Massive reshuffling as Immigration redeploys 26 comptrollers
The Nigeria Immigration Service has redeployed six of its Assistant Comptrollers General and 26 Comptrollers within the Service, with immediate effect. Acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Isah Idris, approved the reshuffling of the senior officers of the Service in the Posting Order with Reference Number NIS/ADM/4422/V/832/16 and dated January 21, 2022. Some of the Comptrollers deployed include the current Lagos State Command Comptroller, AB Aliyu, who has been moved to the Service Headquarters as the Principal Staff Officer to the Acting Comptroller General. At the same time, Comptroller Bagiwa Mani, formerly of Kaduna State Command, will take over as the Lagos State Command Comptroller. Meanwhile, Comptroller ES Fagbamigbe has been deployed to Idi-Iroko Border Command while Comptroller G Bello of Kano State Command moves to Katsina State to swap with Comptroller Muazu Abdulrazaq, who now moves to Kano State Command.
Source:Punch
January 22, 2022 23:59 UTC
‘Women entrepreneurs must have grit and ability to push themselves
We struggled so much to find the right person at the right time that was available. So, it’s not that this person doesn’t exist, but we can’t get connected to the right person in a way that makes sense. They might work for a friend or family member, but might not be the right person for your particular household context. This also is building up a sense of confidence, which is something that from my own personal experience and also in speaking to other women entrepreneurs, we need to work on. Reach out to ecosystems that are set up to support, not just women, but also women entrepreneurs.
Source:The Guardian
January 22, 2022 14:54 UTC
How Mr Oforbuike Secured Scholarship, Well-Paying Job, Moved to Canada in January 2022
With the scholarship, Mr Oforbuike, who comes from a modest background, will run a fully-funded Ph.D programme at the prestigious Memorial University of Newfoundland. He was one of the students who attended my live workshop session some time ago. I told him that he doesn’t need IELTS if he has the right information about immigration. Come November 24th, 2021, Oforbuike has successfully gotten both a fully funded study permit and a Canada study visa. All your questions and concerns about this reliable pathway will be answered in the live workshop so watch till the end because you’ll get my WhatsApp number.
Source:Punch
January 22, 2022 12:49 UTC
I’m contesting APC chairmanship, not presidency – Sheriff
Ahead of the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress scheduled for February 26, 2022, a former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, has said he is running for the office of the party chairman and not the presidency. Speaking on Friday during an interactive session with journalists, the former governor said, “Many insinuations are going around; Ali Sheriff is not looking to be (APC) chairman, he is looking to be presidential candidate. Please, I want to put it on record today; I am not looking to be president; I am looking for the National Chairman’s (position) to lead the party to victory. “I want to lead a campaign like what we did in 2014 to make sure that our father and leader (Buhari) hands over power to another APC man as a President. He also faulted reports that he had been dropped from the race, saying it was clear persons going around with such reports were afraid of his candidacy.
Source:Punch
January 22, 2022 11:51 UTC
Congolese militia provide haven for displaced fleeing massacres | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
After driving 30 kilometres (20 miles), stopping at four illegal tolls manned by Congolese army soldiers, inner tubes stretched between stakes mark the entrance to the FRPI domain. The FRPI signed a demobilization agreement with the Congolese state in February 2020, but seven months later the process fell apart after provocation blamed on both sides. At the southern end of Walendu Bindi chiefdom, an FRPI position dominates a deforested plain. State of siegeIn November and December, the Ugandan army shelled what it described as ADF strongholds around Tchabi. “Until the beginning of December, there were only six Congolese soldiers for the entire chiefdom of Tchabi,” said Augustin, a member of the Hutu community.
Source:The Guardian
January 22, 2022 09:59 UTC
Buhari mourns murdered five-year-old girl, Hanifa
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd. ), on Friday, expressed the nation’s condolences to the family of the kidnapped and murdered five-year-old schoolgirl, Hanifa Abubakar. The body of the schoolgirl was discovered in a shallow grave in Kano after almost two months of fruitless search. Buhari’s condolence was disclosed in a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. According to Shehu, Buhari praised the work of the Police and the secret service in unraveling the mystery behind the disappearance of Hanifa, and particularly for the arrest of her teacher and his other accomplices suspected of the child’s kidnap and murder.
Source:Punch
January 22, 2022 08:12 UTC
Blood donations and safety
A relative of mine needs Blood Transfusion and I wish to donate for him. Kindly send me some information about what Blood Groups can accept blood from each other without any problems. Ibukun (by SMS)Actually, your blood will be examined in the Laboratory to make sure it is compatible with that of your relative before you are allowed to donate. Therefore, you have nothing to worry about. All the same, for your information, kindly note that Blood Group A can accept blood from Groups A and O while Group B can accept from Group B and O, Group AB can accept from Groups A, B and O and Group O can accept from Group O which can donate blood to anyone (Universal Donor).
