November 2020

UN Urges Ethiopia To Protect Civilians, Aid Workers

Stop Demolishing Palestinians Homes – UN Experts Tell Israel

November 22, 2020 5:12 am

UN human experts have called on Israel to immediately stop its demolition of Palestinian homes forth with; calling on them ‘to ensure that its actions are strictly compliant with its international humanitarian and human rights obligations and to provide protection for, rather than displacement of, the protected population.’

Michael Lynk, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory; and Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living in statement, have condemned the demolition by Israel of the homes and property belonging to a Palestinian Bedouin …

Nigeria’s Future Lies In The North Central - Saraki

Nigeria’s Future Lies In The North Central – Saraki

November 22, 2020 5:12 am

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki Friday insisted that the North Central Region of Nigeria will determine the future of the country.

Senator Saraki, a former governor of Kwara state, while arguing that the region would further develop the country, said the mineral resource deposits in the region was a huge source of income in the future.

The former Senate President stated this when he was visited by the leaders of the North Central People’s Forum (NCPF) in his Abuja home also added that the North-Central region belongs to Nigeria and deserves every consideration others will get in the 2023 permutations.…

33 SARS Officials For Prosecution - NHRC

33 SARS Officials For Prosecution – NHRC

November 22, 2020 5:07 am

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has revealed that it has given the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and its 36 state counterparts sufficient materials to prosecute 33 operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad indicted in last year’s report of a Presidential Investigative Panel.

This was made known by the Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Mr Tony Ojukwu while fielding questions from journalists at the headquarters of the commission in Abuja. This is a counter to the statement by the Attorney General’s office who in a report published around Nov. 8 declared that there was no sufficient …

Queen Elizabeth And Prince Charles Mark 74th Birthday

Queen Elizabeth And Prince Charles Mark 74th Birthday

November 21, 2020 6:24 am

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip celebrate their 73rd wedding anniversary on Friday, and Buckingham Palace has released a photograph of a smiling monarch and her husband looking at a card made by her great-grandchildren Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, alongside other cards and letters from well-wishers as they will not be unable to share the birthday with their family and friends as England is currently under a coronavirus lockdown.

Queen Elizabeth who is 94, and Prince Philip 99, married in London’s Westminster Abbey on Nov 20, 1947, just two years after the end of World War II.…

UAE Makes New Laws To Make Life Better For Citizens

UAE Makes New Laws To Make Life Better For Citizens

November 21, 2020 6:23 am

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has refurbished an array of laws in a social liberalisation drive designed to polish its progressive brand report says.

UAE HAS turned its attention to conservative local laws that are hardly enforced but frequently been discussed among expatriates who fear of falling foul of authorities and jeopardising their jobs and residency.

The oil-rich Emirates in recent years has seriously pushed to boost its soft power, hosting global sports events, launching a successful homegrown space programme and opening a nuclear power plant. The country also took the historic leap of normalising ties with Israel, a long-time …

Gbajabiamila’s Security Kills A Newspaper Vendor In Abuja

Gbajabiamila’s Security Kills A Newspaper Vendor In Abuja

November 21, 2020 6:15 am

Members of Abuja Newspapers Distributors Association (ANDA) are set to protest the killing of their member by a security aide to the Speaker of House Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.

President of the Association, Benji Obute, made this known while speaking to reporters in Abuja on Thursday. He said the association will stage a protest at the National Assembly and the Police Headquarters today over the killing of Elechi Emmanuel.

Obute noted that all their members would converge at Area 1 today to start the protest, noting that no newspapers would be distributed until after the protest. He appealed to media houses …

ASUU Confirms Kidnap Of Two Profs, Others In UNIABUJA

ASUU Strike: Students Set To Protest Against Government

November 21, 2020 6:11 am

After eight months of sitting at home because of strike action by members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Nigerian Students in federal universities have vowed to take to the streets in protest if the President Muhammadu Buhari government refuses to heed the demand of striking university lecturers.

Nigerian students have remained at home since March this year, because the Federal Government has failed to meet the demand of ASUU; the students unlike their counterparts in private universities and those studying outside the country are currently without access to education.

This situation has infuriated students, who say they …

#EndSARS: We Are Back To Abacha Days - Seun Kuti

#EndSARS: We Are Back To Abacha Days – Seun Kuti

November 21, 2020 6:07 am

Nigerian musician and the youngest son of late Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti has stated that Nigeria as a country has returned to Abacha days. He also condemned the Lagos State Government over threat to close down his family’s entertainment center, The New Afrika Shrine because his plan to hold a meeting where lessons learnt during the #EndSARS protest will be discussed.

In an interview on Thursday, the musician described the threat by the state government to shut down the center as tyrannical. Seun Kuti said that he wanted to hold a meeting at the Afrika Shrine to discuss the lesson …

U.S. Election - Romney Condemns Trump For Baseless Claims

U.S. Election: Romney Condemns Trump For Baseless Claims

November 21, 2020 6:04 am

Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Thursday said that President Donald Trump is actively seeking to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s historic victory in the 2020 presidential election. In a statement posted on Twitter, Romney condemned Trump for pressuring local GOP officials in states that he clearly lost to appoint pro-Trump electors and overrule the will of the people in a last-ditch effort to tilt the Electoral College in his favor and steal the election.

‘Having failed to make even a plausible case of widespread fraud or conspiracy before any court of law, the President has now resorted to overt pressure on …

Some Countries Have Purchased Excess Vaccines – WHO

Ethiopia’s Crisis: WHO’S DG Accused Of Supporting Rebels

November 21, 2020 6:01 am

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a native of Tigray, on Thursday denied accusations by the Ethiopian army that he was supporting the rebels in his region.

Ethiopian army has accused the WHO head of supporting the Tygra People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in the fight that has seen over 3,000 people displaced and placed millions of children in danger of hunger. But Mr Tedros while reacting to Ethiopian army accusation said:

‘Some reports suggest that I am taking sides in this situation. This is not true and I want to say that I am only

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#EndSARS - DJ Switch Is A Fraud - Nigerian Government

#EndSARS: DJ Switch Is A Fraud – Nigerian Government

November 20, 2020 5:47 am

Nigerian government through the Minister of Information and Culture has said the real intention of Obianuju Catherine Udeh, popularly known as DJ Switch in her footage on the Lekki toll gate shooting was to tarnish the image of the country. The government further demanded to know the alleged sponsors of the popular DJ.

DJ Switch who had live-streamed the shooting at #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll gate in October on Instagram have received a lot of condemnation from the government. The Defence Headquarters labelled videos of Massacre posted on social media as ‘photo-shopped.’

But DJ Switch’s live session amongst …

Army Marches On Tigray Region Capital

Ethiopian Conflict: Army Marches On Tigray Region Capital

November 20, 2020 5:47 am

Ethiopian federal government troops are currently pushing toward the regional capital of Mekelle despite effort by the international community to restore peace. According to a report, the two weeks fighting between the Ethopian federal government forces and Tigrayan regional forces has forced tens of thousands of people to flee to neighboring Sudan. Ethiopia’s federal government said Wednesday that army forces were marching on Tigray’s capital as international groups appealed for an end to the conflict in the African country.

The federal government committee established for the crisis said ‘armed forces continue to advance toward Mekelle.’

On Wednesday, Tigray’s regional authorities …

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