October 2020

Protests As US Police Officers Shoot Black Man 10 Times

Protests As US Police Officers Shoot Black Man 10 Times

October 27, 2020 3:56 pm

Philadelphia police fatally shot Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old Black man armed with a knife on the 6100 block of Locust Street on Monday afternoon.

Family members and neighbors questioned the shooting, while city officials said an investigation was underway.

Wallace’s death prompted protests in West Philadelphia. Late Monday into early Tuesday, hundreds of people protested, with interactions between police and demonstrators turning heated and at times violent.

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A female sergeant remained hospitalized Tuesday afternoon in stable condition with a broken leg after being “intentionally run over” by …

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WTO: France, Germany, 104 Other Countries Back Okonjo-Iweala

October 27, 2020 3:26 pm

The 27 European Union member states have backed Nigeria’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in her bid to become the first African and first female director-general of the World Trade Organisation.

The EU member states are France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.

The latest support for Okonjo-Iweala’s candidacy brings the number of countries officially endorsing her to 106 out of the 164 states that comprise the WTO.

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The 55-member …

Osun: Police Command Warns Against Unlawful Assembly

Why The Nigerian Police Force Must Be Reformed Now

October 27, 2020 1:50 pm

The primary duty of any government is to protect the lives and property of its citizens. The Nigerian government since its independence, especially in recent years, have fallen far short of this duty. With police brutality, bribery, extortion, and other crimes against human rights the country can no longer afford to put back the reform of the police service.

The police is an agency of the executive arm of government that maintains law and order in any society. Unlike the military, the police investigates and prosecutes cases in the law courts. It plays a vital role in ensuring peaceful coexistence …

US Announces $2.4bn Sale Of Coastal Defense Systems To Taiwan

US Announces $2.4bn Sale Of Coastal Defense Systems To Taiwan

October 27, 2020 8:18 am

The United States on Monday said it had approved a $2.4 billion sale of 100 Harpoon coastal defense systems to Taiwan, defying Beijing’s anger over a $1 billion missile deal last week.

The announcement came just hours after Beijing said it would sanction US firms involved in an earlier arms sales to the democratic self-ruled island.

The proposed sale of the Harpoon systems “will help improve the security of the recipient and assist in maintaining political stability, military balance… and progress in the region,” the State Department said in a statement.

The deal involves 100 Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems …

ASUU Strike: ASUU, FG Meet In Abuja

ASUU: Why We Haven’t Called Off Strike

October 27, 2020 8:12 am

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it has yet to call off its ongoing strike because it is waiting for the government to conduct an integrity test on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution.

The UTAS is the payment platform created by ASUU in place of government’s Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System.

ASSU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi in an interview with The PUNCH said the government needed to give the clearance to National Information Technology Development Agency to conduct integrity test on UTAS.

“The integrity test will be handled by NITDA, it is government that will …

Cyprus Bound Student Nabbed With 13.55kg Of Cannabis

Cyprus Bound Student Nabbed With 13.55kg Of Cannabis

October 27, 2020 7:51 am

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA) Special Area Command, has foiled an attempt by an intending student to smuggle 13.55 kilogrammes of cannabis to Cyprus.

The Head of Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr Jonah Achema made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.

Achema said that the suspected drug trafficker, Sunday Odi was intercepted at the departure hall of the airport while attempting to board a Turkish airline flight to Northern Cyprus en-route Istanbul, Turkey.

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According to him, 23-year-old Odi an indigene of …

UK High Commission reopens visa application centers in Nigeria

UK High Commission Reopens Visa Application Centers In Nigeria

October 27, 2020 7:46 am

The United Kingdom High Commission has announced that its center’s across the country has reopened.

Africa Daily News, New York had reported that the commission had shut down its centers across Nigeria following the ongoing nationwide protest in the country.

It also closed its TLS contact visa application centres in the country.

However, in a statement released via its official Twitter account on Monday, the Commission announced that its visa application centers in Victoria Island, Abuja and Lagos have reopened.

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It also noted that the commission will be closed on the 29th …

‘Oil Industry Still Suffering Significant Damage from Covid-19’

October 27, 2020 7:36 am

Nigeria’s wholly indigenous oil company, Oando Energy Resources, has said the oil industry will continue to suffer the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic despite the measures put in place by oil companies and governments globally.

The company noted that the phenomenon has also brought about the need to embrace renewables as the future of energy, arguing that the cost and processes in the development of renewable energy was far less than that of fossil fuels.

Chief Operating Officer, of the company, Dr. Alex Irune, who spoke during a podcast with African Business, stressed that Covid-19 had substantially changed the way

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Pastor Arrested Over Looted ₦1.2b Medical Equipment

Pastor Arrested Over Looted ₦1.2b Medical Equipment

October 27, 2020 5:43 am

A pastor in Kogi State, identified as Sunday Edino and his alleged accomplices have been arrested by the Kogi State Police Command for allegedly looting medical equipment worth ₦1.2billion.

This is as the sporadic shooting by masked hoodlums in Lokoja on Monday, 26th October, 2020 has led to the death of no fewer than five persons, while several others sustained injuries and are currently receiving treatment at the hospital.

The suspected pastor was arrested on Monday in a manhunt led by the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Ede.

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Govs Got ₦1bn Each From Buhari, ₦1.1bn From World Bank – Bello

October 27, 2020 5:42 am

Governors of the 36 states were said to have received ₦1billion each from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Governors were also said to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the World Bank to receive a sum of ₦1.1billion for the same purpose.

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State made this revelation on Tuesday while featuring on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily.

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According to Gov Bello, all the state governors have since received the ₦1billion from the Federal Government.

However, …

IPOB: Northerners Endangered In Rivers – ACF Cries To Buhari

IPOB: Northerners Endangered In Rivers – ACF Cries To Buhari

October 27, 2020 5:35 am

The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has raised the alarm over alleged killing of northerners in some Southern part of the country.

The forum also called on the federal government to as a matter of urgency ask the various state governments to set up commissions of inquiry into the alleged recent killings of northerners.

ACF National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe in a statement in Kaduna said it received a report from its state chairman in Rivers State, Alhaji Ibrahim Tukur Tudunwada that northerners living in Rivers and Abia states were being held hostage by members of the banned Indigenous People of …

Nnamdi Azikiwe University Student Wins Essay Competition

Nnamdi Azikiwe University Student Wins Essay Competition

October 26, 2020 8:58 pm

A 200-level Human Anatomy student of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Esther Okeke, has won the Dr Chinedu Umeadi Foundation’s Essay Competition for undergraduates.

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The competition was organised for students in the seven Local Government Area of Anambra Central Senatorial District.

Okeke defeated 3000 others to emerge winner in the essay competition, titled, ‘Governance in Nigeria: How the Youths Can Get Involved.’

She was given a scholarship by the foundation to finish her course and a cash prize of N200,000.

The president of the foundation, Ikem …

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