August 17, 2022

[GIST] Conservationists warn about imminent lions’ extinction

[GIST] Conservationists warn about imminent lions’ extinction

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Conservationists have warned that there won’t be any lions left in Nigeria by 2050 if relevant stakeholders do not take action soon. According to two leading animal conservation organisations, WildAid and Wildlife Conservative Society, there are less than 50 surviving lions in Nigerian wildlife. According to them, the high level of poverty, lack of political


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[GIST] Stakeholders sceptical of AON’s capacity to import Jet-A1

[GIST] Stakeholders sceptical of AON’s capacity to import Jet-A1

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Local airlines, under the aegis of the Airline Operators of Nigeria, got the nod of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company LTD to import aviation fuel, also known as Jet-A1, five months ago. This development came on the heels of the speedy intervention of the National Assembly in that period to salvage the fuel crisis that


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[GIST] Gunmen invade Imo market, kill motorcyclist

[GIST] Gunmen invade Imo market, kill motorcyclist

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There was panic at Ogbaku market on Owerri- Onitsha Road in Owerri, Imo state, on Thursday as gunmen invaded the daily market and shot a motorcyclist dead. This happened while the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba, was at the Government House, Owerri to inaugurate the 12 Armoured Personnel Carriers procured by the state government


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[GIST] INEC redeploys RECs, others

[GIST] INEC redeploys RECs, others

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The Independent National Electoral Commission has redeployed two Resident Electoral Commissioners and eight directorate level staff members across the country. In a statement on Tuesday, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said Dr. Cyril Omorogbe has been redeployed from Cross River State to Akwa Ibom State; while Dr. Alalibo


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[GIST] Nigeria may be dividing much earlier than predicted

[GIST] Nigeria may be dividing much earlier than predicted

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The recent political events in Nigeria have further widened the debate on the inevitability of the sovereign nation’s breakup amongst its major ethnic groups. And until drastic steps are taken to curtail the situation, Nigeria may be looking the way of Sudan. While the country is enjoying unprecedented silence from the notorious separatist groups, the


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[GIST] Brighton sign Ecuador’s Estupinan from Villarreal

[GIST] Brighton sign Ecuador’s Estupinan from Villarreal

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Brighton signed Ecuador defender Pervis Estupinan from Spanish side Villarreal on Tuesday in a deal worth a reported £17 million ($20 million). Estupinan agreed a five-year contract with the Premier League club, who needed a replacement for Marc Cucurella following the left-back’s recent move to Chelsea. “We’re excited by what Pervis brings us and he


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[GIST] NSCDC female squad to secure schools nationwide

[GIST] NSCDC female squad to secure schools nationwide

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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has declared a state of emergency in schools across the country. This is as it trains a specialised female squad on sustainable measures and strategies to be employed in protecting schools nationwide, in its bid to proactively protect Nigeria’s educational institutions, and curtail security threats. DCG Crisis and


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August 16, 2022

[GIST] Lagos sends officials to probe community flooding

[GIST] Lagos sends officials to probe community flooding

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The Lagos State Government has promised to look into the gully erosion and flooding at Garfa Street, in the Igando/Ikotun Local Council Development Area of the state. This was after a story by Weekend PUNCH, which revealed the plights of residents of the street. When PUNCH Metro reached out to the Special Adviser to the


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[GIST] FG, ASUU meet today, strike enters 183 days

[GIST] FG, ASUU meet today, strike enters 183 days

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The national president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the union will have a meeting with the Federal Government to address its ongoing strike action, today. The PUNCH had reported that since the end of the renegotiation meeting led by Prof. Nimi Briggs, the government had not made effort


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[GIST] Foreign varsities profit from Nigerian universities’ poor funding, crisis

[GIST] Foreign varsities profit from Nigerian universities’ poor funding, crisis

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DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE writes on the poor funding of education in the country and its implications, including industrial actions in universities and the capital fight The Academic Staff Union of Universities announced its decision to embark on an industrial strike on Monday, February 14, 2022. While explaining the reason for the strike, the union’s president, Professor


