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[Deutsche Welle] A record 45 million people across southern Africa are in need of in urgent need of food aid, the UN has said. The situation is expected to get even worse as the annual cyclone season begins. via LATEST NEWS

[Nation] World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge has yet again been nominated for the 2019 Laureus Sportsman of the year award. via LATEST NEWS

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Julie Oka-Donli Julie Oka-Donli SaharaReporters Media The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has promised to look into a video showing Nigerian ladies trafficked to Lebanon pleading to return home. Director General of NAPTIP, Dame Julie Oka-Donli, revealed to SaharaReporters that the agency will look into it. In a chat with our correspondent, she said the agency was not aware of the incident at the Nigerian Embassy in Lebanon.  See Also International Ladies Trafficked To Lebanon Begs To Return Home After Nigerian Embassy Rejects Them 0 Comments 2 Hours Ago She stated that the agency was working to return all Nigerians trafficked from the country. She said, "I have not seen the video in question, all I know is that we have rescued two victims from Lebanon. "One is now with us and the one whose video went viral is expected back in a day or two."  SaharaReporters had published a report of some Nigerian ladies trafficked to...

Pa Rebuen Fasoranti Pa Rebuen Fasoranti Reuben Fasoranti, leader of Afenifere, has accused the Nigerian Government of abandoning the case of the killing of his daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin.  Olakunrin, 58, was killed in July 2019 by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen while trying to escape kidnap on the Benin-Ore Expressway on her way to Lagos.  Pa Fasoranti explained that the investigation to unravel the killers of his daughter in order to bring the perpetrators to book has been deliberately halted by the Presidency.  He expressed his feelings while speaking with journalists in Akure, Ondo State, on Thursday.  According to him, security agencies have been informing the family that "authorities" from above have asked them to stop further investigation into the case till another notice.  He said, “The case of my daughter, they normally should have done something very quickly, but the police said they were asked not to do it. “We were very enth...

Some Nigerian ladies trafficked to Lebanon for slavery have urged the Nigerian Government to help return them back to Nigeria. The ladies in a video alleged that they escaped from their homes and went to the Nigerian Embassy in Lebanon but Nigerians working at the embassy sent them out. The ladies said they were taken to the Arabian country and made to work as slaves. The ladies cried out after they got information that the Nigerian Government helped a lady escape Lebanon and reunited her with her family in Nigeria. The ladies are pleading to the government to free them from their paymasters (agents) and repatriate them to Nigeria. In videos sighted by SaharaReporters, the ladies were talking to a top official of the country’s embassy in Lebanon and pleading with him to allow them stay in the embassy but their pleas were ignored. One of the ladies said she had been homeless since December 15, 2019 when she ran away from her master. The ladies narrated that they were cond...

Miyetti Allah group Miyetti Allah group   Miyetti Allah Kaute Hore, the Fulani socio-cultural organisation, has said that governors in Nigeria's South-West must give up the new community security outfit if it must clinch the presidency in 2023. The group said the new outfit aimed at curbing insecurity in the South-Western region was illegal. Alhassan Saleh, National Secretary of the group, made the disclosure in an interview with PUNCH. He said, “This Amotekun scheme is political and is not the solution to the problem of insecurity. “What South-West governors should have done is to continue to push for state police. Where did they expect to get the funding from at a time some of them are struggling to pay salaries? “It is best they give up on this idea because it may affect the chances of the South-West to produce the president in 2023. “The thinking is that if the South-West, a major stakeholder in this government, can be toying with this idea now, they may do ...

  Nigeria and five other English-speaking West African countries have condemned the decision of their French-speaking neighbours to rename the CFA Franc as ECO. The condemnation was issued at the end of a West African Monetary Zone meeting of ministers of finance and governors of central banks on Thursday in Abuja. The countries that participated in the meeting are Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. The statement reads, “WAMZ Convergence Council wishes to emphasise that this action is inconsistent with the decision of the Authority of the Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS for the adoption of the ECO as the name of an independent ECOWAS single currency “WAMZ Convergence Council wishes to reiterate the need for all ECOWAS member countries to implement the decision of the Authority of the Heads of State and Government towards the implementation of the revised roadmap of the ECOWAS single currency programme. “WAMZ Convergence Council would be ...

