Singapore to execute man over cannabis charge
Singapore is set to hang a man, Tangaraju Suppiah, for trafficking cannabis, in the city-state’s latest controversial execution, the BBC reports. Tangaraju, 46, was convicted of “abetting by engaging in a conspiracy to traffic” over a delivery of 1kg (35oz) of cannabis from Malaysia to Singapore in 2013. Singapore law mandates the death penalty for drug trafficking and has lesser penalties for couriers. It follows a high-profile execution last year of an intellectually impaired man over a drugs charge. Singapore has some of the world’s toughest anti-drug laws, which it says are necessary to protect society.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
April 25, 2023 13:50 UTC
Ongoing AKK pipeline construction gulped $1.1bn – NNPCL
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has so far spent $1.1bn on the construction of the $2.8bn Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline project, the Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPC Ltd, Mele Kyari, announced on Monday. Kyari spoke during the inspection of the facility in Akoho village, around the Lokoja end of the gas pipeline project in Kogi State. We will deliver this project,” Kyari stated. “There are over 30 sites that are active today in this project and we are very optimistic that we will deliver this project,” Kyari stated. Last week, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said the $2.8bn natural gas pipeline project was 43 per cent completed.
Source:Punch
April 25, 2023 11:38 UTC
Winners emerge in tech competition
Eko Innovation Centre has announced that three teams emerged as winners of its SecureHack 1.0 competition. The Chief Juror of the Hackathon and Group Head, Emerging Businesses, Africa Bank Plc., Ayodele Olojede, said, “The underlining factor we looked at among other criteria was that of civic good. Related News Bank opens entries for tech competition“So, you are able to come up with a solution you can make money with, and at the same time, you are solving a challenge that could benefit society. We looked at how great the contestants’ ideas were and also checked if there is a team that can progress this, we looked at the quality of the delivery, how they responded to questions, and also looked at their business models.”In a statement, the , andFounder of Eko Innovation Centre and Curator of SecureHack 1.0, Victor Afolabi, emphasised the importance of cybersecurity and the need for innovation in addressing security threats. He said, “Security threat is much more than an IT topic and we are doing our bit at the Eko Innovation Centre to drive the growth of this ecosystem.”The keynote speaker, Head, IT GRC & DPO, Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited, Oluwasolape Akinde, highlighted the challenges facing cybersecurity in Africa’s emerging digital economy and the need for best practices to strengthen cybersecurity, collaborations, and partnerships.
Source:Punch
April 25, 2023 11:25 UTC
Home truth | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Opinion The faceless and the reckless 7 Apr Let me begin this piece with the obvious. These are trying times for our country. Tensions are rising and heating up the polity. Transitional general elections such as the current general elections usually throw up new challenges that a country... FacebookTwitterWhatsAppTelegramYouth Magazine Reimagining higher education in Nigeria 8 Apr Higher or tertiary education, like all sectors, is fair game for disruption. We saw a glimpse in the pandemic, where classes were held online, and courseware unbundled from college staples like libraries and cafeterias was delivered directly to devices.
Source:The Guardian
April 25, 2023 10:14 UTC
Nigeria LNG science prize discoveries | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
I’m no scientist. In fact, I’m a journalist and writer. It’s the reasoning to survive which would seem to have eluded us as a country, as a people, as black people. It’s why Nigeria has languished at the bottom of the innovative ladder that others have climbed to attain higher goals for their citizens. I do not know how that concept died or became obsolete in the consciousness of universities and why that essential nexus between Town and Gown faded into oblivion.
Source:The Guardian
April 25, 2023 09:32 UTC
12 feared killed as gunmen attack 5 Plateau communities
No fewer than twelve people were killed and seven others sustained various degrees of injuries following a simultaneous attack by gunmen on five communities in Barakin-Ladi and Riyom local areas of Plateau. The Nigerian Tribune learned that the communities, namely Kwi, Bachit, Foron, Heipang, and Wereng, were under organized attack at about 8:30 p.m. on Sunday for close to two hours as gunmen in large numbers swooped on the communities. It was gathered that the gunmen arrived in the communities on motorcycles at the same time, went on a killing spree, and destroyed properties before bolting away virtually at the same time. The National President of the Berom Youth Moulders Association, Barrister Dalyop Solomon, said prior to the attack, there were reports of a plan to attack six local government areas in the state, adding that the planned attack actually played out with the recent attack on communities in the state. When contacted, the spokesman of the Plateau State Police Command, DSP Alfred Alabo, who confirmed the attack, said men of the command and other security agencies in the state have been drafted to the affected communities.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
April 24, 2023 23:45 UTC
Indian wrestlers protest alleged sexual abuse by federation chief
According to a report by India’s NDTV, seven women wrestlers have filed a sexual harassment complaint against federation chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at the Connaught Place police station in Central Delhi. “We want the report, which has recorded women wrestlers’ statement, to be public. Sources, however, said the wrestlers could not prove the sexual harassment allegations against the WFI chief after several hearings, according to the NDTV. Also, the federation said the athletes who levelled sexual harassment charges against the WFI boss had a hidden agenda. “Women wrestlers have been sexually harassed at national camps by coaches and also the WFI president.
