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[The Conversation Africa] The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognised the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola epidemic as a "public health emergency of international concern". via LATEST NEWS

[The Conversation Africa] The Mozambican government recently signed a peace deal with the Renamo opposition party, in time for elections in October. This is the most decisive step so far towards ending a low-intensity yet persistent conflict that began in 2013. via LATEST NEWS

[ISS] There's a hype to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) with its disruptive digital technologies that promise to transform our lives, calibrate our decision making with algorithmic precision and satisfy our every craving in real time. But what are its risks, and how do we police this new cyber environment? via LATEST NEWS

[AIM] Maputo -Antonio Muchanga, the candidate for governor of Maputo province of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has promised that, if Renamo wins the forthcoming general elections, it will not pay any of the country's "hidden debts", on the grounds that they are unconstitutional. via LATEST NEWS

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, on Monday, said that worsening climate conditions is fuelling competition for shrinking resources in the Sahel region of Africa, which includes Northern Nigeria. Speaking in Geneva, Switzerland, at the 42nd session of the Human Rights Council, Bachelet said climate change will have a telling impact on the political, economic and socio-cultural fabric of the world. She said, “In the Sahel region of Africa, degradation of arable land is intensifying competition for already scarce resources. “The world has never seen a threat to human rights of this scope.” The Thompson Reuters Foundation had in August published a report revealing that satellite footage showed the quantity of grass that sprouted in the desert countries of Mali and Mauritania to be inadequate for the consumption of their roaming cattle herd, due to late rainfall. With the governments within the West and Central African sub regions unwilling ...

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has said that the Federal Government, states and local governments across the country received a total of N3.84trn as allocations between January and June 2019. In a statement by NEITI’s Director, Communications and Advocacy, Orji Orji, it was disclosed that the Federal Government received N1.599trn, the 36 states got N1.335trn while the 774 local government areas of the country shared N792bn during the period under review. The FAAC disbursement of N3.84trn for the first half of 2019 was slightly lower than the N3.94trn disbursed during the same period in 2018 but higher than the N2.78trn disbursed in the first half of 2017. On a quarter on quarter basis, the second quarter of 2019 was the lowest since the fourth quarter of 2017. The statement said, “The quarterly FAAC disbursements from Q1 2013 to Q2 2019 reveal that the total disbursement of N1.913trn in the second quarter of 2019 was the lowest since the fourth qu...

Master's Rice Master's Rice Sahara Reporters Media There has been a surge in the demand for local rice, with millers unable to meet the ‘excess demand’ of Nigerians, an expert has told SaharaReporters.  The rice miller, who chose to stay anonymous, said local rice is now like gold but certain milling and processing associations had placed price ceilings on how much members can sell the staple commodity. The surge in the demand for locally milled rice is an offshoot of President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that Nigeria’s borders with Benin and Niger republics be closed to prevent the smuggling of rice into the country. The expert however, said that the government should have given a preparatory notice to millers before implementing the President’s order. He said, “There is excessive demand, local rice has become gold. “I’m afraid that there’s a gap, a huge gap, which is an opportunity for more millers to invest in production. “But, there should have been a prepar...

File photo One person has been reportedly killed in a road accident along Bauchi-Jos Road in Miri Village following a collision between a commercial vehicle and a car, according to The Nation. The incident occurred on Monday and left seven students of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, severely injured. Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Bauchi Sector Command, Rilwan Sulaiman, confirmed the tragedy. He said the car was conveying students of ATBU to Bauchi before colliding with the empty commercial vehicle. Rilwan revealed that the corpse of the deceased had been deposited at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital. Travel News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from All Content via

A new bill passed into law by the Ondo State House of Assembly has pegged the retirement age of professors in tertiary institutions at 70. The bill also put the retirement age of other teaching and non- teaching staff at 65. Spokesperson for the Assembly, Sehinde Fanokun, disclosed this through a statement in Akure, the state capital, on Monday. He stressed that the executive bill, which has become a law, would take effect immediately. Fanokun said beneficiaries of the amended law would now include workers in state-owned tertiary institutions. It was gathered that lecturers in Federal universities had been enjoying this privilege for long, hence the move by the Ondo Assembly for those in the state’s tertiary institutions to also benefit from such initiative. Education News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from All Content via

Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said that the South African Government had arraigned eight policemen for maltreating Nigerians in that country. Dabiri-Erewa made the disclosure during a programme on Channels Television. She said, “Eight policemen have been charged to court by South Africa. They have been charged for cases involving the maltreatment of Nigerians in South Africa that have been on for a long time. But the cases have not yet ended. “We are hoping those cases will end. There have to be consequences for actions. Four policemen have been arrested in connection with the last death of the gentleman that was killed in his home.” Speaking further, Dabiri-Erewa called on the South African authorities to conclude the investigation into the harassment and death of Nigerians and also make the findings public. CRIME South Africa News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements ...

