples would be banned from living together Indonesia’s parliament is expected to pass a new criminal code this month that would criminalise sex outside marriage and outlaw insults against the president or state institutions, prompting alarm from human rights campaigners. The deputy justice minister, Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej, said in an interview with Reuters that the new criminal code was expected to be passed on 15 December. “We’re proud to have…
The documents also revealed that Russia planned to capture Ukraine’s power stations, airfields, water supplies, central bank and parliament – and that Russian special services were tasked with killing the Ukrainian leadership A British defence and security think tank has revealed details of Moscow’s pre-invasion plan for Ukraine, based on captured Russian documents apparently signed off by Vladimir Putin. Russia had planned to take over Ukraine over 10 days and annex it by August this year, the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) said. According to the British Army-linked think tank, only a small group of Russian officials…
Police told the court that she was able to introduce the saline solution undetected, because she was in charge of vaccine and syringe preparation during her shift at the vaccination centre An anti-vaxxer nurse who injected up to 8,600 elderly people with saline solution instead of a Covid-19 vaccine has walked free from court, Daily Mail has reported. Red Cross nurse Antje T, 39, jabbed thousands of elderly patients at a vaccine centre in Germany with what she told them was the BioNTech Pfizer vaccine but was just a saltwater solution. The nurse, who administered the fake vaccines at the Schortens jab centre in Friesland, northwest Germany,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed dates for Nigerians to visit their various local government areas and collect their permanent voters cards (PVCs). The Commission which released a statement at its official Twitter Handle @inecnigeria on Friday, said the decision for the dates followed a retreat with all its Administrative Secretaries and Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory held between 28th November to 2nd December 2022. According to the statement signed by National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, “All the retreat, the Commission finalised the procedure…
Aisha Buhari has withdrawn her case against a final year student of the Federal University Dutse (FUD) Aminu Adamu aged 24. Adamu, a student of studying Environmental Management was arrested by the police in Dutse for allegedly posting a defamatory tweet on his Twitter handle against Mrs Buhari. The tweet posted in the Hausa language on June 8, 2022 translated to: “Mama is feeding fat on poor people’s money.” Adamu who has been detained and allegedly tortured for two weeks in Abuja, was arraigned on Tuesday before Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, where…
The Biden administration on Tuesday approved a $1 billion arms sale to Qatar in a transaction unveiled during halftime of the key World Cup 2022 match in Doha between Iran and the United States. The State Department announced it had signed off on Qatar’s purchase of 10 defensive drone systems, 200 interceptors and related equipment just as the second half of the US-Iran game began. Qatar, along with other Gulf Arab states, faces threats from Iranian-backed proxies in the region. The department said in a statement the sale would “support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United…
The federal government has revealed that it released N625.43 billion as 13 percent oil derivation funds to the states in the Niger Delta region. ASHENEWS reports that states in the Niger Delta region include Rivers, Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo and Ondo. A statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media & Publicity on Friday said nine oil-producing states received a total of N625.43 billion 13 percent oil derivation as well as subsidy and SURE-P refunds from the Federation Account in the last two years, 2021-2022. According to data from the Federation…
The Naira on Thursday exchanged at 445.83 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, a depreciation of 0.12 per cent, compared with the 445.30 it exchanged on Wednesday. The open indicative rate closed at N444.60 to the dollar on Thursday. An exchange rate of N447 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading before it settled at N445.83. The naira sold for as low as 422 to the dollar within the day’s trading. A total of N99.50 million was traded at the official Investors and Exporters window on Thursday.
The management of the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Lagos, has suspended the ongoing “Students’ Week” due to the shooting incident which occurred on Wednesday in the college. Mr Joe Ejiofor, Deputy Registrar of YABATECH said on Thursday that the step became necessary to restore sanity as the event attracted an influx of miscreants and non-students in the school. Ejiofor, also the Head of Public Relations unit of YABATECH, expressed discontentment over the incident. He said the person who was shot was not a student of YABATECH and that shooter had been apprehended. “Truly there was a problem that resulted…