Day: July 8, 2024

Nigeria Removes Tariff On Rice Importation

Ganiyu Amodu

. Set To Import Maize, Wheat amidst food inflation   The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has announced measures to tackle the skyrocketing food prices nationwide. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, said the measures would be implemented over the next 180 days. “A 150-Day Duty-Free Import Window for food commodities which includes; suspension of duties, tariffs and taxes for the importation of certain food commodities through land and sea borders.” The commodities the government is prioritising to benefit from this include: Maize, Husked Brown Rice,…

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Samoa Agreement: They Gave Our Fathers Mirrors, Now, They Gave Us SUVs, By Sunny Igboanugo

ADEOLA YUSUF

Picture this! Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy (MoF-CoMoTE) in Nigeria. During this period, her official movement was like that of an Arabian monarch. Pomp and circumstances, pomp and pageantry, pomp and ceremonies, whichever is applicable. It was chaos – blaring sirens, breakneck speeding pilot cars, swerving and dangling along the road with dark-goggled, war-like-well-kitted policemen hanging or perching dangerously on them – a convoy of luxuriant Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs), looking as if freshly-minted from the factories in Japan, squeezed in the middle…

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UNN First-Year Student Found Dead On Campus Drainage

ADEOLA YUSUF

The management of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has confirmed the tragic death of a first-year student of the institution whose lifeless body was found in a drainage on Friday, July 5. The deceased, who was identified as Favour Okenyi, from the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, was found dead in a drainage near Akanu Ibiam Stadium, UNN. The university’s Acting Public Relations Officer, Chief Okwun Omeaku, confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Nsukka on Sunday. Omeaku said that the university community was shocked by the unfortunate…

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Samoa Agreement Had Nothing On Gay Rights, $150bn Deal – Nigerian Govt

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Federal Government has dismissed a newspaper report claiming that the Samoa partnership agreement signed June 28 has endorsed the rights of Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer(LGBTQ), people in Nigeria. It also rejected the claims that Nigeria would receive 150 billion dollars for entering into the deal. Mr Atiku Bagudu, Minister of Budget and planning, made the clarification at a press conference in Abuja on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the minister, along with his information and national orientation counterpart Mohammed Idris, had called the conference to…

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Council Of Imams Reaffirms Support To Sultan

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Council of Imams and Ulama, Kaduna State has reaffirmed its unwavering support for the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the revered symbol of Islam in Nigeria. The council’s Secretary, Dr Yusuf Arrigasiyyu, stated this at a press briefing on Sunday in Kaduna. “We stand in solidarity with His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto and criticise any attempt to degrade or undermine the esteemed office. “The Sultanate represents the collective identity and heritage of Nigerian Muslims, transcending state boundaries. “We view any assault on the Sultanate as an attack…

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List of State-Owned Higher Institutions Cleared For Student Loan

Abibat Babalola

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced that students enrolled in 36 state-owned tertiary institutions can now apply for student loan effective from Sunday,… The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced that students enrolled in 36 state-owned tertiary institutions can now apply for student loan effective from Sunday, July 7, 2024. NELFUND said the management of the institutions had successfully submitted their student data to the NELFUND Student Verification System (SVS). READ ALSO: Samsung Workers Begin Three-Day General Strike Over Pay Samsung Workers Begin Three-Day General Strike Over…

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Petrol Depots Hike Price to N720/litre, Worsen Queues In Abuja, Lagos

Abibat Babalola

Fuel scarcity is gradually surfacing in Lagos and other parts of the country as private depot owners hiked the ex-depot price of petrol from N630 to N720 per litre. This came as fuel scarcity deepened in Abuja and the adjoining states on Sunday with some filling stations dispensing PMS as high as N900/litre. Our correspondents report that a number of filling stations in Lagos, Ogun and some states have run out of stock as they refused to buy high-priced fuel from the private depots. Speaking in an interview with one…

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Samsung Workers Begin Three-Day General Strike Over Pay

Abibat Babalola

On Monday, workers at South Korean tech giant Samsung began a three-day general strike over pay and benefits, the head of a union representing tens of thousands of employees told AFP, warning the action could impact memory chip production. Samsung Electronics is the world’s largest memory chip maker and accounts for a significant chunk of the global output of high-end chips. Wearing rain jackets and ribbons saying “fight with solidarity”, thousands of workers gathered outside the company’s foundry and semiconductor factory in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, an hour south of Seoul. Samsung…

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Nigerian Varsities’ Senior, Non-Academic Staff Unions Begin Protest Tuesday

Abibat Babalola

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) have directed their members across the country to mobilise for a nationwide protest. This follows the recent breakdown of dialogue between the Ministers of Education and Labour, and the Joint Action Committee of the two bodies. In a circular directed to all branch chairmen of the two unions and made available to the media in Abuja on Sunday, the unions said the protest will commence on 9th July 2024, across the state…

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