Local media on Friday reported that Kenyan police have discovered the body of a prominent LGBTQ rights campaigner stuffed inside a metal box in the west of the country. Police sources said that motorbike taxi riders alerted the police after they saw the box dumped by the roadside from a vehicle with a concealed number plate, The Standard and The Daily Nation newspapers reported. Activist Edwin Chiloba’s remains were found on Tuesday near Eldoret Town in Uasin Gishu County, where he ran his fashion business, an independent rights group, the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) said. “He was brutally killed…
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Although the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had resisted sending German infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine some months ago, the country is to get them after all – and further deliveries are already being discussed. On Thursday evening, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) announced that Germany would expand its weapons assistance to Ukraine and would now supply Marder infantry fighting vehicles after all. The chancellor announced his change of course in a joint press release with United States President Joe Biden. Ukraine will receive support “for as long as needed,” the Chancellery stated. “To this…
The United States says will provide an additional $3 billion in military assistance to Ukraine, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Friday. “Today, the United States will demonstrate our continued enduring commitment to Ukraine’s ability to defend itself with the announcement of over $3 billion in new military assistance to Ukraine,” Jean-Pierre said during a press conference. The new assistance package also includes $682 million for regional partners and allies on NATO’s eastern flank and $225 million for Ukraine’s military modernization, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Friday. “[T]he package is expected to include… $225 million in foreign military financing for Ukraine to…
Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde has been nominated as the Governor of the Year 2022 by the management of Vanguard Newspapers. This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Ibadan by Mr. Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor. According to Adisa, General Manager and Editor-in-Chief of Vanguard Newspapers, Mr. Gbenga Adefaye, led the management team of the organisation to the state Government House in Agodi, Ibadan, where Makinde received the nomination letter. He quoted Adefaye saying that the achievements recorded by the governor “stand him out of the pack”. Adisa said Adefaye told the governor…
The Gombe state government in collaboration with the Federal Government has inaugurated an N11.49 billion regional water supply project in the state. Inaugurating the project in Gombe on Friday, the Minister of Water Resources (FMWR), Mr. Suleiman Adamu, said the project was aimed at rehabilitating, expanding, and upgrading the water project in the state. Adamu said that the project was in line with the provision of the National Water Supply and Sanitation policy of the Federal Government. He said that the Federal Government’s intervention was to accelerate access to portable water in the county towards meeting national and internationally set targets.…
The Presidential Candidate of Allied People’s Movement (APM), Princess Chichi Ojei has expressed confidence in winning the February presidential election. Ojei said this on Friday in Abuja, in a New Year statement tagged “2023: A glorious future beckons for Nigerians”. The Presidential hopeful said being the only female candidate in the race; she stood a better chance of winning. ”With the increased demographics of Nigerian women and youths, I stand a better chance of winning the people’s mandates against other candidates. “As we approach one of the most historic general elections in the annals of Nigerian politics, it is no…
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has advised Nigerians in Equatorial Guinea to renew their permit if possible, to avoid sanctions by the host country. This is contained in a statement by the Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit of NiDCOM, Abdur-Rahman Balogun. According to him, the call is against the backdrop of notification by Equatorial Guinea, advising undocumented foreigners to voluntarily leave the country or face sanctions. ”The attention of the Management of NiDCOM has been drawn to a letter from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on the above-mentioned subject matter.…
An actress, and media personality, Temi Otedola made her stage debut in ‘Motherland the Musical’. The play was directed and produced by ace producer, Bolanle Austen-Peters. The play was a perfect blend of costuming and storytelling with actors like Francis Onwochei, Bamike Olawunmi-Adenibuyan and Uzo Osimkpa. In the stage play, Otedola acts and sings as ‘Young Hassana’, a Fulani girl who must navigate forbidden love amidst political and social turmoil of 1957 Nigeria. Set in modern day Nigeria but making many references to the past, Motherland is a fast-paced, educational and emotional look into Nigeria’s history and the country’s current…
A Nigerian political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi has expressed worry over what he describes as ‘growing incivility and intolerance’ ahead of the 2023 general elections. Utomi, Convener of The BIG-TENT Coalition of Political Parties, Social Movements and Civil Society Organisations for Obi-Datti stated this at a news conference on Friday in Lagos. The former presidential candidate, and founder of Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL) said the nation’s democracy was being threatened with a growing situation where opposition parties were denied public facilities to hold rallies in some states ahead of the forthcoming general elections. “The experiences of many who understand…
ASHENEWS reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Tureta, and Bodinga local government areas on Thursday, received a total of 12,463 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) into the party. The party during its 2023 campaign in Tureta headquarters of Tureta local government received 4,883 people who defected from the APC. In Bodinga local government, the PDP also received 7,580 people into the party. The Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal told supporters of the party that the PDP, if elected into power would tackle challenges of insecurity, which the people have also faced in recent times. He called…