The South Africa’s anti-aparthied campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu died on Sunday at the age of 90, the presidency has said. In 1984 Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent opposition to apartheid. A decade later, he witnessed the ends of that regime and he chaired a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, set up to unearth atrocities committed during those dark days. The outspoken Tutu was considered the nation’s conscience by both Black and white, an enduring testament to his faith and spirit of reconciliation in a divided nation. Tutu was diagnosed with prostate cancer…
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The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRCC), which investigated alleged crimes committed during President Yahya Jammeh’s 22 years in power, has recommended that he be prosecuted before an international tribunal. The recommendation is contained in a report released on Friday, December 24, 2021, in Banjul. Under President Barrow, The Gambia’s government set up the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission to probe allegations of abuses during Jammeh’s era. Between 2019 and May, the panel heard hundreds of witnesses, who offered testimony about death squads, rape and witch hunts under Jammeh. Mariama testified to the commission in 2019, alongside her husband’s…
Senegal’s coach Aliou Cisse has named a squad he hopes will finally bring him an Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title which has eluded him for over two decades. The 45-year-old tasted defeat in a final first as captain in 2002 where he missed a penalty kick in the shootout defeat to Cameroon, and then as coach in 2019. “I want this AFCON. I have been running after it since 1999,” he said at the press conference after unveiling the squad. For his third finals as coach, he has selected a group which includes 17 who have yet to play…
George Omo-Iduhon, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Europe (NIDOE), Italy Chapter, said more than 1.5 million registered Nigerians urgently needed the Nigerian passport. Omo-Iduhon stated this in an interview in Lagos on Saturday while reflecting on the activities of NIDOE in Europe. NIDOE is the European arm of a global Nigerian diaspora network, established in year 2000 by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. NIDOE has its headquarters in London, where it serves 21 regional chapters. Omo-Iduhon said that out of about three million Nigerians registered in Italy, 1.5 million of them needed passports, which had prevented them from returning home or…
Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Europe (NIDOE), Italy Chapter, plans to build a multi-million dollar Diaspora Village in Nigeria to encourage Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country. The Chairman of NIDOE, Mr George Omo-Iduhon, disclosed this in an interview in Lagos, while giving NIDOE’s stewardship in Europe and Italy. NIDOE is the European arm of a global Nigerian Diaspora network established in Year 2000 by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. It has its headquarters in London where it serves its 21 regional chapters. It is recognised as the official platform through which individual Nigerians in the Diaspora, their communities , organisations…
Tunisia’s Coach Mondher Kebaier has announced a provisional list of 18 players to participate in the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021, which will be held from January 9 to February 6, 2022. The Carthage Eagles camp is scheduled to start on Sunday and will continue until Thursday, then another camp begins on January 1 with the full and final list to prepare for the continental showpiece. The Tunisia coach invited 18 players until the rest of the players finish their club commitments. Kebaier is scheduled to announce the final list on December 30. Tunisia plays in Group F…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has said that the N250 billion Sovereign Sukuk offer attracted unprecedented subscription of over N865 billion. Director-General of the DMO, Patience Oniha made this known in a statement on Saturday. Oniha said that the massive response was an indication that the idea of growing the domestic investors’ base and promoting financial inclusion through Sovereign Sukuk was achieved. She stated that the subscription of 346 per cent emanated from high level participation by banks, fund managers and non-interest financial institutions. “The N250 billion Sovereign Sukuk whose offer opened on December 16 closed on December 23, with…
Super Eagles Head Coach, Augustine Eguavoen has released his final list of players for the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), with recuperating striker Victor Osimhen making the cut. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), in a statement on Saturday said team captain Ahmed Musa and midfielder Wilfred Ndidi also made the list. Nigeria, three–times winners of the competition are drawn in Group D of the event billed for Cameroon from January 9 to February 6. Nigeria will take on seven-times and record winners Egypt, Sudan and debutants Guinea Bissau with venue of their group…
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen. Faruq Yahaya has pardoned the female soldier who publicly accepted the proposal of a male youths corps member at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp in Kwara state. PRNigeria learnt from credible military sources that Gen. Yahaya made overtures to the leadership of the Nigerian armed forces for the soldier to be pardoned. He however, warned that the erring soldier should be reprimanded against engaging in any kind of act that contravenes the military code of conduct for its officers and men, the sources said. The Military authority has considered the…
The National Assembly has dismissed media reports that members of the two chambers of the assembly had commenced collection of signatures to counter President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent the electoral amendment bill. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, made this known when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Speaker, who met the president alongside the Senate President, said he was not aware of any move by the legislators to override the president, saying collection of signatures was not an easy task…