2023 Presidency: With or without fuel hike, I’ll win — Tinubu
“You may change the ink of naira notes. He also said there is a plot by some saboteurs to stop the 2023 general elections from holding. You may change the ink of naira notes. ALSO READ: Fuel scarcity: Fish out oil marketers, economic saboteurs – Reps tell security agencies“They said petrol will rise to N200/litre and N500/litre, let your mind be at rest. “They thought they could cause trouble; they sabotaged fuel but with or without fuel, with or without motorcycles and tricycles, we will vote and win.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
January 26, 2023 12:43 UTC
Worsening fuel crisis
Across the country, most filling stations have been shut, and long queues at stations where fuel is available at all are impeding traffic flow even as desperate fuel seekers get into fisticuffs. Largely because December fuel crisis has not often extended to the last days of January, the situation across the country right now is one of agony, if not chaos. It is quite disappointing and regrettable that the fuel crisis that the country has been experiencing months before the end of 2022 is still biting today, well into the new year. Nigerians are in pains, having to bear the agonies of a fuel crisis alongside pervasive insecurity and a fast deteriorating economy. There is no visible sign that it has been doing this at any level and it would be important for it to resume its governing responsibilities by ending the persisiting fuel crisis.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
January 26, 2023 10:30 UTC
Voting for Atiku will be mistake, says whistleblower
A whistleblower, Michael Achimugu, has said he exposed the corruption allegation against the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to prevent Nigerians from making a great mistake by voting for him. Atiku had admitted in a recorded phone call that he was involved in taking advantage of federal contracting expenditures. Atiku could be heard saying, “You see, what happened was when we came into the office, I advised the president against open corruption. Second, it is to warn Nigerians and educate them before the elections to prevent them from making the greatest mistake ever. “If Nigerians think that they have seen corruption before, let them wait until they make the mistake of voting the Atiku family into office.
Source:Punch
January 26, 2023 10:05 UTC
Eight schoolchildren die in Ghana boat accident
Eight schoolchildren in Ghana’s Bono East Region were killed after the boat taking them to school capsized on the Volta Lake, officials confirmed. National Disaster Management Organization told newsmen that the eight, five boys and three girls aged five to 12, were among 20 pupils who were on their way to school in Wayokope, a community across the lake. The coordinator of NADMO, Ibrahim Wudonyim, said the Marine Police Unit of Ghana Police Service, assisted by some locals, has recovered the bodies of the deceased. Investigations are underway to find out the cause of the accident.
Source:Punch
January 26, 2023 08:31 UTC
ILO, maritime body adopt guidelines to improve seafarers’ welfare
New measures to improve conditions for seafarers, including those who have been abandoned, have been adopted at a meeting involving governments, maritime workers and employers’ organisations. The guidelines aim to improve coordination among countries, including flag states, port states, states in which seafarers are national or resident, and states in which recruitment and placement services operate, to resolve abandonment cases more quickly, including getting seafarers paid and repatriated home to their families. Under the MLC, 2006, flag States – countries where ships are registered and/or whose flag the ships are flying – must ensure a financial security system is in place for ships under those flags. The new guidelines encourage flag states to verify, at least yearly, the validity of financial security. The stakeholders include the relevant national seafarers’ welfare boards, shipping agencies, seafarers’ and shipowners’ organisations, seafarer welfare organisations, seafarer recruitment and placement services and others.
Source:The Guardian
January 26, 2023 03:51 UTC
Moldovan Vladislav Gradinari makes snooker history at age of 14
Moldovan teenager Vladislav Gradinari went from a country with just “three or four” snooker tables to becoming the youngest player to win a televised match. The 14-year-old beat three-time women’s world champion Ng On-yee in the first round of the one-frame BetVictor Snooker Shootout in Leicester. The momentous victory sees Gradinari, who lives in Leeds, advance into the next round at the Morningside Arena as he explained snooker is not the most accessible sport in his homeland. “It is not really popular, we have three or four tables in the whole country,” the reigning England under-14 champion told World Snooker Tour. Iran’s Hossein Vafaei beat Williams last year but will not retain his title after losing to former world champion Shaun Murphy.
