ALL THE RELEVANT NEWS: TUESDAY

19 Sep ALL THE RELEVANT NEWS: TUESDAY

🌎Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu is set to address world leaders at the ongoing 78th session of the high-level General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York today.
*Yesterday he met with Cyril Ramaphosa, South African president, as part of his bilateral engagements ahead of the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in the United States of America.

🌎Oil prices rose on Tuesday for a fourth consecutive session as weak U.S. shale output spurred further concerns about a supply deficit stemming from extended production cuts by Saudi Arabia and Russia. Global oil benchmark Brent crude futures were up 41 cents, or 0.43%, to $94.84 a barrel by 0751 GMT.
*The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has sent packing some of its management staff with less than 15 months to statutory retirement to quit today. This followed the recent promotion of three of its personnel to the position of vice Presidents
*Forty-eight oil companies including the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) are currently owing the Nigerian Government $8.265 billion in unremitted revenues. This was contained in an audit revealed report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).

🌎The coast is clear for Nigerian airlines to fly to the United Kingdom and Europe following the Third Country Operator (TCO) certificate obtained by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for the affected airlines.

🌎The meeting between the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Federal Government to avert an imminent strike action ended in a deadlock with another meeting scheduled for a later date.

🌎The Executive Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said Nigeria’s Fifth Generation network subscription hit half a million. He said broadband penetration also rose to 47.01 per cent as of July 2023.
*The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has kicked off activities for the third edition of its Talent Hunt Research through Hackathon as part of giving expression to its Strategic Vision Plan 2023-2025, which is to encourage the development of new technologies and indigenous content through cutting-edge research.

🌎The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has opened up a part of the old Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) terminal to compliment the new international terminal in order to ease facilitation of passengers through the airport.

🌎The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) said on Monday that it had recorded more than 70 percent recovery rate of the N4 trillion bad debts from debtors amid worries of interest rate elements

🌎Security Stories: Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have abducted a Catholic priest, Reverend Father Marcellinus Okide, and six other motorists in separate locations across Enugu State.
*Security operatives have killed three suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militant wing, the Eastern Security Network in Enugu State, South-east Nigeria.
*Gunmen have reportedly abducted several passengers on the Otukpo – Enugu expressway, along Olanyega/Ogbodo road in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State.
*Many people, mostly farmers, were reportedly killed and many others displaced during attacks by bandits on seven villages at the border between Kebbi and Sokoto State. The villages included Zawaini, Jangargari and Jaja in Kebbi State as well as Karani and three others in Sokoto State.

🌎Russian-Ukraine War: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in New York and will address the UN General Assembly this week to appeal for more support for Kyiv. He is also expected to meet with US President Joe Biden in Washington on Thursday.
*Defense minister Rustem Umerov dismissed seven key Ukrainian officials in the wake of a number of corruption scandals involving the ministry.
*The situation in eastern Ukraine “remains difficult” even after Ukrainian troops recaptured the villages of Klishchiivka and Andriivka, which are near Bakhmut, a top commander said.