September 22, 2020

48 Million Children Could Die In 10 Years – UN

Mozambique Insurgency Will Deepen Food Insecurity – UN

September 22, 2020 4:59 pm

Escalating conflict and deteriorating food security in northern Mozambique, where more than 300,000 people have abandoned their homes and crops, could see “crisis” levels of food insecurity continue into 2021, the World Food Programme warned Tuesday.

“We are deeply concerned about the unfolding humanitarian situation in Cabo Delgado where conflict and violence have left people without access to food and livelihoods,” WFP spokeswoman in Mozambique Antonella D’Aprile said in a statement.

“Latest findings from Famine Early Warning System (FEWSNET) indicate that communities will continue to face crisis levels of food insecurity into early 2021,” the statement said.

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Assange Says He ‘Hears Voices’ In Prison – Psychiatrist

Assange Says He ‘Hears Voices’ In Prison – Psychiatrist

September 22, 2020 4:56 pm

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange complained of hearing imaginary voices and music while detained in a high-security British prison, a psychiatrist who has interviewed him told his extradition hearing on Tuesday.

Michael Kopelman, a psychiatrist who has interviewed Assange around 20 times, said the former hacker would be a “very high” suicide risk if he were extradited to the United States for leaking military secrets.

He cited as evidence Assange’s “severe depression” and “psychotic symptoms”, which included auditory hallucinations while in solitary confinement in his cell at the high-security Belmarsh Prison in southwest London.

Kopelman told the Old Bailey court in …

Mali Officially Disbands Military Junta

Mali Junta Chief Urges Support For French, UN Troops In Country

September 22, 2020 3:53 pm

The leader of Mali’s military junta, Colonel Assimi Goita, on Tuesday urged support for French and United Nations troops, a frequent target of popular anger in the war-torn country.

Speaking to reporters during a ceremony marking Mali’s 60 years of independence from France, Goita asked Malians to support national troops as well as “partner forces” from France and the UN.

Mali has struggled to contain a jihadist insurgency that first emerged in the north in 2012, and which has since spread to the centre of the country and neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.

Thousands of foreign troops in Mali do …

Ten Drowned, 485 Migrants Picked Up At Sea Off Algeria

Ten Drowned, 485 Migrants Picked Up At Sea Off Algeria

September 22, 2020 3:52 pm

Algeria said Tuesday coast guard officers had collected the bodies of 10 people drowned while seeking to cross from the North African nation to Europe, also stopping 485 migrants.

Thousands regularly risk the dangerous crossing crammed onto small boats heading north across the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe.

Coast guard patrols picked up the migrants during 42 separate operations between September 15 and 19, the defence ministry said in a statement.

Algeria, Africa’s largest nation and home to 43 million people is currently battling high unemployment and political instability.

The drop in oil prices and restrictions to stem the spread …

Woman Collapses While Protesting Against Her Sack By Cross River Govt

Woman Collapses While Protesting Against Sack By C/River Govt

September 22, 2020 3:12 pm

A woman collapsed on Tuesday, September 22 in Calabar while protesting against her sack by the Cross River State Government.

Before her sack, the woman was a member of the staff of the ministry of health.

Mid 2019, Governor Ben Ayade had directed the delisting of about 2,500 names from the payroll of the Cross River State government, claiming that most of those employed between 2014 till then did not follow due process.

The sacked workers on Monday blocked access to the state secretariat in protest over what they described as ‘unfair and illegal delisting from the state payroll.’

The …

Obaseki: I Will Show No Mercy To Oshiomhole

Obaseki: I Will Show No Mercy To Oshiomhole

September 22, 2020 3:05 pm

Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has said that he will show no mercy to the Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole if he continues to be disruptive.

Read Also: All Set For Edo Governorship Election Tribunal

Obaseki made this comment on Tuesday morning during a live interview with Arise News. When asked about an alleged plot to chase Oshiomhole out of Edo state, Obaseki said;

‘I don’t have any plans to. if he continues to behave the way he’s always done, if he continues to be disruptive, if he continues to fund his lions

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ARP Presidential Candidate Urges Buhari To Sign Electoral Bill

September 22, 2020 12:16 pm

Alhaji Yahaya Ndu of the defunct African Renaissance Party (ARP) presidential candidate in 2011 and 2013 General Elections, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to accent the electoral bill into law.

