Day: July 6, 2022

Buhari Swears In Seven New Ministers, Redeploys Others

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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has carried out a minor cabinet reshuffle reassigning four ministers to new positions and swearing in seven new ones. The ministers that were re-assigned were Senator Adeleke Mamora, Minister of Science and Technology (formerly Minister of State, Health), Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, Minister of Transportation (formerly Minister of State, Works and Housing); Sharon Ikeazor, Minister of State, Niger Delta (formerly Minister of State, Environment) and Senator Gbemisola Saraki, Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development (formerly Minister of State, Transportation A statement issued by Special Adviser to…

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Nigeria Court Grants Rochas Okorocha’s Appeal To Seek Medical Attention In United States

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Embattled Senator Rochas Okorocha seated in a court room A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, granted an application filed by former Imo State governor and serving Senator Rochas Okorocha, seeking an order granting him leave to travel to the U.S. for medical treatment. Justice Inyang Ekwo, while granting the order after Okorocha’s counsel, Ola Olanipekun, SAN, moved the motion to the effect, however warned the lawmaker against failure to appear in the next adjourned date. Okorocha, who represents Imo West Senatorial District, had, on Thursday, approached the…

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Nigerian Offers Admission To Displaced Students Affected By Russia-Ukraine War

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Nigeria government on Monday announced a platform to facilitate the placement of Nigerian students evacuated from Ukraine into Nigerian tertiary institutions. This is despite the over four months’ strike by university lecturers in Nigeria. The spokesperson of the ministry of foreign affairs, Francisca Omayuli, said this was to enable them to continue their studies. “In this connection, interested students should visit the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website and complete the online Nigerian Student in Ukraine (NSU) registration form with the required information on or before July 15, 2022,” it said.…

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Soldiers In Charge Of Kuje Prison Were Removed 24hrs Before Attack

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Security Sources on Wednesday revealed that soldiers deployed to Kuje vicinity and the Correctional Center’s enviroment, who had mastered the terrain and acclamitised, were moved out and redeployed 24 hours before terrorists attacked the famous Kuje Prison in Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of political power. The source wondered why it is 24 hours after troop’s who had come to understand the vicinity were withdrawn and new ones who were yet to settle in arrived that the terrorists struck. However, Vanguard newspaper was told that the period that the soldiers were supposed…

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Air Peace Extends Operational Services To Guangzhou China, Mumbai India

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The management of Air Peace has concluded plans to extend its operations to Guangzhou, China and Mumbai, India, with scheduled flight operations in July 2022. The airline has also disclosed that Israel operations kick-off is underway. Stanley Olisa the airline’s spokesperson who made the development known to the public stated that these new destinations were further testimony to the airline’s determination to connect Nigerians seamlessly to other parts of the world and deepen socio-economic ties between Nigeria and the countries. The airline will be launching its initial one weekly flight…

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Ghana & IMF Discuss Possible $3bn Loan To Support Economy

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A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is billed to visit Ghana from today to begin initial discussions about a possible $3 billion bailout loan. Statistics indicate the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio was 80.1 per cent at the end of last year, and fuel prices have shot up as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war. The visit, which will run between July 6th and 13th, comes as the West African nation faces protests against spiralling inflation and other economic woes. Protests began late June as hundreds took to the streets…

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Outgoing OPEC Secretary General, Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo Is Dead

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The late Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo in a handshake with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House earlier on Tuesday before he passed on The Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo, is dead. Sources close to the family said he died at about 11:00p.m. on Tuesday. He was aged 63. His death was announced in the early hours of Wednesday by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) GMD, Mr Mele Kyari, who described his departure as a great loss to his immediate family, NNPC Nigeria,…

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