A coup attempt in Sao Tome and Principe on Thursday night has been foiled, Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada said. Sao Tome and Principe is a small Gulf of Guinea island nation and considered to be a model of parliamentary democracy in Africa. According to him, four men including the former president of the outgoing national assembly Delfim Neves and a former military officer who had already attempted a coup in 2009, were arrested and tried to attack the army headquarters, Trovoada said in a video authenticated and sent to AFP in Libreville by Justice Minister Ilsa Maria dos Santos Amado…
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“The occupants will be treated as political appointees who will automatically follow the outgoing governor out of public service from November 28” The Osun state governor-elect, Adeleke Ademola Nurudeen has warned that all coordinating director who accept a permanent secretary appointment made by the outgoing governor Adegboyega Oyetola will exit the service from November 28 when he will take over the mantle of leadership of the state. The warning contained in a a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed on Thursday, also asserted that taking the appointments would imply the readiness of the directors to exit the state service. “We…
The Rafin Sarki community in Fatika district of Giwa local government area of Kaduna state came under intense bandit attacks on Wednesday killing 11, abducted 25 with several others critically wounded and many displaced. A community source gave the names of the slain victims Abdullahi Musa, Adamu Musa, Aminu Nasiru, Adamu Ibrahim, Yau Usman Ladan, Yunusa Saidu, Salisu Abdulrahman, Fati Usman, Yakubu Yau, Marwanu Ibrahim and one other person yet to be identified. The source said 25 other people have been abducted and moved to the forests while the whereabouts of many others remain unknown 18 people receiving treatment for…
The panel of judges for the 2022 AMDF Journalist of the Year Award, has announced three finalists for this year’s award. They are (alphabetically arranged): Alexander Chinedu Okere of the Punch Newspapers, Janet Ogundepo, also of the Punch Newspapers, and Sunday Isuwa Leadership Newspaper. Mr. Joseph Edegbo, Managing Editor of Africa Prime News, who chaired the panel said it received a total of 19 entries from six countries; Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia. According to him, the three finalists have demonstrated professional skills in their stories by going deep in writing issue-based development stories. An Honorary Lifetime…
The Head of Local Government Administration (HLGA), Ila local government area of Osun state, Mr Samson Olayinka Odewale has alleged that the state Head of Service, Dr Festus Oyebade Olowogboyega was after his life. To this end, Odewale had petitioned the Assistant Inspector General of Police, zone 11, asking the police to investigate the allegation and ensure that his life is not cut short by any disgruntled element. In the petition signed by his lawyer, Mr Muftau Abiodun Adediran, the council boss alleged that some unidentified men had been trailing him around in the recent time, just as strange movement…
By Justina Auta The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) and Talitha Cumi Foundation (TCF), an NGO, have canvassed for advanced training on evidence gathering on Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) to strengthen prosecution of such cases in court. They made the call in Abuja while commemorating the 16 days of activism to end GBV, with a theme: “Unite! Activism to end Violence against Women and Girls”. Both groups said that such enlightenment, especially for women, would aide diligent prosecution of GBV cases. The event was organised by TCF, under its “Flashlight Actions on Girls Safety (FLAGS)” project funded by UN Trust…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi Nigerian female journalists have committed themselves to promoting issues around women participation in politics as the country prepares for the 2023 general elections. They made the commitment at a two-day skills enhancing, capacity building and mentoring session organised by International Press Centre IPC in collaboration with the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) for female journalists in Abuja on Thursday. The journalists observed that they need to project the voices of women politicians to discourage gender marginalisation in the electoral process. Hajara Leman of News Agency of Nigeria said she was leaving the session with skills on…
President Muhammadu Buhari has solicited the support of non-state actors including civil society organisations, non-governmental organizations and development partners in the fight against terrorism and transnational crimes. Buhari, who was represented by the National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. made the call at the Accra Initiative Summit of Heads of State and Government, on Tuesday in Accra, Ghana. This is contained in a statement from the NSA made available to the newsmen in Abuja. Buhari said the fight against terrorism and other transnational crimes required the active participation of all spheres of society, including non-state actors. The President expressed appreciation…
Katsina state governor, Aminu Masari state on Tuesday, presented N288.63 billion as the state’s budget for the 2023 fiscal year to the state House Assembly. The governor also wept while presenting the final budget of his administration tagged, ‘Budget of Transition’, earmarked 63.77% as capital expenditure and 36.23% for recurrent services. Masari said, “In aggregate terms, the 2023 budget is lower than that of the 2022 revised budget by N34,662,962,998.00. “The 2023 budget is structured with a total recurrent expenditure of N104,580,485,996.28, which is equivalent to 36.23 per cent of the total budget. “And capital expenditure of N184,052,771,966.72, which is 63.77…
“The Form CF 001 documents were submitted to INEC headquarters through the party, but photocopies were given to us for the purpose of record. What we have here in the state is Form EC8A series, after the election litigation” The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun, Dr Mutiu Agboke has told the state governorship election tribunal that the commission is no longer in possession of Sen. Ademola Adeleke’s Form CF 001 used in the 2018 governorship election. The tribunal had earlier granted subpoena application to the petitioners, compelling the REC to produce Adeleke’s Form CF 001. Form…