Buhari: I’m looking forward becoming a former President
President Muhammadu Buhari is eagerly looking forward to 2023 when his constitutionally-allowed two terms come to an end. Buhari said he can’t wait to be addressed as former president. He also said leaders who take the oath of office, swearing with the Holy Book, must be careful not to abuse the trust of leadership placed on them by the people and...
To ensure fairness, INEC redeploys 186 staff nationwide
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has redeployed 186 members of staff in its offices across the nation. The commission in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye, said that the affected staff were either serving in their states of origin or had served for between 10 and 32 years in...
Russian shelling damages 17 high-rises in Ukrainian port city
Seventeen high-rises in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol have been damaged by shelling, according to the city administration. All the buildings affected were in the east of the city, closer to the front line of fighting with pro-Russian separatists, authorities said. Electricity supplies were partially disrupted, the city said late Thursday adding that the water supply is still functioning and...
Ukrainian President pleads for help as Russian troops advance on Kyiv
Missiles pounded the Ukrainian capital on Friday as Russian forces pressed their advance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleaded with the international community to do more, saying sanctions announced so far were not enough. Air raid sirens wailed over Kyiv amid unconfirmed reports that a Russian plane had been shot down and crashed into a building a day after Russian...
Enugu bans tricycles, motorcycles, trucks in 3 LGs
The Enugu State Government has banned the operations of tricycles, motorcycles and tipper-trucks in Nkanu East and West Local Governments, as well as some selected communities in Enugu South Local Government. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Prof. Uchenna Ortuanya, on Friday. The decision to ban the operations of the tricycles, motorcycles...
Moderna rakes in $4.9bn profit with COVID-19 vaccine
U.S. Biotech Company, Moderna, has continues to reap the rewards of its COVID-19 vaccine. In the final quarter of 2021, the company had achieved net profits of $4.9 billion, it announced on Thursday. In the last fiscal year, Moderna made a surplus of $12.2 billion, although the high research and development costs of the previous year had led to losses of...
3.5GHz Spectrum: MTN, Mafab pay $273.6m for licences
The provisional winners of the 3.5 Gigahertz (GHz) spectrum licence, MTN Communications Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Limited, have made their full payment of $273.6 million each for the 5G Spectrum license to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The NCC Vice Chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta, confirmed the payment on Thursday. As part of the auction process emplaced by the Commission in...
El-Rufai: In one year, bandits kill 1,192, kidnap 3,348 in Kaduna
No fewer than 1,192 citizens of Kaduna State have been killed and 3,348 kidnapped by bandits in 2021, Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said. El-Rufai also confirmed that 891 persons were injured and 13,623 animals rustled between January and December 2021 across the state. The governor revealed this at the weekly media briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team on Thursday in...
FAAC: FG, states, LGs share N574.668bn January revenue
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N574.668 billion January 2022 revenue to the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils. This was contained in a communiqué issued on Thursday at the end of a virtual meeting of FAAC for February 2022. The N574.668 billion total distributable revenue comprised distributable statutory revenue of N291.400 billion; distributable Value...
Court orders software Engineer to forfeit over N100m properties
A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, Kaduna State, has ordered the forfeiture of properties worth over N100 million, belonging to one Nurudeen Musa Abdullahi. Justice P.H Mallong gave the order after the defendant was found guilty of offences bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence proffered against him by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC disclosed...
