August 30, 2020

Half Of Lebanese Could Face Food Shortages – UN

Half Of Lebanese Could Face Food Shortages – UN

August 30, 2020 2:53 pm

More than half of Lebanon’s population risk facing a food crisis in the aftermath of a Beirut port blast that compounded the country’s many woes, a UN agency said Sunday.

“More than half of the country’s population is at risk of failing to access their basic food needs by the year’s end,” the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) said.

“Immediate measures should be taken to prevent a food crisis,” ESCWA executive secretary Rola Dashti said.

Lebanon’s government, she said, must prioritise the rebuilding of silos at the Beirut port, the country’s largest grain storage.

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Mali Protesters Want To Run Govt, Split With Junta Imminent

Mali: ECOWAS, Military Reach Agreement On Transition

August 30, 2020 2:43 pm

The military junta in Mali has agreed with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the proposed transition programme.

ECOWAS had on Friday given the military 12 months to return the country to civilian rule.

This was after the military junta had insisted on a three-year programme.

The military junta has now settled for the formation of a civilian transitional government in the next twelve months.

This was contained in a declaration made available to reporters after a video conference meeting among the Heads of State, the ECOWAS Mediator, former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, and the CNSP leadership.…

IG Promotes 16 Officers Killed In EndSARS Riots, 82,763 Others

IGP: Politicians Arming, Deploying Thugs For Edo, Ondo Polls

August 30, 2020 2:42 pm

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has raised the alarm over the ongoing arming and movement of thugs by politicians in preparation for the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states.

The polls are scheduled to hold on September 19 and October 10, 2020, respectively.

The IG stated that the Election Security Threat Assessment Reports submitted by the Commissioners of Police from both states in a meeting held on August 25 also revealed the use of inciting statements during political campaigns.

Read Also: PDP Vs APC: Alarm Raised Over Tension, Violence In Edo

He said the report also identified a …

PDP Installs Billboard To Mock Oshiomhole's 2016 Speech

PDP Installs Billboard To Mock Oshiomhole’s 2016 Speech

August 30, 2020 1:49 pm

As part of its campaign strategy, the Edo State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has installed electronic billboard to broadcast the former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole’s attestation to the credibility and integrity of Governor Godwin Obaseki during the 2016 governorship election campaign in the state.

The South-South acting chairman of the party, Dan Orbih, commissioned the electronic billboard located at the defunct African Continental Bank (ACB) building in Ring Road, Benin City.

Orbih, who is also the PDP state campaign council chairman for the September 19 governorship election, said the electronic billboard …

Edo: FG To Deploy Special Mission Aircraft To Benin

Edo: FG To Deploy Special Mission Aircraft To Benin

August 30, 2020 1:15 pm

Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, says a special mission aircraft will soon be in Benin, the Edo State capital.

He spoke during an assessment of the facilities at the Benin Unit of the Nigerian Air Force Base on Saturday.

The CAS said that deployment of the aircraft would add value to the security arrangements in the maritime environment.

“I am happy with the level of your contribution as a unit to ensure our country is safe and secured. The ATR42 aircraft which operates from Benin is all over the country.

“The federal government is deploying additional

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Kogi Govt To Immortalise Late Attah Igala

Kogi Govt To Immortalise Late Attah Igala

August 30, 2020 1:02 pm

Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communication Strategy on Sunday hinted that the state government plans to immortalise the late Attah Igala, Michael Ameh Oboni II.

According to the government, the death of the monarch is shocking and a colossal loss to the state and Nigeria.

This is contained in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Communication Strategy, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, in Lokoja.

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Fanwo stated that the late monarch ruled with great courage and with fear of God during his …

Ondo People Cannot Continue To Live In Fear – Akeredolu

No Plan To Sack Workers After Election – Akeredolu

August 30, 2020 12:54 pm

Less than 50 days to the governorship election in Ondo State, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has denied reports that he planned to sack 2000 workers after he emerged victorious at the polls.

Governor Akeredolu said he has no plan to sack workers as previous administrations did, adding that his passion for workers’ welfare has attracted enviable commendation.

Speaking through the Ondo Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, Akeredolu said he was not taken aback by what he termed ‘misleading path ostensibly coming from a nervous but vicious opposition …

Suspense As Kogi Awaits Supreme Court Ruling On Gov Tussle

Suspense As Kogi Awaits Supreme Court Ruling On Gov Tussle

August 30, 2020 12:54 pm

Palpable apprehension has gripped residents and indigenes of Kogi State over the outcome of legal tussles over the Governorship of the state. There are petitions against Governor Yahaya Bello,’s occupation of the iffice. All things being equal, the Supreme Court will give judgement on the matter tomorrow, Monday 31st August.

The Apex court had adjourned ruling in two cases to the new date last week, after it dismissed the case of the Democratic People’s Party, DPP alleging undue exclusion from the November 16th Governorship poll.

The pending cases are those of candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Engr. Musa Wada …

Kidnappers Storm Kaduna School, Abduct Only Female Students

Bayelsa Councillor, Karma Agagowei, Murdered

August 30, 2020 12:48 pm
Karma Agagowei, Councilor representing Ward 6 Sagbama Council Area of Bayelsa State, has died from gunshots he sustained while returning from a party congress in Yenagoa.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Agagowei was attacked by gunmen along Opolo while returning from a People’s Democractic Party (PDP) ward congress on Saturday night.
 The deceased was taken to two different hospitals, Gloryland Hospital and Federal Medical Centre, Yenogoa, but was allegedly denied treatment for lack of a police report.
He died shortly afterwards.
Another person, who was with
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Will Ikpeazu Ever Stop Lying, And Pay 20 Months Salaries?

Will Ikpeazu Ever Stop Lying, And Pay 20 Months Salaries?

August 30, 2020 11:39 am

One of the natural laws states that ‘a worker deserves his or her wages’ and this law has been corroborated by the Quran and the Bible. Ironically this is not the case in Abia State. Those that Abians have elected to serve them have turned to become overlords and have chosen to eat up even the little that belongs to all of them. Governor Okeie Ikpeazu has turned out to be a thorn in the flesh of most Abia indigenes especially those in the Civil service sector.

When Governor Okezie Victor Ikpeazu assumed office as the Governor of Abia State …

Egypt Arrests New Suspect In Gang Rape Case

Egypt Arrests New Suspect In Gang Rape Case

August 30, 2020 10:38 am

Egyptian authorities have arrested a new suspect involved in the alleged gang rape of a women in 2014, the public prosecution said on Sunday.

The latest targeting of alleged sexual predator comes amid the resurgence of a #MeToo movement which seeks to hold sexual predators in the deeply conservative country accountable for their actions.

The alleged rape took place six years ago after an elitist party at a luxury Cairo hotel. Details of the incident only emerged online in July.

For weeks, names and pictures of suspects, who appear to hail from …

We'll Kill An Israeli Soldier For Each Combatant Slain - Hezbollah

We’ll Kill An Israeli Soldier For Each Combatant Slain – Hezbollah

August 30, 2020 10:32 am

Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah Sunday threatened to kill an Israeli soldier for every one of its fighters slain by its archfoe Israel, after a combatant was killed in Syria in July.

 

“The Israeli needs to understand: When you kill one of our fighters, we will kill one of your soldiers,” Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech.

Referring to several incidents at the border with Israel in recent weeks, he said: “All this has been taken into account and the time for settling accounts will come.”

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