Politics

The governors of Ondo, Ekiti, Osun, Oyo, Kebbi, and Jigawa states on Monday met with the national leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association at the International Culture and Events Centre in Akure, Ondo State capital.

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum Chairman and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, in his remarks, assured the herdsmen that they were not asked to leave Ondo State but to only get proper registration.

He added that the meeting was at the instance of the NGF and necessitated by the exigencies of the present challenges of insecurity in the country.

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The United States reported a 21 percent drop in new cases of COVID-19 last week, as all but one state reported declines in new infections, and the number of coronavirus patients in hospitals also fell.

The country reported 1.2 million new cases in the week ended Jan. 24, down from 1.5 million new cases in the previous week.

It was the biggest decline on both percentage and absolute basis in the past year, according to a Reuters analysis of state and county reports.

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Large numbers of Ghanaians are filing past the coffin of the former president, Jerry Rawlings, ahead of his funeral on Wednesday.

The open casket is surrounded by flowers, candles, and a glass screen at Accra’s international conference centre.

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Mourners are wearing face masks and are socially distanced, in line with coronavirus restrictions. Mr. Rawlings, who was 73, died in November from an undisclosed illness.

His burial was delayed, in part, because of disagreements between Ghana’s current political leaders.

During two decades in public life, he twice led military take-overs, before later …

Taiwan on Sunday expelled nearly 4,000 Chinese vessels illegally dredging sand from its waters in 2020, local authorities have said.

In recent times, China has taken an increasingly belligerent tone towards Taiwan under President Xi Jinping — especially over the last twelve months with Beijing’s jets and bombers buzzing the island at a record rate.

But the waters surrounding Taiwan have become another hot zone.

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Taiwan’s coastguard on Monday told AFP it recorded a huge spike in Chinese sand dredgers illegally entering its waters.

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President Joe Biden will re-impose a Covid-19 travel ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Britain, Brazil, Ireland and much of Europe, a White House official said Sunday, as the new administration ramps up its pandemic response.

Biden will also on Monday extend the ban to travelers who have recently been to South Africa amid warnings that new, more transmissible coronavirus variants are already establishing themselves in the United States, the official said, confirming US media reports.

The new president last week tightened mask-wearing rules and ordered quarantine for people flying into the United States, as he seeks …

He expressed concern over deadly terror attacks in Mali, northeastern Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Niger.

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Akufo-Addo noted that the developments must reinforce the conviction that ECOWAS must pursue the actions contained in the decisions of Extraordinary Summit on Terrorism held on 14th September 2019.

‘This concerted effort,

Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has alerted President Muhammadu Buhari over the presence of Suspected members of the terror sect, Boko Haram, in the state causing security concerns and threatening peaceful existence.

The governor briefed the President on the issue yesterday when he visited after which he spoke to reporters.

According to him, the Boko Haram members were dislodged from a location along the Abuja/Nasarawa borders last year, only for them to resurface at the Nasarawa/Benue State borders.

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They are already wrecking new forms of havoc, he said, amidst reports …

The Russian police have arrested no fewer than 1,500 protesters and forcefully broke up rallies around the country on Saturday.

Tens of thousands of protesters demanded the release of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, whose wife was among those detained, Aljazeera reports.

Navalny who was arrested last weekend called on his supporters to protest Saturday.

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He was arrested after he returned to Russia from Germany for the first time since being poisoned with a nerve agent he says was applied to his underpants by state security agents in August.

The authorities …

Portugal suffered record daily numbers of coronavirus deaths and new infections Saturday, official figures showed, the day before the country is set to vote in a presidential election.

According to the national health authority, the total Covid-19 toll topped 10,000 deaths after a further 274 fatalities in 24 hours.

Meanwhile, at 15,333, the number of new cases identified in the country of 10 million people was the highest since the beginning of the pandemic.

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The latest figures come on top of 80,000 new infections in the past week, making …

Following the prevailing insecurity in Ondo State occasioned by the activities of kidnappers and bandits, Governor Okuwarotimi Akeredolu on Friday gave a nod to the massive recruitment into the state Security Network otherwise known as Amotekun Corps.

According to the approval memo, the categories of officers to be recruited were regular officers, intelligence corps as well as volunteers.

The approved massive recruitment is the second batch since the creation of the security agency as part of the efforts of the governor to beef up the operation of the security outfit in fulfillment of its mandate as contained in the Ondo …

Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), have warned Governors of the South West and the Federal Government, to stop the ongoing attacks on Fulani communities in the region or risk the consequences.

ACF warned that the attacks if not immediately stopped, may lead to counterattacks in the North and even a repeat of the 1967 civil war.

In a statement issued on Saturday, titled; ‘Stop the drift in the southwest’, ACF noted that the civil war in the 60’s started with attacks and counter-attacks akin to what is happening presently in the southwest.

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