Airline operators to shut down operations from Monday, May 9, as cost of aviation fuel hits N700 per litre
Airline operators to shut down operations from Monday, May 9, as cost of aviation fuel hits N700 per litreNigeria’s airlines under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have announced their plans to shut down flight operations over what they called astronomical hike in the price of aviation fuel. “Overtime, aviation fuel price (JetA1) has risen from N190 per litre to N700 currently. No airline in the world can absorb this kind of sudden shock from such an astronomical rise over a short period. While aviation fuel worldwide is said to cost about 40 per cent of an airline’s operating cost globally, the present hike has shut up Nigeria’s operating cost to about 95 per cent. The statement, which was signed by the president of AON, Alhaji Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina and eight other operators, was sent to the minister of aviation and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
May 07, 2022 00:19 UTC
New UK visa exempts Nigerian university graduates
The visa – high potential individual visa, allows applicants to relocate to the UK without a prior job offer or sponsorship. The UK government had said that in order to qualify for the HPI visa, applicants needed to have been awarded a degree from an overseas university. The government noted that the list would be compiled annually and would comprise institutions included in the list of the top 50 universities in at least two of the following ranking systems: Times Higher Education World University rankings, Quacquarelli Symonds World University rankings, and the Academic Ranking of the World Universities. According to the UK Minister of Safe and Legal Migration, Kevin Foster, the “High Potential Individual” visa route is targeted at attracting high-skilled foreign university graduates, who will be allowed to work and stay in the UK for two or three years. “The new High Potential Individual route will make it as simple as possible for internationally mobile individuals who demonstrate high potential to come to the UK.
Source:Punch
May 06, 2022 23:52 UTC
Court dismisses no-case submission against Evan’s accomplice
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has dismissed a no-case submission by Victor Aduba, charged along with kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (alias Evans). Aduba, an ex-soldier and Evans are charged with kidnapping a businessman, Mr Sylvanus Ahamonu, and collecting a $420,000 ransom from his family. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo ruled that prosecution established a prima facie case against Aduba, adding that his no-case submission dated February 23 failed. This report x-rays the lives and experiences of residents in getting clean, potable and affordable water amidst the surge of COVID-19 cases in the state…Court dismisses no-case submission Court dismisses no-case submissionSelfies, video calls and Chinese documentaries: The things you’ll meet onboard Lagos-Ibadan trainThe Lagos-Ibadan railway was inaugurated recently for a full paid operation by the Nigerian Railway Corporation after about a year of free test-run. Our reporter joined the train to and fro Lagos from Ibadan and tells his experience in this report…Court dismisses no-case submission Court dismisses no-case submission
Source:Nigerian Tribune
May 06, 2022 18:43 UTC
Again, Lagos suspends committee on removal of abandoned vehicles | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Lagos State government has again placed an indefinite suspension on the entire ad-hoc teams of the Committee on Removal of Abandoned Vehicles (RAVC) operating in the 20 local councils and 37 Local Council Development Area (LCDAs) in Lagos State with immediate effect. A statement by the Ministry of Transport on Friday said the suspension which was contained in a directive issued to the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde by the Governor of Lagos State was as a result of several complaints of extortion and harassment of members of the public by RAVC, which is embarrassing the state government despite several reviews conducted on the operational guidelines of the team. The directive warned that any ad-hoc team found operating after this notice will be handed over to the law enforcement agencies for trial and prosecution in accordance with the law of the state as captured in the Traffic Sector Reform Law (TSRL) 2018. The directive while requesting the general public to take note of the order, also advise abandoned vehicles owners which hitherto pose as environmental nuisances, security and traffic impediment to remove them from the roads as this directive is not an excuse for negligence of the Traffic Laws of the state. It would be recalled that Removal of Abandoned Vehicles Committee, (RAVC) earlier suspension was lifted on December 30, 2021 in view of several appraisal and review of the operational guidelines of the team by the state government.