Former Abia State governor and lawmaker representing Abia North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Orji Kalu, has vowed to reclaim his mandate after a tribunal sitting on election matters upturned his victory at the poll. In a statement by his media office on Monday following the nullification of his election, Kalu called on his supporters not to panic as his mandate will be re-claimed at the Court of Appeal. Kalu said his announcement as winner of the exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission was as a result of his popularity among the people of Abia. He said, “The Peoples Democratic Party candidate is not popular among the people and as such, my victory in the National Assembly poll is a landslide. See Also Sahara Reporters Tribunal Sacks Former Abia Governor, Orji Kalu 0 Comments 9 Hours Ago “Any day, any time, the All Progressives Congress will defeat the PDP in Abia North Senatorial District. “At the appropriate time, my mandate will b...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered Commissioners of Police across the country including the Federal Capital Territory to prevent a planned procession by the Islamic Movement in Nigeria from taking place. The IMN, led by Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, had announced on Sunday that its yearly Ashura procession scheduled for Tuesday would go as planned despite warnings by the police for it to be halted. In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, the IGP said that the activities of IMN remains illegal and will be treated as such. The statement reads, “The Force notes that in line with the Terrorism (Prevention) Proscription Order Notice 2019, the activities of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria have been proscribed. “Consequently, all gathering or procession by the group remains ultimately illegal and will be treated as a gathering in the advancement of terrorism. “The Inspector-General of Police has directed the Commissioners of Poli...

Gunmen Gunmen Some gunmen have abducted six persons on the Kaduna-Abuja highway. Confirming the incident in a statement on Monday, Public Relations Officer of the Kaduna Police Command, DSP Yakubu Sabo, said the sad event took place on Sunday evening. The latest incident follows the killing of three suspected kidnappers and the arrest of 26 others by the police on the Kaduna-Abuja and Kaduna Zaria expressway barely 24 hours ago. Sabo revealed that the hoodlums dressed in military uniform, intercepted a commercial bus around 11:40pm on Sunday near Rijana Village and whisked the six persons away. According to him, the police managed to free two of the victims from the kidnappers while efforts were ongoing to rescue the others. CRIME Insurgency Police News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from All Content via

[AIM] Maputo -The campaign ahead of Mozambique's general elections, scheduled for 15 October, ran peacefully for the first two days, but there was an alarming rise in violence and political intolerance, in the subsequent period, according to the "Sala da Paz" ("Peace Room"), a coalition of election observation bodies. via LATEST NEWS

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that preparation has begun on the 2023 general elections. INEC said the credibility recorded in the 2019 elections was due to the EFCC’s involvement. from via EDUPEDIA24/7

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has said that the Federal Government, states and local governments across the country received a total of N3.84trn as allocations between January and June 2019. In a statement by NEITI’s Director, Communications and Advocacy, Orji Orji, it was disclosed that the Federal Government received N1.599trn, the 36 states got N1.335trn while the 774 local government areas of the country shared N792bn during the period under review. The FAAC disbursement of N3.84trn for the first half of 2019 was slightly lower than the N3.94trn disbursed during the same period in 2018 but higher than the N2.78trn disbursed in the first half of 2017. On a quarter on quarter basis, the second quarter of 2019 was the lowest since the fourth quarter of 2017. The statement said, “The quarterly FAAC disbursements from Q1 2013 to Q2 2019 reveal that the total disbursement of N1.913trn in the second quarter of 2019 was the lowest since the fourth qu...

