ALL THE RELEVANT NEWS: MONDAY

18 Sep ALL THE RELEVANT NEWS: MONDAY

🌎President Bola Tinubu has arrived in New York for the high-level meetings of the 78th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Tinubu arrived at the JF Kennedy International Airport in New York at about 6:45 p.m. local time on Sunday. The president is leading the Nigerian delegation to attend the scheduled events of the general assembly from 18 to 26 September what is his first outing in his capacity as the president of Nigeria.

🌎Oil prices rose for a third straight session on Monday, buoyed by forecasts of a widening supply deficit in the fourth quarter after Saudi Arabia and Russia extended cuts and by optimism about a recovery in demand in China. Brent crude futures rose 71 cents, or 0.8%, to $94.64 a barrel by 0622 GMT

🌎The Federal Government has invited the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) over the union’s plan to go on indefinite strike. While the NLC is planning a nationwide shutdown owing to the removal of fuel subsidy and the hardship in the country, Labour and Employment Minister Simon Lalong has invited them for discussions.

🌎Nigeria’s revenue from sale of crude oil (excluding condensates) increased by N188.7bn in August 2023, following a marginal gain in the production of the commodity by both international and indigenous operators in the sector.

🌎President Bola Tinubu has appointed Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the Lagos state head of service, as his principal private secretary. The presidency announced the appointment on Sunday evening in a post on the X platform.

🌎The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has destroyed 30 illegal refining sites at Degema LGA in Rivers state in the last two months. The NAF said the exercise was conducted by the air component of the operation Delta safe.

🌎President Bola Tinubu, will ring the closing bell of NASDAQ in New York, United States, as part of proceedings at the Executive Business Dialogue organised by United States Chamber of Commerce, Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group) and Nigerian Investment Promotion Council (NIPC).

🌎President Bola Tinubu has appointed Kingsley Stanley Nkwocha, a former General Manager and Daily Editor of Leadership Newspaper, as Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media and Communications in the Presidency.
Nkwocha was appointed alongside several others who will work in the Office of the Vice President.

🌎The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has clarified issues surrounding the aborted flight carrying Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State and his team on a scheduled flight to Abuja, adding that it has commenced “a full-blown investigation” to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident.

🌎Russia-Ukraine War: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has warned that we must “prepare ourselves for a long war” in Ukraine. His comments come with Kyiv’s counteroffensive struggling to make major gains.
*Russia launched an attack on Ukraine’s border regions overnight, including agricultural facilities near Odesa. Russia has stepped up its attacks in the area after withdrawing from the Black Sea grain deal, which ensured safe passage for vessels.
*Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday to appeal for more support for Ukraine as it continues its counteroffensive. Later in the week, Zelensky will travel to Washington to address US senators.
*The Ukrainian president’s office has posted a picture on social media of soldiers inside the village of Klishchiivka, southwest of Bakhmut, in an indication Ukraine believes it has recaptured the village from Russian forces. The area has been a focus of Ukraine’s counteroffensive in the east throughout the summer.
*Overnight, Russia attacked the northeastern Kharkiv region, including the Kharkiv city and villages, according to the head of the region’s military administration. Twenty villages in southeastern Zaporizhzhia region were also hit by Russian shelling nearly a hundred times, the head of the regional military administration Yurii Malashko said.