Ndu made the appeal while reacting to the conduct of Sept. 19 governorship election in Edo state.

According to him, accenting into law would further strengthen the country’s electoral process.

He commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for successful and peaceful conduct of the election.

Ndu also said that the electoral bill would guarantee more credible and transparent elections in the country.

On the Edo governorship election, Ndu …

Jumia partners Reckitt Benkiser, Nokia, others in new campaign

Jumia Partners Reckitt Benkiser, Nokia, Others In New Campaign

September 22, 2020 12:06 pm
Nigeria’s online marketplace, Jumia has launched a Brand Festival campaign in partnership with top global brands such as Reckitt Benkiser, Unilever, Nokia, Intel, HP, Nexus, Hisense, Sharp, Samsung, Binatone, XIAOMI, ABSOLUT, Dettol, and Logitech.

The campaign which is scheduled to run from September 21st to 27th, will provide consumers access to top quality products directly from the manufacturers, eliminating all third parties, thereby reducing the cost of the products, which will enable consumers to save money.

Jumia Nigeria CEO, Massimiliano Spalazzi, said: “The aim of the campaign is to enable our consumers …

internet kingpin on FBI’s watchlist Felix Okpoh surrenders

Internet Kingpin On FBI’s Watchlist, Felix Okpoh Surrenders

September 22, 2020 12:04 pm

Suspected internet fraudster on watchlist of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Felix Osilama Okpoh has surrendered himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

He was declared wanted by the EFCC as he is on the watchlist of the FBI for his alleged involvement in a $6 million internet fraud.

The EFCC has thus begun investigation into his involvement in the scam.

Read Also: Access Bank Hacker Chris Ihebuzor Arrested By EFCC

A statement issued by the EFCC said Okpoh, alongside Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh, Alex Afolabi Ogunshakin, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode and Nnamdi Orson Benson, had been declared wanted …

INEC presents Certificates of Return to Obaseki, Shaibu (Photos)

INEC Presents Certificates Of Return To Obaseki, Shaibu

September 22, 2020 9:37 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Monday presented Certificates of Returns to Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu.

Shaibu receiving his Certificate of Return

Obaseki emerged winner of the governorship election held in Edo State on Saturday, polling 307,955 votes to defeat his contestant, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the APC, who got 223,619 votes.

Read Also: Obaseki Leads Edo PDP In Triumphant Procession In Benin

He was declared winner of the election, having polled majority of the votes cast in 18 Local Government Area of Edo State.

Obaseki signing to receive his certificate of return

For winning …

Why The Nigerian Constitution Must Be Reviewed, Re-Amended

Why The Nigerian Constitution Must Be Reviewed, Reamended

September 22, 2020 9:28 am

The Nation-State of Nigeria became an internationally recognised independent nation in 1960 and has since then had series of constitutions in the past which include the colonial era constitutions (1914-1960), Independence Constitution (1960), Republican Constitution (1963), Second Republic Constitution Constitution (1979- 1983), aborted Third Republic Constitution (1992-1993) and the Fourth Republic Constitution (1999 to date). The current constitution was enacted on May 29, 1999, when the Nigerian fourth republic was inaugurated.

This constitution was rigid in many ways and helped the seamless flow of Law and Order in the newly upgraded Democracy of 1999 but like many other new additions …

Only Lagos, Kano, FCT Still Conducting COVID-19 Tests – PTF

Only Lagos, Kano, FCT Still Conducting COVID-19 Tests – PTF

September 22, 2020 6:40 am

The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chike Ihekweazu, has said that the COVID-19 transmission would rise with the reopening of schools and airports.

He, therefore, warned against complacency and the belief that infection rates were declining.

Speaking on Monday during a media briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, the DG said only Lagos, Federal Capital Territory, Ogun and Kano states had been consistently carrying out a high volume of testing.

Specifically, Ihekweazu said testing rates had declined drastically in Taraba, Adamawa, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, Kebbi, Zamfara, Jigawa and Yobe states.

The DG observed that …

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