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Tensions Soar As 100 Buildings Are Demolished In Benin

Tensions Soar As 100 Buildings Are Demolished In Benin

The reclamation of land in Benin has led to the demolition of over 100 buildings in Irhirihi, Arougba, Obazagbon, and Ogheghe communities and has resulted in a war of words between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State.

The APC, in a statement on Monday, by its chairman, Col. David Imuse (retd.), accused the state government of hiding under the guise of building a new town to take over the area.

The party also faulted the state government’s claim that the area had over the years been acquired by the government and known …

2nd Niger Bridge To Be Ready For Use By Christmas 2022 – FG

2nd Niger Bridge To Be Ready For Use By Christmas 2022 – FG

The Federal Government of Nigeria has reiterated that the second Niger Bridge will be ready for use by Christmas this year.

Mr Seyi Martins who is the Ag Controller of Works in Anambra made this known in an interview with reporters in Awka on Monday.

Martins revealed that the first phase of the Second Niger Bridge measuring 1.6km, had reached 95 percent completion.

The Controller said, contrary to the news making the round that the project would be ready by 2024, the projects would be ready for use for travelers during the yuletide.

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More Deaths Recorded In Afghanistan Classroom Attack

More Deaths Recorded In Afghanistan Classroom Attack

In the recent tragedy bombing which had recently taken place in Afghanistan, it has been reported that up to forty-six girls and young women had been among those killed in a suicide bombing on an Afghan education centre last week, as had been reported by the United Nations on Monday who had also announced that the total death toll had risen to 53.

It had been reported that a suicide bomber had blown himself up on Friday next to some women who had been at a gender-segregated study hall which had been packed with hundreds of students sitting a practice …

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has described as illegal the review of the Retired Justice Doris Okuwobi’s #EndSARS panel findings on the incident which occurred at the Lekki Toll Gate in October 2020. He said the White Paper committee set up by the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu did not have the legal backing and competence to edit, modify, alter or reject the report of the commission. He said, “When the government set up a White Paper committee a fortnight ago, I questioned its legal validity. It was my view that since the committee is unknown to law, the members were not competent to edit, modify, alter, edit or reject the report of the commission, more so, that the members of White Paper committee did not have the opportunity of taking evidence from the witnesses who had testified before the commission. “The governor cannot reject the report, summary of evidence and findings of the Okuwobi Judicial Commission in any material particular. “In a bid to discredit the findings of the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of SARS-Related Abuses and Other Matters, the White Paper Committee acted ultra vires by advising the governor to accept, reject or refer the recommendations of the panel to the Federal Government. Thus, the state government arrogantly stated that the claim that nine people died at LTG on October 21, 2020, from gunshots fired by the military are based on assumptions and speculations.”

It’s Unfair And Unjust Not To Inaugurate NDDC Board – Falana

Femi Falana (SAN) who is a renowned constitutional and human rights lawyer has again blasted the recent action which he termed as “discriminatory, unfair and unjust” action of the President Buhari’s Federal government for its continued delay on the express inauguration of the Board of NDDC since 2019.

According to him, “whereas the North East Development Commission (NEDC) has a board in place, since May 2019, the Buhari regime has hidden under one excuse or another to treat the NDDC as an extension of the Ministry of the Niger Delta. There is no provision of the law that puts the …

Over 92 Die In Iran’s Mahsa Amini Protests – Rights Group

Over 92 Die In Iran’s Mahsa Amini Protests – Rights Group

No fewer than 92 people have been confirmed dead as Iran has cracked down on women-led protests which was sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the notorious morality police, the group Iran Human Rights confirmed on Monday.

As protests stretch into a third week, President Ebrahim Raisi yesterday stated that the ‘enemies’ of Iran had ‘failed in their conspiracy’.

Kurdish Iranian Amini, 22, was pronounced dead two weeks after she was detained for allegedly breaching rules requiring women to wear hijab headscarves and modest clothes, sparking Iran’s biggest wave of popular unrest in almost three …

How States Can Access, Claim $750m World Bank Loan — FG

How States Can Access, Claim $750m World Bank Loan — FG

The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), has stated that the state governments will need to improve four reform areas to access the $750 million approved by the World Bank to strengthen the Business Enabling Environment in states.

