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Mbaise Rulers Backlashed For Cursing Ihedioha’s Opponents

November 13, 2019 6:07 am

Attempt by the Mbaise traditional institution in Imo state to protect  Governor Emeka Ihedioha from attacks especially from has attracted wide condemnation.

Traditional rulers from the three local government areas of Mbaise –Ahiazu, Aboh and Ezinihitte, had on November 4, 2019, placed curses on indigenes that are in different political camps from the governor.

Those targeted were vocal members of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), Action Alliance (AA) and All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) working with former Governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha; his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, and the Governorship candidates of APC, Senator Hope Uzodinma and APGA, Senator Ifeanyi Araraume.

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Gunmen Kill 2 Policemen, Rifles Taken Away

November 13, 2019 6:05 am

Two Policemen were in the wee hours of Tuesday killed by gunmen at Otuogidi community, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

The hoodlums reportedly caught the Policemen unawares close to the Bayelsa State College of Health Technology, Otuogidi, attacked them and took away their rifles.

One of the officers died on the spot while the other one who survived the attack and made it to the hospital later died.

Preliminary investigations according to Police sources revealed that the gunmen were in search of guns to be used to disrupt Saturday governorship election.

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Noise Pollution: Lagos To Shut Down Mosques, Churches

November 13, 2019 6:05 am

In a bid to control noise pollution, the Lagos State Government has said it will not hesitate to close down any mosque, church, night clubs and others, which constitute environmental nuisance.

Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, in a statement, yesterday stated that the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) had been mandated to apply the full weight of the law.

He said the action became imperative because his office had been inundated with complaints and petitions from many residents and associations all over the state about the noise levels of many of the leisure centres and …

I’ve Been Living With Diabetes For Over 30 Years – Obasanjo

November 13, 2019 3:28 am

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday morning led hundreds of people on road walk for diabetes awareness … The significance of this public awareness, championed by a national figure and a former president, cannot be overemphasised. This public declaration by Obasanjo, about his health, when other public figures and politicians would hardly do so, provided more information on diabetes. Another interesting part of that day was when, the former chairman of Diabetes Association of Nigeria (DAN), Professor Sunny Chieneye, in a lecture titled ‘Women and Diabetic: Our Right to Healthy Living’, called for concerted efforts to check the menace of …

Customs Intercepts Frozen Chicken, Others At Lagos Airport

November 13, 2019 3:25 am

As the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) continued to observe the land border closure order of the federal government, the Muritala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) command of the service has intercepted N68.9 million frozen products smuggled through the airport.

This was disclosed at a joint press conference between the Customs Area Controllers of the MMIA Command and Muritala Muhammed Area Command (cargo section), headed by Comptroller Adewale Adeniyi and Comptroller Lena Oyama.

Speaking to journalists, Adeniyi said the seizure was as a result of the border closure because the seizure was first of in its kinds in the history of the …

SA: Rescue Team Searching For Boy, 9, Swept Away By Flood

November 12, 2019 4:54 pm
As heavy rains lashed parts of KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday afternoon, rescue services were frantically searching for a schoolboy who was swept into a flooded river.

IPSS Rescue’s Dylan Meyerick said teams were searching the Nonoti River in Darnall, on the KZN north coast, for the missing nine-year-old

“Rescue teams have been in the water … looking for a nine-year-old who was walking home from school and got washed off a low-level bridge,” he said.

Meyerick said rescuers had called for a sniffer dog to help them.

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“The river

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King

SA: Outrage As Swazi King Gets 120 BMWs,19 Rolls-Royces

November 12, 2019 4:50 pm
After public servants in eSwatini took to the streets demanding pay increases, King Mswati III has come under fire for “spoiling” his family with a fleet of luxury BMWs.

Formerly known as Swaziland, the monarchy has left opposition party, the People’s United Democratic Movement (Pudemo), fuming as it appeared to ignore calls for government employees to be remunerated better, and instead doubled down by ordering 120 BMWs which were delivered on Thursday.

Around 700 public servants rallied in the capital Mbabane on Thursday against the rule of Mswati, whom they accused of draining public coffers.

Pudemo general secretary Wandile Dludlu

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Building Collapse: Lagos Seals Off Houses In Ikeja

November 12, 2019 3:54 pm

The weekend began the sealing of suspected substandard buildings in the state. Officials of Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) on Saturday sealed off several buildings in Ikeja area for breaching the building control laws of the state.

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Some other structures suspected to have changed the residential approval granted to them and converted for commercial use were also served notices to present their documents within 48 hours for regularisation.

LASBCA General Manager, Ms. Abiola Kosegbe, who led the enforcement team to parts of Ikeja, said structures found to …

Macron

Macron Pledges French Help To Fight Armed Groups In Congo

November 12, 2019 3:41 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday pledged military support to DR Congo counterpart Felix Tshisekedi to fight armed groups in the vast central African country’s volatile east.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been wracked by conflict near its eastern border after numerous militias evolved from the two Congo wars (1996-1997 and 1998-2003).

“France is fully engaged at the side of DRC to fight armed groups which are destabilising the country”, some of which are linked to the Islamic State group, Macron told Tshisekedi during a meeting in Paris.

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Africa

Africa Sees Improvements In Visa Openness – Report

November 12, 2019 2:40 pm
Africa has seen great improvements in visa openness as Africans can travel to more countries visa-free, according to the 2019 Africa Visa Openness Index released on Monday.
For the first time, Africans on average can travel to approximately 27 countries visa-free or with a visa on arrival, said the report compiled by the African Union Commission (AU Commission) and African Development Bank (AfDB).

The progress on visa openness in Africa follows growing momentum for greater integration between countries and signals that policymakers across the continent are pushing reforms, making it easier for African businessmen and women, investors, students and tourists

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Borno Bans Illegal Motor Parks To Curb Crimes

November 12, 2019 2:39 pm

The Borno State Government has banned the operations of illegal motor parks in the state to curtail criminal activities.

The Commissioner of Justice, Mr Kaka-Shehu Lawan, announced the ban while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Maiduguri.

Lawan said that the government took the measure following intelligence reports that cases of robbery and kidnapping were linked to the parks.

The commissioner also alleged that operations of some illegal motor parks in the state were aiding and abetting insurgency.

“Criminal elements with dangerous weapons can come into the state through illegal

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Algeria Jails 22 Protesters Over Berber Flags

November 12, 2019 2:37 pm
Twenty-two Algerian demonstrators were handed one-year jail sentences Tuesday for “undermining national unity” by bearing the Berber minority’s flag during anti-regime protests, a prisoners’ rights group said.
The CNLD committee said on its Facebook page that a court in the capital’s Sidi Mhamed district had sentenced the accused to 12 months in prison — half of it suspended — and fines of 30,000 dinars ($275).

Said Salhi, vice president of the Algerian human rights groups LADDH, condemned the ruling as “heavy, hard and unexpected”, adding that defence lawyers would appeal.

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