Source:The Guardian
May 06, 2022 12:12 UTC
Gunmen are criminals not agitators – Soludo
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has said that gunmen and those armed with sophisticated weapons terrorising the people are not agitators but criminals who have seen crime as a lucrative business. He said the gunmen had continued in their illicit activities because the landlords and other critical stakeholders in the state had failed to expose them. “Criminals kidnapping people for ransom, killings and destruction are not agitating but engaging in lucrative criminality. We know where these criminals are. “The task forces for the enforcement of traffic offences and stoppage of all forms of criminal activities will be established.
Source:Punch
May 06, 2022 09:42 UTC
Ambushes leave 11 dead in Burkina Faso: army
Seven soldiers and four back-up troops have been killed in two ambushes in Burkina Faso’s troubled north, the army said. The ambushes were staged by “terrorists,” according to the army, using a term to signify jihadist groups active in Burkina Faso’s north. Unrest linked to jihadist groups also plagues Burkina Faso’s West African neighbours Mali and Niger. Recruits are given two weeks’ military training and then work alongside the army, typically carrying out surveillance, information-gathering or escort duties. On April 8, 12 soldiers and four VDP members were hit in an attack in northern Burkina.
Source:The Guardian
May 06, 2022 09:19 UTC
We walk and we limp – Part 1
We run, we walk and then we limp and hobble on crutches. Our human potentials have been neglected; our natural resources put to waste.”We run, we walk, and then we limp. In its issue of April 25, 2022, the Daily Trust newspaper published an expose on the moribund Ajaokuta Steel industry. We run, we walk and then we limp. Daily Trust reported that in the current fiscal year, the Federal Government allocated N4.2 billion to the Ajaokuta Steel Company.
Source:The Guardian
May 06, 2022 08:44 UTC
Customs intercept 12 trucks of imported poisonous rice
THE Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, of Nigeria Customs Service, says it intercepted 7,259 bags of 50kg of foreign parboiled rice which is equivalent to 12 trucks in April. The service said 12 suspects had so far been arrested by the unit in connection with the seizure of different contrabands and others. He said, “A total of 12 suspects were arrested in connection with some of the seizures and for committing various customs offences. “Pursuant to the Federal Government’s policy that encourages local production of rice against the importation of foreign parboiled rice, this Unit had seized 7,259 of 50 kg bags of rice – an equivalent of over twelve trucks load. “Consequent upon this laboratory analysis on the foreign parboiled rice, as a responsible government agency, we are letting Nigerians know that apart from the negative economic impact of importing foreign rice into the country, some of these imported rice are unhealthy for human consumption.”Copyright PUNCH.
Source:Punch
May 06, 2022 08:34 UTC
Kuwait donates food items to underprivileged Kwara Muslims
THE State of Kuwait has felicitated Muslims in Nigeria over the successful completion of the 2022 Ramadan fast and extended the gesture of food distribution to the underprivileged as part of its charitable and humanitarian programme for the holy month. This was contained in a statement by the chairman of Darul-Kitab Wa Sunnah Society in Nigeria, Sheikh AbdulKadir Salman, in Ilorin, Kwara State. Sheikh Salman disclosed that the distribution of the foodstuffs took place in different locations across Kwara State. This report x-rays the lives and experiences of residents in getting clean, potable and affordable water amidst the surge of COVID-19 cases in the state…Kuwait donates food items Kuwait donates food itemsSelfies, video calls and Chinese documentaries: The things you’ll meet onboard Lagos-Ibadan trainThe Lagos-Ibadan railway was inaugurated recently for a full paid operation by the Nigerian Railway Corporation after about a year of free test-run. Our reporter joined the train to and fro Lagos from Ibadan and tells his experience in this report…Kuwait donates food items Kuwait donates food items
Source:Nigerian Tribune
May 06, 2022 04:48 UTC
How Macron’s second coming will impact French, Africa relations
For a second time, France president Emmanuel Macron will be formally inaugurated into the office tomorrow, May 7, after defeating his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen, on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Le Pen took over the party founded by her father Jean-Marie Le Pen in 2011 in a bid to make it electable. These underpinnings, Ugwu said, support strong anti-immigration and nationalist policies, which they believe would prioritise and protect the French identity. “Finding a compromise in leading an inclusive government may see the French President take more stringent positions on sensitive items like immigration,” he said. On the implication of a second term for Africa, Akinterinwa explained that before the election, France had not been doing very well in Africa.