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[GIST] Ebonyi records monkeypox case, Osun begins sensitisation

[GIST] Ebonyi records monkeypox case, Osun begins sensitisation

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First case of Monkeypox has been recorded in Ebonyi State, The PUNCH reports. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Daniel Umezurike, disclosed this during a briefing in Abakaliki, on Monday. He said the virus was recorded at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, on August 10, 2022. The commissioner said, “A 32-year-old male


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[GIST] ASUU, FG faceoff: Who will break this deadlock

[GIST] ASUU, FG faceoff: Who will break this deadlock

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The industrial action declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities on February 14, 2022, which began as a feeble spark has gradually turned to a flickering flame. Sadly, with the Federal Government’s cavalier attitude towards containing the flame, the simmering blaze has now become a huge conflagration, burning different interests and destroying not a


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August 15, 2022

[GIST] Find MAPOLY student’s killers, Abiodun orders police, others

[GIST] Find MAPOLY student’s killers, Abiodun orders police, others

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The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has ordered the police and other security agencies in the state to fish out the killers of a student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Happiness Odeh. Odeh, who was the school’s beauty pageant winner, was reportedly abducted along Iperu Remo Road on her way to a movie location in


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[GIST] Inibehe conviction and matters arising

[GIST] Inibehe conviction and matters arising

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The recent conviction of Barr. Inibehe Effiong, a foremost human rights activist, by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State over an alleged rude and contemptuous behaviour at this delicate period is disturbing and saddening. Inibehe’s incarceration is highly devastating at a period where consolidated synergy is required from the Bench (judges), the Bar (lawyers),


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[GIST] Waste disposal: LAWMA goes tough on defaulters

[GIST] Waste disposal: LAWMA goes tough on defaulters

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The Managing Director, Lagos State Waste Management Authority, Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, has said Lagos State generates 13,000 tonnes of waste daily. He also expressed regrets that several people disposed their waste irresponsibly by not patronising the appropriate operators but cart pushers that had been outlawed, and vowed to go tough on defaulters. As a result


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[GIST] Lagos govt demolishes two buildings, warns residents

[GIST] Lagos govt demolishes two buildings, warns residents

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The Lagos State Building Control Agency has warned Lagos residents seeking accommodation to be wary of distressed buildings, especially those already marked by the agency for demolition. The General Manager of LASBCA, Gbolahan Oki, said the warning became necessary to avoid situations where residents who paid rents for such apartments would come seeking compensation from


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[GIST] FG plans engineering codes to curb building collapses

[GIST] FG plans engineering codes to curb building collapses

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The Federal Government is partnering stakeholders in the construction industry to establish the Nigerian Engineering Codes and Standards to curb infrastructure failures, particularly cases of building collapse. It disclosed this through its Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria at the just concluded 30th Engineering Assembly which held in Abuja. In his address at


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[GIST] Resolving the ASUU Strike

[GIST] Resolving the ASUU Strike

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The strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities is in its sixth month. Unfortunately, the resolution of the issues in contention seems for now impossible considering the hard stance of the contending parties. This discourse reviews the strike and its impact on the right to education, national development and the desire for economic growth


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[GIST] Economic challenges cause smartphone decline to Nigeria, others

[GIST] Economic challenges cause smartphone decline to Nigeria, others

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Smartphone shipments to the Middle East and Africa region fell by 7.8 per cent year-on-year to 38 million units in the second quarter of 2022. This is according to a report by Counterpoint’s Market Monitor Service. The report revealed that worsening macro headwinds on the economic and geopolitical fronts undermined consumer demand as well as


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August 14, 2022

[GIST] Amotekun not equipped enough to confront criminals – Ondo commander

[GIST] Amotekun not equipped enough to confront criminals – Ondo commander

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Akogun Adetunji Adeleye is the Commander of the Ondo State Security Network also known as Amotekun Corps, and the Special Adviser to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on Security Matters. He talks to PETER DADA about the rising security threats in the state and the South-West With the spate of insecurity across the country, how has Amotekun


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