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Liberia’s Defence Minister Prince Charles Johnson III has resigned following protests by wives of the country’s soldiers, who blame him for low wages and poor living conditions in the military barracks. The women set up roadblocks near the capital, Monrovia and elsewhere in the country, forcing President Joseph Boakai to cancel National Army Day celebrations on Monday. They demanded the defence minister’s resignation, blaming him for a reduction in the salaries of Liberian soldiers returning from peace missions in Mali. The officers’ spouses also decried a lack of social security, electricity shortages and corruption within the armed forces. The protests…
Thousands of football fans wearing orange and white have flooded the streets of Abidjan to see the Ivory Coast team parade the Africa Cup of Nations trophy they won on Sunday. The hosts defeated Nigeria 2-1 to win Afcon for a third time, prompting huge celebrations across the country. Cecilia, who was born in Ivory Coast but now lives in the US, told the BBC she had travelled home for the final. “That’s the best decision of my life,” she said. Ivory Coast were unlikely winners. They lost two group games and fired their manager mid-tournament. Emerse Fae, a youth-team…
By Kamil Opeyemi South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa has described the late Herbert Wigwe, as his country’s “continental Partner.” In his condolence message released via his X handle on Monday, Ramaphosa said the country’s prayers are with the Wigwe family. Wigwe died on Saturday in an helicopter crash in the United states with his wife and son. Also in the ill-fated helicopter was the former CEO of Nigerian Exchange Group, Abimbola Ogunbanjo. Saying he was deeply saddened by the tragedy, Ramaphosa said was “our continental partner and banking sector pioneer.” The South African president added, “Our thoughts and prayers go…
The Federal Government has placed a N2 million bounty on Anambra based lawyer, Adachukwu Chukelu-Okafor, currently at large, for allegedly burning her 11-year old house help. She was alleged to have used hot pressing iron and knife to burn and chop in pieces, the private part of her house help. Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja, following a viral video of the girl after she was abused and returned to her aunt, who gave her out as a house help. “Please Nigerians go out there search for this woman, bring her…
By Halimah Olamide The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Bayero, has said that the recent relocation of some departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) are suspicious. The monarch stated this during a visit of the First Lady, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu to Kano on Monday. Speaking in Hausa and then assisted by an interpreter, the Emir said “We are indeed suspicious on why Mr. President single-handedly relocated key departments of CBN, and outright relocation of FAAN to Lagos. “We are receiving a series of messages from my subjects, and most of them…
By Halimah Olamide Amidst worrying state of the country’s economy, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Bayero, has tasked the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, to let her husband know that the citizens are in suffering. The Emir said issues of insecurity and hunger in the country is getting worse by the day. The emir made the plea when Tinubu’s wife visited him in Kano on Monday. “Although we have several means of communicating to the government on our needs and requests, your way and means is the surest way to tell the President the actual happenings in the country,” Bayero,…
By Halimah Olamide At least, there are 13 states of the federation that have failed to be compliant in the procurement websites in the country. This was disclosed on Monday by BudgIT, in its transparency and accountability project. The group, in a statement made available to the NPO Reports, said it has carried out an assessment of 36 States’ Procurement Websites. BudgIT is a leading civic-tech organization promoting transparency, accountability, and effective service delivery in Nigeria, under its State Fiscal Transparency League project, has extensively assessed the procurement websites of Nigeria’s 36 states to evaluate the level of transparency and…
Misinformation By Agency Report The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has urged media practitioners to collaborate in ensuring accurate information dissemination and combating the spread of false narratives. Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, Director-General of NCDC, made the call on Monday during the Track 2 “Social and Behavioral Change (SBC), Risk Communication Module and Media Fellowship Programme”. To address the capacity gap among health journalists, NCDC, African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) and Breakthrough-Nigeria (BA-Nigeria) have jointly developed the Media Fellowship on Epidemiology, Infodemiology and SBC/Risk Communication. The fellowship was developed in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Centre for Communication…
•Awaits CBN Approval By Halimah Olamide Two days after the death of its Chief Executive Officer Dr. Herbert Wigwe, Access Bank on Monday named its most senior Director, Bolaji Agbede the acting CEO. This was conveyed in a statement by the Board of Directors just as it said the Central Bank of Nigeria will be awaited to give its approval. Further to its announcement dated February 11, 2024, the Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc (‘the Company’) has today announced the appointment of Ms Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer of the Company following the unfortunate…
By Halimah Olamide The Police at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have said about 307 suspects are in its net having been arrested in an identified black spot in the command area of jurisdiction. Commissioner of Police Benneth C. Igweh who was said to have led the tactical teams of the Command in the newly launched operation velvet to raid Gidan Dambe in Dei-Dei -Zuba axis arrested three hundred and seven suspects. A statement by the command spokeswoman Josephine Adeh disclosed that During search, one English Pistol with fifteen (15) rounds of 9mm ammunition was recovered from one Ibrahim Tukur…