‘We can’t run up a hill carrying bag of sand’ — Akin Adesina says Nigeria needs help with debt burden
Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), says Nigeria needs help from the international community in tackling its debt burden. Speaking at the Nigeria International Economic Partnership Forum in New York on Thursday, Adesina said financing is critical to solving Nigeria’s development challenges. “Financing is critical because the debt to GDP […]
Amanpour: How Iran’s president snubbed interview over my refusal to wear headscarf
Christiane Amanpour, anchor of Amanpour, a global affairs interview programme on CNN International, says Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi declined an interview with her because she refused to wear a headscarf. She made this known in a series of posts on her Twitter page on Thursday. Women in Iran have been protesting […]
Gombe declares outbreak as 10 die of cholera
Gombe has declared an outbreak of cholera after ten deaths were recorded across the state. According to NAN, Habu Dahiru, Gombe commissioner for health, said this on Thursday while addressing journalists. Dahiru, who was represented by Abdulrahman Shuaibu, executive secretary of the Gombe Primary Health Care Development Agency, said as of September […]
‘If Katsina can, Ondo will’ — Akeredolu vows to arm Amotekun against FG’s directive
Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, says the state will procure arms for operatives of the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun. The senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) said if the federal government can allow a security outfit in Katsina to carry arms, then Amotekun should be granted the same right. “The video […]
Lai: Atiku’s economic blueprint poor copy of Buhari’s model
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the economic blueprint of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is a poor copy of President Muhammadu Buhari’s model. Addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, Mohammed said the solutions presented by Atiku is a “poor version of what is […]
Dele Momodu: Leaving PDP will be political suicide for Wike’s allies
Dele Momodu, former presidential hopeful with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, and his allies leaving the party will be “political suicide” for them. Momodu spoke in a chat with Arise TV on Thursday. The PDP has been in turmoil since May when Atiku Abubakar was elected […]
Bode George: Jandor breached agreement by selecting Funke Akindele as running mate
Bode George, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, says Olajide Adediran, the party’s governorship candidate in Lagos, breached an agreement on running-mate selection. Speaking on News Central, George said Adediran, better known as Jandor, flouted the agreement to make Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour his running mate — instead of Funke Akindele. He said Adediran’s decision […]
Newspaper Headlines: 95.4m litres of crude oil stolen daily, says FG
The withdrawal of allies of Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, from the presidential campaign council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers. Source: Top Stories
Court order: FG still open to negotiations with ASUU, says Ngige
The federal government says the court order directing the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to stop its strike will not prevent negotiations with the lecturers on their demands. Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, said this on Wednesday when members of the Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics paid him […]
ASUU to appeal court order directing lecturers to resume
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it will appeal a court ruling which directed the union to call off its nationwide strike. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home the demand for improved funding for universities, a review of salaries for lecturers, among other issues. Several meetings between ASUU […]