September 8, 2020

Zuma graft hearing delayed for third time to December

Zuma Graft Hearing Delayed For Third Time To December

September 8, 2020 5:36 pm
The corruption trial of South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma, initially set to begin in May, has been postponed for a third time over pre-trial “issues”, the prosecutor said Tuesday.

Zuma, 78, is accused of taking four million rands ($236,000) in bribes to facilitate a $3.4 billion arms deal with French arms company Thales in 1999 when he was deputy president.

The former leader and Thales were scheduled to appear in court on May 6 to answer the allegations.

But the case was pushed back to June because of …

Liberia’s Taylor Denied Coronavirus Jail Move

Liberia’s Taylor Denied Coronavirus Jail Move

September 8, 2020 3:11 pm
Judges have rejected a bid by Liberian ex-president and convicted war criminal Charles Taylor to be moved from a British jail, where he claimed he risks dying from coronavirus.

Taylor is serving a 50-year sentence at Frankland prison near Durham in northeastern England after being convicted in 2012 by a court in The Hague of fuelling civil conflict in Sierra Leone.

The warlord had argued that due to a “massive outbreak of Covid-19 in the UK” his life was at risk from continued detention in Britain and that he wanted to be moved to a “safe third country”.

But the …

Buhari Appoints Sulaiman Ibrahim As New NAPTIP DG

‘President Buhari Is Incompetent And Useless’ – Islamic Cleric

September 8, 2020 3:09 pm

The media space has been set abuzz following the surfacing of a video showing an Islamic cleric by the name Adam Albani vituperating the President Muhammadu Buhari led government for gross incompetence and the hardship it has caused the generality of Nigerians in recent memory.

The viral video shows the cleric passionately excoriating the government over its failure to make good on it’s responsibilities to the Nigerian citizenry.

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In the video, the cleric labeled the president as ‘incompetent’ and demanded his immediate resignation in view of …

Hon. Alagboso Praises Barr. Amadi For Selfless Services

Hon. Alagboso Praises Barr. Amadi For Selfless Services

September 8, 2020 1:40 pm

Honourable Jerry Alagboso, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions recently lauded Ombudsman, Barrister Willie Amadi on his numerous accomplishments as the Federal Commissioner representing Imo state in the Public Complaints Commission Nigeria. Citing his achievements, he remarked that the Commissioner was indeed one of a kind.

He made this remark during his visit to the Public Complaints Commission’s office in Owerri, Imo state on Monday. He was accompanied by his entourage of assistants.

While commending Barrister Amadi’s achievements, he suggested that he make public his stellar achievements because he has surpassed all expectations. He also reiterated that …

Belarus Opposition Leader Kolesnikova Arrested At Ukraine Border

Belarus Opposition Leader Kolesnikova Arrested At Ukraine Border

September 8, 2020 12:25 pm
Maria Kolesnikova, one of Belarus’s leading opposition figures, has been detained while trying to cross into Ukraine.

Kolesnikova was detained while attempting to cross overnight with two other members of the opposition’s Coordination Council who were able to pass through to Ukraine, Anton Bychkovsky, a spokesman for the State Border Committee, said.

She and the two other council members, press secretary Anton Rodnenkov and executive secretary Ivan Kravtsov, had disappeared on Monday.

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Bychkovsky said Rodnenkov and Kravtsov were able to cross into Ukraine, and the Ukrainian embassy in Minsk has confirmed …

RevolutionNow Group Protest Electricity, Petrol, DSTV Hike

RevolutionNow Group Protests Electricity, Petrol, DSTV Hike

September 8, 2020 12:02 pm

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and #RevolutionNow movement on Tuesday protested hike in petrol price, electricity tariff and cable TV subscriptions among others.

Recall that the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, had earlier announced an increment in the pump price of petrol to ₦151.56 per litre.

The Coalition of Civil Societies, Osun State and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), had given the Federal Government of Nigeria five days ultimatum to reverse the petrol pump price and electricity tariff, DAILY POST reports.

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Fuel, Power Tariff Hike: Nigerian Govs To Meet Buhari

Fuel, Power Tariff Hike: Nigerian Govs To Meet Buhari

September 8, 2020 12:00 pm

Hope has risen as the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, are set to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent increment in pump price of fuel and power tariff.

Governor Muhammadu Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State told newsmen, Tuesday, that the nation’s governors are highly disturbed over the uproar that trails the increase.

‘We are soon going to meet with President Buhari over the pump price of fuel and power tariff rise and God willing, something good is coming out from the meeting.”

Badaru said, “I don’t want to preempt our proposed meetings with President Buhari over this issue, but

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Ogun Students Take To Streets On Fuel Hike Protest

Ogun Students Take To Streets On Fuel Hike Protest

September 8, 2020 11:59 am

Students in Ogun State are protesting the federal government’s upward review in the pump price of petrol.

The students, under the auspices of the National Association of Ogun State Students (NAOSS) took to the street on Tuesday to express their grievances against the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government.

The students, while marching towards the Oke-Mosan Governor’s office, chanted songs that suggested they were not pleased with the decision of the Federal Government that led to the increase in pump price of petrol and electricity tariff.

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The students said …

Does Trump Really Care About African Christians

Does Trump Really Care About African Christians?

September 8, 2020 10:15 am

Oftentimes, many Africans cringe whenever “Trump” and their continent are mentioned together. President Donald Trump of the United States has made no bones about his lack of interest in Africa. The continent is full of what he has described as “shit-hole countries”. Religion-speaking, Trump has also on several occasions subtly blasted African religious fanatics and Religious leaders, tagging them as ‘Misguided priorities’.

President Donald Trump does not have any particular ties with the Christen community in Nigeria or any other African country despite what the African Christian community believes. Trump’s world view is consistent with the virulent white ethnic nationalism …

Coronavirus Cases Increase In 22 US States (1)

Coronavirus Cases Increase In 22 US States

September 8, 2020 6:37 am

Coronavirus cases are rising in 22 of the 50 U.S. states, mostly in the less-populated parts of the Midwest and South, an analysis by Reuters has shown.

As little as three weeks ago, cases were increasing in only three states, Hawaii, Illinois and South Dakota, according to the analysis comparing cases for the two-week period of Aug. 8-22 with the past two weeks.

On a percentage basis, South Dakota had the biggest increase over the past two weeks at 126%, reporting over 3,700 new cases.

Health officials have linked some of the rise to hundreds of thousands of motorcyclists who …

Fuel Hike: Labour Movement Dead In Nigeria – Wike

Wike Bows To Pressure, As Labour Suspends Strike

September 8, 2020 6:36 am

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has conceded to the demands of the Organised Labour in Nigeria over the welfare of public servants in the State.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, had in conjunction with allied unions planned a major demonstration against Wike’s government

The demonstration will be swiftly followed by a strike today, Tuesday 8th September, according to the NLC President Comrade Ayuba Wabba, and Comrade Quadri Olaleye of the TUC.

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But on the eve of the protest, the Rivers State Governor entered …

Japan Leads 2021 World’s Passports, Nigeria 97th (Full List)

150,000 Nigerian Passports Stolen Or Missing – NIS

September 8, 2020 6:36 am

About 150,000 Nigerian passports or travel documents may have either been stolen or lost, according to Nigerian Immigration Service records.

The NIS INTERPOL i-24/7 desk said it has now seamlessly uploaded the information, about the Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (STLD) to INTERPOL Global System (IPSG) in Lyon, France.

The Service spokesman, Mr Sunday James, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja.

James said that INTERPOL i-24/7 was a major system manned by officers of the NIS at the unit in the Service Headquarters.

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