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President Buhari received representatives of UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and Heads of UN Agencies in Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has again condemned the attack on the office of the United Nations by Boko Haram terrorists in 2011. A car filled with explosives had on August 21, 2011, rammed into the building, setting off an explosion that killed 23 UN staff, including Nigerians in the first suicide bomb attack in Nigeria. Witnesses said the car ran through various gates leading to the UN main building as armed guards opened fire to stop it. President Buhari receives representatives of UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and Heads of UN Agencies in Nigeria Days later, the then spokesperson for Boko Haram, Abu Kaka, who is believed to have been killed by the military, claimed credit for the attack on behalf of his group. The bombing, which levelled the lower floor of the facility, left 76 people injured. Speaking on Monday in Abuja when he received a d...

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on security agencies in Ondo State to immediately arrest a former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Mr Isaacs Kekemeke, for inciting and threatening violence ahead of the October 10, 2020 governorship election in the state.  Kekemeke had in a viral video said the APC was prepared to win the governorship election at all cost using “federal might”.  The APC chieftain also added that the ruling party would also contract thugs and members of the National Union of Road Transports Workers to rig the election.  Addressing journalists on Monday in Akure, Fatai Adams, Chairman of the PDP in Ondo State, said they had already written a petition to security agencies to take action on Kekemeke’s inciting statement.  Adams noted that the party was surprised seeing Kekemeke in the viral video justifying the destruction of campaign billboards and posters of the PDP candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, by hoodlums allege...

Following Saturday’s local government election in Ondo State, some youth in Akure North Local Government Area have protested against the violence and irregularities, which marred the exercise.  The youth, who took to the streets, complained that the election result especially in Oba Ile had been declared at the ward centres but were surprised it was put on hold during announcement. A total of 10 political parties participated in the election, which held in the 18 local government areas of the state.  The All Progressives Congress was declared winner in all the local government areas while the Peoples Democratic Party and Zenith Labour Party boycotted the election.  Armed with placards, the protesting youth also accused a serving commissioner in the state of hijacking election materials in Oba Ile.  Speaking during the protest, one of the youth and councillorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Mr Johnson Faloye, said he was declared winner in th...

A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, has approached a high court in Plateau State for the enforcement of his fundamental rights to personal liberty and fair hearing. Mailaifa also failed to honour the invitation by the police in Abuja on Monday. The police had last week invited Mailafia to appear at the Force Headquarters for “criminal investigation”. Mailafia had during a radio programme said repentant Boko Haram members had revealed to him that a serving Northern governor was a commander of the terrorist group . Speaking during a press conference on Monday in Jos, Mailafia’s legal team said the suit had been filed challenging the letter of invitation. The legal team is also asking the court to make a judicial pronouncement on the letter. He described the invitation as an intimidation, harassment, persecution, and witch hunt. See Also Breaking News BREAKING: Police Invite Mailafia For Questioning On Monday Over Boko Haram Comm...

Gunmen Armed men on Monday invaded Prince Academy in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting many students and escaping with them to an unknown destination. The gunmen, who stormed Damba-Kasaya community in large numbers on motorcycles, also raided many houses in the area before heading to the school. The students were preparing for their Junior Secondary School examinations when they were abducted around 9am. Mohammed Jalige, spokesperson for the Kaduna State Police Command, told SaharaReporters that he hasn’t been briefed about the incident. “I’m just hearing this from you, I have been at the ongoing police screening exercise since morning, I will get back to you as soon as I get details about the incident,” he said. The development comes as many parts of Kaduna State remain under attack from armed bandits.  Insurgency News AddThis :  Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/...

Jamaican athlete and Olympic legend, Usain Bolt, has reportedly tested positive for Coronavirus and entered self-isolation. The retired sprinter turned 34 on Friday and is believed to have tested positive for COVID-19 after a check some days ago. According to Jamaican outlet nationwide radio, Bolt has begun his self-isolation and it is unclear whether he is showing symptoms of the virus. The report adds that Bolt was thrown a surprise birthday party by family and friends, with Manchester City star Raheem Sterling and Bayer Leverkusen winger Leon Bailey among the guests. The eight-time Olympic gold medalist holds the 100m and 200m world records and retired from the track in 2017 after suffering an injury in his final race. Stay Safe my ppl 🙏🏿 pic.twitter.com/ebwJFF5Ka9 — Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) August 24, 2020 PUBLIC HEALTH News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 2...