According to the Federal Government of Nigeria, this can only be made possible through the State Action for Business Enabling Reforms (SABER), programme.

Special Adviser to the President on Ease of Doing Business, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, listed the areas of reform to include improving land administration and land investment process; improving business enabling infrastructure; increasing sustainable large-scale investments, and enabling firm operations.…

Ukraine Invasion Russia Kicked Out Of ICAO Council

Ukraine Invasion: Russia Kicked Out Of ICAO Council

Russia was on Saturday voted out of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly for aviation, which had commenced last week in Montreal, Canada over its invasion of Ukraine.

The banishment of Russia followed a democratic vote by member states and the first time a country has been kicked out from the premier category of the decision-making council at the United Nations Organisation for Aviation.

After the vote by over 170 countries, Russia refused to recognise the results of the election, demanding a second vote, but the majority of countries said that the

Ukraine Putin Regime Violating International Laws – Analyst

Ukraine: Putin Regime Violating International Laws – Analyst

A Nigerian public affairs analyst, Emesakoru Enifome has submitted that the actions of Russian President, Vladimir Putin, grossly violate all norms of international law, adding that there is a double nuclear danger in the region.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and occupation of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), the Europe’s largest nuclear power station, have triggered the first real-world case of a crisis that security scholars have feared for decades – a threat of radiological disaster from a wartime incursion on an operating nuclear power plant.

He said the danger is as a result of a possible technogenic disaster at …

Fresh Fears As Nigeria's World Bank Debt Hits $660m

World Bank Approves $530m In Fresh Funding For Ukraine

The World Bank has recently made the announcement of up to $530 million which would be made in supplemental funding for Ukraine to enable the embattled Nation to “meet urgent needs created by Russia’s invasion.”

The support, which would be coming in the form of a new loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, has also been guaranteed by Britain to the tune of $500 million, with Denmark also backing the remaining $30 million, the World Bank said in a statement on Friday.

Read Also: US Congress Again Approves $12bn For War-Torn Ukraine

“The toll of destruction, damage, …

Elections are not a life-or-death matter, says Gov. Mohammed

Elections Are Not A Life-Or-Death Matter, Says Gov. Mohammed

Political parties, candidates, and supporters have been urged not to see elections for elective seats as a life-or-death situation by Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed.

Mohammed also urged parties and supporters to act in accordance with the game’s regulations in his message of goodwill delivered on Saturday in honour of Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Anniversary.

He urged them to keep in mind that only God can grant power to anybody He chooses at a given time.

 

Read Also: Gov Bala Mohammed Woos Fresh Chinese Investors For Bauchi

‘It is not therefore the amount of money, hate speech, fake news or …

Do More To Protect Southeast Region – Uzodinma Urges Army

Do More To Protect Southeast Region – Uzodinma Urges Army

The Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has appealed to the military to ‘study the topography’ of the South East region, introduce new techniques and do more the protection the citizens of the area.

Uzodinma made this appeal when the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division, Enugu, Major Gen. Umar T. Musa, paid him a courtesy call at the New Executive Council Chambers Government House, Owerri, Thursday.

The Governor noted that insecurity has challenged the government so much and it will “continue to encourage the military and other arms of the Armed Forces to help the government bring …

How US, NATO Is Using Tech For Disinformation – Report

How US, NATO Is Using Tech For Disinformation – Report

An intelligence report by Russian military authorities has revealed that the current propaganda of the United States and the European countries around their interests is a repeat of past media campaigns against the geopolitical opponents of the West.

The report which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York had alleged that methods of replicating and falsifying facts were deployed by the West led by the United States and Great Britain in Syria, Serbia, Libya, Iraq, Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, saying it’s quite clear where Kiev got all the manuals.

‘It is worth remembering the most resonant event, which served …