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Zuma graft hearing delayed for third time to December

Zuma Graft Hearing Delayed For Third Time To December

September 8, 2020 5:36 pm
The corruption trial of South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma, initially set to begin in May, has been postponed for a third time over pre-trial “issues”, the prosecutor said Tuesday.

Zuma, 78, is accused of taking four million rands ($236,000) in bribes to facilitate a $3.4 billion arms deal with French arms company Thales in 1999 when he was deputy president.

The former leader and Thales were scheduled to appear in court on May 6 to answer the allegations.

But the case was pushed back to June because of …

Liberia’s Taylor Denied Coronavirus Jail Move

Liberia’s Taylor Denied Coronavirus Jail Move

September 8, 2020 3:11 pm
Judges have rejected a bid by Liberian ex-president and convicted war criminal Charles Taylor to be moved from a British jail, where he claimed he risks dying from coronavirus.

Taylor is serving a 50-year sentence at Frankland prison near Durham in northeastern England after being convicted in 2012 by a court in The Hague of fuelling civil conflict in Sierra Leone.

The warlord had argued that due to a “massive outbreak of Covid-19 in the UK” his life was at risk from continued detention in Britain and that he wanted to be moved to a “safe third country”.

But the …

Belarus Opposition Leader Kolesnikova Arrested At Ukraine Border

Belarus Opposition Leader Kolesnikova Arrested At Ukraine Border

September 8, 2020 12:25 pm
Maria Kolesnikova, one of Belarus’s leading opposition figures, has been detained while trying to cross into Ukraine.

Kolesnikova was detained while attempting to cross overnight with two other members of the opposition’s Coordination Council who were able to pass through to Ukraine, Anton Bychkovsky, a spokesman for the State Border Committee, said.

She and the two other council members, press secretary Anton Rodnenkov and executive secretary Ivan Kravtsov, had disappeared on Monday.

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Bychkovsky said Rodnenkov and Kravtsov were able to cross into Ukraine, and the Ukrainian embassy in Minsk has confirmed …

Fuel, Power Tariff Hike: Nigerian Govs To Meet Buhari

Fuel, Power Tariff Hike: Nigerian Govs To Meet Buhari

September 8, 2020 12:00 pm

Hope has risen as the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, are set to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent increment in pump price of fuel and power tariff.

Governor Muhammadu Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State told newsmen, Tuesday, that the nation’s governors are highly disturbed over the uproar that trails the increase.

‘We are soon going to meet with President Buhari over the pump price of fuel and power tariff rise and God willing, something good is coming out from the meeting.”

Badaru said, “I don’t want to preempt our proposed meetings with President Buhari over this issue, but

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Fuel Hike: Labour Movement Dead In Nigeria – Wike

Wike Bows To Pressure, As Labour Suspends Strike

September 8, 2020 6:36 am

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has conceded to the demands of the Organised Labour in Nigeria over the welfare of public servants in the State.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, had in conjunction with allied unions planned a major demonstration against Wike’s government

The demonstration will be swiftly followed by a strike today, Tuesday 8th September, according to the NLC President Comrade Ayuba Wabba, and Comrade Quadri Olaleye of the TUC.

Read Also: El-Rufai: MURIC Attacks NBA For Inviting Obasanjo, Wike

But on the eve of the protest, the Rivers State Governor entered …

Trump whines again about China, says America not fully developed (1)

Trump Whines Again About China: ‘America Not Fully Developed’

September 8, 2020 6:16 am

United States President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States was not a fully developed country and is just like China, that claims to be a developing country.

Trump stated this at a news conference outside the White House that coincided with the U.S. Labour Day celebration.

According to him, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) treats China as a developing nation, and the U.S. “as a nation that is fully developed”.

Read Also: Why Many Americans Don’t Want Trump Back For A Second Term

He cited the U.S.-China trade agreement signed by the Obama administration under WTO conventions, describing …

Cross River judiciary crisis - Chief Judge seat vacant for 5 days

Cross River Judiciary Crisis: Chief Judge Seat Vacant For 5 Days

September 8, 2020 6:08 am

Five days after the expiration of the tenure of Acting Chief Judge of Cross River State, Justice Maurice Eneji, her replacement is yet to be appointed.

