October 2020

British Airways sinks deeper into red

British Airways Sinks Deeper Into Red

October 30, 2020 10:04 am

International Airlines Group (IAG), the owner of British Airways and Spanish carrier Iberia, has recorded a cumulative loss of €5.6 billion, up till September.

Its latest quarterly loss, published Friday, was €1.76 billion euros, a fallout of the worsening Covid-19 crisis that has decimated demand for global air travel.

The loss after taxation in the three months to September contrasted with net profit of 1.0 billion euros a year earlier, IAG announced in a statement.

Read Also: Qatar Airways Gets $2bn State Aid After Huge Loss

The company resumed flights over the summer, following the national lockdown, but only operates …

Ondo - Jegede Heads To Tribunal To Challenge Akeredolu’s Victory

Ondo: Jegede Heads To Tribunal To Challenge Akeredolu’s Victory

October 30, 2020 10:00 am

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the October 10, 2020 governorship poll in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede has filed petitions at the Election Tribunal to challenge the victory of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu at the election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had declared Akeredolu winner of the governorship election held in Ondo State.

Read Also; End SARS: Akeredolu Constitutes Judicial Panel Of Inquiry

INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Idowu Abel Olayinka, Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, declared Akeredolu winner of the poll, having polled majority of the votes.

Akeredolu polled 292,830 votes to defeat Eyitayo Jegede of the PDP, …

Bullet shells recovered at Lekki Shooting scene

Bullet Shells Recovered At Lekki Shooting Scene

October 30, 2020 9:57 am

Five more bullet shells have been recovered at the Lekki Toll Gate, where #EndSARS protesters were reportedly shot at on Tuesday night of 20th October, 2020.

The bullet shells were found at the scene during an inspection by the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses & Lekki Toll Gate Incident this morning.

One of the bullet shells.

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Arise, AIT, Channels Escalated Violence – Buhari Group Claims

Arise, AIT, Channels Escalated Violence – Buhari Group Claims

October 30, 2020 9:03 am

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has lauded the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for sanctioning three broadcast media stations for their coverage of End SARS protests.

A statement on Friday by the Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju and the Secretary, Cassidy Madueke, claimed the organisations breached extant regulatory guidelines.

BMO aligned with NBC’s position that Arise TV, AIT and Channels TV contributed to the escalation of the crisis.

The body noted that the sanction sends a strong and unambiguous message to the broadcast industry in Nigeria.

Read Also: Sowore’s Ultimate Aim Is To Destabiliise The Country – BMO

‘There can be no justification

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President Buhari Calls Oba Of Lagos On 77th Birthday

President Buhari Calls Oba Of Lagos On 77th Birthday

October 30, 2020 9:02 am

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday called the Oba of Lagos, Rilwanu Akiolu, to convey best wishes to him on the occasion of his 77th birthday.

Malam Garba Shehu, Buhari’s spokesman, said this in a statement on Thursday.

He disclosed that the president again commiserated with the traditional ruler on the recent violence that led to the loss of lives and property in Lagos.

”The President recalled his long association and friendship with the Oba and appreciated the personal role that the latter has played in nurturing the peace and development of Lagos state and nation as a whole,” Shehu said.…

We Trained SARS Operatives, Supplied Equipment – UK

We Trained SARS Operatives, Supplied Equipment – UK

October 30, 2020 9:01 am

The United Kingdom Government provided training and equipment to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police.

On Thursday, Minister for Africa, James Duddridge admitted British officials trained the operatives between 2016 and 2020.

Now disbanded, SARS acted with impunity, killing and torturing citizens.

Their excesses birthed the End SARS nationwide protests and calls for an end to police brutality.

The UK had initially denied any ties with the police unit.

Read Also: Presidency Gives Ministers Ultimatum On #EndSARS Protests

In a memo to Labour MP, Kate Osamor on Thursday, Duddridge said SARS officers participated in training ‘designed to

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Open all cattle routes – Kaduna peace committee tasks farmers

Open All Cattle Routes – Kaduna Peace Committee Tasks Farmers

October 30, 2020 9:00 am

The Southern Kaduna Joint Peace Committee inaugurated by the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Rev. Monday Pam, has called on all tribes in the area to cooperate with one another towards finding a lasting peace.

