July 9, 2021

The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has ordered the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to pay Nigerian journalist Agba Jalingo ₦30 million.

The money is compensation for the ill-treatment and torture of Jalingo while in detention in Cross River State.

The citizen was arrested and chained to a deep freezer for about 34 days without being charged to court.

The court noted that having studied the suit and facts provided by SERAP, it found no answer as to why Jalingo was arrested and illegally detained, brutalized and dehumanised.

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Former South African president Jacob Zuma has lost a bid to overturn his arrest for contempt, days after turning himself in for a 15-month jail term.

Recall that the constitutional court last week ordered Zuma jailed for refusing to give evidence at an inquiry into corruption during his nine years in office from 2009.

Following the development, he turned himself in on Wednesday but challenged his sentence.

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However, the Pietermaritzburg high court on Friday ruled that Zuma must stay in jail until that hearing is concluded.

‘Mr. Zuma’s concerns about

Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy Governor, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu has expressed concern at the rate Nigeria’s public debt increased in the last six years under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, warning that the incumbent administration is crippling Nigeria.

Moghalu raised the alarm that Nigeria is now a dangerous, debt-induced fiscal cliff and accused the federal government of mortgaging the future of the youth.

“We have to stop further borrowing and start to manage the current obligations in order to avoid a sovereign debt default or, at best, a costly restructuring. Further borrowing will lead to a disastrous debt …

Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has carried out a major reshuffle of his cabinet inducting some new faces and removing as many as 12.

According to unofficial government sources, the reshufflement brought about an ‘all-inclusive’ face of the government.

Those who resigned included Law Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad; Information and Broadcasting, Minister Prakash Javadekar; Health Minister, Harsh Vardhan and Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.

As many as 43 ministers took an oath of office and secrecy, mostly new faces and some whose portfolios were changed and promoted.

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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Prof. Attahiru Jega, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as Chairman of, Governing Council of the University of Jos.

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who made this disclosure while addressing journalists in Abuja yesterday, according to him, Buhari also approved the appointment and reassignment of Chancellors to 42 federal universities.

It is also interesting to note that two former Ministers, Prof Anthony Anwuka and Udoma Udo Udoma, were also appointed chairmen of governing councils.

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While Anwuka is to …

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has condemned what he described as the ‘heinous’’ assassination of Haitian President, Jovenel Moise and offered Washington’s support to the crisis-torn Caribbean island.

Africa Daily News, New York had reported that unknown gunmen on Tuesday assassinated President Jovenel Moise of Haiti at his private residence.

A statement by the Country’s interim prime minister, Claude Joseph, said Moise was fatally wounded by the unidentified men.

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Biden in a statement on Wednesday while expressing shock, condemned the act.

‘We condemn this heinous act, and …

Zimbabwe’s army commander, Lt.-Gen. Edzayi Chimonyo has been reported dead after succumbing to cancer, an official presidential spokesman has revealed.

The death is a huge blow given that the army holds a huge influence in Zimbabwean politics.

In November 2017, the army stepped in to oust the late Robert Mugabe and pave way for incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

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Lt.-Gen. Edzayi Chimonyo, who was appointed to the position after the coup, had been battling cancer,  presidential spokesman, George Charamba, wrote on Twitter.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Chimonyo, like all …

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya has confirmed that the military is already implementing the presidential order to reduce the influence and activities of criminals across the country noting that they have been, albeit silently been sending criminals to ‘God’.

Speaking to reporters after President Muhammadu Buhari decorated him with his new rank at the State House in Abuja, he pointed out that many bandits, terrorists, and other criminals had ‘already been sent to God to go and answer for their crimes.’

He vowed that the Army would give its best to tackle prevailing security challenges in …