October 8, 2020

Gunmen Kidnap 20 In Central Mali Village

Gunmen Kidnap 20 In Central Mali Village

October 8, 2020 4:58 pm

Gunmen seized about 20 people in volatile central Mali, with nine remaining in detention Wednesday after their captors released the other hostages, local and security officials said.

The kidnapping occurred on Tuesday during a weekly market in the village of Farabougou, near the central Malian town of Niono, according to Boukary Coulibaly, the village chief.

A youngster was killed during the kidnapping, he said, adding that the “armed men” afterwards released some hostages, mostly women and children.

“At the moment, they’re holding nine people,” Coulibaly said.

Mali has been struggling …

American Poet Louise Gluck Wins Nobel Literature Prize

American Poet Louise Gluck Wins Nobel Literature Prize

October 8, 2020 4:57 pm

The Nobel Literature Prize went Thursday to American poet Louise Gluck, the jury at the Swedish Academy said, honouring a writer known for themes of childhood and family life.

Gluck, 77, was honoured “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal,” the Academy said.

Gluck has previously won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for her collection “The Wild Iris”, and the National Book Award in 2014.

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A professor of English at Yale University, she “seeks the universal, and in this she takes inspiration from …

Rape, Murder Of Woman In Algeria Sparks Outrage

Rape, Murder Of Woman In Algeria Sparks Outrage

October 8, 2020 4:57 pm

The rape and murder in Algeria of a 19-year-old woman sparked cries for action on gender-based violence in the North African country and calls to bring back capital punishment.

The body of the young woman, identified as Chaima, was found in early October at a deserted petrol station in Thenia, 80 kilometres (50 miles) east of the capital Algiers.

She had been beaten, raped and burned alive, according to local media.

The suspect, who has reportedly confessed, is being charged with “rape and voluntary homicide with premeditation and ambush, using torture”.

Chaima’s mother said the man was an acquaintance …

Priests To Face Trial In Vatican Over Choir Boys Abuse Case

Priests To Face Trial In Vatican Over Choir Boys Abuse Case

October 8, 2020 4:56 pm

An Italian priest accused of sexually abusing choir boys in a seminary and another priest who allegedly facilitated that abuse will go on trial in the Vatican next week.

The alleged abuse took place in 2011 to 2012 at the pre-seminary of St Pius X, an institution located on Vatican grounds that trains choir boys and is very close to Pope Francis’s residence.

Gabriele Martinelli is suspected of carrying out repeated sexual assaults on at least one victim when he was a seminarian aged 21 and lived in the building.

Martinelli was made a priest in 2017.

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Former MD Nails Bola Tinubu In Controversial Fraud Allegations

October 8, 2020 1:58 pm

Dapo Apara, a Nigerian chartered accountant, has accused a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu; a consulting firm, Alpha-beta, and a former commissioner in the state, Akin Doherty, of money laundering, fraud, tax evasion, and sundry corrupt practices.

Mr Apara, in writ of summons deposed to at a Lagos high court, claimed that Mr Tinubu and Alpha-beta reneged on certain agreements reached in the past about the management and control of the consulting firm.

Alpha-beta is a consulting firm handling the computation, tracking and reconciliation of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in Lagos State in return for a commission.…

Biden Asked To Endorse Okonjo-Iweala For WTO Top Job

WTO: Okonjo-Iweala Reacts To Reaching Final Round

October 8, 2020 12:56 pm

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Minister of Finance, has reacted to her emergence as one of the two last candidates for the position of a Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO.

Okonjo-Iweala thanked President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerians for supporting her candidacy for the WTO job.

Africa Daily News, New York had reported that WTO members on Wednesday selected two candidates for the final round.

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The candidates are Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee.

In a tweet, on Thursday, Okonjo-Iweala wrote: ‘Happy to be in the final

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Emirate Council Member Resigns As El-Rufai Appoints Emir

Emirate Council Member Resigns As El-Rufai Appoints Emir

October 8, 2020 12:56 pm

An official of Zazzau Emirate, Aminu Yakubu-Wambai, has resigned his traditional title.

