Air Force to investigate crash that killed two pilots | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, Wednesday said the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) would thoroughly investigate the cause of the Super Mushshak trainer aircraft crash that occurred on Tuesday, April19, 2022 at NAF Base, Kaduna. According to Air force spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, “Air Marshal Amao had constituted an Accident Investigation Board upon receiving the sad news of the crash yesterday, to determine the immediate and remote causes of the crash. An air force Alphajet had crashed in Zamfara State last year after an intense fire from bandits. In April 2021 a Nigerian Air force fighter jet was declared missing and suspected to have crashed. Air Force spokesman, Edward Gabkwet, later said the crash occurred as the Alpha jet, a light attack aircraft, was returning to base from a mission on the Zamfara-Kaduna border.
Source:The Guardian
April 20, 2022 13:58 UTC
Nigeria gets 43,000 slots for Hajj 2022 | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Saudi authorities have allocated 43,000 pilgrims quota to Nigeria for the 2022 Hajj exercise. The much awaited quota for the 2022 ritual is far below 95,000 allocation granted in 2018 and 2019 hajj. Briefing journalists on Wednesday in Kano, Executive Secretary, Kano state Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alh. Muhammad Abba Dambatta confirmed the development. Although, the quota has not been officially released by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), reliable sources at the Commission confirmed the figure to The Guardian.
Source:The Guardian
April 20, 2022 11:20 UTC
Temple Group appoints subsidiaries’ MDs
THE Group Managing Director of Temple Group Limited, Segun Obayendo, has announced the appointment of Mrs Ifeoma George-Oji as the managing director of Temple SYC Limited and Mrs Chinwe Uwaegbute as managing director of Drivers Testing Resources Limited. The firm said the announcement signaled the end of Obayendo’s tenure as the MD of Temple SYC Limited and Drivers Testing Resources Limited, subsidiaries of Temple Group Limited. In a statement, the firm said both appointees were top management staff of Temple Group Limited prior to their new appointments. Until her recent appointment, she was the General Manager, Drivers Testing Resources Limited. “With these appointments, Segun Obayendo takes charge of the affairs of LACVIS Nigeria Limited as the Managing Director.”
Source:Punch
April 20, 2022 09:42 UTC
Sanwo-Olu renews driving licence, lauds FRSC’s professionalism
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, visited the Eti-Osa Driving Licence Centre of the Federal Road Safety Corps to renew his driving licence on Tuesday. The statement read, “The Lagos State governor visited our Eti-Osa centre to renew his driving licence. Reacting to the ease and smoothness of the entire process, Governor Sanwo-Olu was quoted, as saying it was “Very impressive, the entire staff was courteous. Many thanks”At the end of the biometrics, the governor was issued a temporary driving licence to be used pending when the permanent card would be ready. Earlier in the day, the First Lady, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu also came for her physical capture and was handed her temporary driving licence by the Unit Commander Lagos Island, Esther Uzoma, and Sector Head, DLC CRC Oluwafemi Ige.
Source:Punch
April 20, 2022 07:43 UTC
Argentina trial opens 98 years after indigenous massacre | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
It is the first court case to delve into the persecution of indigenous peoples in Argentina. Instead, victims are now getting a “truth trial,” the government said, in a process that may also lead to reparations being paid. Some 40 people will testify at the trial, according to the Napalpi Foundation, including survivors Rosa Grilo, 114, and Pedro Valquinta, 110. In evidence provided in 2018, Grilo told prosecutors: “For me it’s sad, they killed my dad. Historians say the settlement of Argentina by immigrants left its indigenous peoples on the verge of extermination.
Source:The Guardian
April 20, 2022 06:17 UTC
Clerics endorse Tinubu | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Network of Clergymen in Nigeria (NCN), South-South branch, yesterday, said Nigeria needed a politician in the mold of the former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to become the next president and urged members of All Progressives Congress (APC) to support him. The statement noted that Nigeria was divided along ethnic and religious lines and needed a detribalised Nigerian and somebody with the capacity to accept all. “We need a strong man, who has the capacity, tenacity, courage and determination to drive the economy, security and create more infrastructure in Nigeria. “We need a man that will bring togetherness and peaceful coexistence between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the one the spirit of God tells us to follow. He is a Muslim married to a wife, who is a strong and committed Christian, he has his track record as one of the most consistent progressive politician in Nigeria.”
Source:The Guardian
April 20, 2022 03:09 UTC
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[JUST IN] Sexual abuse: Chrisland head teacher, parents, others report to SCID Panti
The Lagos State Police Command has invited all parties involved in the alleged sexual abuse of a 10-year-old primary six pupil of Chrisland Schools located in the Victoria Garden City area of the state. The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, told The PUNCH on Tuesday that all parties involved in the matter have been directed to report to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, today. Giving an update on the matter, Hundeyin said, “All the parties involved have been invited to the State Criminal Investigation Department Panti today to give a written statement and further questioning will be done.”The parties involved include the school’s head teacher, G.I. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Lagos State Government on Monday closed all Chrisland Schools in the state, indefinitely, pending the outcome of investigation by security agents. The Chrisland Schools’ incident was one of the disheartening cases resulting from bullying and molestations in secondary schools of late.
