Chinedu Anyaso, a chietain of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) says the hike in the price of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), popularly called diesel, will worsen inflation in the country. Anyaso, who is the Chairman of IPMAN, Enugu Depot Community, said this in an interview in Awka on Friday. He described the development as unhealthy, saying the hike portended stiffer hardship for Nigerians. The price of the commodity went up about two weeks ago in Awka and its environs from N400 per litre to N650 per litre. Diesel is the major source of energy for articulated vehicles,…
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Zambia’s former president Rupiah Banda died on Friday at the age of 85 after a long battle with colon cancer, his son Andrew told AFP. “He is gone”, Andrew Banda told an AFP correspondent in Lusaka. The southern African country’s fourth leader since independence from Britain served for three years from 2008 — a term remembered for economic growth and corruption allegations. Banda was vice-president when his predecessor Levy Mwanawasa unexpectedly succumbed to a stroke, propelling him into the top job. But the veteran diplomat was defeated in 2011 elections, despite overseeing major economic growth during his tenure. Zambia’s economy…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, is set to meet field commanders to evaluate all ongoing operational engagements of the Nigerian Army during the first quarter COAS Conference. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the conference was with a view to effectively project into the future by providing an interactive framework between the COAS and the field commanders. According to him, the conference will provide a platform for the Nigerian army to appraise its performance for the year 2022. “Additionally, it will retrospectively…
Kwara state government is set to empower 100,000 beneficiaries, including artisans and farmers through Government Guarantee Support Scheme (GGSS). The General Manager, Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP), Muhammad Brimah, disclosed this at an interactive session with artisans and small-scale business owners in Ilorin on Friday. Brimah said the scheme is an expansion of the state social investment programme to assist owners of micro businesses, including artisans and small-scale farmers. He said this is being done in partnership with the Governor’s Office on Poverty Alleviation. Brimah said the scheme will be in phases, starting with the enumeration of all artisan…
Yemen’s Houthi militia said on Friday that they had attacked three Saudi oil refineries with nine bomb-laden drones. “The attacks targeted the Aramco refineries in the Saudi cities of Riyadh, Jazan and Abha,” Houthi military spokesman Yehya Sarea said in a statement aired by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. The Houthi spokesman said the attacks were in response to what he claimed the Saudi “prevention of fuel ships from entering Yemen’’, vowing that his group would launch more attacks against Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV reported that “the Riyadh oil refinery was attacked on Thursday morning by a bomb-laden…
Kano state governor, Abdullah Ganduje says insecurity in Nigeria can be addressed with robust combination of legislative and judicial interventions with government reforms. Ganduje made the assertions on Friday in Ibadan at the 2022 Alumni Lecture of the University of Ibadan. Ganduje, who was earlier a guest at the coronation of the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland, would on Saturday inaugurate a N250 million ultra-modern Hall in the university. In his lecture entitled: “Challenges of Insecurity and Nation Building”, he said that the nation was facing lingering security challenges. “Nigeria faces a range of security challenges including, terrorism, banditry, kidnappings, drug trafficking,…
An Independent Investigation Panel on Friday ordered the Chairman, National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa to produce suspended DCP Abba Kyari on March 22. The panel also ordered the new Commandant of the IGP-IRT, Tunde Dirsu to do the needful to ensure that Kyari is produced before the panel on the aforesaid date. The panel is investigating allegations of human rights violations by the disbanded special anti-robbery squad and other Units of the Nigeria Police John Martins, represented the Chairman of the panel, retired Justice Suleiman Galadima said that the presence of Kyari before the panel was necessary owing…
Seven children have been reported dead and several others injured following a stampede in Shimfida village of Jibia local government area of Katsina state, ChannelsTV has reported. Sources say the fear of a terrorists’ attack sent residents into a frenzy, leading to the casualties recorded. Although the police are yet to confirm the incident, a resident of the area, Abdulrazak Ahmad said that the tragedy occurred late on Thursday, after soldiers serving in a joint security task force were totally evacuated and withdrawn from the community. He said the withdrawn soldiers were initially stationed at the Government Secondary School, Shimfida,…
A Principal Assistant Registrar in the Pension and Statistics unit of the Registry of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA has canvassed for the prompt payment of benefits of retired officers in the public and private sectors. Mr. Akinbola Omiyale made the appeal when he presented the 2nd Valedictory lecture of the FUTA Chapter of the Association of Nigerian University Professional Administrators (ANUPA) on Wednesday March 9, 2022. In a lecture titled; ‘CONTRIBUTORY PENSION SCHEME; FRIEND OR FOE’, he said the design of the Pension Reform Act [2014] is laudable but the challenges faced in implementation are equally intimidating.…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s, letter that the party fell short of the law in its notification to the election umpire, to monitor its forthcoming national convention. INEC had in a letter dated March 9 and signed by its secretary, Rose Anthony, rejected an invitation to an emergency meeting of the APC National Executive Committee (NEC) ahead of its national convention. It faulted the APC’s letter of invitation on the basis that it was not signed by the national chairman and secretary of the CECPC, which it explained is contrary to…