Mali Coup: Military Wants Three-Year Rule, Promises to Free President

MilitaryNewsWest AfricaMali Coup: Military Wants Three-Year Rule, Promises to Free President

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 24, 2020

The junta that has overtaken power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body that will rule the country for three years and has agreed to release the detained President, a source in a visiting West African delegation and the rebel soldiers disclosed on Sunday. Last week’s coup was Mali’s second military intervention in eight years. The coup followed months of protests calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign as the public is discontent with...

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Breaking News: Lagos Health Commissioner Contracts COVID-19

CoronavirusHealthNewsBreaking News: Lagos Health Commissioner Contracts COVID-19

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 24, 2020

The Commissioner for Health in Lagos, Professor Akin Abayomi has tested positive for COVID-19, the state government disclosed on Monday. Mr. Gbenga Omotosho, the Commissioner for Information in Lagos, said that Mr. Abayomi would continue to discharge his duties while isolating at home. “Subsequent to close contact with persons feeling unwell and testing positive for the COVID-19 infection, the Honorable Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has tested positive for the virus,” Mr. Omotosho said....

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Tears Flow in Enugu As ECTDA Demolishes Houses to Implements FAAN and SEGF Resolution

NewsNigeriaTears Flow in Enugu As ECTDA Demolishes Houses to Implements FAAN and SEGF Resolution

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 24, 2020

A video clip of a widow, Mrs. Vero Ngene whose house amongst many other houses was demolished at Ukwu Oji Emene, went viral on social media last week. Ngene lamented that she has no place or source of income to build another home as her ancestral home wherein her late husband and four children were buried was marked among houses for destruction. The pathetic story of this widow was so touching as she cried that...

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2023: APC Must Allow Tinubu to Contest – Babachir Lawal

NewsPoliticsSpecial Report2023: APC Must Allow Tinubu to Contest – Babachir Lawal

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 23, 2020

…… Roasts Oshiomhole, Reveals Why He Was Removed As APC National Chairman A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal, says to avoid ‘’wrath of God’’  the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, must be given a chance to contest 2023 Presidency. Lawal who was sacked as SGF in October 2017 after he was indicted in N544m grass-cutting scandal, made this comment while speaking on...

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CorruptionNewsNigeriaPoliticsPDP Faults Gbajabiamila Decision to Shut Down the Sitting of Investigative Committees

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 23, 2020

The People’s Democratic Party has faulted the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership of the House of Representatives to shut down sittings of various investigative committees currently investigating the executive, adding that it is a deliberate design to cover the smell of corruption “oozing out of the APC administration.” The party then urged the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, to stop circumventing the statutory duties of the House and...

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Kaduna: 3 killed, 10 Injured During Shia Ashurah Mourning Session – IMN

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRegionsKaduna: 3 killed, 10 Injured During Shia Ashurah Mourning Session – IMN

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 23, 2020

At least three members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, also known as Shi’ites have been reportedly killed by the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force in Kaduna State. The West African Pilot News gathered that the Shi’ite members were holding their Ashura annual mourning session when the police attacked them at Hayin Bello area of Kaduna metropolis. The President Media Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim Musa, confirmed that three of their...

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Logical thoughts about El-Rufai’s Feud with the Nigerian Bar Association

Law & JusticeNigeriaOpinionLogical thoughts about El-Rufai’s Feud with the Nigerian Bar Association

PilotnewsAugust 22, 2020

It is safe to say that El-Rufai has long before now gained a reputation as an ethnic irredentist and a governor who is doing so little to resolve the security situation in Southern Kaduna ―Ebuka Onyekwelu The Selection of the Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El Rufai as a guest speaker at the Nigerian Bar Association –NBA- Annual General Meeting, has been canceled following outrage and protest by thousands of Nigerians for NBA leadership to...

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How COVID-19 Derails Economic Activities in Northeast, Nigeria

Crime & SecurityEconomyNewsHow COVID-19 Derails Economic Activities in Northeast, Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 22, 2020

The pride of any nation or region is determined by its robust economy. The Northeast region of Nigeria is blessed with entrepreneurs that have contributed immensely to the economic growth of the nation. However, the region found itself in an economic quagmire for more than ten years when the callous terrorist group Boko Haram launched attacks on several communities forcing the residents to flee to safe-haven thereby crippling commercial activities. As the region is recovering...

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Senate Queries DPR Officials Over N44.5 Remittance

CorruptionNewsPoliticsSenate Queries DPR Officials Over N44.5 Remittance

Beloved John (Staff Writer)August 22, 2020

The Senate has queried Officials of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) for remitting only N44.5 billion into the Consolidated Revenue Fund in 2019 out of N2.4 trillion generated. This is as heads of many of the other revenue-generating agencies invited by the Senate’s Joint Committee on Finance and National Planning for Interactive Sessions on their 2021 revenues projections, refused to appear. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Solomon Adeola, queried the remittance...

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Rape: El-Rufai’s Wife Takes Campaign To Ancestral Home of Legendary Queen Amina

Crime & SecurityNewsRape: El-Rufai’s Wife Takes Campaign To Ancestral Home of Legendary Queen Amina

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 22, 2020

The Kaduna State Governor’s wife, Hajia Ummi el-Rufai has taken her campaign against rape to Turunku, which is the ancestral home of the legendary Queen Amina in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state. El-Rufai’s wife used the opportunity to address and educate children on the tricks to identify a potential rapist and how to raise alarm if any comes to them. The Governor’s wife appealed to traditional, religious and other community leaders to stop...

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