February 2020

Uganda: Kampala Traffic Gets Big Change

February 24, 2020 2:56 pm

Kampala, Uganda — Luwum Street has been one of the busiest motorized sections of Kampala city for years. Located just a block off the city’s main access; Kampala-Jinja Road, and connecting to the city’s main international gateway; Entebbe Road, Luwum often has bumper to bumper traffic from morning into late night.

Everyone appears to be in a hurry although everybody moves really slowly as the roads are jammed with cars, bodaboda taxi motorbikes, and human mules carrying heavy loads from one section to the other. Up to 90 percent of people in this area walk, yet the roads appear to

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Tanzania: People Do Not Eat GDP – Lumumba To Mining Forum

February 24, 2020 2:55 pm

 

Dar es Salaam — Kenya law professor, Patrick Loch Otieno (PLO) Lumumba wants Africa to have a common perspective when it comes to negotiating with investors in the mining sector.

All of the continent’s 54 countries must have conditions that are similar when it comes to negotiating with investors in the mining sector, Prof Lumumba, who once served as the director of the anti-corruption commission in Kenya, said at a meeting in Dar es Salaam on Sunday.

He told participants to an international forum on investment in minerals that Africa needs conditions that will prevent investors from regarding certain

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Togo President Gnassingbé Wins Re-Election

February 24, 2020 2:55 pm

Togo President Faure Gnassingbé was declared victor in the country’s presidential elections early on Monday, clinching his fourth term as leader of the impoverished West African nation.

Provisional results from the national electoral commission (Ceni) showed the incumbent had received 72% of votes.

Going into the race, Gnassingbé, who has ruled Togo as president since 2005, was widely expected to win, extending over half a century of dynastic rule by his family.

Conflicting claims and accusations of fraud

Gnassingbé and challenger Agbeyome Kodjo, who was shown with 18% of the vote, had both previously claimed victory.

“Victory is assured but

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Rice Production Hits All Time High In Kano – Ganduje

February 24, 2020 12:53 pm

Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has disclosed that his administration boosts local rice production to 3 million tonnes a year to meet the people’s demands on rice consumption.

Dr. Ganduje was speaking during the indigenous rice value-chain promotion programme organised by the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) in partnership with R CONNECT, held at Africa House, Kano.

He attributed this progress to the Agricultural policies being introduced by his government, which he said had created significant impacts on farmers’ production capacity especially on local rice production.

” Today, I am proud to state that because of the

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Olusegun Obasanjo

Obasanjo To Speak On Boko Haram On 83rd Birthday

February 24, 2020 12:50 pm

Barring any last-minute change, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo would once again speak on the deadly Boko Haram sect terrorising the nation.

This was disclosed by the Director, Centre for Human Security and Dialogue, Prof. Peter Okebukola, at a world press conference he addressed on Monday at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

The world press conference, Africa Daily News learnt, was to herald the 83rd birthday of the elder statesman, which comes up March 5th.

Read Also: Obasanjo’s Mistake Of Including Imo, Abia In Niger Delta

Obasanjo’s need to comment on the Boko Haram insurgents became necessary, following …

Maishayi Now Mix Hard Drugs In Tea – NAFDAC

February 24, 2020 12:46 pm

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday warned Nigerians to be cautious when taking a cup of tea popularly known as `Maishayi’ from vendors.

Read Also: NAFDAC Speaks On Fresh Recruitment

NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said it received information that Maishayi’s now mix intoxicating drugs in the tea prepared for customers.

She mentioned intoxicating drugs such as tramadol, Vieteling, Marijuana and others, adding that people could lose their lives after taking tea mixed with such drugs.

“In the US,

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Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Shockingly Resigns

February 24, 2020 12:42 pm
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, the world’s oldest, has submitted a letter of resignation to the country’s king, his office said on Monday, leaving the government in limbo amid talk of forming a new governing coalition.

The fate of Malaysia’s ruling coalition had been in doubt after weekend talks between some of its members and opposition groups on forming a new government that would exclude Mahathir’s anointed successor Anwar Ibrahim.

The pair had joined forces to win the 2018 election and oust the long-running United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), in an alliance based on a promise that Mahathir would cede …

Pakistan

COVID-19: Pakistan Embark On Preventive Lock-Down

February 24, 2020 12:38 pm

Pakistan has suspended flights to Beijing and temporarily closed its border with Iran in a bid to prevent the new Coronavirus (Covid-19) from spreading.

Abdullah Hafeez, a spokesperson for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), said flight operations to Beijing had been suspended until March 15.

In addition, the government has decided to temporarily ban all travel to and from Iran, with neighbouring Pakistan to the West, due to the coronavirus outbreak.

China, the epicentre of the pandemic, where the vast majority of the almost 79,000 cases of infection and around 2,500 deaths had been recorded, also shares a border with Pakistan.…

Oshiomhole

Oshiomhole’s Enemies Using Children, Touts Against Him

February 24, 2020 7:00 am

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ibrahim Emokpaire, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari, to ignore calls for the sack of the party’s national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.

He also condemned the use of “children and street urchins” for protests against the ex-Edo governor.

Emokpaire, a former APC national chairmanship aspirant told reporters on Saturday in Abuja, that Oshiomole was a victim of party stalwarts bent on subverting the party.

Read Also: Ignore Calls Against Oshiomhole, APC Chieftain To Buhari

He alleged that persons who insisted on the removal of the former national chairman, Chief John Oyegun, were trying to

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Alhaji Adebisi Olopoenia

Cabal In Makinde Govt Wants Me Out Of PDP – Adebisi

February 24, 2020 7:00 am

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Alhaji Adebisi Olopoenia, has declared that some sycophants who have formed cabal around the Governor of the state, Engineer Seyi Makinde want him out of the party.

Olopoenia made this declaration while speaking with journalists on the heel of the rumour going round that he has perfected plan to leave the PDP.

The PDP chieftain had few days ago, raised an alarm of threat to his life, saying a factional leader of the NURTW in the state was planning to assassinate him.

But, the PDP chieftain, who spoke in

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Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency – FFK

February 24, 2020 6:59 am

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on Monday said the Southern part of the country was more interested in restructuring than 2023 presidency.

Fani-Kayode made the remark in response to the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai’s comment that the Southern part of the country should be allowed to produce Nigeria’s next president.

El-Rufai had suggested that the Southern part of the country should be allowed to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023.

Read Also: FFK Writes Open Letter To Buhari: “You Abandoned Nigeria”

The governor, who is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had said that

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Petroleum Industry Bill Is Another Recipe For Anarchy – Gov Diri

‘I Am A Miracle Gov’ – Diri Reveals Secret Behind Victory

February 24, 2020 6:58 am

The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri has described himself as a miracle governor.

Diri, who was recently Sworn-in as governor of the state, revealed that his ‘stolen” mandate was restored through divine intervention.

Recall that the Supreme Court had recently sacked David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress, APC, while declaring Diri winner of the last governorship election in Bayelsa State.

However, addressing journalists yesterday in Abuja, the governor disclosed that the result initially declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was “concocted” in a hotel room in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.

Read Also: Bayelsa Gov., Diri Makes

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