Overprotective parents raise overdependent adults | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
The best way to help children out of future misery is to allow them pass through present challenges. Great parents don’t do things for their children; they do things with their children. When parents think for their children, they destroy the future ability of their wards to think independently of them. The appalling situation whereby some parents help their children to ‘buy’ their way to the top must stop. The world is not waiting for over- pampered children; the world is waiting for responsible adults.
Source:The Guardian
March 19, 2022 03:44 UTC
Nigeria airport authority bans officials for extorting 14-year-old passenger
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has confirmed the extortion of a 14-year-old passenger by its officials at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos State. The mother of the passenger Imoteda Aladekomo had tweeted a complaint at FAAN on how “Immigration took all…money” from the 14-year-old before they let her go. “They took money …and didn’t even leave her with 1kobo or 1 thousand naira so she can buy food while she waits,” Aladekomo tweeted in February. READ ALSO: Foreign cargo airlines depart empty over extortion, multiple chargesThe FAAN spokesperson disclosed that the On Duty Cards of the officials have been withdrawn permanently. READ ALSO: Reps to harmonise airport security agencies, multiple chargesShe said FAAN “will continue to identify and sanction any airport official (including FAAN officials) found to be extorting passengers or perpetuating any act of illegality at our airports.”
Source:The Guardian
March 18, 2022 11:44 UTC
Elephants destroy farmlands, injure farmer in Ogun —Lawmaker
Roaming elephants have reportedly destroyed farmlands and also injured a farmer in the Itashin area in Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State. A lawmaker representing Ijebu-East constituency at the state House of Assembly, Sola Adams, disclosed this during the plenary in Abeokuta on Thursday. The lawmaker described the recent incident where elephants attacked villagers in his constituency as “worrisome”. The Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, condemned the invasion of elephants into farmlands to the extent of injuring a farmer. He complained that the elephants had left their habitat, attacking people and destroying the farmlands in the local government area.
Source:Punch
March 18, 2022 07:11 UTC
Buildup, bombing, resistance: mapping Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Russian forces invaded Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday 24 February, crossing border points from the north, east and south. 24 February Airstrikes hit across Ukraine Ukraine and the west's worst fears are realised as airstrikes hit targets across the country, as far west as Lviv. 24 February Russian forces invade Ukraine Russian forces invade Ukraine from multiple entry points: Belarus to the north, Russia to the east and Russian-occupied Crimea to the south. 24 February Russia advances on first day Russian forces move on several points on the first day of the invasion. Rochan Consulting assesses that, except in southern parts of Ukraine, Russian forces’ progress has stalled.
Source:The Guardian
March 18, 2022 04:14 UTC
Poor social security system and ILO intervention
Conceptually, social security is rooted in welfarism and it has come to be accepted even in capitalist societies as a means of providing some form of social safety nets for the less privileged in the society. Presently, many Nigerians have been left out of the economic welfare equation and a greater focus on social security and social protection is very much necessary. This was pivotal to the ILO Income Security Recommendation 67 of 1944 and the subsequent drafting of the ILO Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention 102 of 1952. There is also the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights which addresses the issue of social security. Hence, a major challenge in the promotion of social security is the non-justiciability of the right and the Nigerian laws on social security are inadequate in their content and scope of application.
Source:The Guardian
March 18, 2022 03:30 UTC
Africa as next music hub for new talent
In 2021 Burna Boy took home a Grammy for his album Twice as Tall and was featured on tracks by the likes of Sia, Justin Bieber, and John Legend. That’s to say nothing of the collaboration between Kenyan artistes like Sauti Sol and India Arie or between Ghana’s Kwesi Arthur and British rap giant Stormzy. For years, the phrase “Africa rising” was applied to the continent’s growing economies and vibrant business space. But it’s becoming increasingly apparent that the phrase could equally be applied to Africa’s music scene. Okumu is Spotify Head of Music in Saharan Africa.
Source:The Guardian
March 18, 2022 03:17 UTC
Operator calls for in-country hosting of cloud services | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
An operator in the data centre sub-sector of Nigeria’s information and communications technology sector, Africa Data Centres, has called for in-country hosting of cloud services across Nigeria and other parts of Africa. He highlighted the benefits of in-house cloud services to include optimal service performance, improved network, data localisation, payment in local currency, in-country support and proximity to data. “Many companies worry about losing control over their data when it moves to the cloud, but when your company’s data is stored at a local cloud data center, you always know where your data is and how it is being protected,” he said. “If your cloud provider is close by, you can even visit the cloud data center. He reminded that Africa Data Centres is a business of Cassava Technologies Limited and a trusted partner to local and global enterprises for rapid and secure data centre services and interconnections in Africa.
Source:The Guardian
March 17, 2022 14:13 UTC
BREAKING: Obiano's wife fights Ojukwu's wife at Soludo's inauguration
More facts have emerged on the reason the outgoing Governor of Anambra State, Willy Obiano, and his wife abruptly left the venue of the swearing-in ceremony of the new Governor of the state, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. The PUNCH gathered that Obiano’s wife, Ebelechukwu, fought Bianca Ojukwu, the widow of the late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu at the event. The reason for the clash was not ascertained as of the time of filing this report. But it was gathered that after Soludo was sworn in, Ebelechukwu walked to where Bianca was seated and immediately, both women engaged themselves in a fisticuff. There was a temporary commotion at the venue as guests ran helter-skelter before normalcy was restored and Obiano’s wife was moved out of the venue.
