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[New Times] President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame on Monday joined the inauguration of the School of Medicine of the Adventist University of East-Central Africa in Gasabo District. via EDUCATION

[Vanguard] Abuja -The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial and Arbitrary Executions, Agnes Callamard, has expressed concern over the high rate of extra-judicial killings in the country. from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS

[Premium Times] Udeh Okoye, the National Youth Leader of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, has been kidnapped, police said Monday. from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS

[Premium Times] Udeh Okoye, the National Youth Leader of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, has been kidnapped, police said Monday. via LATEST NEWS

[New Times] President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame on Monday joined the inauguration of the School of Medicine of the Adventist University of East-Central Africa in Gasabo District. via LATEST NEWS

Igbos in Benue have called out to Governor Samuel Ortom for protection over what they described as targeted kidnapping and harassment. from via EDUPEDIA24/7

[UNFPA] "Women bear the brunt of extreme weather events because they lack economic, political and legal power." Action needs to be escalated regarding climate change to create a sustainable green future, said Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, South Africa. via LATEST NEWS

[ISS] As Côte d'Ivoire heads towards its 2020 presidential elections, the question facing the international community - particularly the African Union (AU), its Peace and Security Council (PSC) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) - is what role they should play in Côte d'Ivoire's peacebuilding and democratic consolidation. via LATEST NEWS

D-Black ft. Simi – Stay Overview of D-Black ft. Simi – Stay   Ghanaian rapper and Black Avenue Muzik boss D-Black releases a brand new single. This one right here is titled “Stay” and it’s a collaboration with Nigerian songstress Simi . The afrobeats joint was produced by Ronyturnmeup.  Download the MP3 below.   DOWNLOAD AUDIO   Related Content: 1.  Joey B ft. Darkovibes & RJZ – Taya 2.  Quamina MP x Medikal – Amanfour Girls 3.  Darkovibes – Different 4.  Magnom ft. Paq – Frenemies 5.  E.L & A.I. – Adwuma 6.  Wendy Shay – Ghana Boys 7.  Lord Paper ft. Kofi Mole – Beautiful Day 8.  King Promise – Commando 9.  Kwesi Slay ft. Kwesi Arthur, Medikal, Kofi Mole & DJ Mic Smith – Seven (Remix) 10.  Pappy Kojo ft. RJZ – Green Means Go The post D-Black ft. Simi – Stay appeared first on Latest Naija Nigerian Music, Songs & Video - Notjustok . from Latest Naija Nigerian Music, Songs ...

  The National Conscience Party has warned President Muhammadu Buhari to dissuade from the continued arrest of persons opposing his administration. The NCP said this in a communiqué issued at the end of a meeting of its National Executive Council in Abuja. The party argued that Buhari’s administration had been arresting people whose struggle and actions led to the emergence of his government. The NCP said, “This trend shows lack of tolerance on the part of Buhari’s government for any person or group opposed to any of its anti-people policies. “We therefore demand the unconditional release of Agba Jalingo, Omoyele Sowore and others. An injury to one, is an injury to all. “The continued arrest of opposing voices is damaging to the image of Nigeria and our democracy.” Politics News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  via IFTTT

  Former Minister of Education and co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement, Oby Ezekwesili, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take decisive measures to end attacks against Nigerians in South Africa. Ezekwesili said Nigeria played a major part in fighting for freedom and ensuring an end to apartheid in South Africa and must therefore be treated with respect. The former minister, who expressed her views on Twitter, said, “Dear President @CyrilRamaphosa and @GovernmentZA, the maiming and killing of citizens of Nigeria and other African countries in South Africa dishonours everything our collective fight for freedom was about. “Even as children in primary school, we played our part. Please stop it. “Dear President @MBuhari and @NigeriaGov, it is time to take decisive actions to protect our citizens in South Africa. “The maiming and killings have gone on for too long without effective response. The bilateral relations with South Africa is troub...

  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that mobile courts for the Task Force on Street Trading, Illegal Markets, and Motor Parks, will become operational as from September 2, 2019. Addressing operatives of the agency at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the capital, on Sunday, Governor Wike said that magistrates would be deployed to the various locations on Monday for the mobile courts to function. He said, “As from Monday, magistrates will sit at the various locations to prosecute offenders of the law banning street trading. “Anyone that is found guilty will be sanctioned by the magistrates.” He warned operatives of the task force against taking laws into their hands, adding that his administration will not tolerate the manhandling of offenders. He added, “We don't want to see any street traders anywhere in Port Harcourt.  Your duty is to ensure that the streets are clean.”   Politics Small Business News AddThis :  Original Author ...

