November 2020

UN Expresses Worry Over Political Coercion In Tanzania

UN Expresses Worry Over Political Coercion In Tanzania

November 10, 2020 3:36 pm

The United Nations (UN) expressed concern on Tuesday over arrests and intimidation of opposition members in Tanzania following disputed general elections.

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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said this in a statement issued in Johannesburg.

The tense situation in the country will not be defused by silencing those who challenge the outcome of the elections, but rather through a participatory dialogue.

“I urge the Tanzanian authorities to respect and facilitate exercise of the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly,” she said.

Out of dozens initially …

Presidency 2023: 38 Year Old Nigerian Joins Race

Presidency 2023: 38 Year Old Nigerian Joins Race

November 10, 2020 11:17 am

A 38-year-old Victor Ani-Laju, on Monday, declared his intention to run in the presidential election come 2023.

Read More: 2023 Presidency: I’m Ready, Prepared – Tunde Bakare

Addressing journalists in Abuja, Ani-laju said as President, he will tackle poverty, hunger, unemployment, poor healthcare, poor education and insecurity in every part of the country.

He pointed that the youth were the worst hit by years of bad governance, hence the older generation must step aside and allow people of younger generation to assume positions of authority.

Furthermore he added that:”About 38 years ago, a child was born in Nigeria with a …

Oyetola To Hand In 2021 Budget To State Assembly Today

Oyetola To Hand In 2021 Budget To State Assembly Today

November 10, 2020 8:04 am

Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun would present the 2021 proposed budget of the state today to the  House of Assembly.

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Speaker of the House,  Mr. Timothy Owoeye made this known, yesterday,  during plenary, disclosing that he had received a letter from the governor notifying of his intention to lay the budget before the House.

‘The governor has written to lay the 2021 budget before the House and he is doing so in line with the extant rules that says the budget should be presented at the end of the year against …

PENGASSAN Impends Strike Over Fuel Scarcity

PENGASSAN Impends Strike Over Fuel Scarcity

November 10, 2020 7:55 am

Showdown amid the Federal Government and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) over the implementation of the controversial Independent Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) may lead to a fresh round of petroleum products scarcity with the Union ordering its members nationwide to shutdown.

Read Also: Doctors In Ondo Initiate Indefinite Strike

The government had ceased the payment of salaries of its workers not captured on the IPPIS electronic platform, including PENGASSAN members.

The Union in a memo, said it had earlier reached an agreement with the government to pay the outstanding salaries while the IPPIS …

#EndSARS Lawyer Is Clean, Can Travel - Immigration Chief

#EndSARS Lawyer Is Clean, Can Travel – Immigration Chief

November 10, 2020 7:50 am

The comptroller general of Nigeria Immigration Service has made it clear that the government will not pay compensation to the activist whose passport is seized, the report says. It went further to explain why it seized the international passport of Modupe Odele, a lawyer who offered free legal service to some protesters arrested by the police during #EndSARS protests as he was about leaving the country for a vacation at the Maldives.

The NIS comptroller general, Muhammad Babandede in an interview said the directive to deny the activist from travelling abroad came from an unnamed security agency. Ms. Odele was …

France COVID-19 Case Drops By Half

France COVID-19 Case Drops By Half

November 10, 2020 7:35 am

France has witnessed a tremendous drop on Covid-19 infection cases on Monday by almost half according to a report. A total of 20,155 cases were reported, down from 40,439 on Sunday. The number follows the prior day’s welcome drop from Saturday, when a staggering 86,852 cases were reported, according to the Ministry of Health.

It has revealed that the total number of infections in France now stands at 1,807,479. In another positive sign, medical experts reported Monday that intensive care admissions have fallen over the past week. Martin Hirsch, Director General of Public Assistance – Paris Hospitals, told France Inter …

US: YouTube Suspends Donald Trump’s Channel

Donald Trump: The Accidental President Of The United States

November 10, 2020 7:17 am

The 45th President of the United States, Donald John Trump has had more controversies within the last four of his presidential tenure than any of his predecessors. These controversies ranging from his unguarded utterances to the latest one being his refusal to concede defeat to Joe Biden, the United States President-Elect are contributing in no small measure in making him the most notorious President of the United States who seems to be Hellbound on destroying the age-long reputation of the American democracy which is the envy of the world.

The November 2020 Presidential Election which began fully on the 3rd, …

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said that

Approximately 10m Electricity Consumers Not Metered

November 10, 2020 7:08 am

Notwithstanding the release of 497 billion by the Federal Government to close the metering gap in the country,  Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said that about 10,477,856 registered electricity customers  have not been metered as at the end of the first quarter of 2020.

Read Also: Free Meter Distribution Begins In Kano, Kaduna, Lagos Today

The commission, in its report, noted that only 4,231,940 (40.39 per cent) have been metered,  indicating that  about 59.61 per cent of the registered electricity customers are still on estimated billing which has contributed to customer apathy towards payment of electricity bills.

In comparison …

Doctors In Ondo Initiate Indefinite Strike

Doctors In Ondo Initiate Indefinite Strike

November 10, 2020 1:47 am

Resident doctors at the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo State have commenced an indefinite strike to press home the demand for unpaid salaries.

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Medical practitioners in Ondo had last week entered on a three- day warning strike to draw the government’s attention to the need to sort out over four months salary arrears.

The doctors said they took the decision to launch the indefinite strike at the end of a meeting held in Akure,  yesterday, as the state government had failed to address their demands.

Patients receiving …

Lagos State Releases 253 #EndSARS Protesters

Lagos State Releases 253 #EndSARS Protesters

November 9, 2020 12:42 pm

Lagos State Attorney-General and Justice Commissioner Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) has advised the courts to immediately free 253 persons arrested by the police in connection with the #EndSARS protests in the state and has further approved the prosecution of 92 others, the report says.

Read Also: Okonjo-Iweala Breaks Silence On #EndSARS Protests

In a statement, Onigbanjo said the state’s Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) had assessed the temporary charges filed against them by the police and found no prima facie evidence that they committed any crime. According to a statement by the Director of Public Affairs in the Ministry of Justice, …

Gambari, Fashola, Others Visit Tinubu

Gambari, Fashola, Others Visit Tinubu

November 9, 2020 11:32 am

The Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, on Sunday paid a sympathy visit to the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Bola Tinubu, at his Ikoyi residence in Lagos, the report says.

Read Also: Presidency Is Not For Sale – Bamgbose Attacks Tinubu

Gambari, the Chief of Staff to the President was accompanied on the trip to the ex-Lagos governor’s residence in Bourdillon, Ikoyi, by some ministers from the South-West part of the country.
The president’s chief of staff and the ministers had earlier held a meeting with governors of the six South-West states and traditional rulers …

Buhari Enjoyed Good Relationship with Trump- Garba Shehu

Buhari Enjoyed Good Relationship with Trump- Garba Shehu

November 9, 2020 11:10 am

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says Nigeria enjoyed a good working relationship with the administration of incumbent US President, Donald Trump.

Read Also: Trump Will Go To Supreme Court To Dispute Election Count

The president’s spokesperson, however, noted that the Buhari regime looked forward to a better relationship with the incoming administration of Joe Biden.
Shehu made this known on Sunday while featuring on Channels Television’s programme, Sunday Politics. Buhari had on Saturday congratulated the Democrat candidate and US president-elect for his victory at the poll. Shehu …

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