February 5, 2020

Turai Yaradua Visits Aisha Buhari In Aso Rock (Photos)

February 5, 2020 4:20 pm

Turai Yaradua, Wife of the former President late Umaru Yar’adua visited Nigeria First Lady, Aisha Buhari in the Aso Rock Villa, ten years after she had to leave because of her husband’s death.

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Yesterday, I received my sister, former First Lady, HE, Hajiya Turai Yar’adua at the State House with her daughter Mrs Zainab Dakingari and Mrs Abdulaziz Yar’adua .

I was pleased to see Mrs. Yar’adua in high spirit, we rubbed minds on a number of issues that touches on issues of gender based violence, drug abuse and

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Imo PDP Accuses APC Of Masterminding Orlu INEC Fire

February 5, 2020 4:20 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party in Imo state has condemned the recent fire outbreak that razed the INEC office in Orlu LGA of Imo state, describing it as a major characteristics associated with the All Progressives Congress.

According to a press release signed by the state Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Damian Opara and made available to newsmen, the APC in the state is reputed for political brigandage and other social vices that have negative commentary on the state in the last eight years of the party’s misrule.

The release further stated that the conviction of Imo PDP is fueled

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Zamfara: Kidnappers Free Districts Head, Holds Back Son

February 5, 2020 4:20 pm

A district Head of Gayari town in Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Alhaji Hassan Mohammed kidnapped by notorious kidnappers in the district has regained his freedom.

The kidnappers, however, did not release his son , Yasir Mohammed , who was also kidnapped along with his father last Saturday .

One of the members of Mohammed ’s family, Farouq Gayari , told newsmen in Gusau, the state capital that the kidnappers were paid a ransom of N5 million as against the N40m they had earlier demanded for the release of the father and son.

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Zamfara: Ex-Governor, Yari Speaks On Alleged Detention

February 5, 2020 4:20 pm

Ex-Governor of Zamfara State, Abdullaziz Yari on Wednesday confirmed that he only honoured an invitation by the Police, but was never detained.

In a statement by the former governors’ Media Aide, Mr. Mayowa Oluwabiyi which was made available to DAILY POST, Yari debunked the insinuation that he was arrested and detained by the Police.

Yari said it was the handiwork of mischief makers and political traducers who would stop at nothing to see that he was unnecessarily disturbed.

The statement recalled that, “the Ex-Governor had at Talata Mafara, said the APC in Zamfara state will resist any illegal/unlawful arrest, harassment

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ASUU Hints On Nationwide Strike Again

February 5, 2020 4:19 pm

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday hinted on embarking on a nationwide strike.

Chairman of the University of Jos chapter of ASUU, Dr Lazarus Maigoro disclosed that the union was currently mobilising its members in a bid to embark on strike because government has failed to meet its demands.

He made the claim while dismissing insinuations that the union was insensitive to the plight of students and parents by constantly embarking on strikes.

Speaking with NAN, Maigoro insisted that the demands of the union before the Federal Government were aimed at improving the standard of universities in

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Cameroon Holds Elections In A Time Of Crisis

February 5, 2020 4:18 pm

On 9 February over six million Cameroonians will be called to vote in twin legislative and municipal elections. Initially planned for 2018, the polls were postponed twice for organisational and financial reasons. Voting later this week will still take place under tenuous security and political conditions.

Since 2013, Boko Haram has recurrently attacked in the Far North Region of Cameroon bordering Nigeria and Chad (see map). While the country’s defence and security forces have repelled most attacks, Boko Haram maintains sleeper cells in remote enclaves from where it stages deadly sporadic incursions.

Further south-west, armed groups threaten to prevent …

Namibian Nurses To Work In Germany

February 5, 2020 4:18 pm

 

HEALTH minister Kalumbi Shangula has welcomed the employment of 16 nurses at Germany’s Dusseldorf’s university hospital.

This comes in light of Germany’s need to fill 60 000 nurses posts through employment agencies, that country’s state-owned media group, Deutsche Welle (DW) recently reported.

The minister said the process of choosing which nurses were to go to Germany was not done through the ministry but was done through individual efforts.

“It will not have any impact on our health services should they [nurses] go. We have more nurses than we can accommodate. It will not have a negative impact. They can

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Rwanda: Heavy Rains – Death Toll Rises To 19

February 5, 2020 4:18 pm

 

The number of confirmed deaths from torrential rains across the country since Sunday has risen to 19 after authorities initially put the number at 13 on Sunday, February 2.

The toll rose partly as a result of another downpour on Monday, February 4, after the Emergency Ministry announced the initial damages.

The downpour in Kigali started around 6:30 pm on Sunday evening and lasted nearly four hours. It was almost the same in different other parts of the country, but according to Rwanda Meteorology Agency, it had started earlier in districts like Gicumbi and Nyaruguru.

The highest measurement was,

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Kenya Releases Names of 14 Pupils Killed In Stampede

February 5, 2020 4:17 pm

Kakamega Primary School has released the names of 14 pupils who perished in a deadly stampede on Monday evening.

One of the victims – Grade Four pupil Naila Kiverenge – will be laid to rest Wednesday afternoon.

Funeral arrangements for the rest of the victims are going on with the help of a team formed by Governor Wycliffe Oparanya.

The other 13 victims of the tragedy are expected to be buried next week.

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The national and county governments have pledged to support to the bereaved families to give the pupils a befitting send-off.

Counselling services are being offered …

Morocco: Crackdown On Social Media Critics

February 5, 2020 4:17 pm

 

Moroccan authorities have since September 2019 arrested and prosecuted at least 10 activists, artists, or other citizens who did nothing but peacefully express critical opinions via Facebook posts, YouTube videos, or rap songs, Human Rights Watch and the Moroccan Association for Human Rights said today. The authorities should immediately free those who are being detained for exercising their right to freedom of expression and drop the charges.

The men face such charges as showing a “lack of due respect for the king,” “defaming state institutions,” and “offending public officials.” None of them were prosecuted under the Press and Publications

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Libya: Military Talks To End Libya Fighting Underway

February 5, 2020 4:17 pm

Geneva — U.N.-sponsored military and security talks aimed at achieving a lasting cease-fire in Libya are underway in Geneva. The negotiations are held as Libya’s warring parties continue to violate a temporary truce agreed to in mid-January.

Five high-ranking officers appointed by the Government of National Accord in Libya and five other high-ranking military officers appointed by rebel commander Khalifa Haftar are in attendance. This is the first time ever that high-ranking officers from both sides are getting together to talk peace.

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U.N. Libya envoy Ghassan Salame says both

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Africa Must Prioritise Upskilling Its Unemployed Youth

February 5, 2020 4:17 pm

Mbabane — Africa’s inability to produce adequate skills is negatively impacting its economic growth.

In fact, the continent is not getting a good return even on the minimal investment it is making in education, says Thembinkosi Dlamini, an economist and senior extractives lead at Oxfam South Africa.

He was responding to one of the main findings in the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) 2020 Africa Outlook Report, released last week. Titled Developing Africa’s Workforce for the Future, the report notes that most African countries at all levels of income exhibit lower educational attainment, both in quantity and quality.

Thembinkosi Dlamini told …

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