Picture from the accident scene Picture from the accident scene Hafiz Bayero, a special adviser to Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, was on Monday involved in an accident on the Kaduna-Abuja Highway. Details of the accident were still sketchy at the time of this report but a photograph of the accident scene obtained by SaharaReporters showed the extent of damage. People around the scene managed to bring Bayero out of his vehicle with number plate 12E-04KD. Picture from the accident scene Travel Breaking News News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2FUbX9b via EDUPEDIA

Leo Igwe Nigeria’s blasphemy laws have been of focus locally, nationally and internationally following the arrest and detention of Nigerian humanist, Mubarak Bala, the sentencing to death of a Muslim singer, and the imprisonment of a 13-year-old boy for blasphemy in Kano State in Northern Nigeria. It would appear that Muslim theocrats – within the police and the courts – have gone to great lengths to subvert constitutional provisions and international human rights norms in their quest to enforce the ‘blasphemy’ provision. For instance, the police arrested Bala, who is the President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, at his residence in Kaduna on April 28, 2020. They took him to Kano the following day, where they have held him incommunicado ever since. The arrest was at the instance of lawyers who lodged a petition with the Kano State Police Command complaining that Bala had insulted the prophet of Islam in a Facebook post. Leo Igwe Before his arrest, Bala received death ...

The military officials that seized power in Mali want a military-led transitional body to rule the country for three years and has agreed to release deposed President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a source in a visiting West African delegation told AFP. “The junta has affirmed that it wants a three-year transition to review the foundations of the Malian state. This transition will be directed by a body led by a soldier, who will also be head of state,” the source in the ECOWAS delegation said. “The government will also be predominantly composed of soldiers under the military government’s proposal,” the source said on condition of anonymity. Leaders of the military government led by Colonel Assimi Goita and mediators from ECOWAS, West Africa’s regional bloc, led by Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan, met behind closed doors all day on Sunday. “We have been able to agree on a number of points but not yet on all the discussions,” Jonathan told reporters on Sunda...

The Nigerian Government has said it borrowed over 5,000mt of grains from the Economic Community of West Africa States to feed citizens as hunger bites harder. Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Baba-Shehuri, disclosed this while receiving the 3,999 tonnes of cereals donated to Nigeria by ECOWAS with its donors and financial partners. The minister said the donation would be used to support the most vulnerable populations to help mitigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. He said, “The Government of Federal Republic of Nigeria loaned 5,000MT of assorted grains from ECOWAS Stock which was agreed to be paid back on grain for grain basis. “Modalities had been put in place to replace the ECOWAS Stock before the advent of COVID-19 Pandemic. That notwithstanding, I can assure you that the Stock will be replaced in due course. “In order to address the incessant worrying food crisis in the West African Sub- region especially the Sahel, the...

A coalition of civil society organisations on Monday in Abuja staged a peaceful protest at the Embassy of United States over the ‘city detention’ of human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore. The protesters called on the US Government to prevail on the Nigerian Government to set the activist free. A formal petition submitted by the coalition reads, “It is clear that the court and the state do not want to hear both Mr Sowore’s bail conditions appeal and to also proceed with the hoax and imaginary trial respectively. “We the coalition of civil society organisation together with RevolutionNow are demanding the intervention of United States and every human rights organisations to put pressure on Nigerian Government to drop charges of both Mr Sowore and Olawale Bakare. “The healthcare system is dilapidated, insecurity is top-notch as Southern Kaduna, Benue, Borno, Zamfara and Katsina are bleeding at the moment.” The protesters maintained that poverty had ravaged the count...

The Senate of the University of Lagos has named Prof Folasade Ogunsola as Acting Vice Chancellor of the institution. Prof Ogunsola was chosen at the Senate meeting following an election, which was held between her and Prof Ben Oghojafor. The meeting was attended by about 167 professors, who voted for either of the two candidates. In the last couple of weeks, UNILAG has become a subject of public discourse after Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the university, Wale Babalakin, announced the sacking of Vice Chancellor, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. Babalakin’s Governing Council had on August 12 sacked Ogundipe as Vice Chancellor over alleged financial misappropriation and misconduct. Ogundipe, however, rejected the council’s decision, saying the university’s due process was not followed. The two men were later asked by the government to step aside while a panel investigates the cause of the crisis.  Education Breaking News News AddThis :  Original Author...