February 17, 2022

How Nigeria’s GDP Grew By 3.98% In 2021 Q4 – NBS

How Nigeria’s GDP Grew By 3.98% In 2021 Q4 – NBS

February 17, 2022 3:00 pm

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday revealed that Nigeria’s GDP grew by 3.98% in Q4 2021, sustaining a positive trajectory over the period.

A report by the NBS which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York on Thursday read; ‘Nigeria Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.98%(year-on-year) in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2021, showing a sustained positive growth for the fifth quarter since the recession witnessed in 2020 when output contracted by -6.10% and -3.62% in Q2 and Q3 of 2020 under the COVID pandemic. The fourth-quarter growth indicates a steady economic recovery accounting …

Again, Bandits Invade Kaduna Community, Kidnap 22, Injure 4

Again, Bandits Invade Kaduna Community, Kidnap 22, Injure 4

February 17, 2022 6:14 am

Bandits terrorising Kaduna State in the early hours of today launched fresh attacks on Idon town in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State leaving no fewer than four persons injured and abducting 22 others.

A credible source in the area who spoke to newsmen submitted that the criminals came calling at about 12:30am yesterday, when the unsuspecting locals were fast asleep – shooting sporadically, breaking doors and windows to force people into the forest.

‘We don’t know how they came, but we just heard them shooting, breaking doors and windows. They came at about 12:30 early in the morning,’ …

IPOB Vows To Avenge Burning Of Supporters’ Houses

IPOB Vows To Avenge Burning Of Supporters’ Houses

February 17, 2022 6:06 am

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared that anyone, including States Governors in the South-East who is seen sponsoring and encouraging the Nigerian Army and the Ebubeagu security outfit to burn houses and unleash violence on innocent people will never go unpunished.

The group also described the destruction of properties and killing of innocent people suspected to be IPOB members or supporters as genocide against Biafra land.

It added that the people involved would soon pay for their ‘treachery and cruelty‘ to fellow citizens.

In a statement on Wednesday, the group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, …

Constitution Amendment Every Vote Must Count - Gbajabiamila

Constitution Amendment: Every Vote Must Count – Gbajabiamila

February 17, 2022 5:42 am

The speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has asserted that the vote of every member of the House must count as the parliament prepares to hold votes on bills that seeks to amend the 1999 Constitution.

Accordingly section 9 of the Constitution, any bill seeking to amend the constitution must secure the vote of two-thirds which is 240 of the 360 members of the House to be approved.

Before now, voting on others issues has been by voice with the members shouting ‘ayes’ or ‘nays’.

However, at the plenary, Gbajabiamila asked members to test-run the electronic voting …

US Dispatches Troop Reinforcements Near Poland-Ukraine Border

US Dispatches Troop Reinforcements Near Poland-Ukraine Border

February 17, 2022 4:13 am

Hundreds of US paratroopers landed at a Polish airport near the Ukrainian border yesterday as part of a deployment of several thousand others to bolster NATO’s eastern flank as tensions with Russia continue to build up.

On Thursday morning, a number of soldiers were sighted leaving a Boeing C-17 military transport plane and boarding buses at Rzeszow Airport, located around 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the border with Ukraine.

Another group of soldiers, around a dozen, boarded two Black Hawk helicopters which was also sighted taking off.

Two Chinook helicopters were also seen landing.

Armoured cars, military trucks, containers and …

NNPC Apologises To Nigerians Over Toxic Petrol, Scarcity

NNPC Apologises To Nigerians Over Toxic Petrol, Scarcity

February 17, 2022 3:50 am

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has tendered an apology to Nigerians over the importation of toxic Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, into the country.

The national oil company also regretted the damages which was done to the vehicles of motorists by the toxic fuel, as well as the resulting scarcity and long queues at filling stations in various parts of the country.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Group Managing Director (GMD), of NNPC, Mele Kyari, offered the apology on Wednesday during an interaction with the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the circumstances …

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