November 2020

Roguish Nigerian Police And Why The IG Must Be Interrogated

Roguish Nigerian Police And Why The IG Must Be Interrogated

November 24, 2020 12:47 pm

Nigeria is bleeding, the blood of the innocent has been shed and the Nation-State is on fire. Hearts have been broken and the pandora’s box has been opened wide. The Government at all levels has failed Nigerians. Not only has the Buhari-led APC government woefully failed to live up to its responsibilities, but it has also unleashed police and military might on unarmed innocent Nigerians, the same people they swore under oath to serve and protect.  This police might comprises of the roguish police officers under different agesis who are being led by the led by the Nigerian Inspector General …

UN Urges Ethiopia To Protect Civilians, Aid Workers

UN Urges Ethiopia To Protect Civilians, Aid Workers

November 24, 2020 1:53 am

The United Nations on Monday urged Ethiopia to ensure the protection of civilians, a day after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gave Tigrayan forces 72 hours to surrender before a military offensive on the regional capital of Mekelle.

Hundreds, possibly thousands, have been killed in fighting that erupted on Nov. 4 between Ethiopian federal forces and Tigray’s regional army, sending more than 30,000 refugees into neighbouring Sudan. Catherine Sozi, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Ethiopia, told Reuters that she hoped for the guarantee of safety and security of aid workers and the ‘protection of more than 525,000 civilian (non-combatants) who live …

Ethiopia Targets TPLF Leaders After Taking Region's Capital

Ethiopian Ahmed Gives Tigrayan Forces 72 Hours To Surrender

November 24, 2020 1:51 am

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has given Tigrayan regional forces 72 hours to surrender before the military begins an offensive on the regional capital of Mekelle.

Abiy took to his twitter account urging the TPLF to surrender saying ‘We urge you to surrender peacefully within 72 hours, recognizing that you are at the point of no return.’

There is no response from Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which is refusing to surrender its rule of the northern region, and who has also said its forces were digging trenches and standing firm.

Read Also: Ethiopian War: 2.3 Million Children In Danger

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Gbajabiamila Visits Slain Vendor Family, Creates Trust Fund

Gbajabiamila Visits Slain Vendor Family, Creates Trust Fund

November 24, 2020 12:44 am

The Nigeria House of Representative Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila whose security, Abdullahi Hassan, shot and killed a newspaper vendor in Abuja last week has signed the condolence register of the slain, Ifeanyi Elechi, at Area 1 Vendor Stand in Abuja yesterday report says.

The Speaker has also announced the creation of a trust fund for children of the newspaper vendor when he paid a condolence visit to members of the Abuja Newspapers Distributors Association (ANDA) in the company of the spokesman of the House, Benjamin Kalu, and some aides.

The late Okereke was shot dead by Hassan when newspaper vendors circled …

IG Promotes 16 Officers Killed In EndSARS Riots, 82,763 Others

IG Promotes 16 Officers Killed In EndSARS Riots, 82,763 Others

November 24, 2020 12:44 am

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has approved the promotion of 82,779 junior officers to the next ranks.

The list comprises 56,779 Sergeants to Inspector, 17,569 Corporal to Sergeants, and 8,431 Constables to Corporal.

Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, made the announcement on Monday.

The spokesman said the promotion was part of ongoing efforts at boosting the morale of the workforce and for greater efficiency.

Read Also: IGP Retains Solid Stand, Orders Personnel To Resist Violent

Those elevated include 86 junior officers impacted by the End SARS riots.

Sixteen who died got special posthumous promotion; 70 others injured …

Airlines In Nigeria, Most Dangerous To Fly – Sen. Adeyemi

Airlines In Nigeria, Most Dangerous To Fly – Sen. Adeyemi

November 24, 2020 12:41 am

Senate Committee Chairman on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi on Monday says it is too dangerous and risky to fly in Nigeria considering the challenges confronting Aviation industry.

Adeyemi who was addressing journalists at a press conference said the Aviation sector was strategic as well as instrumental to the socio-economic growth of nations but added that what Nigeria has today was nothing short of death in the Air, save for Federal Government’s intervention.

Read Also: FG Bans Emirates Airlines From Operating In Nigeria

According to him, the public hearings and budget defence which took place last week further brought aviation …

I Have Three Children In Public Universities – Ngige

I Have Three Children In Public Universities – Ngige

November 23, 2020 11:04 am

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has restated the commitment of Federal Government to end the eight-month strike embarked on by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

He described as untrue, comments that government officials have been foot-draggers in the ongoing negotiations with the university lecturers because their children school abroad.

Ngige said, ‘I have three biological children in public schools. They are in public schools; they are not in private universities. Unlike ASUU members who have most of their children in private universities, three of mine are here. So, I am a very big stakeholder

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Ondo Gov, Akeredolu Approves 22 New Appointments

Akeredolu Sacks Attorney-General, Appoints Replacement

November 23, 2020 11:00 am

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Monday rejigged his cabinet following the removal of Adekola Olawoye, SAN, as the Commissioner of Justice and Attorney-General of the State.

Following the removal of Olawoye, the governor replaced him with Charles Titiloye, as the new Attorney General of the State.

According to the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Segun Ajiboye, in a statement issued, Titiloye’s name will be forwarded to the State House of Assembly for confirmation.

Read Also: Akeredolu Gives Ultimatum For Submission Of Illegal Arms In Ondo

Titiloye who was a former Secretary of the Nigerian Bar of Association, …

\Organised Labour In Cross River Goes On Indefinite Strike

Strike Looms As Labour Walks Out From Meeting With FG

November 23, 2020 1:42 am

Labour union representatives yesterday staged a walk-out from a meeting with the Nigerian Government.

The labour union walked out of the meeting barely five minutes after it started.

The president of the Trade Union Congress, TUC, Quadri Olaleye, told Channels Television that the hike in the price of fuel and electricity tariffs were top on the meeting agenda and not issues of palliatives.

He accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government of dishonesty and painting the organised labour in a bad light before the general public.

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Olaleye said, ‘This

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Strike: Nigerian Govt, Doctors Sign New Agreement

FG Criticised Over Plan To Import Petroleum From Niger Republic

November 23, 2020 1:26 am

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has described as embarrassing Federal Government’s plan to import petroleum products from Niger Republic.

Onuesoke, a former Delta State gubernatorial aspirant said that the pronouncement sounded unbelievable to him because Nigeria has four refineries while Niger Republic has only one.

Recall that Ministry of Petroleum Resources announced on Thursday that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Niger Republic to import petroleum products from desert country.

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Reacting to the pronouncement while addressing aviation correspondents at the Murtala Mohammed …

We'll Follow Election Laws - Republican Lawmakers Tell Trump

We’ll Follow Election Laws – Republican Lawmakers Tell Trump

November 22, 2020 5:14 am

Republican Lawmakers from Michigan have told President Trump that they will still stick to the states’ election laws of awarding the state’s electors to the candidate that won the popular votes.

This follows a meeting they had with Trump where the president persuaded them to award him the state’s electors despite losing the state to Biden with 154,000 vote margin. Critics have accused the U.S. President Donald Trump for trying to leverage the power of the Oval Office to block President-elect Joe Biden’s victory as stating that his futile efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 election could do …

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