Source:Nigerian Tribune
January 22, 2022 07:16 UTC
Vaccination after covid infection
I want to know how soon after a Covid infection can I get a vaccine injection or booster dose. Hammed (by SMS)The current recommendation is to wait for the Covid symptoms to resolve before going for vaccination or booster dose. However, people who test positive but never show symptoms can get vaccinated as soon as they have completed their isolation period. This is because, excluding hospitalized patients, COVID-19 infections take about 2 weeks to recover from. Additionally, because most people mount a good immune response to the vaccine, which might make them feel sick, getting the vaccine when you’re actively infected can worsen symptoms and place more stress on your body.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
January 22, 2022 07:01 UTC
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Source:Punch
January 22, 2022 06:39 UTC
CBN implements e-invoice for importers, exporters Feb 1
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that all import and export operations will require the submission of an electronic invoice authenticated by the authorised dealer banks on the Nigeria single-window portal – Trade Monitoring System effective from February 1. The CBN disclosed this in a circular signed by the Director, Trade and Exchange Department, Dr. O. S. Nnaji, dated January 21, 2022, to all authorised dealers and the general public titled ‘Guidelines on the introduction of e-valuation, e-invoicing for import and export in Nigeria’ on Friday. “Effective February 1, 2022, all import and export operations will require the submission of an electronic invoice authenticated by the authorised dealer banks on the Nigeria single-window portal- Trade Monitoring System. “No importer/exporter may effect payment to the credit of any foreign supplier unless the electronic invoice has been authenticated by authorised dealer banks presented together with the relevant document for payments,” it stated. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
Source:Punch
January 22, 2022 06:35 UTC
Omicron now dominant in EU | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Omicron is now the dominant Covid-19 variant circulating in the European Union and European Economic Area (EAA), the bloc’s health agency said on Friday. “The transmission category for Omicron in the EU/EEA changed from community to dominant,” the Stockholm-based European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in its weekly update on communicable disease threats. The ECDC said Omicron, which was first discovered in South Africa, was now “dominant in the majority of EU/EEA countries”, with a “78 percent pooled prevalence”. Covid is currently soaring across Europe, with cases increasing by nine percent in the region in the past week, according to an AFP database. The World Health Organisation said last week that Omicron could infect half of all people in the region by March.
Source:The Guardian
January 22, 2022 05:04 UTC
How onslaught against oil thieves spiked Kpofire business in Niger Delta
The source noted that with patronage for illegal crude oil almost at zero level at the moment, oil thieves resorted to the establishment of artisanal refineries (Kpofire) to remain afloat. Kpofire, in local Niger Delta parlance, is the process of hitting crude at makeshift locations called bunkering sites or dumpsites by illegal oil operatives or oil thieves to extract refined petroleum products. The Nigerian Navy has been very effective in combating trade in illegal crude oil lately. That is why we now have illegal refineries scattered all over the Niger Delta region; but they appear to be more in Rivers State,” the source explained. Findings also showed that farmlands were not spared, as many of them polluted by crude oil were no longer fertile.
Source:The Guardian
January 22, 2022 04:44 UTC
Anambra, Abia worry over low application for police recruitment
THE Anambra and Abia state governments have expressed worry over the low number of applications in their various states for the ongoing police recruitment. Recall that no fewer than 81,005 applicants applied for the Nigeria Police Force ongoing recruitment. Only 261 applications were also received from Lagos State, with Anambra State having the least figure of 158 applicants. The youths are interested in police job, but they don’t want to go in as constables. Lagos explains low applicationMeanwhile, the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, explained that the low applications from Lagos was not surprising, saying that Lagosians were usually indifferent about such job applications.
Source:Punch
January 22, 2022 03:40 UTC
CSOs protest planned hike in petrol price, electricity tariff in Edo
A coalition of civil society groups, under the aegis of The People’s Alternative Movement, on Friday in Benin, Edo State capital, protested against the Federal Government’s planned hike of petroleum products. The group earlier warned that it would mobilise the masses to protest against what it termed continuous impoverishment of Nigerians by the government using fuel subsidy removal and increment of electricity tariff as tools. “To end the problem in the petroleum industry, Nigerian oil should be refined in Nigeria. The Petroleum Industry Act is anchored on the privatisation of the industry and the mess we found ourselves in this country today is on account of the greed by a few. Benedict Onwugbenu, said the President was doing what he led a protest against some years ago.
Source:Punch
January 21, 2022 23:21 UTC
Lack of respect: How our politicians speak to us, By Jibrin Ibrahim
It might not even be that they are decent, they are simply being respectful because they know the people have the franchise. In a populist declaration, he argued that subsidy could not be transferred from governments to become the responsibility of citizens. Ending fuel subsidy is therefore a core policy of the Buhari administration today and it is enshrined in law. Many of the comments I saw from Nigerians expressed doubt about whether it was indeed rice in the bags displayed. A professor of Political Science and development consultant/expert, Jibrin Ibrahim is a Senior Fellow of the Centre for Democracy and Development, and Chair of the Editorial Board of PREMIUM TIMES.
Source:The Guardian
January 21, 2022 14:54 UTC