Day: January 27, 2018

Banky W reacts to ‘sale’ of reality show ticket

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Nigerian R&B singer and actor, Oluwabankole Wellington, aka Banky W, has raised an alarm over a fake campaign on social media. The campaign is demanding people to pay N5,000 to be in a reality show with his family. Reports on social media had claimed that fans and followers were being scammed into a fake reality show with the star singer. Reacting to the development, The ‘Wedding Party’ star advised Nigerians to not pay any sum, as such information was a scam. Banky, on his official twitter handle wrote, ”I hear…

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AU Summit: Donald Trump sends fresh message to African leaders

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US President, Donald Trump has asked the African Union chairman, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda to pass on his “warmest regards” to other regional leaders at a summit this weekend. This came after sparking outrage with a reported slur against Africans. Trump said this on Friday while congratulating Kagame on taking over as chair of the African union, which the outspoken US leader said was a “great honour”. “I know you’re going to your first meeting shortly. Please give my warmest regards,” Trump told Kagame after they held a one-on-one…

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Abia Assembly suspends Chief Judge for alleged tyranny

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The Abia House of Assembly has suspended the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Theresa Uzokwe, for alleged acts of tyranny and gross misconduct. The suspension followed a petition presented on the floor of the house on matter of urgent public importance by the member representing Ukwa West Constituency, Mr Mezie Nwubani. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, The petition dated Jan. 22 and captioned, “Justice Theresa Uzokwe’s unending acts of tyranny, infamy, gross misconduct and incompetence: urgent need to save the administration of justice in Abia” was…

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Ethiopia pardons 2,345 jailed for roles in 2015-2016 unrest

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Authorities in Ethiopia’s restive Oromiya province have pardoned more than 2,345 prisoners jailed for involvement in unrest that gripped the country in 2015-2016, officials said on Friday. The move is part of government’s efforts to calm unrest that has lingered since mass protests broke out in the region over accusations of land grabbing. Hundreds have died in the violence, with protests broadening into demonstrations against political restrictions and perceived human rights abuses. On Friday, Oromiya Regional President, Lema Megersa, announced that 2,345 inmates had been pardoned, out of whom 1,568…

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Chimamanda backs #Metoo movement, says it’s long overdue

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The great global reckoning with sexual harassment is “long overdue”, says acclaimed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, but the feminist figurehead in Africa hopes it is not “a passing fad”. As the global #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct continues in the wake of the disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s downfall, the novelist said it should be only the beginning, according to a report by AFP. “For a long time, women in many parts of the world felt that they couldn’t talk about these things because they would not be believed…

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Iyabo Obasanjo dissects Olusegun Obasanjo

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Before Nigerians get carried away by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent scurrilous attack against President Muhammadu Buhari, we dust from the archives an open letter written by his daughter, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello in December 2013. It was at another juncture in Nigeria’s democratic journey, when Obasanjo wrote a scathing letter to former president Goodluck Jonathan, laced with poisoned arrows, very unsparing of the man from Otuoke. Iyabo replied him in like manner, dissecting her father, exposing his hidden traits, his pretensions, selfishness, corruption and other things. We are republishing the…

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Brazil’s ex-president Lula barred from travelling, passport seized

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A Brazilian court has ordered former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to hand over his passport and not to leave the country. Lula was planning a trip to Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia on Friday, where he was set to participate in a meeting with African leaders to discuss efforts to eradicate famine on the continent. The decision came a day after an appeals court rejected Lula’s appeal against a lengthy prison sentence for corruption after the ex-president was found guilty of having received illegal benefits from the state oil company Petrobras.…

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Toyin Saraki takes universal health campaign to Davos

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Mrs Toyin Saraki, Founder Wellbeing Foundation Africa has taken the campaign for Universal Health Coverage to the World Economic Forum in Davos. Saraki who spoke at high level meetings, disclosed her interventions in the area of health coverage and called on the international community, national Governments and influential individuals to ensure that 2018 is the year of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Mrs Saraki who is also the wife of the President of the Nigerian Senate, has been involved in campaigns in Nigeria and beyond focused majorly on maternal and child…

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Nigerien court jails nine soldiers for coup plot

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A Nigerien court jailed nine soldiers for between five and 15 years on Friday for an attempted coup against President Mahamadou Issoufou in 2015, a court document showed. In December 2015, the government said it had foiled a coup and arrested people planning to use aerial firepower to seize control of Niger, a largely desert West African nation, a major uranium producer and Western ally against Saharan jihadists. In the judgment read out by Judge Ibrahim Daoudika, the suspected ringleader, General Salou Souleymane, got 15 years, as did two others.…

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