Nigerian youths appear to be bracing up for a showdown with the Federal Government as they have vowed to return to the streets for what they described as the second wave of the #EndSARS protest, warning that no amount of intimidation from the government or security agencies would stop their demonstration. Sunday Tribune, on Saturday, learnt that the planned protest is coming against the backdrop of the perceived clampdown by government on prominent members of the #EndSARS campaign as their bank accounts were frozen by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday while some were said to have been…
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The National Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Friday, stepped aside from his substantive position pending when the upper chamber of the National Assembly considers his reappointment by President Muhammadu Buhari. To that extent, the Senate, THISDAY gathered, is already considering an emergency session to confirm Yakubu’s reappointment or at the very least, refer him to the Senate Committee on INEC as part of measures to quicken his confirmation. But, from all indications, not all the pending by-elections in some parts of the country would hold this year since Yakubu could no longer act in…
Joe Biden has won the race to become the next US president, defeating Donald Trump following a cliff-hanger vote count after Tuesday’s election. The BBC projects that Mr Biden has won the key battleground of Pennsylvania, propelling him over the 270 electoral college vote threshold required to clinch the White House. The Trump campaign has indicated their candidate does not plan to concede. The result makes Mr Trump the first one-term president since the 1990s. The BBC’s projection of Mr Biden’s victory is based on the unofficial results from states that have already finished counting their votes, and the expected…
The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has shut down a tertiary institution in the state following the discovery of a COVID-19 case in the institution. The Task Force also directed the management of schools, workplaces and religious centres to ensure strict compliance with established protocols aimed at curtailing the Coronavirus disease. The Task Force, in a statement on Saturday, declared its readiness to shut down any institution, religious centre or workplace that violates the rules on the use of closed space settings, whether at schools, religious or social settings, adding that the general public is equally advised to remain vigilant.…
The Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd), has promised to sustain funding of the Military Industrial Complex, Kaduna, towards enabling it to perform its statutory mandate through research and development. The Special Assistant to the Minister on Media and Publicity, Mr Mohammad Abdulkadri, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Magashi gave the assurance when the Executive Secretary Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) Prof. Sulaiman Bogoro led members of the Defence and Security Sub-Committee for the proposed establishment of the National Research and Development Foundation (NRDF) on a courtesy call on him on Friday. The Minister said…
The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has announced plans to empower over 500,000 youths in Shomolu area of Lagos State with its Nigerian Youth Investment Fund (NYIF). The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, said the NYIF, approved in July 2020, would invest in innovative skills, enterprise, and talents of the Nigerian youths. The Minister stated this on the sidelines at an interactive session with cluster formation of youths in Shomolu Federal Constituency in Lagos yesterday. In his words: “The N75 billion fund is expected to last for three years. It is a fund meant to invest…
A driver and a motorboy were on Saturday burnt to death in an overnight tanker explosion on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. The inferno also destroyed 35 vehicles reportedly parked for sale along the traffic corridor. Our correspondent gathered that the diesel-laden tanker fell on its side and spilt its content which later sparked off the fire. The Spokesperson for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident. Akinbiyi said one person sustained injury and has been taken to the Olabisi Onabanjo Teaching Hospital, along with the remains of the…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said yesterday that it supplied 727 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of natural gas for power generation to the country in the month of August, 2020. According to the national oil company, this was an equivalent of 2,538MW of power which represented an increase of 2.80 per cent from the previous month. The NNPC in a release by Dr. Kennie Obateru, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, stated that the recently released August 2020 NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR) indicated that natural gas production in August 2020 increased by…
Some coordinators of the #EndSARS movement in Osun State have given the state government a seven-working day ultimatum to increase the salaries and allowances of its workers. The movement, on Friday, in a statement co-signed by its Spokesperson, Olawale Bakare and Mobilisation Secretary, Olushayo Ogunleye, rejected the recent increase in salaries announced by the government and demanded a review. The group said only five per cent increase was effected on the basic salaries of workers. The statement read in part, “This height of hypocrisy owing to the recent fraudulent five per cent increase in the basic salary of workers from level 7…
Merseyside meets Manchester today as Everton welcome Manchester United to Goodison Park with both sides seeking a return to winning ways after back-to-back defeats. The Toffees have seen their bright start to the campaign tail off in recent weeks, while Man United are languishing in 15th place following their joint-worst start to a campaign since 1986-87. There were two elements of Manchester United’s 2020-21 season so far which offered hope to counteract the gloomy reality of their league position and form at Old Trafford – their Champions League results and their remarkable record on the road. However, both of those…