Politics

The Nigerian Senate yesterday rejected the nomination of Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) following weeks of heated debates in the polity.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that President Buhari had nominated her as a national commissioner last October, triggering a heavy criticism from the opposition and members of the civil society.

Onochie is a new media aide of President Buhari and a member of the All Progressives Congress.

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The Chairman of the committee that screened her and other nominees, Kabiru Gaya …

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has insisted he would never return to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Obaseki had defected from the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2020.

His decision came after the party disqualified him from seeking the ticket for re-election.

It was on the platform of the PDP he was eventually re-elected for a second term.

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Obaseki, speaking in Abuja on Monday, said: ‘Nigerians must key into the e-registration exercise of the PDP as the party …

President Muhammadu Buhari has decried the incessant attacks and killings being perpetrated by bandits in Zamfara, Kaduna, and others States in the North while giving a form warning to the military to speak to the bandits in the language they understand.

The President in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, urged the military to crush the criminals.

Buhari wants the military to respond to the bandits in a language that the bandits understand.

The President said the nation’s security agencies are now working on new methods and policies that are yielding good …

Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping, the leaders of North Korea and China have traded messages vowing to strengthen cooperation between the two countries, Africa Daily News, New York reports.

The two countries made the pledge on the 60th anniversary of their treaty of friendship, cooperation, and mutual assistance.

In a message to China’s Xi Jinping, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said their relationship is vital in the face of hostile foreign forces, while Xi promised to bring cooperation ‘to a new stage‘.

China has been North Korea’s only major ally since the two signed the treaty …

Nigeria’s President, Vice President, as well as Governors and Deputy Governors, may lose their exemption from trial following the recent move from the national assembly.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the House of Representatives is considering the removal of the immunity clause they enjoy.

A bill to make it possible for their criminal and civil prosecution will soon be read for the second time at the Green Chamber.

Hon. Rimamnde Kwewum, a member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from Taraba State, sponsored the constitution amendment bill.

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The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has ordered the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to pay Nigerian journalist Agba Jalingo ₦30 million.

The money is compensation for the ill-treatment and torture of Jalingo while in detention in Cross River State.

The citizen was arrested and chained to a deep freezer for about 34 days without being charged to court.

The court noted that having studied the suit and facts provided by SERAP, it found no answer as to why Jalingo was arrested and illegally detained, brutalized and dehumanised.

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Former South African president Jacob Zuma has lost a bid to overturn his arrest for contempt, days after turning himself in for a 15-month jail term.

Recall that the constitutional court last week ordered Zuma jailed for refusing to give evidence at an inquiry into corruption during his nine years in office from 2009.

Following the development, he turned himself in on Wednesday but challenged his sentence.

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However, the Pietermaritzburg high court on Friday ruled that Zuma must stay in jail until that hearing is concluded.

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Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy Governor, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu has expressed concern at the rate Nigeria’s public debt increased in the last six years under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, warning that the incumbent administration is crippling Nigeria.

Moghalu raised the alarm that Nigeria is now a dangerous, debt-induced fiscal cliff and accused the federal government of mortgaging the future of the youth.

“We have to stop further borrowing and start to manage the current obligations in order to avoid a sovereign debt default or, at best, a costly restructuring. Further borrowing will lead to a disastrous debt …

Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has carried out a major reshuffle of his cabinet inducting some new faces and removing as many as 12.

According to unofficial government sources, the reshufflement brought about an ‘all-inclusive’ face of the government.

Those who resigned included Law Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad; Information and Broadcasting, Minister Prakash Javadekar; Health Minister, Harsh Vardhan and Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.

As many as 43 ministers took an oath of office and secrecy, mostly new faces and some whose portfolios were changed and promoted.

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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Prof. Attahiru Jega, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as Chairman of, Governing Council of the University of Jos.

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who made this disclosure while addressing journalists in Abuja yesterday, according to him, Buhari also approved the appointment and reassignment of Chancellors to 42 federal universities.

It is also interesting to note that two former Ministers, Prof Anthony Anwuka and Udoma Udo Udoma, were also appointed chairmen of governing councils.

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While Anwuka is to …

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has condemned what he described as the ‘heinous’’ assassination of Haitian President, Jovenel Moise and offered Washington’s support to the crisis-torn Caribbean island.

Africa Daily News, New York had reported that unknown gunmen on Tuesday assassinated President Jovenel Moise of Haiti at his private residence.

A statement by the Country’s interim prime minister, Claude Joseph, said Moise was fatally wounded by the unidentified men.

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Biden in a statement on Wednesday while expressing shock, condemned the act.

‘We condemn this heinous act, and …