The Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (retd.), on Thursday, says the Nigerian Army is one of the best in Africa and can defeat any enemy when given the right arsenals and assistance. Magashi said the troops are capable of winning the Boko Haram war in North-East Nigeria given their exploits in many foreign missions in West Africa and other parts of the continent. He said, “In Africa, Nigerian Army should be adjudged one of the best, we have conducted so many operations outside Nigeria. We went to ECOMOG (Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group), we did…
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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, congratulated President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana on his re-election for a second term in office. Buhari’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, titled “Ghana: President Buhari congratulates Akufo-Addo on re-election.” According to the statement, the President also appealed to other contestants in the elections to put national interest above personal and partisan considerations and maintain the peace, while seeking legal redress. The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana on his re-election for…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has engaged some international development partners on the Debt Cancellation Campaign Initiative under the umbrella of Conference of Speakers and Heads of African Parliaments. The international partners expressed readiness to support the CoSAP debt cancellation drive for African countries in the light of the grinding economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement issued on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the Speaker on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi, said the initiative was discussed at a roundtable organised by the Office of the Speaker. The statement was titled ‘Gbajabiamila engages development…
The World Bank on Thursday projected that the number of poor Nigerians will increase from the current 90 million to about 100 million by 2022 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the country’s economy. It stated that by 2022, about 11 million more Nigerians were expected to fall into poverty due to the COVID-19 crisis. The World Bank also put the financing portfolio approved by its board for Nigeria at about $11.5bn. The bank disclosed this during its Nigeria Development Update virtual event, which had the theme ‘Rising to the challenge: Nigeria’s COVID-19 response’. In his presentation…
Lagos State University has increased tuition of new students by 168 per cent, The PUNCH reports. It was gathered that new students of the university would pay N67,048.50 as against N25,000 previously paid. When contacted on the telephone, the spokesperson for LASU, Adekoya Ademola, confirmed the increment of tuition for new students. He, however, clarified that returning students were not affected by the increment. A circular announcing the new tuition fee showed that the new students would pay N67,048.50 per session. It was titled, “2020/2021 online admission screening exercises (100-level – both regular without comprehensive entrepreneurship training and regular with…
Lewis Hamilton, seven times Formula One world champion, will race for Mercedes in Sunday’s Abu Dhabi season-ender after he tested negative for COVID-19 in multiple tests. The Mercedes team said on Thursday that Hamilton has already arrived in Abu Dhabi after completing quarantine in Bahrain, Mercedes added. Hamilton was replaced at last weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix by fellow Briton George Russell. Russell will now return to Williams for the weekend, reports Gulf News. Fans were anxious that — despite matching Michael Schumacher’s record seven world titles with a brilliant run in Turkey last month — the British 35-year-old may not…
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, on Thursday, visited the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, seeking support for the state’s airport project. This is according to a tweet by the official Twitter handle of the Federal Ministry of Aviation. It read, “Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State has visited Aviation Minister, Sen. @hadisirika in his office to solicit support for the state’s Airport Project.” https://twitter.com/fmaviationng/status/1337023925402939394?s=20 The airport site is located at Ido Osun, Ede North/ Egbedore Local Government Area. A statement by the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission on July 21 quoting the Osun State’s Commissioner for Works and Transportation, Remi…
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has assured airline operators that the National Assembly would ensure that the aviation sector was protected and supported. Lawan said this when executives of the Airline Operators of Nigeria paid him a visit at the National Assembly on Thursday in Abuja. They were led to the Office of the Senate President by Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika. Lawan said that for private investors in the country’s aviation industry to survive, government policies must be fine-tuned to ensure their smooth operation. The Senate President who pledged the support of the National Assembly towards ensuring that airline…
THE House of Representatives on Thursday said it was still expecting President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before it to shed light on the security situation in the country. Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila told State House Correspondents that the lawmakers expected the president to fulfil his promise to appear before the House as a man of honour and integrity. He said Buhari, who has not honoured the promise, was yet to communicate with the House on why he has not appeared before the lawmakers. However, on Wednesday, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami said the parliament lacked the…
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke and 177 Battalion on Wednesday killed two bandits in a raid on their hideout at Angwan Mada in Nasarawa State, defence spokesman, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Enenche said the raid was conducted, sequel to actionable technical and human intelligence on the location of the camp in the general area. He said the operation also resulted in the recovery of 20 locally made rifles and other ammunition. The defence media chief said the troops adopted an aggressive posture and tactfully assaulted the hideout, taking the bandits by surprise. “The…