May 2, 2022

Buhari Returns To Twitter Months After Lifting Ban

Buhari Returns To Twitter Months After Lifting Ban

May 2, 2022 7:32 pm

The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari on Monday tweeted for the first time since the lifting of the ban on Twitter earlier in the year.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the Nigerian Government had, in June 2020, imposed a ban on Twitter, a decision which sparked protests from Nigerians.

The ban followed Twitter’s decision to delete tweets from Buhari which the micro-blogging platform found offensive.

The tweets, which referenced the Nigerian Civil War, threatened to deal with those behind insecurity in the “language they understand”.

Giving reasons for the ban, Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, …

3 Storey Building: 'I Gave Tenants Quit Notice' - Caretaker

3 Storey Building: ‘I Gave Tenants Quit Notice’ – Caretaker

May 2, 2022 4:28 pm

The landlord’s son in whose care the collapsed three–storey building was entrusted said that he gave the occupants of the building quit notice when he discovered the visible stress on it.

The caretaker, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told emergency responders and newsmen on Monday in Lagos that he was living in the building with other occupants when he noticed signs of distress.

I had to leave the building and rented an apartment in the same vicinity,” the caretaker said.

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He said that notice of evacuation was eventually …

Total Blackout Threat As Nigerian Electricity Workers Threaten Strike

Electricity Supply: Group Wants Approval Of Customers’ Regulation

May 2, 2022 9:10 am

Association for Public Policy Analysis,  a civil society group, has appealed to the Federal Government to implement the “Eligible Customer Regulation” to ensure constant electricity supply.

Mr Princewill Okorie, National President, Association for Public Policy Analysis made the appeal in Abuja on Monday.

The Eligible Customer regulation permits  Electricity  Generation Companies (GenCos) to sell electricity directly to Customers” whose consumption is more than two megawatts/hour over the course of one month.

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The customer must be connected to a metered 11 or 33 Kilo Volt delivery point on the distribution network.

According to …

Low-Cut, Becoming Common Sight Among Women

Low-Cut, Becoming Common Sight Among Women

May 2, 2022 9:10 am

For centuries, it has been a belief that a woman’s hair is her crowning glory but now women adorning different low-cut styles has become a common sight.

For various reasons, some women have embraced going on low-cut just for their convenience and damning the traditional or religious consequences.

Some women in separate interviews on Monday in Lagos, gave reasons they prefer low haircut to carrying the modern wigs, braids and weave-on.

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Temitope Lawanson, a mother of two said of late, the weather had not been friendly enough to fix weaves.…

SSACGOC Urges FG To Address Inflation

SSACGOC Urges FG To Address Inflation

May 2, 2022 8:20 am

The Senior Staff Association of Statutory Cooperation and Government Owned Companies (SSACGOC) have urged the Federal Government to address the issue of inflation in order to improve the economic indices in the country.

Mr Kayode Alakija, SSACGOC President General made the call while speaking with newsmen on the need for improved welfare packages for the Nigerian workers, on Monday in Abuja.

Alakija was only recently elected as the President General of the association alongside other officials.

Alakija said the continuous devaluation of the Naira was worrisome as it affects the cost of commodities and services that had taken its toll …

Buhari, Others Perform Eid-el-Fitr Prayer At Mambila Barracks

Buhari, Others Perform Eid-el-Fitr Prayer At Mambila Barracks

May 2, 2022 8:14 am

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday joined other Muslim faithful at the parade ground of the Mambila Barracks, Abuja, to perform the Eid-el-Fitr prayer.

The Nigerian leader, accompanied by some of his family members and personnel aides, arrived at the venue of the event at about 9.00 a.m.

Others at the praying ground included some members of the Federal Executive Council, security chiefs, heads of para-military organizations and government officials.

The two-raka’at prayer was led by the Chief Imam of the Barracks, Muhammad Dahey-Shuwa, who spoke on the significance and spiritual values of the just concluded Ramadan fast.

