Politics

A Brazilian Senate committee approved a damning report on Tuesday that recommends criminal charges be brought against President Jair Bolsonaro, including crimes against humanity, for his Covid policies.

Seven of the panel’s 11 senators voted to endorse the text — presented last week after a six-month investigation into Brazil’s pandemic response — which also calls for the indictment of 77 other people, including several ministers and three of Bolsonaro’s children.

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The nearly 1,200-page report also urges Brazil’s Supreme Court to suspend the far-right leader’s access to his accounts on social media platforms …

The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof, Mahmoud Yakubu on Wednesday, confirmed to the Senate, the body’s readiness to conduct governorship polls in Anambra.

His invitation to appear before the Senate Committee on INEC came amid heightening insecurity and threats of election boycott in Anambra State.

Yakubu revealed that INEC required 14 activities preparatory to the election, out of which 12 have been concluded.

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He said INEC had recovered from attacks on its facility in the zone, adding that ad-hoc staff have been adequately trained with sensitive materials already …

The Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan, alongside the five other governors of the Southwest, converged in Lagos State on Tuesday to discuss issues that affect the region.

Olaniyan, who represented Seyi Makinde, the Oyo State governor, was joined by Governors Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Gboyega Oyetola (Osun), Kayode Fayemi ((Ekiti), Dapo Abiodun and the host, Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos).

This was disclosed in a statement by Seye Ajagbe, the media officer to the Deputy Governor on Wednesday morning.

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While speaking to the press after the event, the Chairman …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over a virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) anchored from the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Osinbajo took charge since President Muhammadu Buhari is away in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the investment conference organised by the Future Investment Initiative Institute.

The president will also perform the lesser Hajj in Madina and Makka before returning to Nigeria on Friday.

Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation; Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff to the President; and Ade Ipaye, Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, attended the meeting physically.

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Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Tuesday, declared that neither the President Muhammadu Buhari nor his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), can solve the problems facing the country.

The group asserted that it had lost hope in Buhari solving the country’s problems, saying the exit of the President in 2023 will end the problems facing the country.

The group’s acting leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, said this while addressing journalists after the group’s monthly meeting held in his Sanya -Ogbo residence, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.

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The octogenarian accused the President …

The Nigerian Senate Committee on Water Resources on Tuesday disclosed that it has uncovered no fewer than 400 abandoned water projects responsible for the incessant acute water scarcity across the country.

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Water Resources, Senator Bello Mandiya who made this known while briefing newsmen after the budget defence by the Minister of Water Resources, Engineer Suleiman Adamu, said some of the dams were cited where dams cannot even be constructed.

Senator Mandiya pointed out that what the Ministry has done so far is to prioritize dams and that so far, twenty dams have been identified …

The trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has received the attention of the international community following the issuance of what was termed ‘Urgent Appeals’ by the United Nations to both the Nigerian and Kenyan governments, demanding immediate stoppage of any torture or violation of his rights.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the decision of the UN was in response a petition by Kanu’s brother, Kanunta Kanu and his special counsel, Mr. Aloy Ejimakor.

According to a statement by Kanunta, ‘Urgent Appeals’ have already been transmitted to both countries since …

The South-West  Governors Forum yesterday held a meeting in Lagos State to discuss the issue of insecurity and other burning concerns affecting the region.

Chairman of the forum and Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, chaired the meeting which took place at the Lagos House in the Marina area of the state.

At the end of the meeting that lasted several hours behind closed doors, Governor Akeredolu disclosed that part of their deliberations bordered on the security situation in the region and ideas of how to address the challenge.

He said the governors also had a discussion on the Oodua Group, …

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has appointed Mr Nathaniel Ikyur as his new Chief Press Secretary (CPS).

The development which was disclosed on Tuesday followed the resignation of Mr Terver Akase who exited the government to focus on his 2023 governorship ambition.

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Recall that Akase tendered his resignation letter on September 30 as directed by the governor who stated that his political appointees contesting for public offices in the 2023 general elections must resign by September ending.

Before his appointment as CPS, Ikyur served as Principal Special Assistant to …

Kingsley Moghalu, a former presidential candidate in the 2019 general election has declared that Nigeria is a ‘crime scene’ of insecurity and corruption.

Moghalu, on his Twitter page, said the reality before Nigerians was that Nigeria is a crime scene.

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The presidential aspirant, who recently joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), stressed that the Buhari-led government had failed to secure the lives and properties of Nigerians.

‘The reason Nigeria is a ‘crime scene’ of insecurity and corruption is not because @TheEconomist or any Western media says so.

Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna lawmaker, has taken a swipe at Nigerian leaders following the recent massacre of worshippers in a mosque in Niger State.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that about 18 worshippers were allegedly killed at Maza-Kuka in Mashegu local government council of Niger State despite the suspension of telecom services in the state to fight insecurity.

It was gathered that the armed men, in the early hours of Monday, stormed the village in large numbers and attacked the villagers, who were performing their early morning prayers.

Africa Daily News, New York  learnt that the gunmen, who …

Thousands of angry Sudanese citizens have continued to protest through the night against Monday’s military coup which took place on Monday morning.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that no fewer seven people were reported killed and dozens injured, many of them as a result of soldiers opening fire on protesters.

In a statement on Monday, the UN has demanded that the military release the Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok, and other civilian leaders of the transitional government.

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The UN Security Council is due to hold an emergency session on Tuesday.…