Source:Punch
April 24, 2023 23:33 UTC
Fidelity Bank, GTB MDs make top 10 2023 definitive list of women CEOs
Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, Managing Director/CEO, Fidelity Bank Plc and Miriam Chidiebele Olusanya, Managing Director, Guaranty Trust Bank, have made the top 10 list of women definitive CEOs. The third annual Africa.com Definitive List of Women Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) was revealed on April 19. Sponsored by Standard Bank Group, it represents one of the first analyses of the performance of publicly listed companies in Africa conducted through a gender lens. The three groups make up the final Definitive List of 93 women listed below. Others are: Mpumi Madisa, CEO, Bidvest Group, a Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed company; Bertina Engelbrecht, CEO, Clicks Group Ltd, also listed on Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
April 24, 2023 17:43 UTC
10 Factors Affecting National Development In Nigeria
Factors Affecting National Development In Nigeria – Nigeria, a country located in West Africa, has a population of over 200 million and is the largest economy in Africa. Hurry Now click here to Apply >> Immigrate to CanadaRead Also: 10 Factors Affecting National Security in NigeriaWhat is National Development? Political Development: This type of development focuses on strengthening and stabilizing the country’s political system, including the development of democratic institutions and the protection of human rights. Read Also: Factors Affecting Distribution Of Crops In NigeriaAdvantages of National Development in NigeriaThere are several advantages of national development in Nigeria, including:Increased International Trade and Investment: National development can lead to increased international trade and investment, which can help the country to become more competitive in the global economy. Hurry Now click here to Apply >> Immigrate to CanadaRead Also: 10 Factors Affecting Immunization In NigeriaFactors affecting National Development in NigeriaSeveral factors affect national development in Nigeria, some of the major ones include:Economic Factors: These include the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), unemployment rate, inflation rate, and balance of trade.
Source:The Guardian
April 24, 2023 17:20 UTC
Securing land ownership to drive development
Indeed, despite a great many development organisations focusing on achieving better land tenure, progress has been negligible, with zero countries reporting any progress at all. Nonetheless, achieving greater rural land security in Africa will take enormous effort, because 86 per cent of all the continent’s rural land plots are still unregistered. The case for increasing land tenure security is even stronger for the almost half a billion people living in Sub-Saharan Africa’s urban areas. More than a third of all urban land parcels are unregistered, and it would cost a much smaller $5.2bn to survey and register this land, including the land in slums, along with setting up dispute resolution and running the system. Improving urban tenure security, which at low costs would make hundreds of millions of people better off, is one such investment.
Source:Punch
April 24, 2023 14:18 UTC
Disregard anyone saying I hate Northerners, Peter Obi carpets Buhari’s aide, others
The Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate in the just concluded 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has appealed to the Muslim community in Anambra State to disregard anyone accusing him of disliking the Northerners. I love every Nigerian,” Obi said. According to him, Obi has remained supportive to the Muslim community from his days as the Governor of Anambra State. So we can say, authoritatively, that the stories making the rounds online, that Peter Obi does not care for Northerners, are false. “Many of our people here, not less than 150 were sponsored by Peter Obi to Mecca for pilgrimage, over the years.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
April 24, 2023 08:33 UTC
AMVCA nominations: Why The Establishment Snubbed me says Kunle Remi
Read audioNew fact has emerged into the real reason popular actor, Kunle Remi, was excluded by the African Magic Viewers Choice Award (AMVCA) despite playing a big role in Kunle Afolayan’s movie, Anikulapo. R gathered that Remi was snubbed by the board of jury following what an insider described as alleged ‘disrespect’ for a senior colleague. It was further learnt that many people were shocked that Remi was excluded while the same movie he featured in bagged 16 nominations. The actor thanked his fans for their concerns and congratulated his friends and colleagues who received the AMVCA nomination. Sharing a video of himself on his Instagram page, he wrote: “I have seen all the tags after the AMVCA nomination announcement.
Source:Punch
April 24, 2023 06:42 UTC
For Africa, why Sudan matters
Unsurprisingly, the DRC is in the regional organisations of every region of Africa except those of North and of West Africa. With a current landmass of 1,886,068 km2 Sudan is nearly double the size of Nigeria and the third largest country in Africa behind only Algeria and the DRC. Its neighbours include Chad, Central African Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, and South Sudan; and its regional reach extends to the Middle East and North Africa, Central Africa, Eastern Africa, and West Africa. But Sudan has known little peace since its independence in 1956 as a Condominium of Egypt and the United Kingdom. His surviving son, Mohammed Bello, led the remainder of Attahiru’s survivors into exile in Sudan where their descendants have lived since then.
Source:The Guardian
April 24, 2023 05:27 UTC
With 35 days to go, Buhari leaves Nigerians with failed promises
Given his campaign promises in 2014 and 2018, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd. This is two per cent of the 100 million Nigerians the President hoped to lift out of poverty. Consequently, the national grid collapsed at least 98 times under Buhari, plunging millions of Nigerians into darkness. At various fora at home and abroad, Buhari has reiterated his “achievements,” maintaining that Nigerians would appreciate his regime favourably after he leaves office. He argues that the Buhari-led regime flopped in all its campaign promises to Nigerians in 2015 and 2019.
Source:Punch
April 24, 2023 02:58 UTC
Transaction errors: 4.6million customers demand N137bn from banks
Six Deposit Banks in Nigeria received 4,595,628 million complaints from their customers within a period of one year with the total amount of refund being claimed hitting N137.62bn. This was disclosed in the banks’ audited financial reports for the year 2022 filed with the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Compared to the total amount being claimed by customers, which was N137.62bn, the six financial institutions refunded N113.33bn in the year under review. The banks covered in this analysis include Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, Wema Bank Plc, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, United Bank for Africa Plc, Zenith Bank Plc and the FCMB Group Plc. In its 2022 financial statement, Union Bank said that it received a total of 673,709 complaints with N30.27bn involved.
Source:Punch
April 24, 2023 02:18 UTC