  A former Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has blamed a man named John Chiaiheman for the unpaid salaries of foreign staff hired as consultants for his media outfit, Gotel. Atiku’s position followed an exclusive report by SaharaReporters  on January 9, 2020 exposing how Gotel failed to expatriate workers for several months in breach of their contract. The affected workers are international broadcast journalists drawn from CNN, NPR, CNBC and other reputable networks, according to the report. The workers revealed that they left Nigeria hapless and with only promissory notes instead of monies owed them by Gotel. The affected persons include David Guinan, Ebong Udoma, William Chu, Devon Petley, Susie Iliyan, Teddy Vuong, Hannington Osodo, Kostas Sergiadis and Richard Spiropoulos. They were all hired between late 2014 and early 2015 by Atiku's company based in Yola, Adamawa State, SaharaReporters’ story revealed. But in a statement through h...

  Students under the auspices of the National Association of Nigerian Students, South-West (Zone D), have called on the federal and state governments to reverse the increase in tuition fee of some tertiary institutions in the country. The students, who lamented recent increment in fees at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo State, and Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, posited that state governments were trying to price education out of the reach of the common man. In the statement jointly signed by Kowe Odunayo Amos, Coordinator, NANS Zone D; Giwa Yisa Temitope, Secretary-General, and Kazeem Olalekan Israel, PRO, the students held that the excuse given by the institutions that students had to pay more to fund the institution was untenable and cannot stand the test of logic. The statement reads, “The increment, especially in Ekiti State University, mean that some students will be paying over N200,000 as fees. This is sheer show of insensitivity to the plight of the Niger...

Pulseng   Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, has nominated Dr Kingsley Obiora as deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria. In a statement, Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Thursday said the nominee’s name had already been forwarded to the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, for confirmation by the upper legislative chamber. It reads, “President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the name of Dr Kingsley Obiora to the Senate for confirmation as deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. “In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, President Buhari said the nomination was in accordance with the provision of Section 8(1) (2) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (Establishment) Act 2007. “Dr Obiora, upon confirmation by the Senate, replaces Dr Joseph Nnanna, who retires on February 2, 2020.” Money Politics News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from ...

  Bandits in Zamfara have killed two health workers supervising a polio vaccination round in the state, according to a report by PUNCH. The attack is said to have happened in Makosa Village, a precinct of Zurmi Local Government Area. An eye witness said the bandits stormed the village at noon and went straight to the primary health care centre, where the vaccination was going on. “They asked everyone to submit their belongings but the health workers, Lawali Suleiman and Liyu Mohammed, were shot for failing to comply. “After robbing the people of their belongings, the bandits also carted away their animals,” the source said. The police spokesperson in Zamfara confirmed the killing saying, “Those who launched the attack are part of the recalcitrant bandits who stormed the village with the intention of committing robbery. “The information we received was that the two health workers lost their lives because they didn’t surrender their handsets to the hoodlums who in...

  Students in Bauchi State embarked on a march to remember the life and values of late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. The students held that Balewa, who was the first Prime Minister of Nigeria, rendered a selfless service to the country and deserved to be recognised and immortalised. They asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare January 15 the day he died as a public holiday. The march held in his honour kicked-off from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium down to his residence. The students also visited his tomb where a wreath was laid in his honour. “We march on the street of Bauchi to remember and mourn with the families of late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. “We observed prayers for the legend and also called upon the attention of all Nigerian leaders to emulate from his good legacies. “We are requesting the Federal Government to declare January 15 a public holiday in honour of the legacies he left. “We want all stakeholders in Bauchi State, North-East and the country a...

Apororhynchus . Apororhynchus is a genus of small, parasitic spiny-headed (or thorny-headed) worms, the only genus in the order Apororhynchida. A lack of features commonly found in Acanthocephala suggests an evolutionary branching from the other three orders of class Archiacanthocephala. The distinguishing features of this order are a highly enlarged proboscis containing small hooks, and differently structured musculature around this proboscis in its receptacle and receptacle protrusor. The genus contains six species that are distributed globally, being collected sporadically in Hawaii, Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. These worms exclusively parasitize birds by attaching themselves around the cloaca using their hooks and adhesives secreted from cement glands. The bird hosts are of different orders, including owls, waders, and passerines. Infection by an Apororhynchus species may cause enteritis and anemia.

Apororhynchus . Apororhynchus is a genus of small, parasitic spiny-headed (or thorny-headed) worms, the only genus in the order Apororhynchida. A lack of features commonly found in Acanthocephala suggests an evolutionary branching from the other three orders of class Archiacanthocephala. The distinguishing features of this order are a highly enlarged proboscis containing small hooks, and differently structured musculature around this proboscis in its receptacle and receptacle protrusor. The genus contains six species that are distributed globally, being collected sporadically in Hawaii, Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. These worms exclusively parasitize birds by attaching themselves around the cloaca using their hooks and adhesives secreted from cement glands. The bird hosts are of different orders, including owls, waders, and passerines. Infection by an Apororhynchus species may cause enteritis and anemia.