Source:Punch
March 17, 2022 14:12 UTC
How African nations address issues of gender balance | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Africa is not left out in the struggle for gender balance and equality as it keeps searching for ways to deepen empowerment. The event, held at the Consulate of Cameroun in Lagos, themed ‘Gender Equality for a Sustainable Tomorrow’ was jointly organised by the Consulates of Cameroun, Sierra Leone and the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC). “We have made great progress with fighting for gender parity and it is up to us to further empower ourselves as women. In November 2017, Manga was appointed as the first female Consul General in the history of Cameroonian diplomacy. “Therefore we in South Africa realised that we need to develop legislature that allows for 50-50 participation,” Africa said.
Source:The Guardian
March 17, 2022 13:22 UTC
FEC approved bill to repeal CCB, CCT Act
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a bill seeking the repeal of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Act. “The first item which has to do with a memo which seeks for the approval of the council for the repeal of the CCB and CCT is intended to repeal an Act,” he said. “The CCT is responsible for enforcing by way of judicial trials and proceedings, which is associated with the code of conduct of public officers. He said Nigeria sponsored an international resolution relating to asset recovery among others. “That was the presentation and submission of the Federal Ministry of Justice before FEC this afternoon,” he said.
Source:The Guardian
March 17, 2022 12:24 UTC
I’m not ashamed to be weak, says Tonto Dikeh
Popular Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has on Wednesday stated that she was not ashamed to be weak. This was as she added that it was okay for one to question God and lose trust and love for Him. In her Instagram story, she wrote, “It is okay to lose your trust and love for God! It is okay to question God! I’m not ashamed to be weak for I know I would not be here too long!”Copyright PUNCH.
Source:Punch
March 16, 2022 19:02 UTC
Nigeria and the detritus of detention | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
SIR: Nigerians have a troubled history with their criminal justice system. Whether it is loud complaints that the system accommodates yawning cracks through which master criminals escape, to suspicions about the competence of those who run the system to outright outrage when those who know nothing about heinous crimes go in while the guilty escape, the entire criminal justice system seems to be one big booby trap. Many Nigerians cite the struggles of the criminal justice system as the chief reason why the country continues to lurch from insecurity to insecurity, cutting down many people in the process. How, many ask, would bandits, Boko Haram or ISWAP for example, freely operate if their kingpins and foot soldiers are clinically and constantly arrested, prosecuted, convicted and incarcerated?
Source:The Guardian
March 16, 2022 01:08 UTC
JUST IN: Protesting TV journalist found, appears in Moscow court
Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian journalist who was feared missing after protesting midway into a prime-time news broadcast on the most-watched state-owned Channel One TV late Monday, has now been found. Russian newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, reports that Ovsyannikova is now in a Moscow court and is set to be charged with organising an unauthorised protest. The PUNCH earlier reported that Ovsyannikova was arrested and detained in an unknown location, sparking fears about her whereabouts. i News reports that the journalist appeared in Ostankinsky regional court on Tuesday, with human rights lawyer Anton Gashinsky. A photo of her was shared on the Telegram channel of one of her lawyers, Sergei Badamshin.
Source:Punch
March 16, 2022 00:58 UTC
Bandits kill DPO, six others in Niger
Bandits have killed a Divisional Police Officer, Umar Dakin, and six other persons in Nasko, Magama Local Government Area of Niger State. Jiamu Dangwere, who spoke to our correspondent on phone, stated that the bandits who rode on over a hundred motorcycles went straight to the Police station and killed the DPO. He stated that nobody was abducted from the village, adding that the bandits killed five other vigilante group members in the operation. “They didn’t carry anybody, they just went straight to the police station and killed these people and left,” he said. “Unfortunately, we lost the DPO, two other police officers and four vigilante group members to this attack,” Umar said.
Source:Punch
March 15, 2022 21:50 UTC
Court admits evidences in suit against ex-rector, Professor Bugaje | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
The Federal Capital Territory High Court has admitted in evidence, four documents tendered by the Budget Office of the Federation in an N1 billion libel suit against the former rector of Federal Polytechnic, Kaduna, Prof. Idris Bugaje and the institution. The court had earlier subpoenaed the witness and the budget office of the federation to produce vital information relevant to the prosecution of the suit. At the resumed sitting, Mrs. Alice Ayegunle, who represents the Deputy Director, Budget office of the federation, tendered letter of personnel cost increment; four memos treating the letters and a letter of complaint against Mrs. Bilkisu Sannusi. The polytechnic expenditure officer in the budget office, Mrs Sannusi, had sued the defendants over what she described as their alleged defamatory publication against her. The applicant claimed that the defendants maliciously described her as “incompetent and corrupt” in a publication dated April 15, 2019.
Source:The Guardian
March 15, 2022 11:28 UTC