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El-Rufai Sacks Over 2000 Teachers ‘For Incompetence’

El-Rufai Sacks Over 2000 Teachers For ‘Incompetence’ In Kaduna

June 20, 2022 6:50 am

The Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB) has sacked 2,357 teachers for their inability to pass the competence test held in the state.

KADSUBEB’s public relations officer, Hauwa Mohammed, said in a statement that the Board conducted a competence exam for over 30,000 instructors in December 2021.

She said that 2,192 elementary school teachers had been fired for refusing to take the test, including the National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT).

According to her, 165 of the 27,662 teachers who took the competency test were fired because of unsatisfactory results.

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Peacekeepers Bombed In Mali, Guinean Soldier Killed

Peacekeepers Bombed In Mali, Guinean Soldier Killed

June 20, 2022 6:29 am

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has denounced an attack on a UN peacekeeping convoy in Kidal, northern Mali, that resulted in the death of a Guinean soldier.

An improvised explosive device (IED) detonated during a UN Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) mine detection operation, killing the Guinean peacekeeper.

The secretary-general expressed his profound sympathies to the victim’s family and comrades in arms, as well as the people and authorities of Guinea, in a statement issued by UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq.

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Guterres recalled that under international law, attacks targeting …

Tension As Palestinian Is Shot Dead By Israeli Forces

Tension As Palestinian Is Shot Dead By Israeli Forces

June 20, 2022 6:17 am

A Palestinian worker was shot dead by Israeli forces on Sunday while crossing a security barrier in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian sources said.

Nabil Ghanem, 53, of the West Bank city of Nablus, was identified as the man killed by the Palestinian health ministry.

Ghanem is one of the tens of thousands of West Bank Palestinians who seek work in Israel on a regular basis, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Forces shot at a suspect who vandalised the security fence,’ according to an Israeli army official.

Wages on Israeli farms and building sites are significantly greater …

41 Killed, Millions Displaced As Floods Hit Bangladesh, India

41 Killed, Millions Displaced As Floods Hit Bangladesh, India

June 19, 2022 3:48 am

Officials revealed on that monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India killed at least 41 people and caused disastrous floods that trapped millions of others.

Floods are a constant threat to millions of people in Bangladesh’s low-lying areas, but researchers warn climate change is increasing the frequency, fury, and unpredictability of these natural disasters.

Over the last week, torrential rains have inundated large swaths of Bangladesh’s northeast, forcing military to evacuate families blocked off from neighbouring settlements.

Schools have been converted into relief shelters to house entire villages inundated by rivers that burst their banks in a couple of hours.

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WHO Reveals Number Of People With Mental Illness Worldwide

WHO Reveals Number Of People With Mental Illness Worldwide

June 18, 2022 5:29 pm

In a new report vevtted by the organisation, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that nearly one billion people out of an estimated 7.95 billion worldwide suffer from some form of mentally related disorders after a worldwide estimate.

This report is in tandem to the latest UN data released on Friday, one in seven teenagers is said to have mental issues.

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“To make matters worse, in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of common conditions such as depression and anxiety went up by more than 25

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e-Customs Concession Project: Court Halts FG's Enforcements

e-Customs Concession Project: Court Halts FG’s Enforcements

June 18, 2022 11:49 am

As regards to the level of conflict in one of the Customs implementations projects, a Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained and stayed the Federal Government in Nigeria from enforcing any more directives to the very controversial Customs Modernisation Project, otherwise known as e-Custom which was executed by its agents on May 30, 2022.

The Nigerian Custom Service, Trade Modernisation Project limited, Huawei Technologies Company Nigeria limited and African Finance Corporation are some of the agents who allegedly executed the disputed concession project.

The court also issued an order of interim injunction against the Federal government or its agents …

CPJ Kicks As Commonwealth Bars Journalists Covering Summit

CPJ Kicks As Commonwealth Bars Journalists Covering Summit

June 18, 2022 11:47 am

In a fresh development, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has vetted out an open warning to the Commonwealth Secretariat to ensure that all journalists can freely cover the upcoming summit in Rwanda as regards to the earlier warning to bar journalists.

The central institution of the Commonwealth of Nations is an organisation which has been tasked with coordinating activities and support for members.

CPJ has also warned the agency not to allow the press accreditation process for attendance to be used as a political tool.

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The biennial Commonwealth …

Agony As Auto Crash Kills Seven, Injures Five In Kogi

Agony As Auto Crash Kills Seven, Injures Five In Kogi

June 18, 2022 6:46 am

The Kogi State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps on Saturday confirmed the death of seven people while five persons were injured when two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision along the Lokoja-Abuja Expressway.

The Kogi Sector Commander of FRSC, Stephen Dawulung, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Lokoja.

According to the FRSC commander, the incident occurred on Friday, when a Toyota Hiace bus had a head-on collision with a DAF Articulated Vehicle at Akpanya, near Koton Karfe, on Abuja-Lokoja Road.

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‘When the two vehicles collided, seven persons …

Russians Will Be Needing Visas To Enter Ukraine From July 1

Russians Will Be Needing Visas To Enter Ukraine From July 1

June 18, 2022 6:28 am

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, declared on Friday that visas for Russians will be introduced on July 1, almost four months after Moscow invaded his country.

‘Ukraine is introducing a visa regime for citizens of the Russian Federation,’ Zelenskyy revealed via his Telegram account. He said the requirement would take effect on ‘July 1, 2022’, according to a government decision that he expected ‘today.’

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the move will bring to an end visa-free travel for Russians that began when Ukraine became independent from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, …

Ceasefire In Yemen, A Step Toward Broader Peace Deal –UN Envoy

Ceasefire In Yemen, A Step Toward Broader Peace Deal –UN Envoy

June 18, 2022 6:10 am

A renewed two-month ceasefire in war-torn Yemen that has given the populace a sense of normalcy, according to the UN special envoy, is the first step toward a broader peace settlement.

The truce ‘has delivered some humanitarian respite to the population that is unprecedented in terms of the history of the conflict, and from that point of view, it also provides us with scope and breathing space for engaging on a political settlement’, Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg told reporters in an interview on Saturday.

‘The truce is the first step towards a broader settlement,’ he said on the sidelines of …

The ‘Age Of Fossil Fuels’ Must Be Brought To An End - UN

The ‘Age Of Fossil Fuels’ Must Be Brought To An End – UN

June 18, 2022 5:05 am

A UN chief yesterday launched an all-out attack on the fossil fuel industry, accusing it of holding ‘humanity by the throat’ while also appealing to the world’s major economies to ‘end the age of fossil fuels.’

Antonio Guterres made the call in a speech to the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, he said ‘Nothing could be more clear or present than the danger of fossil fuel expansion’ he added.

The virtual meeting, hosted by US President Joe Biden, brings together countries representing 80 percent of global GDP, population, and greenhouse gas emissions, the White House said.

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Ondo: Burial Mass Begins For Owo Church Massacre Victims 

Ondo: Burial Mass Begins For Owo Church Massacre Victims 

June 17, 2022 11:01 am

It was a sad spectacle as thirteen days after the terror attack by gunmen on worshippers at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, the pre-announced funeral mass for the deceased victims has commenced today.

In the gory attack that threw the state into pandemonium, no fewer than 40 persons were gruesomely murdered on June 5 when daredevil gunmen rained bullets on the worshippers during service.

The funeral mass for the unfortunate victims began at 10:00 am after the caskets bearing the bodies of the deceased were brought in.

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