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Saturday, 04 August 2018 04:24

To feed in South Sudan: risk rape, or starve

On a dirt path dotted with bright-red bougainvillea, women in ankle-length dresses gather in groups of five or more before venturing into the forest.Right outside the largest refugee camp in Juba, South Sudan's capital, sickles readied in their hands to cut firewood, the women say banding together offers a tiny sense of security, a little protection and the reassurance that if something happens to them inside the forest one of them might escape to tell someone.In four or five hours, they'll be back at the camp, one of them says."If God is willing," another adds.In the five years of South…

Saturday, 04 August 2018 04:19

We are 'confident' North Korea will denuclearize - Pompeo

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says that while there's "still a ways to go," the United States remains "confident" in North Korea's commitment to denuclearize.Pompeo is attending an Asian security forum with North Korea's foreign minister.His comments Friday in Singapore came after the White House announced Thursday that President Donald Trump had received a new letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and responded quickly with a letter of his own. The correspondence, following up on their Singapore summit in June, came amid fresh concerns over Pyongyang's commitment to denuclearization despite a rosy picture of progress painted…

Saturday, 04 August 2018 04:17

Amid tensions, Russia seeks U.S. help to rebuild Syria

Russia has used a closely guarded communications channel with America’s top general to propose the two former Cold War foes cooperate to rebuild Syria and repatriate refugees to the war-torn country, according to a U.S. government memo.The proposal was sent in a July 19 letter by Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian military’s General Staff, to U.S. Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to the memo which was seen by Reuters.The Russian plan, which has not been previously reported, has received an icy reception in Washington. The memo said the U.S. policy was…

Friday, 03 August 2018 03:57

Israel Threatens Iran With Military Response On Possible Closure of Key Red Sea Strait

Israel would deploy its military if Iran were to try to block the Bab al-Mandeb strait that links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday.Last week, Saudi Arabia said it was suspending oil shipments through the strait, on the main sea route from the Middle East to Europe, after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked two ships in the waterway.Saudi Arabia and Iran are in a three-year-old proxy war in Yemen, which lies on the southern side of Bab al-Mandeb.Yemen’s Houthis, who have previously threatened to block the strait, said last week they had…

Friday, 03 August 2018 03:34

Buhari likens defectors to bad eggs, prays that God will continue to fish them out

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday likened defectors from his party, APC, to ‘bad eggs’ saying “God will continue to fish out the bad eggs among us.”Mr Buhari, speaking in Bauchi, also told supporters not to be perturbed by the recent defections in the party.Over two scores of federal and state lawmakers as well as three state governors have defected from the APC in the past two weeks. The states where the defections occurred include Benue, Kwara, Kano, and Sokoto.To apparently stop further defections, Mr Buhari on Wednesday met with APC senators and governors separately to douse the tension among both…

Friday, 03 August 2018 03:28

Obasanjo advises Nigerians to shun medical tourism

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised Nigerians to shun medical tourism.The former President was in Bayelsa for medical check-up and also as a guest of the Bayelsa government which launched a new health programme on Monday.He later made a stop-over at ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s home.“With the presence of top quality health care facilities in some parts of the country, Nigerians have no business traveling abroad for treatment,” Mr Obasanjo said after his medical checks at the facility.He described the standard of the medical facilities at the Bayelsa State Specialist Hospital and Diagnostic Centre, where he had the check-up as ‘high’.“When…

Friday, 03 August 2018 03:25

Health Minister advocates six months maternity leave

The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has assured Nigerians that his ministry will collaborate with the Ministry of Labour and Productivity to increase maternity leave from four to six months.The federal government had earlier pegged it at four months in June.The minister who made the disclosure at the flagoff and policy dialogue of the World breastfeeding week in Abuja said this will give mothers adequate time to practice exclusive breastfeeding.Mr Adewole said the policy of new mothers returning to work before six months has remained a key barrier to exclusive breastfeeding in Nigeria.Exclusive breastfeeding is the act of mothers putting…

