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Why Efforts to Support Poor People Fail, and What Can Be Done About It

[The Conversation Africa] Urbanisation remains a big challenge for city managers in low- and middle-income countries. This includes Nigeria, where the proportion of the urban population increased from 17.5% in 1969 to 51.2% in 2019. An estimated 18% of the urban population live in poverty. from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS
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BREAKING: Buhari Sacks NECO Registrar, Four Other Top Staff Two Years After Suspension

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked Charles Uwakwe as Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council. Also dismissed from service were four other management staff of the council for various offences. Uwakwe and two of the dismissed management staff were on 10th May, 2018 placed on suspension, while an investigative panel was constituted to probe the allegations of unsatisfactory conduct levelled against them. The sacked NECO boss was alleged to have awarded a N25bn contract without the knowledge of either the Federal Ministry of Education or the governing board of the council and recruiting some staff without the knowledge of the appropriate authorities.   But in a letter dated May 11, 2020 signed by the Permanent Secretary of Federal Ministry of Education, Arc. Sonny Echono on behalf of the Education Minister, Uwakwe was directed to hand over all government properties in his custody to the Acting Registrar of the Council. “After due consideration of the
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Nigerian Government Approves N118m For Completion Of Ose-Awka Bridge In Anambra State

The Nigerian Government has approved the disbursement of N118m towards the completion of the Ose-Awka Bridge in Anambra State. The approval was announced at the virtual Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed.  He said, “The Minister of Works presented a memorandum for the augmentation of the contract for the construction of Ose-Akwa Bridge in Anambra State.  “This contract was awarded to Messrs Horizon Construction Company Limited in the sum of N896.9m. “It is actually for the construction of a 90-metre long bridge with two-kilometre approach and the completion period is 12 months. “It is important to note that this contract has already attained 87.9 per cent completion but was stalled in 2012 after 90-metre Bridge had been constructed. “The lapse in time and period has made the contract rate to be reviewed. “So, accordingly Messrs Horizon Construction submitted augmentation for a repair job in the sum of N160m
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BREAKING: Nigeria Records 284 New COVID-19 Cases

Nigeria has recorded 284 new Coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 6677. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control disclosed this in a tweet on Wednesday.  It said, “284 new cases of ‪#COVID19‬; 199 in Lagos, 26 in Rivers, 19 in Oyo, 8 in FCT, 8 in Borno, 7 in Plateau, 6 in Jigawa, 5 in Kano, 2 in Abia, 1 in Ekiti, 1 in Delta, 1 in Kwara and 1 in Taraba.  SaharaReporters Media “6677 cases of ‪#COVID19‬ in Nigeria, discharged: 1840, deaths: 200.” 284 new cases of #COVID19 ; 199-Lagos 26-Rivers 19-Oyo 8-FCT 8-Borno 7-Plateau 6-Jigawa 5-Kano 2-Abia 1-Ekiti 1-Delta 1-Kwara 1-Taraba 6677 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 1840 Deaths: 200 pic.twitter.com/awxMgfp7U5 — NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 20, 2020 PUBLIC HEALTH Breaking News News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from All Content via
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Governor Wike Alleges Plot To Declare State Of Emergency In Rivers

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that there were plans by some persons to cause breakdown of law and order so as to force the declaration of a state of emergency in the state. In a statement by Paulinus Nsirim, Commissioner for Information and Communications in the state, the Rivers Government alleged that these persons attempted to declare state of emergency in the state since 2015 but did not succeed because of God’s intervention. The statement said the same persons did everything within their powers to ensure that the 2019 governorship election results were not announced but also failed.  Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State It reads, “These persons whose attempts to declare state of emergency in the state since 2015 have never succeeded because of God's intervention.  “They did everything within their powers to ensure that the 2019 governorship election results were not announced but also failed. “As the build u
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Burundians Vote Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

Voters check the electoral register posted at a primary school in Cotonou on 17 May 2020 Burundians turned out to vote on Wednesday despite the Coronavirus pandemic that has forced many countries to ban mass gatherings. The country expelled the World Health Organisation representative in the country and three other officials for criticizing political parties for holding rallies. The battle is between the ruling party, CNDD-FDD’s, retired army general, Evariste Ndayishimiye, and the main opposition challenger, Agathon Rwasa, as well as five others.  Voters check the electoral register posted at a primary school in Cotonou on 17 May 2020 AFP /Yanick Folly “The voting is really taking place smoothly and I voted for change but I am pessimistic about the counting of votes,” a voter, who did not wish to be named, told Reuters. Chairman of the country’s electoral commission, Pierre Claver Kazihise, called for people to come out and vote peacefully saying, “We call on Burundians to
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Lagos Discharges 17 COVID-19 Patients

The Lagos State Ministry of Health on Wednesday said 17 COVID-19 patients have been discharged after testing negative twice consecutively. The ministry disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle, @LSMOH. It said the discharged patients were six females and 11 males, stating that seven of the affected persons were released from Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, six from LUTH Isolation Centre and four from Gbagada Isolation Centre.   The tweet reads, “17 ‪#COVID19Lagos‬ patients; 6 females and 11 males, all Nigerians have been discharged from our  Yaba, Gbagada and LUTH isolation facilities to reunite with the society. “The patients; 7 from Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 6 from LUTH and 4 from Gbagada Isolation Centres were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to ‪#COVID19‬ in two consecutive readings.” This brings to 649 the total number of discharged cases in Lagos. #COVID19Lagos Update Breaking! *️⃣17 #COVID19Lagos pat
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Ondo Doctors Suspend Proposed Strike, Give Government More Time To Clear Outstanding Salaries

