An economist and Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Derivatives Company Limited (FDC), Bismarck Rewane has said that Nigeria’s life expectancy is the fourth global lowest at 55.75%. He stated this during an interview on ChannelsTV’s end-of-year programme captioned “Year 2021: Battles, Resilience And The New Normal”, on Friday. According to the economist, Ghanaians live about six to seven years longer than their Nigerian counterparts, adding that unemployment statistics rose to 33 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2021, higher than the 27.10 per cent in the Q2 of 2021. “We have had two recessions in five years,” said…
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The Sokoto Executive Council on Friday, approved N1.631 billion for execution of various projects across the state this year. According the resolutions reached after the meeting, construction of Maruda-Tsaki-Lambo-Gantamo-Gajara road will gulp N475 million while N221 million will be spent on the purchase of materials for the maintenance of rural water scheme. Briefing newsmen shortly after the meeting, the Commissioner for Information, Isah Galadanchi said N420 million was approved for the rehabilitation of 120 broken water schemes in the rural areas. Also, the Commissioner for Rural Development, Usman Dan-Madami said the council approved the purchase of electrical materials for use…
The Nigerian Army (NA) has lost its bid to upturn a judgment compelling them to reinstate Colonel Danladi Hassan who was compulsorily retired in 2016. A judgement by a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday, dismissed the appeal by the Nigerian Army, former Chief of Army Staff, and others for lacking in merit. Recall that PRNigeria in October, reported: (https://prnigeria.com/2021/10/24/injustice-nigerian-army/) that the Nigerian Army had refused to obey an order of Industrial court to reinstate Colonel Danladi Ribah Hassan, a military Commander who led troops to recapture Bulabulin and Damboa from Boko Haram in August…
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has assured Nigerians that the electoral act amendment bill and review of the 1999 constitution will top the agenda of the National Assembly, NASS, when its members reconvene in 2022. Lawan, in his New Year message, gave the assurance to Nigerians on Friday, saying the lawmakers would find a way forward after President Muhammadu Buhari withheld his assent to the electoral act amendment bill. According to him, the lawmakers are determined to deliver an electoral act that stands the test of time in safeguarding democracy and the electoral process in the country. He hinted that…
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi has restated the commitment of the corps to the campaign to make the nation’s highways safer, especially as year 2021 comes to an end. In his New Year message issued by the spokesperson of the FRSC, Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem on Friday, Oyeyemi urged the staff to remain focused on improved service delivery in justifying the national confidence reposed in the Corps. The Corps Marshal expressed gratitude to God for the successes recorded by the Corps in the outgoing year, pledging to pursue continuous improvement in traffic…
Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to Nigeria’s late ex-Head of State, Sani Abacha has alleged that wealthy Nigerians are responsible for the ongoing terrorism in the country. Monitored on the Hausa Service of Voice of America (VOA) on Wednesday, Almustapha identified rich people with access to weapons and hard drugs as sponsors of Boko Haram insurgency and banditry in Nigeria. According to him, the few individuals benefitting from Nigeria’s mineral resources appeared to have beaten government hands down. Al-Mustapha charged the Nigerian government to act decisively against the individuals in a bid to halt the country’s slide into total…
The Police Command in Zamfara has confirmed the killing of the District Head of Gada in Bungudu local government area of the state, Umaru Bawan-Allah and four others. The command has also arrested some suspected bandits, rescued 10 kidnapped victims and recovered some arms. The Commissioner of police in the state, Ayuba Elkanah disclosed this at a press conference in Gusau on Wednesday. “Today at about 0335hrs, armed bandits in large number, invaded Gada Village in Bungudu local government area of the state where they killed the District Head of the area, Umaru Bawan-Allah along with four other villagers and…
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday evening, passed the 2022 budget estimates of N1.758 trillion presented by governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The budget was passed at a sitting presided over by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, sequel to a presentation of the budget report by Gbolahan Yishawu, Chairman, House Committee on Economic Planning and Budget. Sanwo-Olu had on November 24 presented a budget estimate of N1.388 trillion for the 2022 fiscal year. The budget is entitled ‘Budget of Consolidation’. Yishawu explained that there was a slight increase in the grand total from the initial N1.38 trillion to N1.758 trillion. The…
Nigerian government on Wednesday sympathised with the management of the Next Cash & Carry, Abuja over a fire incident and pledged its readiness to offer possible assistance towards its resuscitation. Fire gutted the Next Cash & Carry, Abuja, on Sunday and goods worth several billions of naira were destroyed. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq made this known when she visited the site of the inferno. “This is a very unfortunate incident. It is catastrophic and a loss not just to the management of this company, but to the government and the country at…
The Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus has expressed optimism that COVID-19 pandemic will end in 2022. Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing on Wednesday that it was two years ago, as people gathered for New Year’s Eve celebrations, that a new global threat emerged. Since then, 1.8 million deaths were recorded in 2020 and 3.5 million in 2021, but the actual number is much higher. There are also millions of people dealing with long-term consequences from the virus. Right now, Delta and Omicron are driving up cases to record numbers, leading to spikes in hospitalisation…