'Fisayo Soyombo 'Fisayo Soyombo   Last Tuesday, the United States announced a hike in the cost of visa application for Nigerians. The US Consulate in Nigeria didn’t mince words in explaining the move: The total cost for a US citizen to obtain a visa to Nigeria was higher than the total cost for a Nigerian to obtain a comparable visa to the United States. The imbalance had to be corrected. It’s a policy that can be rationalised. If a country’s citizens are not inferior to another’s, their visa application to that country should not be costlier than the other way. It is the least a country could do for its citizens. In this specific case, the US had apprised Nigerian authorities of the disparity in visa fees. Well, the Interior Ministry set up a committee and, as with many things Nigerian, that was the end of the matter. That’s such a shame. What was more mortifying was the ministry’s lowering of the Nigerian visa application fee for US citizens within 24 hours of the U...

Niger Delta militants Niger Delta militants AFP/Getty Images   A militant group, Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, has threatened to blow up oil installations in the region if the supervision of the Niger Delta Development Commission is taken away from the Niger Delta Ministry. The group in a statement on Monday, warned that any attempt by the Federal Government to change the status-quo, will be met with stiff resistance regardless of the negative impact on the economy of the country. Signed by 'General Commanding Officer’, Johnmark Ezon-Ebi, the statement said that RNDA will not watch while other regions control activities of the NDDC. It read, “Let it be put on record that if the NDDC is removed from the supervision of the Niger Delta Ministry to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, we will carry out collateral damage on all available oil installations and facilities across the length and breadth of the Niger Delta region. “We have warned and...

  The National Conscience Party has warned President Muhammadu Buhari to dissuade from the continued arrest of persons opposing his administration. The NCP said this in a communiqué issued at the end of a meeting of its National Executive Council in Abuja. The party argued that Buhari’s administration had been arresting people whose struggle and actions led to the emergence of his government. The NCP said, “This trend shows lack of tolerance on the part of Buhari’s government for any person or group opposed to any of its anti-people policies. “We therefore demand the unconditional release of Agba Jalingo, Omoyele Sowore and others. An injury to one, is an injury to all. “The continued arrest of opposing voices is damaging to the image of Nigeria and our democracy.” Politics News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from All Content via

  Former Minister of Education and co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement, Oby Ezekwesili, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take decisive measures to end attacks against Nigerians in South Africa. Ezekwesili said Nigeria played a major part in fighting for freedom and ensuring an end to apartheid in South Africa and must therefore be treated with respect. The former minister, who expressed her views on Twitter, said, “Dear President @CyrilRamaphosa and @GovernmentZA, the maiming and killing of citizens of Nigeria and other African countries in South Africa dishonours everything our collective fight for freedom was about. “Even as children in primary school, we played our part. Please stop it. “Dear President @MBuhari and @NigeriaGov, it is time to take decisive actions to protect our citizens in South Africa. “The maiming and killings have gone on for too long without effective response. The bilateral relations with South Africa is troub...

  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that mobile courts for the Task Force on Street Trading, Illegal Markets, and Motor Parks, will become operational as from September 2, 2019. Addressing operatives of the agency at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the capital, on Sunday, Governor Wike said that magistrates would be deployed to the various locations on Monday for the mobile courts to function. He said, “As from Monday, magistrates will sit at the various locations to prosecute offenders of the law banning street trading. “Anyone that is found guilty will be sanctioned by the magistrates.” He warned operatives of the task force against taking laws into their hands, adding that his administration will not tolerate the manhandling of offenders. He added, “We don't want to see any street traders anywhere in Port Harcourt.  Your duty is to ensure that the streets are clean.”   Politics Small Business News AddThis :  Original Author ...

  The 123 men from Jigawa State detained by the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences are asking the Lagos State Government and Commissioner of Police to pay them N1bn for their unlawful treatment. The men together with their motorcycles were arrested by the state's security operatives and detained over the weekend as they made their way into Lagos from Jigawa State in the Northern part of Nigeria. In the suit with number FHC/L/CS/1519 /19 filed by one Abdullahi Yakubu, the men are asking to be compensated for the harsh treatment they were subjected to. They are also asking for the release of their motorcycles and other personal belongings allegedly still in the custody of the security agency. Yakubu and others are challenging the government for profiling them without any evidence of criminality. The men said their detention violated their rights as enshrined in constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The suit by the men rea...