Former Abia State governor and lawmaker representing Abia North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Orji Kalu, has vowed to reclaim his mandate after a tribunal sitting on election matters upturned his victory at the poll. In a statement by his media office on Monday following the nullification of his election, Kalu called on his supporters not to panic as his mandate will be re-claimed at the Court of Appeal. Kalu said his announcement as winner of the exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission was as a result of his popularity among the people of Abia. He said, “The Peoples Democratic Party candidate is not popular among the people and as such, my victory in the National Assembly poll is a landslide. See Also Politics Tribunal Sacks Former Abia Governor, Orji Kalu 0 Comments 3 Hours Ago “Any day, any time, the All Progressives Congress will defeat the PDP in Abia North Senatorial District. “At the appropriate time, my mandate will be restor...

Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, South Africa’s Defence Minister, on Monday said that the attacks against foreigners including Nigerians in South Africa were planned by criminals and that government can’t prevent it. Mapisa-Nqakula, who said this in an interview with eNCA, a local television channel, described South Africa as an angry nation and insisted that the government can’t prevent the ongoing violence. She said, “The reality is that we have an angry nation. What’s happening can never be prevented by any government. “People are saying some heads of state decided not to attend the World Economic Forum; we should be talking about why this whole thing is coinciding with that. “People are saying it is xenophobic attacks but it is not the first time, we have had them in the past. “We have criminals that have read the situation and are aware that we have challenges right now. “We have talked on the issues of high rate of unemployment, of some foreign nationals who are not con...

Eight foreign-trained graduates have been denied registration over their inabilities to defend their degrees, the National Youth Service Corps Coordinator in Kano State, Ladan Baba, revealed on Monday. He made the disclosure during the passing out parade of the 2019 Batch ‘B’ Corps members from the three-week orientation course, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. He said that some of the graduates were also blocked online from registering for the exercise because of the failure to defend their degrees as foreign students. He said, “As a matter of fact, some of them cannot express themselves verbally. “More worrisome is the fact that some of them did not undergo any academic pursuits but obtained certificates through illegal means with allegations that some did so in Kano and environs. “This will undoubtedly require urgent action by the government and good people of Kano in collaboration with the dogged security agencies in the state to checkmate this ugly trend t...

Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, South Africa’s Defence Minister, on Monday said that the attacks against foreigners including Nigerians in South Africa were planned by criminals and that government can’t prevent it. Mapisa-Nqakula, who said this in an interview with eNCA, a local television channel, described South Africa as an angry nation and insisted that the government can’t prevent the ongoing violence. She said, “The reality is that we have an angry nation. What’s happening can never be prevented by any government. “People are saying some heads of state decided not to attend the World Economic Forum; we should be talking about why this whole thing is coinciding with that. “People are saying it is xenophobic attacks but it is not the first time, we have had them in the past. “We have criminals that have read the situation and are aware that we have challenges right now. “We have talked on the issues of high rate of unemployment, of some foreign nationals who are not con...

Ukraine vs Nigeria will be the first meeting between both nations and all is now set for the international friendly. The eastern Europeans are currently participating in the Euro 2020 qualifiers and their squad have been in action from via EDUPEDIA24/7

John J. Crittenden . John J. Crittenden (September 10, 1787 – July 26, 1863) was an American politician. He was the 17th governor of Kentucky, and represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He also served as United States Attorney General in the administrations of William Henry Harrison, John Tyler and Millard Fillmore. Lame duck president John Quincy Adams nominated Crittenden to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 17, 1828, but supporters of president-elect Andrew Jackson in the Senate voted to allow Jackson to make his own nomination. While serving in the Senate in December 1860, he authored the Crittenden Compromise, a series of resolutions and constitutional amendments he hoped would avert the Civil War, but Congress would not approve them. One of his sons, George B. Crittenden, became a general in the Confederate Army. Another son, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, became a general in the Union Army.

John J. Crittenden . John J. Crittenden (September 10, 1787 – July 26, 1863) was an American politician. He was the 17th governor of Kentucky, and represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He also served as United States Attorney General in the administrations of William Henry Harrison, John Tyler and Millard Fillmore. Lame duck president John Quincy Adams nominated Crittenden to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 17, 1828, but supporters of president-elect Andrew Jackson in the Senate voted to allow Jackson to make his own nomination. While serving in the Senate in December 1860, he authored the Crittenden Compromise, a series of resolutions and constitutional amendments he hoped would avert the Civil War, but Congress would not approve them. One of his sons, George B. Crittenden, became a general in the Confederate Army. Another son, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, became a general in the Union Army.