Africa Daily News, New York correspondent, who visited the headquarters of the Judiciary along Mary Slessor Avenue on Monday, observed that a new acting or substantive Chief Judge was yet to be appointed

The tenure of the Acting Chief Judge of the State, Justice Maurice Odey Eneji expired midnight of last Wednesday September 2nd 2020.

Read Also: NUJ Blacklists Cross River Govt Over FFK’s Attack On Journalist

A judicial officer who pleaded for anonymity …

Aisha Buhari Reacts To Daily Trust Cartoon On Hanan's Wedding (1)

Aisha Buhari Reacts To Daily Trust Cartoon On Hanan’s Wedding

September 8, 2020 3:38 am

Nigeria First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has attacked a Daily Trust employee, Bulama Mustapha, over a cartoon on the lavish wedding of her daughter, Hanan.

The elaborate wedding ceremony held last Friday at a time many Nigerians were complaining of hardship as a result of President Muhammadu Buhari government’s harsh economic policies.

On Sunday, Daily Trust published a cartoon showing the President’s wife holding pictures of the wedding on her hands and displaying them in the faces of Nigerians struggling to find their balance in life.

The cartoon drew inspiration from Aisha’s several posts on Instagram where she displayed pictures …

ECOWAS Gives Mali Junta Ultimatum To Name Civilian President (1)

ECOWAS Gives Mali Junta Ultimatum To Name Civilian President

September 8, 2020 3:35 am

ECOWAS leaders who met in Niamey, Niger on Monday have given the military junta in Mali until Sept. 15 to name a transitional president and a prime minister, according to a statement read at the end of a summit on Monday.

The 15-nation bloc said the president and prime minister, who will lead the transitional government, should be civilians.

The meeting maintained the sanctions it imposed on Mali in the aftermath of the coup.

But it also welcomed steps taken by the junta in the past week to start talks with Mali’s political parties and civil society groups over the …

INEC Reacts As Fire Guts Ondo Headquarters

INEC Denies Plan To Shift Edo Election By Two Weeks

September 8, 2020 3:34 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied rumours that it is planning to shift the September 19 governorship election in Edo state by two weeks due to logistics issues associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Already, there is anxiety in Edo as the residents are unsure if the much-anticipated election believed to be a straight fight between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) will proceed as scheduled.

It will be recalled that in 2016, INEC was forced to postpone the governorship election in Edo State by two weeks citing security issues and threat to peaceful conduct …

We Have Spent ₦31Bn To Fight COVID-19 In Nigeria - FG (1)

We Have Spent ₦31Bn To Fight COVID-19 In Nigeria – FG

September 8, 2020 3:28 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria has disclosed that it “spent ₦30,540,563,571.09, representing 84% of the ₦36.3 billon public funds and donations received to respond to COVID-19 between 1st April, 2020 and 31st July, 2020, leaving the balance of ₦5.9 billion.”

The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, stated this in response to the Freedom of Information request dated August 10, 2020, and sent to him by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Connected Development (CODE).

In reply to Mr Idris dated September 4, 2020, and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare and CODE Chief Executive Hamzat Lawal, the …

Ondo Gov, Akeredolu Approves 22 New Appointments

Gov Akeredolu Purchases ₦1.2Bn Cars For Ondo Lawmakers

September 7, 2020 4:46 pm

The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has come under criticism from the opposition over the distribution of 2020 model SUV KIA Sportage to members of the state House of Assembly as official vehicles.

The governor had earmarked about ₦1.18billion in the 2020 budget for the procurement of vehicles for the House of Assembly.

The cars were presented to the leadership of the house on Friday, a day to the official flag off of the governorship campaign of the All Progressives Congress, with the opposition alleging that the expenditure was meant to score a political point.

Seven members of the …

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