The Nigerian army says the attack on the convoy of Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, was carried out by members of Boko Haram. Zulum’s convoy was attacked on Monday in Baga while on his way to some internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Kukawa local government area of the state. The attack was initially believed to have been carried out by Boko Haram insurgents but Zulum alleged sabotage on the part of the army, saying he was attacked by soldiers. Reacting to the allegation when he featured on Channels Television, John Enenche, coordinator of defence media operations, said the attack was…
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The federal government has commenced negotiations with prospective distributors of COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria ahead of their availability. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo Osinbajo kick-started the negotiations yesterday on behalf of Nigeria at a virtual meeting with representatives of the BNT162 COVID-19 vaccine candidate on the progress of vaccine development across the world, including Africa. At the meeting, the vice-president told his co-discussants that Nigeria must be given priority when COVID-19 vaccine is ready for distribution. According to him, the federal government will explore every possible option in the development and distribution of a vaccine against COVID-19 pandemic because health and safety…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) sold petrol worth N2.366 trillion to Nigerians between May 2019 and May 2020, the national oil company said in its Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR) released yesterday. The corporation also recorded an encouraging 43 per cent drop in cases of willful damage of its oil pipeline infrastructure by suspected oil thieves in May 2020, as compared to the previous month when 65 points on its pipelines were breached. However, the organisation noted that the total sale of fuel between May 2019 and May 2020 stood at 19,865.80 million litres with petrol accounting for…
THE United States on Wednesday alerted Nigeria that the Al-Qaeda insurgent group has started penetrating the north-western part of the country. Commander of the US special operations command, Africa, Dagvin Anderson, during a digital media briefing held on Tuesday, said Al-Qaeda is also expanding to other parts of West Africa. Anderson, in the transcript of the digital press briefing, noted that the United States would continue to partner with Nigeria in sharing intelligence. He said: “We have engaged with Nigeria and continue to engage with them in intel sharing and in understanding what these violent extremists are doing. “And that…
MEMBERS of the Independent Petroleum Marketers’ Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) have been directed to sell a litre of petrol at N150. The directive followed Federal Government’s approval of N138.62 as the ex-depot price for a litre. But, The Nation learnt that despite the ceiling, Private Depot Owners (PDO) sell the product to dealers for N139 per litre. The new price modulation was announced on Tuesday by Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). IPMAN’s Vice President Abubakar Maigandi told our Abuja correspondent yesterday that the Federal Government was yet to come up with a new pump price for this month. He…
GOVERNORS are awaiting President Muhammadu Buhari’s response to their complaints on last week’s attack on Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum. They are also concerned about the general insecurity in the country. These issues formed the major points of discussion at Wednesday’s meeting of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), it was leant. Although the communiqué of the meeting is expected today, The Nation gathered that some of the governors who spoke during the online meeting expressed anger that such an attack against a sitting governor could take place. Zulum was unhurt, but two of his security aides were injured in the…
The Federal University of Technology, Akure, (FUTA) has suspended a student, Mr Afolabi Emmanuel, for allegedly hacking the website of Premium Times, an online news publication. The suspension was made known in Akure on Wednesday in a statement made available by Mr Adegbenro Adebayo, the university’s Deputy Director of Corporate Communications. Adebayo said that the alleged act of Emmanuel, a final year student of the Department of Food Science and Technology, constituted a misconduct and misuse of the university’s IT infrastructure. In the letter of suspension dated Aug. 5, the university noted that it received a complaint from Premium Times about a Denial…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, met with the governor of his home state, Katsina, Aminu Masari. The agenda of the meeting held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, has yet to be made public as of the time of filing this report. The meeting may, however, discuss security challenges, especially banditry, in the state and the entire North West. The state has been under the siege of bandits lately. The governor had recently lamented the insufficiency of police officers and security operatives to challenge the attacks by bandits. Masari, speaking at a luncheon organised by the Nigerian…
Ondo State Police Command has explained why it didn’t harass RevolutionNow protesters in Ore, Ondo State. Some members of RevolutionNow had staged a peaceful protest in Ore while policemen were at a distance watching them. They carried banner, placards and chant revolutionary songs before retreating to their homes. Demands of the protesters included an end to insecurity in the country, stoppage of hike in fuel price, better society, and improved welfare for citizens by the APC administration. Ondo Police Command, ASP Tee-Leo Ikoro, said the police didn’t chase the protesters away because they were peaceful. ASP Ikoro stated that the…
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it will pay the fees and stipends of scholars stranded abroad by the end of this week. Students of Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta states who are sponsored with scholarships to study in foreign universities have held protests in the past days over the failure of the NDDC to pay their fees spanning months and years. President Muhammadu Buhari this week ordered the commission to pay the students by the end of the week. NDDC spokesperson, Charles Odili, said in a statement on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 the president’s intervention came on the back…