  The Management of First Bank PLC has called on the police to fish out those behind the killing of staff of one of its agencies in Ondo State, Adetutu Ibrahim. The 30-year-old lady was killed by some gunmen last Wednesday at the Oke Ogba area of Akure, the state capital, where she operated a Point of Sale outlet. In a Twitter post on Monday, the financial institution said, “We are in mourning and saddened by the death of a staff of one of the agencies working with us – Miss Adetutu Nofisat. “Whilst we are looking to the authorities to investigate the situation and apprehend the culprits, our focus for now is on the families and loved ones left behind. “We ask that you spare a moment to pray for the soul of the departed.” The Ondo Police Command has already arrested three female suspects in connection to the crime. Meanwhile, friends and family members of the deceased have initiated the hashtag #JusticeForAdetutu to pile pressure on the police to ...

  The National Council for Women Societies has described transgender activities in the country as “despicable and offensive”. The group made the comment in a statement signed by its National President NCWS, Gloria Shada. Shada said that Nigerian women find the promotion of despicable conducts such as nudity and transgender activities as done by Bobrisky whose real name is Idris Okuneye, very offensive. She said, “It is regrettable and strange for Bobrisky to publicly declare that has 24 boy-friends in high places. “Rise up to stop this evil before it destroys our children and the future of our nation.” She said the activities of the cross-dresser is “alien” to our culture and should be stopped to preserve Nigeria’s cultural heritage. Recall that the police in Lagos on Saturday shut a venue where a lavish birthday party was to be held for Bobrisky. Bobrisky, who clocked 28 on Saturday, had slated the celebration for two locations in Lagos with one to hold and another...

    Over 50 shops belonging to foreign nationals including Nigerians in South Africa were set ablaze in an overnight attack on foreigners by xenophobes in the country. The attack, which occurred late on Sunday, saw a group of violent locals suspected to be Zulu hostel dwellers, besiege Jules Street in Malvern, Johannesburg and looting and burning businesses. President, Nigerian Union South Africa, Adetola Olubajo, in a statement on Monday confirming the attack, said that the mob also looted several shops that were around the vicinity suspected to be owned by foreign nationals before they were later dispersed by police. He said, “Fresh attacks, looting, and burning of properties belonging to foreign nationals started yesterday morning in Jeppestown area Johannesburg when a building was set alight by an angry mob. “Three people were killed while another person is receiving treatment for inhaling the smoke. “Over 50 shops and businesses were destroyed, looted and b...

The Breeders Tour 2014 . The September 2014 tour by the alternative rock band the Breeders included thirteen concerts in the central and western United States. The tour featured the lineup from their 1993 album Last Splash: Josephine Wiggs, Jim Macpherson, Kim Deal, and Kelley Deal (pictured with Wiggs in 2009). Invited to open for Neutral Milk Hotel's September 18 concert at the Hollywood Bowl, they planned a tour to lead up to this show, using the opportunity to practice some recent compositions. They performed in eleven cities, including St. Louis, Denver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. The group then played at the Hollywood Bowl concert, and finished the tour on September 20 at the Goose Island 312 Urban Block Party event in Chicago. As well as their new songs, they performed numerous selections from Last Splash and Pod (1990). Music critics commented that the performances were rousing, and that the band was as good as—or better than—in its heyday.

The Breeders Tour 2014 . The September 2014 tour by the alternative rock band the Breeders included thirteen concerts in the central and western United States. The tour featured the lineup from their 1993 album Last Splash: Josephine Wiggs, Jim Macpherson, Kim Deal, and Kelley Deal (pictured with Wiggs in 2009). Invited to open for Neutral Milk Hotel's September 18 concert at the Hollywood Bowl, they planned a tour to lead up to this show, using the opportunity to practice some recent compositions. They performed in eleven cities, including St. Louis, Denver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. The group then played at the Hollywood Bowl concert, and finished the tour on September 20 at the Goose Island 312 Urban Block Party event in Chicago. As well as their new songs, they performed numerous selections from Last Splash and Pod (1990). Music critics commented that the performances were rousing, and that the band was as good as—or better than—in its heyday.