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Mali Declares Three Days Mourning After Army Base Attack

Mali Declares Three Days Mourning After Army Base Attack

November 4, 2019 3:22 pm
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Monday declared three days of mourning after a militant attack on an army base killed more than 40 soldiers last week in one of the deadliest strikes on the country’s military.
Islamic State-allied militants claimed Friday’s attack on Indelimane base in the northeast of the country near the border with Niger, which authorities say killed at 49 soldiers.

It was the latest assault on target Mali’s military which is struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency that began in the north and spread to the centre of the country. At least 40 troops were

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Buhari Signs Amended Deep Offshore Act In London

Buhari Signs Amended Deep Offshore Act In London

November 4, 2019 3:19 pm
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in London signed the amended Deep Offshore Act.

“Today I signed into law the amended Deep Offshore Act. Nigeria will now receive its fair, rightful and equitable share of income from our own natural resources for the first time since 2003,” Buhari said in a statement signed by his spokesman Garba Shehu.

“In that year oil prices began a steep increase to double – and at times – triple over the following decade.

“All this time Nigeria has failed to secure its equitable share of the proceeds of oil production, for all attempts to

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300 Attacks On Ebola Health Workers In DR Congo This Year

300 Attacks On Ebola Health Workers In DR Congo This Year

November 4, 2019 3:18 pm
Health workers battling an Ebola outbreak in DR Congo have been attacked 300 times, leaving six dead and 70 wounded since the start of the year in three provinces, authorities said on Monday.
The Democratic Republic of Congo declared an Ebola epidemic in August 2018 in the conflict-wracked eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri, bordering Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.

The highly contagious fever has so far killed 2,185 people, according to the latest official figures, but health workers have faced attacks and threats.

The latest attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday after a Congolese radio

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Ex-senator Files ₦3bn Suit Against Police, IGP, Others

Ex-senator Files ₦3bn Suit Against Police, IGP, Others

November 4, 2019 12:20 pm

A former Senator for Enugu North Senatorial District between 1999 and 2007, Senator Fidelis Okoro, has dragged the Police Service Commission, the Nigeria  Police Force and the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, before the Abuja division of the Federal High Court,  over the alleged killing of his son, Mr John Chukwuemeka Okoro, by a police officer, Mohammed Yusuf. 

The 31- year-old late Chukwuemeka Okoro, was  alleged to have been shot by a policeman  in Gudu area of Abuja  on August 11, 2014

According court documents, the incident occurred when the deceased, who just came back from London then where …

Ikwuano/Umuahia Monarchs Seeks Chairmanship Of Abia Council

Ikwuano/Umuahia Monarchs Seek Chairmanship Of Abia Council

November 4, 2019 12:06 pm

The Traditional Rulers Council of Ikwuano/Umuahia are seeking to occupy the headship of Abia State Traditional Rulers Council.

The monarchs from Abia Central Senatorial District said the chairmanship position currently occupied by Eze Eberechi Dic (Obingwa in Abia South) will soon come to an end, and that based on equity,justice and fairness, they should produce the next occupancy of that position.

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“Eze Dick has  served  out almost six years of two tenures in that office,  since the outgoing Chairman is from the same Obingwa Local Government with the governor,  it can only be …

Court Restrains Ayade, 4 Others From Interfering In JSC

Court Restrains Ayade, 4 Others From Interfering In JSC

November 4, 2019 12:04 pm

State High Court sitting in Calabar has restrained Governor Ben Ayade and four others from interfering in the affairs of  the Cross River State Judicial Service Commission (JSC).

Ayade,  on October 25,  inaugurated a four-man member   JSC  in what some lawyers consider a breach of the law.

The governor had earlier dissolved a five man commission inaugurated on July 7, 2017 while  its tenure was yet to expire.

Irked by  the development, Edem Edem Ita, Egbara Owan and his Lordship Fedelia Okpo Ene (rtd.),who claimed to be authentic members of the state judicial service commission, approached the court to …

Family Loses 3 Kids As Building Collapses In Ebonyi

Family Loses 3 Kids As Building Collapses In Ebonyi

November 4, 2019 12:02 pm
Three young children belonging to Mr. Sunday and Mrs. Elizabeth Okereke died in Akaeze, Ebonyi State, yesterday, when their building collapsed while they slept inside.

The bodies of the kids, Mmesoma (11) Onyinyechi (5) and John (3) were removed from the rubble by neigbours who witnessed the incidence and have been buried.

Daily Sun gathered that Mr. Okereke was away watching football when he received news that the house had collapsed on his family.

It was also gathered that his wife had often expressed fears over the physical condition of the hut and wanted her husband to make alternative arrangements …

2023: No Division Among Our Governors – PDP

2023: No Division Among Our Governors – PDP

November 4, 2019 11:59 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said there was no division among its governors over the 2023 presidential ticket.

National Publicity Secretary,  Kola Ologbondiyan,  at a press briefing in Abuja, yesterday,  dismissed media reports that the opposition party wanted to retain its presidential ticket in the North and South East as speculative.

Ologbondiyan said the PDP was yet to discuss the 2023 presidential election. He also said there was no plot to stop the ambition of any member in the 2023 election.

Ologbondiyan said the PDP, at present, was focused on working with governors and lawmakers elected on its platform …

Egberongbe Seeks End To Apapa Tankers’ Invasion

Egberongbe Seeks End To Apapa Tankers’ Invasion

November 4, 2019 11:55 am

MUFUTAU Egberongbe, member representing Apapa Constituency in the House of Representatives, has raised alarm over the fresh invasion of Apapa by petroleum tankers. 

Egberongbe, in a statement last week, called on Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to explain to Nigerians factors responsible for the recent return of gridlock and insanity to the area.

“I am forced to cry out because I was shocked to see tankers gradually trooping into Apapa again after the presidential special taskforce has successfully taken them off the road. I had to make my findings and what I was told was that the tank farms site …

10m Nigerians Living With Diabetes

November 4, 2019 11:53 am

The Diabetes Association of Nigeria (DAN) has said about 10 million people were living with the disease in the country.

National President of the association, Dr. Alkali Mohammed, who is also the Chief Medical Director, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, stated this at a town hall meeting organised by the Katsina State chapter of the diabetes association.

“The disturbing aspect is that a number of people walk about without the knowledge that they have diabetes,” said Mohammed who described the disease as a leading non-communicable disease, projected to afflict 522 million people globally by 2030.

He said DAN was …

Making A Case For The Girl-child

Making A Case For The Girl-child

November 4, 2019 7:20 am

The International Day of the Girl-child, is an internationally observed day declared by the United Nations, is commemorated every October 11 since 2012, to celebrate and advocate for the welfare of the girl-child.

This annual event is marked world over and Nigeria is no exception. Commemorating this event, Bimbo Odukoya Foundation held its annual Girls’ Empowered Conference; an initiative of the foundation aimed at promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), amongst female students in secondary schools.

The event which was held at the multipurpose hall of the Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju Lagos, had in attendance 1280 female …

Udo Udoma Receives Japanese Government Highest Award

Udo Udoma Receives Japanese Government Highest Award

November 4, 2019 7:19 am

The Government of Japan has named former Minister of National Planning and Budget, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, as one of the foreign recipients of the 2019 Autumn Imperial Decorations.

A press statement issued in Abuja yesterday by the Embassy of Japan said that Udoma would receive “the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star,’’ which is one of the highest orders awarded in the name of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, in recognition of his contributions towards strengthening bilateral relations and promoting friendship between Japan and Nigeria.

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