Wambai was the Wakilin Raya Kasar Zazzau, a position he held for 19 years.

The development comes hours after the appointment of Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as the new Emir of Zazzau.

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, made the announcement on Wednesday.

Wambai was a permanent Zazzau Emirate Council member representing Kaduna South Local Government Area.

He explained that his decision to resign was personal.

Read Also: Bamalli: Northern Govs Send Message To New Emir Of Zazzau

His letter reads: ‘I write to express my gratitude to Allah for

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Buhari presents proposed 2021 budget, lists 2020 achievements

Buhari Presents Proposed 2021 Budget, Lists Achievements

October 8, 2020 12:36 pm

President Muhammad Buhari has said his administration has implemented several priority projects in the year 2020.

Speaking during the presentation of the proposed 2021 budget, the President said that much progress has been made on several fronts adding that the government has delivered on key policies, programmes and projects in these priority areas.

According to him, ‘agriculture has recorded appreciable success in rice and other crops mainly through the Anchor Borrowers Programme and the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative, anchored by the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, respectively.’

‘We are also accelerating the construction of 337 rural

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Thompson: A Genius Who Redefined Film Making In Nollywood

Thompson: A Genius Who Redefined Film Making In Nollywood

October 8, 2020 11:06 am

Anyone who is conversant with the Nollywood industry would surely nod with recognition when the name ‘Tarila Thompson’ is mentioned. The filmmaker, actor, musician and writer took the industry by storm with his sensational comeback blockbuster ‘In the Creek’ which earned him a notch in the African movie-making venture and a spot among the greats in Nigeria.

Tarila Emmanuel Thompson graduated from the prestigious University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt and while was there he had already written several action-packed movie scripts.

Immediately he graduated, he took the industry by storm. Producing mind-blowing films with limited funds, and this …

President Trump Replies Pope Francis On Christian Remark

President Trump Replies Pope Francis On Christian Remark

October 8, 2020 7:00 am

US President, Donald Trump has replied Pope Francis, who earlier criticised him and described him as non-Christian.

Trump responded to the criticism at a campaign rally in Kiawah Island, S.C., warning the pontiff about the Islamic State, who he said ‘their primary goal is to get to the Vatican.’

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‘If and when the Vatican is attacked,’ he said, ‘the pope would only wish and have prayed that Donald Trump would have been elected President.’

The President had earlier in his speech, said, ‘I like the pope.’

Before the …

Senate President Reacts To Appointment Of New Emir Of Zazzau

Senate President Reacts To Appointment Of New Emir Of Zazzau

October 8, 2020 6:57 am

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has congratulated the newly appointed 19th Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli.

Ambassador Ahmed Bamalli was appointed by Governor Nasir El-Rufai after a meeting with Zazzau council of chiefs.

The seat was left vacant since the death of Alhaji Shehu Idris, the 18th Fulani Emir, who died on Sunday, 20th September.

Reacting, Lawan, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Ola Awoniyi, described Bamalli’s appointment as well deserved.

Read Also: Senate To EFCC: 90% Of Investigation Must Be Done Before Arrest

He expressed hope that the new Emir would …

Police Dismiss 10 Officers in Lagos for Indiscipline

Lagos Police Commissioner Issues Directives To SARS Operatives

October 8, 2020 6:40 am

Lagos State Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, has banned the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit from detaining suspects in their cells.

Odumosu stated this while appearing on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.

The Commissioner directed the officers to only move out on information and notify the Area Commander before carrying out their operations.

According to Odumosu, the operatives attached to the tactical squads of the Command would have to sign an undertaking, in which they commit to professional best practices.

Read Also: #EndSars: Nigerians Should Be Patient With The Police – Mba

‘It is going to be different because there will be

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