Friday, 03 August 2018 03:16

Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa wins first post-Mugabe election

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa won election Friday with just over 50 percent of the ballots as the ruling party maintained control of the government in the first vote since the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe.Mnangagwa received 50.8 percent of the vote while main opposition challenger Nelson Chamisa received 44.3 percent. The opposition is almost certain to challenge the results in the courts or in the streets.While election day was peaceful in a break from the past, deadly violence on Wednesday against people protesting alleged vote-rigging reminded many Zimbabweans of the decades of military-backed repression under Mugabe.Zimbabwe's president says he…

Thursday, 02 August 2018 05:05

Residents block Ogbomoso-Oyo expressway over abandonment of road

By Funmi Olaitan, IbadanResidents and indigenes of Ogbomoso town in Oyo State, on Wednesday, blocked the Ogbomoso-Oyo road, demanding for the quick completion of the abandoned Ogbomoso-Oyo expressway.It will be recalled that the residents had in June this year, issued August 1, ultimatum notice to the Federal Government, for the completion of the abandoned expressway which they alleged, had killed more people than Boko Haram, HIV and AIDS. The angry residents who took to major streets in the ancient town in protest of the abandoned road, blocked the road that linked the Northern and Southern parts of the country as…

Thursday, 02 August 2018 05:02

Court Orders Arrest of INEC Chairman

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, issued an arrest warrant against the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, for disobeying a court order. Justice Stephen Pam made the order of arrest following Yakubu’s absence from the Wednesday’s proceedings in defiance to the court’s repeated summonses.The court had summoned him to appear in court to defend the contempt suit instituted against him by an acclaimed Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Anambra State, Ejike Oguebego.Yakubu’s lawyer, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), had informed the judge on Wednesday that his client was absent from court because…

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Thursday, 02 August 2018 04:49

As Saraki departs APC, sister, Gbemi, affirms support for Buhari

The defection of Senate President Bukola Saraki from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday has awoken a dormant political rivalry within the Saraki Family that stretched back to 2011. Few hours after Mr Saraki’s announcement, his sister and arch political rival, Gbemisola, declared her “unwavering support” for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari and the success of the APC.On Tuesday, Mr Saraki had said he was quitting the APC after accusing influential persons within the party of intolerance.“While I take full responsibility for this decision, I will like to emphasise that it is a decision that has been…

Thursday, 02 August 2018 03:41

Again, President Buhari Goes to London for Holiday

President Muhammad Buhari is proceeding to London as from Friday, August 3, 2018 for a 10-day holiday. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina through a release. Mr. Adesina said the President has already sent letter on the holiday to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House or Representatives, indicating that the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, would be Acting President during his absence. The press release in full:President Muhammadu Buhari begins a 10 working days holiday from August 3, 2018.In compliance with Section 145 (1) of the…

Wednesday, 01 August 2018 04:33

Buhari elected ECOWAS chair

President Muhammadu Buhari has been elected as Chairman of Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Buhari’s election was one of the highpoints of the 53rd Session of Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS which held in Lome, Togo. Buhari took over from Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe, who was chairman from June 2017 to yesterday. The Togolese president took over from the former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Buhari, according to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu commended his colleagues for…

Wednesday, 01 August 2018 04:29

Mexico airliner crashes and burns, but all aboard survive

An Aeromexico jetliner crashed while taking off during a severe storm in northern Mexico on Tuesday, smacking down in a field nearly intact then catching fire, but officials said everyone on board escaped alive. Gov. Jose Aispuro, who had initially reported there were no deaths but later said authorities were searching the charred Embraer 190 to make sure, announced late Tuesday that "no person has died." He said the pilot and one other person were in serious but stable condition. Earlier, he said a total of 49 people had been taken to hospitals, and officials said most had minor injuries.…

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