The Co-chairmen of the committee, Professor Ben Gugwong and Dr. Ahmad, while on courtesy visits to Chiefs and Emirs said there is the need to respect one another for peaceful coexistence between farmers and herdsmen.

The Committee enjoined farmers in the region to open all Cattle Routes.

The Committee while at Agwam Bajju Palace in Zonkwa, the headquarters of Zango Kataf Local Government …

Police Arrest Cop Who Shot Lover’s Mouth In Lagos

Police Arrest Cop Who Shot Lover’s Mouth In Lagos

October 29, 2020 10:00 pm

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Sergeant Eze Aiwansone, who allegedly shot his girlfriend, Joy Eze, in the mouth at Salvation bus stop in the Ikeja area of the state.

Read Also: Protests As US Police Officers Shoot Black Man 10 Times

PUNCH Metro had reported that footage of the incident, which trended online, showed the victim in pain as some good Samaritans rushed her to hospital for treatment.

The lady’s cheek was torn due to the impact of the bullet which pierced her mouth.

Eze was said to have fled after perpetrating the crime.

The state Police Public …

Free Meter Distribution Begins In Kano, Kaduna, Lagos Today

Free Meter Distribution Begins In Kano, Kaduna, Lagos Today

October 29, 2020 9:41 pm

The free distribution of electricity meters to Nigerians will commence today (Friday) with the simultaneous inauguration of the scheme in Kano, Kaduna, Eko and Ikeja electricity distribution companies’ franchise areas.

Read Also: Niger, Benin, Togo Pay Nigeria N2.04bn Electricity Bill

A source in the Presidency, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, disclosed this to journalists on Thursday.

According to him, the free distribution of meters is in fulfilment of the promise of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to ensure mass metering in the country and in the process …

Most Nigerian Youths Are High On Drugs, Says Lagos Lawmaker

Most Nigerian Youths Are High On Drugs, Says Lagos Lawmaker

October 29, 2020 9:11 pm

The lawmaker representing Amuwo Odofin constituency 1 of Lagos State, Mojisola Alli-Macaulay, says most Nigerian youths are high on drugs all the time.

Read Also: #EndSARS: Lagos Lawmaker To Donate ₦10m To Victims

Alli-Macaulay said this during a plenary at the Lagos State House of Assembly on the looting and pandemonium in the wake of the #EndSARS protest that was hijacked by hoodlums.

The lawmaker said, ‘The National Orientation Agency needs to get to work. We need to begin to orientate our young people. They need people who can talk to them from time to time. They are high on …

Presidency Gives Ministers Ultimatum On #EndSARS Protests

Presidency Gives Ministers Ultimatum On #EndSARS Protests

October 29, 2020 8:50 pm

The Presidency has accused Amnesty International  (AI) of skewing report on the Lekki shootings, insisting it could not have more facts about the country than President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘helicopter view’ of things happening in the country.

Read Also: SARS: How Wike Sold Out Because Of Vice Presidency

This is even as the President has handed ministers one week ultimatum to submit reports of their relocation to their home states for the purpose of dousing the tension created by the #ENDSARS protests and the lawlessness that followed.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, stated this when …

59 bodies found in Mexico hidden graves

59 Bodies Found In Mexico Hidden Graves

October 29, 2020 5:57 pm
The bodies of at least 59 people were found in hidden graves in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, government authorities said Wednesday.
Guanajuato is one of Mexico’s most violent states, with its wealth and extensive energy infrastructure drawing in the attention of criminal gangs.
“The vast majority of the bodies, in which there is still some tissue or other sign, would appear to be young people, very young, possibly even teenagers,” said Karla Quintana, the head of Mexico’s National Search Commission (CNB).

Pending expert confirmation, between 10 and 15 women are among the victims, Quintana added.

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