“The current flood situation is the worst so far experienced in the history of the state where about 100 villages in seven local government areas have been sacked.
“In Demsa LGA alone about
Monarchs in Orlu, Imo State has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari, to permit the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to come back home and bury his mother.
Sally Kanu died August 30 in Germany after a protracted illness. Kanu however, accused Nigerian army of killing her, noting that his mother died because of the shock from the alleged invasion of soldiers in his Umuahia, Abia State residence in September 2017.
His words, “Watching her children being hunted and killed by the federal government was the cause of her illness, and today we …
Saad al-Hariri, the Lebanese Prime Minister on Tuesday promised to tender his government’s resignation to the Lebanese President Michel Aoun in response to the protests, saying he had “reached a dead end”. Lebanon has been gripped by unprecedented nationwide anti-government protests. Hariri called on all Lebanese to protect civil peace. Lebanese President invites protesters for a dialogue The Lebanese president has previously invited the invited protesters for a dialogue to find the best solution for saving the country from financial collapse and suggested a government reshuffle was on the table. In a televised address to the nation, Aoun promised he …
Amid a clampdown by security forces, it was difficult to piece together what exactly prompted the attack. There were differing accounts and death toll estimates.
The provincial governor, Nassif al-Khattabi, denied that any protesters were killed but said there were some injuries among security forces.
He said videos that had spread online were fabricated and not from Karbala. Footage purporting to show the aftermath of the attack showed fires and people running away to the backdrop of heavy gunfire. His description contradicted that of people who were at the scene.
An …
The US House of Representatives will hold its first formal vote Thursday on the impeachment enquiry into President Donald Trump, a senior aide said, as Democrats forge ahead with a process that includes public hearings.
The move marks a shift in strategy by Democrats who had insisted for weeks that they did not need a floor vote to proceed with an investigation into Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, a posture that angered Republicans who relentlessly attacked the process as unfair.
The chamber will go on record for the first time to “lay out the next steps for the inquiry,” a …
The vast majority of Japanese voters back allowing women to inherit the Chrysanthemum Throne, a new polls shows, as the royal family struggles with a dearth of male heirs.
The survey, conducted in the wake of last week’s enthronement proclamation ceremony for Emperor Naruhito, found 81.9 percent favour Japan having a woman take the throne, with 13.5 percent opposed.
The Kyodo News agency poll, carried out over the weekend, comes as there is renewed debate about succession in the royal family, with inheritance of the throne limited by law to male members of the imperial line.
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Prof. Abba Haladu, Executive Secretary of the commission said that out of the approved budget of more than ₦900 million, ₦222 million was made available to the commission in September.
Haladu said that out of the ₦222 million released, the commission had only spent ₦8 million on planned projects.
The
President Emmanuel Macron on Monday urged France’s Muslim community to step up the fight against “separatism” as he toughened his rhetoric against Islamic radicalism in the wake of a deadly attack.
Macron, a centrist whose main political rival at home is far-right leader Marine Le Pen, has sought to show he is serious in cracking down on Islamic radicalism in France following the October 3 attack by a Muslim convert at Paris police headquarters that left four staff dead.
In a pre-recorded interview with RTL radio broadcast on Monday, Macron said he planned to fight, alongside Muslim leaders, against religious …
Four months after the Enugu state police command arrested 140 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for allegedly organising unlawful procession, some members of the group are yet to be found.
The command spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu, told The Guardian that after the IPOB members were arrested on Wednesday 22 May in Nsukka Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, the way about of Iloegbusi Ikenna Emmanuel is yet unknown.
He said the man who hails from Oji River LGA and some of his fellow members of the group were caught displaying “proscribed items” on the streets and …
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court, on Monday upheld the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which rejected the participation of the candidates of the Action Alliance (AA) in the forthcoming governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States.
The party and its governorship candidates in the two states are challenging their exclusion from the November 16 gubernatorial election.
INEC had refused to accept the candidacy of Dr Samuel Alfa and Ebi Peretiemo as standard-bearers of the AA in the forthcoming governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States respectively on the grounds that …
As bereaved families in Vietnam prayed for their missing sons and daughters, some of whose identities emerged online, Robinson made no statement in a brief video appearance at a court in Chelmsford, northeast of London.
He has been scheduled to enter a plea at London’s Old Bailey court on November 25.
The eight women and 31 men found Wednesday in a refrigerated container in Essex, southeast England, were originally identified as Chinese.
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Indications emerged at the weekend that state governors are determined to frustrate planned efforts by the Senate to amend the Land Use Act, contending the proposal aims at removing the most potent power the states’ chief executives have, particularly over land.
Checks by THISDAY in 18 states showed that the helmsmen of the second tier of government are baying for blood, arguing that not only would the proposed amendment undermine their power but would also undercut the huge financial resources many of them are making from land administration, including land charges.
A few respondents feared that the proposal was a …