Doctors at the University of Medical Science Teaching Hospital in Ondo State have suspended plans to embark on a strike over the non-payment of their salary arrears. The doctors accused the state government of using “divide and rule" tactics by owing some of them three months wages while others were being owned four to six months salaries. SaharaReporters gathered that the decision to suspend the strike was made known at the end of an “emergency congress” by the doctors on Wednesday.  Shittu Abiola, Acting President of the Association of Resident Doctors in the state, hinted that the state government had met some of their demands hence the decision to call off the planned strike.  Abiola said government had paid them their accumulated arrears for 2019 as part of its readiness to clear all outstanding salaries of doctors. He said, “Today, we rose from our congress with the following resolutions: That the intended industrial action be suspended for now. “That our salar
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APC Deputy Chairman Accuses Party Leadership Of Violating Guidelines Ahead Of Ondo, Edo Primary Elections

Deputy National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (North), Lawal Shuaibu, has accused the party's leadership of flouting guidelines ahead of the governorship primaries in Ondo and Edo states. Shuaibu disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said the process towards the two elections was shrouded in secrecy, which was in violation of the constitution of the party.   The statement reads, “With regards to Ondo and Edo primary elections, there is already absence of transparency.  "The regulations issued that will guide the processes are already in violation of Article 20 (v) on page 76 of the APC constitution as amended where only the National Executive Committee is the only organ that shall approve such guidelines and regulations which includes the mode of nominating our candidates. "I am crying for APC inside me!”   Politics News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from All Content vi
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National Human Rights Commission Investigates Killing of UniJos Student By Nigerian Army

The National Human Rights  Commission said it had launched an investigation into the gruesome killing of a young University of Jos undergraduate, Rinji Peter Bala,  allegedly by security operatives along Zaria Road, Jos, Plateau State. The Commission described the killing of Rinji as inhuman and a gross violation of his right to life as enshrined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended and other international human rights instruments to which Nigeria was a party. In a statement on Wednesday, Executive Secretary of NHRC, Tony Ojukwu, said he had directed the Jos office of the Commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding the killing of the young man with a veiw to bringing the perpetrators to book.  He appealed to the members of the public to remain calm and vowed that all those involved in the destardly act will be fished out and brought book.  The statement reads, “This is in line with the commission’s mandate of monitoring and inve
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Resistance To Fulanisation: Lessons From Europe To The Yorùbá Nation And Others By Remi Oyeyemi

Remi Oyeyemi "Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it."      - Frantz Fanon "On April 29, 1945, Italians found the executed dictator Benito Mussolini strung up like a prosciutto in a Milan square, his mutilated body the proof that his tyranny had ended.  Four days earlier, Italian partisans, fighting alone and with Allied forces, had triumphed over the last Nazi German and Italian Fascist strongholds Italy was not the only country to have an armed anti-Fascist movement during World War Two. Across Europe, Resistance fighters organized to defeat Nazi occupiers and their homegrown collaborators. Yet the Italian Resistance (active September 1943-April 1945) developed in the face of over twenty years of dictatorship. Its moral and political importance for Italians was such that it was deemed the very foundation of the new Republic that rose from the war's ashes." Ruth Ben - Ghiat, a professor of His
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Bauchi Government Lifts Ban On Religious Gathering To Celebrate Eid-di- Fitri

Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has relaxed the ban on religious gatherings to enable Muslims celebrate the annual Eid-di- Fitri. The ban was put in place since April in order to control the spread of the virus. Announcing the decision on Wednesday, Mohammed said the relaxation on religious gatherings would be in place for two weeks with certain conditions that religious organisations must follow.  He stressed that religious leaders must ensure strict compliance with the use of face masks by members, provision of hand sanitiser and running water as well as observing physical distancing at worship centres. “This decision will be taken by you because the total decision of the lockdown was taken by you. We are just suggesting as a government and on behalf of the government, I am suggesting that as from Thursday, we should lift the lockdown, even the one in Katagum, because it has been 10 days and of course the whole state. “People will go about their normal businesses, p
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BREAKING: Inspector-General Of Police, Adamu, Makes U-turn, Exempts Doctors, Journalists, Others From Curfew

The Police Inspector-General (IGP), Mohammed Adamu Mohammed Adamu, Nigeria's Inspector-General of Police, has exempted doctors, journalists, fire fighters among other essential workers from adhering to the curfew put in place to stop the spread of Coronavirus in Lagos, Ogun and the FCT. Adamu had on Tuesday contrary to a directive by President Muhammadu Buhari ordered police commands not to exempt anybody, including workers on essential duties, when enforcing the ban on interstate movements and curfew. His order led to the arrest of more than 50 doctors on Tuesday evening, leading to a sit-at-home action by the doctors to protest their treatment by the police.  The Police Inspector-General (IGP), Mohammed Adamu Twitter/toluogunlesi In a series of tweets on Wednesday however, Adamu said all essential service workers will now be exempted from enforcement of the curfew. It reads, "Following unending inquiries on the status of essential workers in respect of the du
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