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The Nigeria’s Governor’s Wives Forum, on Wednesday, denied allegations that members of the forum solely traveled out of the country to celebrate the birthday of the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari in the United Arabs Emirate. In a recent video circulating on the social media, Chairperson of the forum who is also the wife of the Governor of Ekiti, Mrs. Bisi Fayemi, was seen leading other women with a birthday cake in her hands. After seeing the video, many Nigerians had condemned the wives of the governors alleging that it was waste of resources to travel to Dubai just to…
Conditions on the ground in Ukraine will make it easier for Covid-19 to spread, Dr. Mike Ryan, director of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Program, said during a news briefing on Wednesday. “Anytime you disrupt society like this and put literally millions of people on the move, then infectious diseases will exploit that,” Ryan said. “People are packed together, they’re stressed, and they’re not eating, they’re not sleeping properly. They’re highly susceptible to the impacts, first of all being infected themselves. And it’s much more likely that disease will spread,” he said. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the…
Russia’s defence ministry has given its first figures for casualties sustained during its invasion of Ukraine. It says 498 Russian soldiers have been killed and 1,597 wounded so far, according to Russian media reports. The claim is significantly less than Ukraine’s assessment of Russian casualties – Kyiv claims it has killed 5,840 Russian troops. Kyiv has not given figures for the number of Ukrainian military killed and injured. The BBC cannot independently verify either the Russian or Ukrainian claims, but the UK Ministry of Defence believes that Moscow’s forces have suffered heavy losses. Earlier Ukraine’s emergency services said more than…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine took a heavy toll on civilians on Wednesday as residential neighbourhoods were bombed and key cities surrounded. The Russian military claimed it was in control of Kherson, a strategically important port city near Crimea. However, local authorities said Kherson was still under Ukrainian control, despite being surrounded. Russian forces also appeared to be surrounding key cities including Kharkiv and the port city of Mariupol. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky called his people a “symbol of invincibility”. Mariupol, in the south east, was under constant shelling on Wednesday, its deputy mayor Sergiy Orlov told the BBC. More people…
Some Domestic Airlines` Executive Officers have said that airfares hike is long overdue in Nigeria. According to airline officials, some charges to be paid by the airlines have been skyrocketed while most maintenance services are done through foreign exchange. Managing Director of Aero Contractors, Capt. Mahmoud Abdullahi, who said that airfare hike was overdue, maintained that the fuel price kept increasing while some service providers had increased their tariff by more than 250 per cent. “ The airline fare hike is long overdue, as you are aware of the increase in the fuel price and forex. “Additionally, of recent, the…
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, fixed March 17 for judgment in the remaining one count charge of money laundering levelled against former Chief of Air Staff, Mohammed Umar. Umar, who retired as an Air Marshall is charged with one count of money laundering, because six of the seven counts originally instituted against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were dismissed by the court in 2021. At the resumed hearing, counsel adopted their final addresses and adumbrated on salient issues to further strengthen their arguments. Counsel to Umar, Mr. Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN,…
The National Assembly on Wednesday woke up to the invasion of its premises by a huge crowd of angry women who said they have come to demand for greater inclusion in the governance of the country. In what is now termed “Occupy National Assembly” the women, number over 200, gathered at the entrance of the National Assembly displaying various placards and singing various songs. Many of the women were seen sitting down while many also stood. They said going forward, women would no longer be contented with 10% women participation. Already, the women are fighting against the constitutional amendment bills…
Japan is closing its embassy in Kiev until further notice amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo said on Wednesday that it would operate a liaison office in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv near the border with Poland. Japanese citizens in Ukraine could seek support there, including those trying to flee fighting in the country. The decision to close the embassy in Kiev comes after the Russian military’s announcement it plans to bomb communications and secret service facilities in the Ukrainian capital. Japan has joined other countries in placing sanctions on Russia
Queues Get Longer across cities Frustrations Over poor power supply at a time of heat Discos Explain poor power supplies Nigerians across regions are agonizing over diminishing state of utilities as fuel scarcity bites harder in the country. The fuel scarcity has happened at a time that electricity supplies have been cut down due to a number of reasons. The scenario now is that many offices now operate with no power supply to power operations at a time the options of generating sets are also difficult because officials have to queue at filling stations. The situations look grim for many…
Transcorp Hotels Plc has announced its Audited Financial Statements for the full year ended December 31, 2021. The results published on the Nigerian Group Exchange showed a 114% growth in Revenue to N21.74bn from N10.16bn as of December 2020, while Gross Profit rose by 143 % to N16.23bn from N6.67bn. The Company’s results, according to a statement made available to the NPO Reports, showed a growth in its performance signalling its strong recovery from the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic in 2020. The performance also reflects the Company’s resilience as it consistently leverages innovation to achieve an outstanding performance. “We are very pleased…