Новости за 12.09.2024

Ghana’s government on Wednesday announced a 45-per cent increase in the producer price of cocoa for the 2024/2025 crop season, in a bid to curb smuggling. The policy is also designed to improve the welfare of cocoa farmers as the new season begins, said Agriculture Minister Bryan Acheampong. The new price, effective from Wednesday, raises

The Executive Secretary, Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Abdulsalam Abdulkadir, on Wednesday announced the commencement of online registration for 2025 intending pilgrims. The board’s Press Secretary, Jumoke Jimoh, in a statement in Ilorin, the state capital, said the registration was for those wishing to register through the state. The Executive Secretary was quoted as

Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori, who spent 16 years in prison for crimes against humanity, died on Wednesday at the age of 86 in the capital Lima, his family said. “After a long battle with cancer, our father, Alberto Fujimori, has just departed to meet the Lord,” his children Keiko, Hiro, Sachie and Kenji Fujimori

•Death toll hits 30, victims sleep on streets, NEMA opens nine IDP camps, Bayelsa flooded after downpour At least 414,000 people have been displaced and another 30 killed by the devastating flood in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Tuesday, The PUNCH reports. National Emergency Management Agency said the flood began after the Alau Dam

Crude oil exports contributed N14.56bn to the country’s total exports in the second quarter of the year, making up 74.98 per cent of the total export value, according to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics. The NBS, in a report titled ‘Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics (Q2 2024)’ released on Wednesday, stated that the country’s total

The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the death of a 38-year-old man in the Karu Local Government Area of the state who committed suicide over his wife’s alleged infidelity. The deceased identified as Gabriel Iliya Magaji, of the Masaka area in the LGA, was said to have killed himself on Monday over the situation.

The Ogun State House of Assembly and its Oyo State counterpart have pledged to work together to resolve a long-standing boundary dispute between the two states. The Speaker of the Ogun Assembly, Daisi Elemide, described the boundary issue as a family affair that would be resolved amicably. Members of the Oyo State Assembly, led by

Millions of people across Southeast Asia struggled Thursday with flooded homes, power cuts and wrecked infrastructure after Typhoon Yagi swept through the region, as the death toll passed 200. In worst-hit Vietnam the fatalities rose to 197, with eight confirmed dead in northern Thailand — where one district is suffering its worst floods in 80

Petroleum marketers, refiners, and depot owners in Nigeria have called for the full deregulation of the downstream oil sector, seeking to end government price controls due to subsidies. The Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria, in collaboration with the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria, Crude Oil Refiners Association of Nigeria, African Refiners

The National Working Committee of the Labour Party, led by Julius Abure, has called on the National Security Adviser and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate Aisha Yesufu, Pastor Itua Ighodalo, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and leaders of Afenifere for alleged misappropriation of funds from the 2023 presidential campaign. The

The National Senior Secondary Education Commission, on Wednesday, revealed that a total of 50 selected senior secondary schools will undergo infrastructural upgrade nationwide as part of its mandates as an intervention agency. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Dr. Iyela Ajayi, made this known during the groundbreaking ceremony at one of the 50 selected secondary

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group has explained how state governors spent the country’s $50bn Excess Crude Account in 2010, which would have served as a buffer for subsidies and other pressing financial concerns of the nation. The Chief Executive Officer of NESG, Dr Tayo Aduloju, disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the headquarters of

A Coroner’s Court sitting in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State has threatened to subpoena key witnesses for failing to appear at the ongoing inquest into the death of singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad. Magistrate T. A. Sotobi had ordered substituted services for the witnesses after granting an application by Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, to

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has inaugurated a joint monitoring team to enhance military operations in the South-South region aimed at curbing oil theft. This move comes as the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps reported intercepting three oil-laden boats and arresting seven suspects at Woji and Iwofe, both on the outskirts

The African Marine Environment Sustainability Initiative has concluded plans to train 150 people how to harness the blue economy potential at a two-day workshop billed to take place later this month in Lagos. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the organiser of the event, who is also the president of AFMESI, Dr

The Katsina State Community Watch Corps on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, intercepted a vehicle conveying ammunition hidden under a seat in Batsari Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr. Nasir Mu’azu, disclosed this to journalists in Katsina on Wednesday.   He said, “Acting on intelligence, members

There is a book my friend frequently alludes to when we talk about Nigeria’s issues, and it is titled Planning Without Facts: Lessons in Resource Allocation from Nigeria’s Development by Wolfgang Stolper. The funny thing is that the book was published in 1966. That tells us that Nigeria’s penchant for chaos is not exactly novel.

A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Kingsley Wali, who recently announced his exit from the political scene, has called on the Rivers State Government to consider convening an education summit to get stakeholders’ input on how to address the challenges confronting schools in the state. Wali, who is also an

The Ogun State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to working closely with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council and other stakeholders to create a favorable environment for the cashew industry to flourish. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by the State Head of Service, Mr Kehinde Onasanya, during a one-day intervention programme and distribution

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos zone, has appealed to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to reinstate the five “unjustly dismissed” lecturers of the Lagos State University, Ojo. ASUU made the call during a protest on Tuesday in solidarity with their members at LASU, citing their exoneration by the Governing Council. The coordinator

Members of the Delta State House of Assembly are currently grumbling over the delay in releasing constituency project funds by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori. The Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress members of the Delta legislature are frowning at the governor for not releasing constituency project funds to them a year after the Assembly was

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has inaugurated a Body of Neutrals, the first of its kind, for the Upstream Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Inaugurating the body on Tuesday, NUPRC Chief Executive, Engr. Gbenga Komolafe, said, “It is the commencement of a transformative chapter in the realm of dispute

No fewer than 4,000 Kano civil servants benefiting from tenure elongation granted by the administration of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje are expected to retire by December 1, 2024. The state government has completed an investigation, screening, and data assessment of the affected civil servants who were enjoying the tenure elongation after 35 years of service

The Joint Security Committee  of Ikere, Emure, and Ise/Orun Councils in Ekiti State has called for the establishment of military checkpoints and police posts along two interstate roads notorious for kidnapping activities in the area. The JSC Chairman, Tunji Falana, lamented that “kidnappers have been accessing Ekiti State and our area through the two roads

One year after the mysterious death of the rapper and songwriter, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka MohBad, the head of the Aloba family legal team, Taiwo Odumosu, in this interview with DAYO OYEWO, speaks on the legal process and the relentless pursuit of justice. Excerpts: It’s been about a year since the investigation into MohBad’s death began,