Dahey-Shuwa, in his …

Forte Upstream Services Receives ISO Certification For Quality

Forte Upstream Services Receives ISO Certification For Quality

May 2, 2022 5:08 am

A wholly-owned Nigerian oilfield services company, Forte Upstream Services Ltd. has received the ISO 9001:2015 certification for its quality management system.

A statement posted on the company’s website on Monday said the certificate was presented by the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to the company recently.

The statement said the award was issued as a result of the conformity of the company’s Quality Management System to the requirements of the standard ISO 9001:2015.

According to the statement, the systems of Forte Upstream were subjected to rigorous certification assessment by auditors, after which the system was adjudged to have conformed to …

IPMAN Reveals Real Reason Behind Current Fuel Scarcity

IPMAN Felicitates With Muslims On Eid-el-Fitr

May 2, 2022 5:03 am

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has enjoined Muslims to pray for a violence-free 2023 General Elections as they mark this year’s Eid-el-fitr celebration.

IPMAN’s President, Mr Chinedu Okoronkwo, made the call in a statement on Monday in Lagos.

The Federal Government had declared May 2 and 3 as public holidays to mark the  Eid-el-fitr celebration and Worker’s Day.

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Okoronkwo congratulated Muslims for the successful completion of the Holy Month of Ramadan, which marks the end of the fasting period.

He said: “On behalf of the National Executive of IPMAN

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Ebute Meta Building Collapse: Death Toll Rises To 5

May 2, 2022 5:01 am

The death toll from the collapsed three-storey building at Ebute Meta, Lagos, as of Monday morning has risen to five, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) officials say.

An old three-storey building collapsed at No. 24 Ibadan Street, Herbert Macaulay Way, Ebute Meta, on Sunday night at about 10.56 p.m.

The Zonal Coordinator Southwest, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, said that the deceased persons included three males and two females.

The number of rescued occupants remained 23.

Rescue operations are ongoing at the site of the incident in search of four of the remaining occupants of the building.

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Educationists Fault Parents For Delinquency In Schools

Educationists Fault Parents For Delinquency In Schools

May 2, 2022 5:00 am

Some educationists in the North-East have ascribed the spate of early delinquency in schools and societal decay to the inability of parents to ensure proper discipline and moral upbringing of their children.

A cross section of the educationists who spoke in separate interviews in Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa and Yobe, attributed the trend to the parental failure to mentor their children.

The experts spoke while reacting to a survey on the recent incidents involving some students of the Chrisland School and Dowen College.

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Mr Richards Michael, a parent in Bauchi, blamed …

Border Force Impedes 'Hundreds Of Migrants' At English Channel

Border Force Impedes ‘Hundreds Of Migrants’ At English Channel

May 2, 2022 3:36 am

The Border Force have announced that they have intercepted several groups of migrants in the English Channel who were desperate to migrate illegally.

In a statement which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was reluctant to reveal the numbers involved until Monday (today), however, people who count arrivals in Dover have told the correspondents that they believe it was more than 200.

The MoD said the government is addressing the issue by ‘cracking down on people smugglers’.

It is believed to be the first time there have been crossings in 11 days.

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Russia Strikes US Weapons At Airfield Near Odesa - Ministry

How We Struck U.S. Weapons At Airfield Near Odesa – Russia

May 2, 2022 3:24 am

Russia’s defence ministry on Sunday claimed that it had struck at weapons which were supplied to Ukraine by the United States and European countries and also destroyed a runway at a military airfield near the Ukrainian city of Odessa.

The ministry narrated that it used high-precision Onyx missiles to strike the airfield, after Ukraine accused Russia of knocking out a newly-constructed runway at the main airport of Odessa last week.

The regional of Governor Odessa, Maksym Marchenko also claimed that Russia had used a Bastion missile, launched from Crimea.

Reuters could not immediately verify the reports.

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