Day: November 6, 2017

60th National Council on Health summit begins in Ogun

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The 60th National Council on Health is currently underway in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The meeting which is the apex policy making body on health is scheduled to hold from Monday to Thursday, October 9. Secretary to the State Government, Taiwo Adeoluwa, had addressed newsmen of the readiness of the health summit when he said that machineries had been put in place to ensure a hitch-free and successful hosting of the 60th edition of the National Council on Health. Adeoluwa, who also doubles as the chairman, Local Organising Committee…

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Congo sets presidential election for December 2018

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Congo Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) has announced that the long-awaited presidential elections to replace President Joseph Kabila would take place on Dec. 23, 2018. Around 43 million voters have been registered for the vote so far, Corneille Nangaa told a news conference in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa. The election will be held on Dec. 23, 2018, with the results to be published on Jan. 9, 2019, and the president to be sworn in on Jan. 13, another official from the CENI, Jean Kalamba, also told reporters. The election,…

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How Texas church shooter was intercepted, killed

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Johnnie Langendorff, one of the men who helped to track down the Texas church gunman on Sunday has given details how the shooter was intercepted and prevented from killing more people in the church. Langendorff told Fox News that he decided to track down the killer after seeing the gunman exchanging fire with a member of the community. The gunman identified as 26-year-old Devin Kelley, attacked the  First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, which is about 30 miles southeast of San Antonio, killing at 26 people were killed and 20 wounded. Langendorff…

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Edwin Clark speaks on Avengers’ plan to bomb oil installations

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Elder statesman and National Leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, has appealed to the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, to shield its threat to recommence bombing of oil facilities in the region. He said resorting to violence was not the solution to the problem facing the region. DAILY POST reports that the NDA had on Friday vowed to crush everything on its path until a united Niger Delta is achieved. http://dailypost.ng/2017/11/03/niger-delta-avengers-return-reveal-brutal-attacks-will/ Reacting to the development, Chief Clark, however, accused a powerful minister from the region, a…

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Secession threat hits Kenya

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Talks of secession in some parts of Kenya has gained traction after leaders from the Coast said they had started taking legal steps towards splitting the region from the rest of the country. Secession is the withdrawal by a section of country from its institutions and laws and administrative authorities simultaneously with the assumption and or declaration by that territory of a different state altogether. It is the equivalent of divorce by which a marriage is dissolved and persons who were previously spouses go their separate ways. In corporate law…

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Army promises to pay allowances owed soldiers fighting Boko Haram

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The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, on Monday promised to off-set the two months’ allowances owed soldiers involved in Operation Lafiya Dole. Buratai, in a statement signed by the Army spokesperson, Sani Usman, said the outstanding allowances will be paid this week. The Army Chief said the release of funds by the Ministry of Defence would facilitate the payment. An officer of the Nigerian Army has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari to complain about alleged corruption and sorry state of troops. The officer, also part of the war…

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Trump sends fresh warning to North Korea

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US President Donald Trump issued a fresh warning to North Korea on Monday, saying the  time for “strategic patience” is over. He spoke in Japan after winning Japan’s backing for his policy of considering all options to rein in the rogue state. Trump described the North’s nuclear programme as “a threat to the civilised world and international peace and stability” on the second day of his Asia tour dominated by the crisis. He had   signalled in the past that Washington could look beyond a diplomatic solution to the North’s nuclear…

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SON impounds 560bags of sugar in Kebbi

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The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has impounded a truck loaded with 560 bags of contraband sugar in Kebbi. The SON Coordinator in Kebbi, Alhaji Jibril Muhammad disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Birinin Kebbi on Monday. ”We impounded a truck loaded with 560 bags of contraband sugar smuggled from Brazil through Kebbi State borders with Benin and Niger Republic. ”The seized products, 50kg each, had branded names of White Crystal Sugar Nardini Agro industrial and LTDA Industrial Brazillaira, with N15,000 Birnin-Kebbi market price…

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Soldier writes Buhari, says ‘corruption in Army real, troops suffering’ – [Full letter]

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An officer of the Nigerian Army has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari to complain about alleged corruption and sorry state of troops. The officer, also part of the war against Boko Haram, wrote the letter in reaction to the army’s dismissal of the complaints of Abdulrauf Aliyu, a private of the Nigerian army. Aliyu had complained that he was abandoned after being shot by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. However, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, spokesman of the army, denied the allegation, saying Aliyu was declared a deserter for leaving…

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