Politics

Somalia has completed its submissions to the International Court of Justice by arguing that Kenya has repeatedly violated its territorial integrity while urging the ICC to do the ‘right thing’

Lawyers acting for Somalia accused Kenya of prospecting for oil in the disputed area, and even digging a well north of the disputed border.

Somalia’s lawyers also said Kenya had admitted to licensing at least five oil companies to explore for oil in the disputed area.

Somalia wants the licenses revoked and all prospecting halted.

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The lawyers added that while …

A highly rated United States official working on Afghanistan has warned Congress that a withdrawal of US troops from the country without first brokering a peace agreement between the Afghan government and the Taliban would be ‘a disaster’.

John Sopko, the US Department of Defense’s special inspector for Afghanistan reconstruction, issued a warning to a House of Representatives committee on Tuesday noting that without US military and financial support, the Afghan government in Kabul could face collapse.

‘The Afghan government would probably lose the capability of flying any of its …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, intensified the call for upward review of  the 13 percent derivation formula, saying it had remained inadequate for the development of the South-South. 

Obaseki made the call while speaking with newsmen after inaugurating Effurun-Otor-Ovwor-Olomu bridge and the rehabilitated 34-km Otu-Jeremi-Okwagbe Road in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta, executed by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa which he was invited to commission.

He said that the peculiarity of the environment in the South-South had made it quite expensive to develop infrastructure, especially roads, in the area.

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Kaduna state Governor Nasir El Rufai of  has reechoed his administration’s stance not to negotiate with bandits, noting that that his job as governor is to enforce the law and help to prosecute people who commit offenses no matter how highly placed they are.

El Rufai restated this committment during an expanded meeting of the State Security Council which held at the Council Chambers of Sir Kashim Ibrahim House on Tuesday.

In addition to regular members from the state government, security agencies, and traditional rulers, the meeting featured religious leaders and invited guests from professional associations, trade unions, and civil …

The Federal Government is going to consult widely before terminating the existing subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, this is according to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

Last week, there were reports that the NNPC might spend N102.96bn on petrol subsidy this month going by the recent pricing template for the commodity.

Findings by news correspondents revealed that Nigeria consumes about 57.44 million litres of petrol daily, while the actual ex-depot cost for the product was ₦206.42/litre.

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But NNPC sells the commodity at an ex-depot price of …

Following Sunday’s declaration by Ex-Militant leader  Mujahid Asari Dokubo that he was forming a Biafran Government, the Federal Government of Nigeria has dismissed the formation of the purported government, describing the move as a ‘theatre of the absurd by a joker seeking attention’.

Africa Daily News had over the weekend reported that Mr. Dokubo had birthed Biafra defacto Customary Government, BCG, announcing himself as the leader of the new version of the Biafra agitation.

In a statement by the spokesperson of the customary government Uche Mefor, Mr. Dokubo had attributed the injustice and marginalization on the Igbos found in various …

Nigeria’s Apex religious association the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has dragged the federal government to court over the recently gazetted Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (CAMA).

The move, obviously was to submit the Association’s displeasure over some provisions of the Act which the Christian body has mounted opposition against.

The move was disclosed to newsmen by CAN’s General Secretary Joseph Daramola who said in a statement that the leadership of the Association resolved to approach the court after all attempts to convince the federal government not to intervene or interfere with the management of the Church directly or …

Ex-militant leader, and activist, Asari Dokubo, raised eyebrows on Sunday when he dared President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Government by announcing the formation of a Biafran government.

In a statement that was made available to newsmen on Sunday, Dokubo declared himself as the leader of the new Biafra defacto Customary Government (BCG).

In the statement which one Uche Mefor, BCG’s Head of Information and Communications, signed on his behalf, the former militant leader named those who would serve as leaders of BCG.

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His words, ‘We as people …

The conservative party in Germany a party which German Chancellor Angela Merkel belongs to suffered heavy losses in two key regional elections Sunday, early estimates showed, as voters vented anger over pandemic setbacks and a face-mask procurement scandal.

Merkel’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was on track to score its worst-ever results in the southwestern states of Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, according to exit polls from public broadcasters ARD and ZDF.

Both votes were being closely watched as a barometer of the national mood ahead of a general election on September 26 — when Merkel’s successor will be chosen.

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