THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Monday promised to ease economic and financial sanctions on Mali. Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, made the announcement at the closing press conference of the 61st Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government in Accra. According to Brou, Malian authorities have taken steps in passing the electoral accord and in setting up a monitoring mechanism for transition. He said that the authorities had also taken steps to prepare a new constitution for the country. He said that Mali’s transition would end in March 2024 in…
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THE latest outbreak of the Ebola disease in Congo has officially been declared over, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday. The organisation said that the outbreak affected the north-western Équateur province, with the first case recorded there on April 23. It said that in total, there were four confirmed cases and one suspected case, all patients died of the disease. In a previous outbreak in the province between June and November 2020, a total of 130 cases were detected and 55 people died. However, the latest outbreak was the 14th recorded in the country of 90 million…
THE Federal Capital Territory Vehicle Inspection Office (FCT VIO) has explained why its officers arrest motorists whose number vehicle number plates are faded. According to the spokesperson of FCT VIO, Kalu Emetu, usage of faded vehicle plate numbers is a violation of traffic law and that the arrest of such motorists was to ensure compliance with traffic rules. He said the clarification became necessary following complaints by motorists over the issue. Some of the motorists said they were made to pay heavy fine of up to N20,000 and directed to procure a new number plate for no fault of theirs.…
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has paid the benefits of four aged ex-security guards who worked with him but are being owed 29 months’ backlog of salaries since 2017. In a message to National Record on Monday, human rights lawyers, Femi Aborisade said following the publication of an open letter to Ooni by the Punch newspaper the debt owed the former aged security guards had been deposited into his chambers account. “I’m happy to inform you that pursuant to the publication of our open letter to the Ooni of Ife by The Punch, the N600k judgment…
AS the crisis of Nigeria’s ruling class and World Bank economic policies continues to ravage Nigeria and Nigeria’s working people, The Peoples Alternative Political Movement [TPAP-M], committed to Socialist Transformation of Nigeria, remains in full solidarity with the working people. At various levels, especially in the public- funded education sector, the World Bank- sponsored ruling class governments of Nigeria have continued to wage a war of attrition against Nigerian workers at federal and state levels. According to the report by National Record [June 22, 2022], “NUT Threatens National Strike over sack of 2,357 Teachers by El-Rufai”, El-Rufia’s Kaduna State Government…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Friday ordered the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to release the biodata of David Nwamini to Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife who are standing trial at a London Court over allegations of plans to harvest Nwamini’s kidney for their ailing daughter. Justice Ekwo ordered the NIMC, the Comptroller General of the NIS, Stanbic-IBTC Bank, United Bank of Africa (UBA) and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc to furnish the former deputy senate president and wife with official details of Nwamini. It…
By Amos Aar Victims Support Programme (VSF) is to provide five hundred (500) apartments for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Ortese official camp, Guma LGA of Benue State which will cover almost half of households in the camp. Chairperson of VSF Emergency Support Programme in Benue State, Barr Toyosi Akerele Ogunsinyi, announced this Thursday during the distribution of relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Naka, the headquarters of Gwer-West Local Government Area of Benue State. She added that, in Naka here, we are rehabilitating the entire water works” The items distributed in Naka were one thousand 5kg bags (each)…
GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Wednesday presented 13 Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) to outstanding teachers selected across the six education districts. The teachers were presented brand-new vehicles for their passion and deployment of modern techniques to teach students. The recipients were among the finalists nominated for the Year 2021 Teachers’ Merit Award, by the Screening Committee, led by the chairperson of the Association of Private Educators in Nigeria, Mrs Lai Koiki. At the grand finale of the 2021 Teachers Merit Award, held at Lagos House, Ikeja, Sanwo-Olu said that the initiative was in line with the commitment to…
GOVERNOR Bello Matawalle on Tuesday signed the anti-banditry and other related offences bill into law. The law which comes into force with immediate effect, has death penalty for those found guilty of banditry and other related offences in Zamfara. Speaking shortly after signing the bill, Matawalle said the law formed part of measures to tackle banditry, kidnapping and cattle rustling in Zamfara. The law: Prohibition and Punishment for Banditry, Cattle Rustling, Cultism, Kidnapping and Other Incidental Offences, 2022 was passed by the state legislature on Monday. He said the law was part of the government series of effort to address…
THE absence of a Prosecution Counsel, John Ijagbemi, in a Federal High Court on Wednesday stalled the re-arraignment of Ms Precious Chikwendu, the estranged wife of Chief Femi Fani-Kayode. Chikwendu is the 2nd defendant in the 14-count amended charge that bordered on alleged threat to the lives of witnesses lined up in the alleged attempted murder charge against her and three others. Other defendants in the trial include Emmanuel Anakan, Prisca Chikwendu and Osakwe Azubuike as 1st, 3rd and 4th defendants respectively, while others are said to be at large. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four…