Source:The Guardian
May 06, 2022 03:59 UTC
Customs seizes 12 trucks of poisonous imported rice
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said over 1, 000 bags of foreign parboiled rice in seized imported 12 trucks of the product from India contain a toxic malleable metallic element (lead). He said part of the negative economic impact of importing foreign rice into the country, some of the imported rice is unhealthy for human consumption. Ejibunu advised consumers to desist from patronising foreign parboiled rice. “Apart from the Federal Government’s policies geared towards the protection of its local economy against foreign competitors, the government prohibits goods like used clothes, used fridges/compressors and used tyres among others unhealthy. Ejibunu noted that 12 suspects were arrested in connection with the seizures and various customs offences.
Source:The Guardian
May 06, 2022 03:09 UTC
What ‘Pfizer Documents’ release reveals
Misleading claims suggesting that more than 1,200 people died after suffering adverse reactions to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine have once again been spread on social media, Newsweek has reported. The phrase “Pfizer documents” became a top trending topic on Twitter, thanks in part to a tweet posted by Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously had her personal Twitter account permanently suspended for “repeated violations” of the social media site’s COVID-19 misinformation policy. The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, (VAERS) which is operated by the FDA and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tracks reports of adverse issues related to the vaccine. ALSO READ FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNEResponding to the false claims circulating on social media, Irish cancer researcher Dr. David Robert Grimes tweeted: “Why is Pfizer trending? Full Fact ruled the claim as false as the data does not mean that one in 17 people who received the Pfizer vaccines “died shortly afterward” as was being claimed.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
May 06, 2022 01:09 UTC
Charity in Islam
Also, we have the compulsory zakat-l-fitr (charity of fast-breaking) that has specific rate or measure, which must be distributed to the poor before the Eid-l-Fitr prayers. Zakat is an exceptionally remarkable institution and major pillar of Islam just like the five daily prayers (salat), the Ramadan fast and holy pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina (hajj). Know they not that God doth accept repentance from His votaries and receives their gifts of charity and He the Oft- Returning Most-Merciful” (Quran 9:103-104). It is not sadaqat (voluntary alms) that is just a form of charity or alms giving or tax or tithe. Our reporter joined the train to and fro Lagos from Ibadan and tells his experience in this report…Charity in Islam Charity in Islam
Source:Nigerian Tribune
May 05, 2022 23:13 UTC
Positive sentiments persist at NGX as equities investors gain N382.5bn
Accordingly, the All-Share Index (ASI) of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) rose by 1.4 per cent to 50,835.95 basis points. Equities investors, therefore, added N382.5 billion to their investment as the market capitalisation settled at N27.41 trillion at the end of trading activities on Thursday. As measured by market breadth, market sentiment was positive as 30 tickers gained relative to 22 losers. The NGX Insurance Index, NGX Consumer Goods index and the NGX Industrial increased by 0.87 per cent, 2.36 per cent and 0.12 per cent respectively. Miss Abegunde, a 24-year-old accountant who had just gotten her first job in one of the new generation banks, said she fell into depression after her boss sexually harassed her.Positive sentiments persist at NGX as equities investors gain N382.5bnPositive sentiments persist at NGX as equities investors gain N382.5bn
Source:Nigerian Tribune
May 05, 2022 23:05 UTC
Elections 2022: live council results for England, Scotland and Wales
Many parts of England are holding no election at all. In other areas there is a “unitary” council, being elected in its entirety. There are also four new councils, although two consist of single-tier councils replacing two-tier arrangements: North Somerset and North Yorkshire. In all of these cases the new councils come into effect in 2023 with the councillors elected this year. Lastly, there are frequent changes in ward boundaries and the number of councillors per ward, to maintain equality of representation.
Source:The Guardian
May 05, 2022 22:22 UTC