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Cuba-US Relations Backslide Five Years After Landmark Thaw

December 15, 2019 3:07 pm

Five years ago this week, Washington and Havana surprised the world when they agreed to reopen diplomatic ties severed in 1961, but relations have since slid downhill as if on a fresh layer of Cold War ice.

United States President Donald Trump has regularly assailed Cuba on Twitter and tightened sanctions over the Communist-run island’s human rights record and its support for Venezuela’s socialist regime.

President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who assumed power last year amid high hopes of reform, has in turn cracked down on dissidents.

Relations are at “a very low point” the top Cuban diplomat with responsibility for relations …

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Mixed Reactions As Court Jails Orji Uzor Kalu 12 Years

December 6, 2019 5:43 am
• Abia residents lament forfeiture of assets to FG

Reactions poured in yesterday in the wake of the 12-year jail term bagged by a former Abia State governor Orji Uzor Kalu for fraud. For the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), the conviction was proof of President Muhammadu Buhari’s sincerity in fighting corruption, even as some residents in the state described the forfeiture of assets to the Federal Government as unfair.

In a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke, BMO said the conviction of a high ranking APC chieftain proves that the courts are independent in this

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Eight Years Of Safe Motherhood Initiative

December 5, 2019 7:16 am

Uchechukwu Nnaike highlights the efforts of an indigenous oil and gas firm to reduce the maternal and child mortality rate in the country and the progress made so far

If the reports of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG3) and World Health Organisation (WHO) on the good health and child and maternal mortality rates are to be taken seriously, initiatives that support women of childbearing age to safely deliver their babies must be emulated not only by the government, but also by corporate institutions in Nigeria.

According to a 2010 report by the WHO, the infant mortality rate in …

Just In: Orji Kalu Jailed 12 Years For Fraud

December 5, 2019 6:59 am

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday, sentenced former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, to 12 years in prison for ₦7.65 billion fraud.

Orji Kalu who is a serving senator on the platform of the ruling All Prgressives Congress, is the chief whip of the senate.

Justice Mohammed Idris who delivered the sentence had earlier declared him guilty of the charge in the case that had been on for more than a decade.

Read Also: ₦7.5bn Fraud: Former Abia Governor, Orji Kalu Convicted

Kalu had been standing trial alongsde his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited, and Udeh Udeogu, who …

Aisha Buhari Celebrates 30 Years Wedding Anniversary

December 2, 2019 9:22 am

The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has taken to Twitter to celebrate her 30 years wedding anniversary to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Through her verified Twitter handle, @ashiambuhari, Mrs Buhari tweeted a video collage of the couple, with their children and grandchildren.

Read Also: NCDMB Urges Oil Firms To Prepare For Automation Of Rigs

She tweeted: “Alhamdulillah for 30yrs of togetherness. #30yearsweddinganniversary #ThanksbetoALLAH”.

    

 

 

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K-Pop Star Jailed For 6 Years For Gang Rape, Spycam Crimes

November 29, 2019 4:39 pm

South Korean singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young was convicted Friday of gang rape and distributing videos of the assaults and other sexual encounters, and was jailed for six years in a scandal that has rocked K-pop.

Jung and Choi Jong-hoon, a former member of boy band FT Island, were found guilty of gang-raping two different victims on two occasions in 2016.

Separately, 30-year-old Jung was also convicted of filming himself having sex with other women without their knowledge and sharing the footage without their consent.

It is the highest-profile example of an epidemic of spycam crimes in South Korea, which have prompted …

Reviewing Nigeria’s 20 Years Of Democracy

November 24, 2019 4:01 am

Kayode Fayemi gives a incisive insight into Nigeria’s 20 years of democratic journey in a speech delivered at a meeting in Washington DC, the United States, and titled: “Twenty Years of Democratisation in Nigeria: Successes and Challenges”

Let me thank the leadership of the United States Institute of Peace – President Nancy Lindborg, Ambassador Johnnie Carson and the team for the continuing interest in Nigeria’s democratic journey and particularly for the privilege of speaking at this important event. It is always a pleasure to return from the blast furnace of Nigerian politics to the rarefied atmosphere of intellectual engagements.

All …

I’ve Been Living With Diabetes For Over 30 Years – Obasanjo

November 13, 2019 3:28 am

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday morning led hundreds of people on road walk for diabetes awareness … The significance of this public awareness, championed by a national figure and a former president, cannot be overemphasised. This public declaration by Obasanjo, about his health, when other public figures and politicians would hardly do so, provided more information on diabetes. Another interesting part of that day was when, the former chairman of Diabetes Association of Nigeria (DAN), Professor Sunny Chieneye, in a lecture titled ‘Women and Diabetic: Our Right to Healthy Living’, called for concerted efforts to check the menace of …

NY: Marines Allow Umbrellas For Men Since 200 Years

November 8, 2019 4:34 pm

Male Marines will no longer be forced to get soaked when there’s an umbrella handy.

For the first time in the more than 200-year history of the Corps, male Marines will be allowed to wield umbrellas while in uniform, according to CNN. Previously, only female Marines were permitted to carry out basic wetness-protection tactics.

Now, thanks to an update in uniform regulations, men in the Corps can join women in carrying a small “all black, plain, standard or collapsible umbrella … during inclement weather with the service and dress uniforms.” Umbrellas are still not permitted with camouflage uniforms.

And have

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UK Terrorism Threat At Lowest Level For 5 Years

UK Terrorism Threat At Lowest Level For 5 Years

November 5, 2019 8:46 am
The UK’s terrorism threat level has been downgraded from “severe” to “substantial”, the Home Office says.

But, Home Secretary, Priti Patel said that the UK was still at “a high level of threat” and an attack could “occur without further warning”.

The terrorism threat is now at its lowest since August 2014. Substantial is the third of five ratings at which the threat level can stand.

The separate terrorism threat level for Northern Ireland remains “severe”.

Ms Patel said in a statement on Monday that terrorism remained a “direct and immediate” risk to the UK’s national security.

Assessments determining …

Onitsha Ofala: Globacom’s 9 Years Of Cultural Fanfare

Onitsha Ofala: Globacom’s 9 Years Of Cultural Fanfare

November 5, 2019 8:20 am
In leaps and bounds, the Onitsha Ofala celebration has grown over the years to become one of the biggest traditional festivals in Black Africa, and, unarguably, the biggest festival in South East Nigeria. The recent success story of Ofala is attributable, to a large extent, to the ingenuity of the giant telecommunications network, Globacom, which has in the past nine years supported the festival as the major corporate sponsor, and the innovativeness of the custodian of the festival, the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe.

The uniqueness of Ofala is not only embedded in the razzmatazz that characterises the …

APC May Not Survive Beyond Buhari Years – Okorocha

APC May Not Survive Beyond Buhari Years – Okorocha

November 3, 2019 11:19 am

Former Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okoracha has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may not sustain its political dominance beyond the Buhari years.

The former governor, who spoke on Saturday in Kano, hinged his fears on the fact that the ruling party has not been able to evolve an alternative political force that has both the appeal and integrity of President Muhammad Buhari.

He recalled that the APC was hurriedly put together ahead of the 2015 general elections by different political parties and interests saying that their success was a result of their common resolve and …

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