Source:Punch
April 20, 2022 00:11 UTC
Eri: Mythical King and Founder of the Igbo
Nneamaku bore him five children, which were Agulu (founder of Aguleri), Menri (often shortened to Nri, founder of the kingdom of Nri), Onugu (founder of Igbariam), Ogbodulu (founder of Amanuke), and Iguedo (a daughter who bore the founders of five other regions). It is believed that the legends of Eri and Nri were influences for upcoming kings, who were called Eze Nri (King of Nri). Though Christianity is not the predominant religion amongst Igbo communities, the Igbo have converted to Christianity more than any other ethnic group in Africa. In recent years, Igbo rulers have placed more of a focus on uniting all Igbo communities across Nigeria. Top image: A statue of Eri, the mythical founding king of the Igbo people of northwestern Africa.
Source:The Guardian
April 20, 2022 00:03 UTC
IGP orders maximum security in schools, colleges, universities
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the review of police personnel and operational assets deployments to schools and colleges around the country, to ensure the protection of schools and colleges, particularly boarding schools, tertiary institutions, and its campuses in areas prone to security breaches around the country. This directive was issued at the management meeting of the Force Management Team at the IGP Conference Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja, on Tuesday, while reviewing the general security in the country including the security of schools and colleges as a result of some isolated incidences reported in some schools. ALSO READ FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNEThe IGP equally directed all State Commissioners of Police, Tactical Commanders, as well as their supervising Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs), to explore all available options and think outside the box to boost security in and around schools, colleges, and student-based communities. The IGP therefore assured that all hands will be on deck to ensure a safe environment for all pupils and students in the various schools and colleges of learning within the country. He further reiterated the commitment of his administration to diversifying resources towards sustainable security and safety of all and sundry in Nigeria.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
April 19, 2022 19:44 UTC
FG renames National Theatre
The Federal Government says the National Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, which is under renovation, will be known as Lagos Creative and Entertainment Center, upon completion. “In addition to the renovation, new hubs are being constructed, within the premises of the National Theatre, for fashion, information, technology, film, and music. “With that, the National Theatre is now known as the Lagos Creative and Entertainment Centre. “In addition, the Lagos surface rail system, to serve the National Theatre, will be commissioned ahead of the Global Conference,’’ he said. Nigeria established the National Theatre, an iconic centre for performing arts, to preserve, present, and promote arts and culture in the country.
Source:The Guardian
April 19, 2022 19:03 UTC
Russian-Ukraine war will set back global recovery, raise inflation —IMF
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the economic damage occasioned by the Russia-Ukraine war will slow down global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, contribute to a significant slowdown in global growth in 2022 and escalate inflation. According to the body, global growth would slow from an estimated 6.1 per cent in 2021 to 3.6 per cent in 2022 and 2023. These were contained in the April 2022 World Economic Outlook released by the body on Monday. It also threatens the rules-based frameworks that have facilitated greater global economic integration and helped lift millions out of poverty. Although a gradual resolution of supply-demand imbalances and a modest pickup in labour supply are expected in the baseline, easing price inflation eventually, uncertainty again surrounds the forecast.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
April 19, 2022 17:35 UTC
Lay down your arms, Russia urges Ukrainians
Russia on Tuesday called on Ukrainian forces to “immediately” lay down arms and issued a new ultimatum for the defenders of the besieged port city of Mariupol to give up their resistance. The Russian defence ministry’s warning came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced late on Monday the start of a new offensive by Moscow, focused on the east of the former Soviet state. “We once again call on the Kyiv authorities to show reason and give the corresponding orders to fighters to cease their senseless resistance. The defence ministry added that Ukrainian fighters resisting the advancing Russian forces in the Sea of Azov port of Mariupol were in a “catastrophic situation”. “The Russian armed forces once again offer the nationalist battalions and foreign mercenaries a chance to stop all military activity and to lay down their arms, starting at noon.
Source:Punch
April 19, 2022 16:00 UTC
Court grants man divorce over wife’s refusal to meet sexual demand | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
He alleged that his wife was very troublesome, being too heady and not taking care of their children. Also, she dislikes my mother, alleging that my mother used to complain that the pieces of meat she put in the pot of soup were always too big among other flimsy reasons. “Our fight is simply because of sex, he demands sex every day and I’m tired of it. The respondent told the court that truly there was no more love between them since her husband had married a second wife. According to the president, the woman’s act of denying her husband sex was what pushed him into marrying another woman to satisfy his sexual urge.
Source:The Guardian
April 19, 2022 13:36 UTC
Lagos bans military checkpoints in Apapa, outlaws nine illegal checkpoints
As part of the Lagos State Government efforts to eliminate traffic gridlock and curb illegal extortion along the Apapa/Tin-Can port axis, the State Government has identified nine illegal checkpoints were trucks will no longer be allowed to be stopped. This is even as the State Government banned all military checkpoints along the port corridor in Lagos port area. According to the statement, “At a Stakeholder meeting with Transport Unions, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Hon. “Fayinka also revealed that the agreed checkpoints have been assigned to specific agencies. He explained further that some checkpoints will be manned by the NPA alone, while some other checkpoints will be assigned to NPA and the Lagos State Government.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
April 19, 2022 13:32 UTC
How to reduce e-banking frauds in Nigeria, by don | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
A professor of Business Management at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology and immediate past Head of Department of Management and Accounting, Abiola Idowu, has suggested ways of reducing the upsurge in E-banking fraud in Nigeria. The inaugural lecturer called for urgent provision of automated analysis tools that could identify and report fraud attempts in a timely manner. She also called for deployment of deep learning by managements of banks. The regulatory institutions and banks should organise workshops, seminars and public lectures for bank customers on how to escape various e-banking frauds. The banking industry should review the existing Bank Verification Number (BVN) framework with the introduction of BVN watch list.”
Source:The Guardian
April 19, 2022 10:19 UTC