Source:The Guardian
January 25, 2023 22:26 UTC
Old naira notes: Emefiele says January 31 deadline stays, NASS wants July 31 new date
“We believe 100 days are adequate for people to turn in their old naira notes. This time, the Senate specifically asked the CBN to extend the deadline for withdrawal of old naira notes from circulation to July 31, 2023. It said the six months ex- tension would especially allow those in rural areas more time to change their old notes. The Senate also urged the CBN to compel commercial banks to open naira exchange windows for those without bank accounts to exchange their old naira notes. In fact, we will penalise you if you give out old notes.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
January 25, 2023 17:38 UTC
Attempted Assassination: You talk too much, Apostle Suleman replies Regha
Founder and president of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman has described social media commentator, Daniel Regha, following refusal to make public names of those behind his assassination attempt. Suleman, in a video clip posted on his verified Twitter handle, said seven people, including three police officers, were killed in the attack. You talk too https://t.co/EuzOKQAA0R shades.. pic.twitter.com/qJn7tcn7F0 — Apst Johnson Suleman (@APOSTLESULEMAN) January 22, 2023Meanwhile, Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar has finally spoken out about her relationship with the founder of the Omega Fire Ministry, Apostle Johnson Suleman. According to her, she had received a phone call from Apostle Suleman asking her to be his friend. After four months of communication, he (Apostle Suleman) allegedly sent her 500,000 to indicate that he was serious about their relationship.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
January 24, 2023 18:37 UTC
More Nigerians in South Africa express outrage over invasion of embassy | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
More Nigerians in South Africa on Tuesday continued to express outrage over the reported invasion of the Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg and the disconnection of electricity supply to the premises. “We condemn the unwarranted action by City Power and their police cohort on the property of the consulate of Nigeria. “There cannot be any plausible excuse to warrant the invasion of the Nigerian Consulate. According to the body, the consulate is committed to quality representation of Nigeria in South Africa and would not do anything to jeopardise any indigenous or foreign organisation and business in South Africa and will so request that in return. It urged the South African authorities to respect the Nigerian Consulate and notify it on matters the public, organisations and individuals would want the Nigerian Consulate to act upon.
Source:The Guardian
January 24, 2023 11:57 UTC
Narcotic forfeiture: PDP seeks court order to declare Tinubu ineligible for election
By Leon Usigbe and Taofeek Lawal, AbujaThe Atiku/Okowa Campaign Organisation has approached the court to seek an order to declare Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ineligible to contest next month’s presidential because of his conviction and forfeiture of money relating to narcotics in the United States. “For the avoidance of doubt the United States Court in sentencing Asiwaju Tinubu ordered ‘that the funds in the amount of $460,000 in account 263226700 held by First Heritage Bank in the name of Bola Tinubu represent proceeds of narcotics trafficking or were involved in financial transactions in violation of 18 U.S.C. S1956 and 1957 and therefore these funds are forfeited to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. “As you are all aware, Nigeria is a signatory to such international conventions and therefore is mandatorily obligated to implement the consequential effect of the conviction imposed on Asiwaju Tinubu by a Court of Competent jurisdiction in the criminal case of trafficking in narcotic. “Compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately delist Asiwaju Tinubu as Presidential candidate of the APC or any other political Party for that matter and expunge his name from all materials and documents related to the 2023 Presidential election.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
January 24, 2023 08:30 UTC
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Source:Punch
January 24, 2023 08:07 UTC
Lekki deep seaport receives first commercial vessel
Few hours to the official inauguration of the Lekki deep seaport, the port on Sunday received the first commercial container vessel. “Ahead of President’s commissioning of @LekkiPort for commercial operations tomorrow (Monday), one of the largest container vessels, the CMA-CGM, has berthed at the port. Once more, @NigerianPorts has proven that it is prepared to offer marine services for seamless port operations,” the tweet read. The President, Major General Muhammad Buhari, (retd) will on Monday inaugurate the $1.5bn Lekki deep seaport for commercial operations. The Lekki deep seaport is one of the largest seaport in the country and one of the biggest in West Africa that will revolutionise the way goods are transported and traded in Nigeria.
Source:Punch
January 23, 2023 18:14 UTC
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Places $50,000 bounty On Simon Ekpa, Declares Him As Enemy Of Ndigbo
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has placed a $50,000 reward for anyone who can give vita information that would lead to the arrest of Simon Ekpa. In a statement made by the Secretary General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, on Monday, the 23rd of January, 2023, the Ndigbo alleged that Simon Ekpa is working for an unnamed presidential candidate as he is one of their strategies. Ohanaeze also claimed that Ekpa is shielding himself with his Finnish citizenship to wreck havoc in the South East and evade arrest. The statement read in part. The group further declared Simon Ekpa as the “number one adversary and enemy of Ndigbo who Ndigbo had caught sight of in the last 200 years”.
Source:The Guardian
January 23, 2023 17:05 UTC
India plans to cut gold import duty to arrest smuggling
(REUTERS)A cut in the import duty by the world’s second-biggest consumer could lift retail sales by making gold cheaper ahead of peak demand season and support global prices . The effective duty is now 18.45%, which includes the 12.5% import duty, 2.5% agriculture infrastructure development cess and other taxes. An official at the Ministry of Commerce said it was in favour of cutting the import duty on gold and had asked the finance ministry to do so. “Smuggling is going up,” said the commerce ministry official, adding that the duty could be cut in an upcoming budget. Indian gold prices jumped to a record 56,850 rupees per 10 grams last week.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
January 23, 2023 16:41 UTC
My husband flogged me with stick, belt, woman tells court
My husband flogged me with stick, belt, woman tells courtA divorce-seeking woman, Sadinatu Adamu, has told a Mararaba Upper Area Court, Nasarawa State that her husband, Yakubu Abdulmajid said she was a burden to him. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Sadinatu in her divorce petition accused Yakubu of battery and maltreatment. “He refers to me as a burden,”she told the court. The petitioner pleaded with the court to dissolve their marriage and order the respondent to allow her remove her remaining belongings from his house. The respondent, who was present in court, did not object to the allegations leveled against him.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
January 21, 2023 16:37 UTC