Month: March 2018

2019: Atiku to formally declare for presidency in two weeks

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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said that he will formally declare his 2019 presidential ambition on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform in two weeks. Atiku said the event will take place in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The Waziri of Adamawa disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja at the formal launch of the Street to Street Support Initiative (SSSI) for Atiku 2019 and the inauguration of national, zonal and states officers of the organisation led by National President and Head of Administration Wabara Emeka Gerald. He…

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Rann: Goodluck Jonathan reacts to killing of UN humanitarian workers

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The immediate past president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has reacted to the killing of United Nation staff by Boko Haram insurgents. Jonathan condemned the spate of killings in the country, particularly the recent attack that led to the death of international aid workers in Rann, Borno State. Following the attack in Rann on 1st March 2018, three aid workers were killed and one was injured. Reacting in a Facebook post on Saturday, Jonathan called for international cooperation in the war against terrorism, noting that an attack on a nation is…

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Man shot himself outside White House-Secret Service

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A man shot himself in the head in front of the White House at just before noon Saturday, a Secret Service spokesperson has told CNN. “Secret Service personnel are responding to reports of a person who allegedly suffered a self-inflicted gun shot wound along the north fence line of @WhiteHouse,” the Secret Service tweeted as the incident unfolded. The man approached the fence line, removed a concealed handgun and fired several rounds, none of which appear to have been aimed at the White House, a Secret Service spokesperson said. A…

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Third Force vs 2019: Crowding or cleansing the electoral space

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As at the last count, there are no less than three distinct organisations or movements championing the much talked about third force in Nigeria politics. Recall that former President Olusegun Obasanjo had in a public statement thumbed down both the ruling and main opposition parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The momentum generated by the promoters and the attention being granted to the new political sensation show to what extent the people have become disillusioned with the nature of politics and politicians in the country.…

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Apple reportedly planning to release cheaper MacBook Air later this year

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Apple hasn’t done much with its ultra-thin MacBook Air in recent years, opting to slim down some of its other offerings instead. But the computer is reasonably popular, and according to Apple analyst KGI Securities (via 9to5Mac), the company is reportedly planning to release a cheaper model at some point in the second quarter of 2018. According to 9to5Mac, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects that Apple will release a 13-inch MacBook Air “with a lower price tag,” later this year, and that the lower price could help boost Apple’s laptop sales.…

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Biafra: IPOB identifies Igbos’ major problem, blasts Zik

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The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has identified what it described as the biggest problem of the Igbo nation. The pro-Biafra group said on Saturday that the main problem of the Igbos was that their leaders were undermining the collective interest of the people. IPOB in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, traced what he called the bad leadership in Igbo land to the era of the late Ukpabi Asika, who served as the administrator of the defunct East Central State after the Nigeria –Biafra…

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NBS: Nigeria’s economy recorded N22.1 trillion trade in 2017

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The National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday released Nigeria’s trade statistics for the 2017 fiscal period with the country recording an increase of N5.5tn in trade from N17.3tn in 2016 to N23.1tn. The bureau in the report said total imports stood at N9.5tn, adding that this was 8.5 per cent lower than the N8.8tn import value recorded in 2016. In terms of exports, the NBS report put the 2017 figure at N13.59tn, noting that this was 59.47 per cent higher than the N8.52tn recorded in 2016. The report said trade…

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Trump shoots himself in the foot over steel tariff

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United States President Donald Trump’s newly announced tariffs on steel and aluminium won’t help the U.S. economy and may cause bigger job losses in sectors using steel, an EU economist has said. “Trump is really shooting himself in the foot,” said Fredrik Erixon, the director of the European Centre for International Political Economy, a Brussels-based think tank. “Trump’s new tariffs won’t help the U.S. economy,” she said in the interview published by Xinhua. These measures, if put into place, will affect exports to the United States from Europe and many…

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Governor Ortom: Three children, two others die in IDP camps

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Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom said five Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) including three children taking refuge at designated camps in Benue State have died. He said the IDPs fled their homes as a result of the sustained fulani killing are in various IDPs camps Governor Samuel Ortom made this known on Friday when the National Commission For Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCRMI) visited the state to distribute relief items for displaced people. Ortom said that two of the five deceased were crushed by a truck while crossing the…

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Marcel de Souza: Nigeria spent $105M on ECOWAS levy in two years

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The federal government of Nigeria has expended $105 million as community levy on Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) in the last two years. The outgoing president of ECOWAS Commission, Marcel Allen de Souza, disclosed this in a farewell speech at the hand-over ceremony at the main hall of ECOWAS Secretariat, Abuja. de Souza said, “I want to thank Nigeria and President Muhammadu Buhari for its commitment to ECOWAS cause. In 2016, Nigeria contributed 54 million dollars and, 2017, it contributed 51 million dollars, making a total of 105…

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