Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed has directed the 20 local government council chairmen, their deputies, councilors and secretaries to step down. This is contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Publicity, Mr Mukhtar Gidado in Bauchi on Saturday. According to Gidado, the directive is sequel to the fact that the tenure of the elected council officials expires on October 10, 2022. He said the affected officials had been directed to hand over the affairs of their offices to the Heads of Administration of the respective councils on Tuesday, October 11, pending conduct of…
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The United States accused Russian mercenaries on Thursday of exploiting natural resources in the Central African Republic, Mali, Sudan and elsewhere to help fund Moscow’s war in Ukraine, a charge Russia rejected as “anti-Russian rage.” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said the Wagner Group of mercenaries are exploiting natural resources and “these ill-gotten gains are used to fund Moscow’s war machine in Africa, the Middle East, and Ukraine.” “Make no mistake: people across Africa are paying a heavy price for the Wagner Group’s exploitative practices and human rights violations,” Thomas-Greenfield told a U.N. Security Council meeting on…
Female students in Tehran chanted “get lost” as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited their university campus on Saturday and condemned protesters enraged by the death of a young woman in custody, videos on social media showed. Raisi addressed professors and students at Alzahra University in Tehran, reciting a poem that equated “rioters” with flies, as nationwide demonstrations entered a fourth week. “They imagine they can achieve their evil goals in universities,” Raisi said on state TV. “Unbeknownst to them, our students and professors are alert and will not allow the enemy to realise their evil goals.” A video posted on…
The municipality of Roermond wants to honor residents who were murdered as witches four centuries ago. The municipality will discuss the idea with organizations involved in heritage, mayor Rianne Donders wrote to the D66 council faction. D66 had championed the pardon of the Roermond witches, innocent people who were tortured and murdered. In 1613 and 1614, at least 75 people were accused of witchcraft and killed by torture and burning in Roermond and the surrounding area, according to Donders. “A black page in the history of our city. Nowhere else in the Netherlands have so many alleged witches been tried…
World’s richest man and Chief Executive Officer of Tesla Motors, Elon Musk has announced that his company will launch electronic trucks on December 1, 2022. Musk disclosed this on his official Twitter handle @elonmusk on Thursday, saying that the trucks would be called, Tesla Semi Trucks. The world’s richest man also added that Tesla’s first deliveries of the trucks would be to Pepsi on December 1, 2022. “Excited to announce start of production of Tesla Semi Truck with deliveries to @Pepsi on Dec 1st!. “500 mile range and super fun to drive,” he added,” he tweeted.
The Director-General, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Mr Olusola Obadimu has said that the Dangote urea fertilizer plant will boost the country’s agricultural development. Obadimu said this on Saturday in Lagos via a report from a courtesy visit to the Dangote Fertilizer plant at Ibeju Lekki area. He stated that the project would also ensure food security and create massive employment opportunities for Nigerians and other Africans directly and indirectly. “The basic objective of the visit is to appreciate the positive impact of the project and Dangote Group, by extension, on the Nigerian economy and…
By Babagana Wakil, Maiduguri Borno state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Friday, presented a cheque of N100m as Borno state government continues to support the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital which is owned by the Federal Government. Zulum also laid the foundation for the construction of 24 units of 3-bedroom apartments for medical staff of the hospital. The apartments are to be fit into four blocks of two-storey buildings with each to contain six units of three bedrooms. At a brief ceremony within the premises of the UMTH along Bama road in Maiduguri, Governor Zulum directed a construction team to…
By Justina Auta Sightsavers Nigeria, an international NGO says Kaduna, Plateau and Nasarawa states recorded no new cases of river blindness. The information is in a statement issued on Friday by the organisation’s Communication Officer, Ms Joy Tarbo, noting that the states have met World Health Organisation’s (WHO) threshold in verifying interruption in transmission of the disease. According to Tarbo, a new research by Nigerian authors published by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene has confirmed the elimination of river blindness, also known as onchocerciasis in Plateau, Nasarawa and Kaduna states. Onchocerciasis or river blindness, is a Neglected…
…Says Obajana plant owned 100% by Dangote The Management of Dangote Cement Plc has confirmed that the total amount of its staff shot at the Obajana Cement plant in Kogi state is 27. Also against the state government’s claim that the plant does not belong to Dangote, the Group Managing Director (GMD) Michel Puchercos in a statement on Friday, said the plant is owned 100 per cent by it, adding that the invasion of the plant on Wednesday by Kogi government ordered armed vigilantes, was illegal. Kogi state government had claimed it “has all the relevant documents to prove that…
The Ministry of Transportation said construction of the Abuja-Kano and Port-Harcourt-Maiduguri rail projects was being delayed by Federal Government’s delay in securing the 85 per cent foreign loan meant for the project. The Minister of Transportation, Mua’zu sambo said this while addressing newsmen on Friday in Abuja. The 85 per cent loan meant for the rail project was expected to come from Chinese financiers. According to him, the projects, which are on-going, are being run through appropriation funds. “The Abuja-Kano and Port-Harcourt Maiduguri rail projects are on-going but there is a challenge of the 85 per cent foreign loan yet…