Founder of the Albino Foundation, Jake Epelle has appealed to Nigerians and Africans to stop killing people living with albinism for ritual proposes. Epelle made the appeal when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum special interview programme on Sunday in Abuja. He said “when the news broke that there were rituals coming out of all African countries, Tanzania and all that; not only is it true, I have seen it with my eyes.” According to him, the country has witnessed its share of cases of persons living with albinism being killed for ritual proposes. He said…
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has charged religious leaders to use faith to promote peace, ensure prosperity for the people as well as development of societies. His spokesman, Laolu Akande, stated on Sunday in Abuja that Osinbajo gave the charge when he received visiting Senegal-based Grand Khalifa of Tijjaniya Islamic Movement Worldwide, Sheikh Muhammadu Niass. “We must use our faiths to promote peace and prosperity for our people; we need to work together to ensure that our people benefit from religion. “We tend to underestimate the importance of religion in spite of the fact that it plays important role in the development…
The Queens of the Niger Delta, a Non Governmental organisation (NGO) has honoured the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, with an award- Giant Stride Award. Mr Gideon Whites, the Manager of the NGO, presented the award at a ceremony in Abuja, saying that Emefiele was honoured for his contributions to the growth of the financial sector in Nigeria. Whites said that the ceremony concided with the 10th anniversary of the NGO. “We are in Abuja to honour you as part of our programme to mark our 10 anniversary and also to intimate you of our…
A youth activist and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Plateau, Emmanuel Macham has attributed the success of the party in the Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency by-election to reconciliatory efforts by the national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. Macham, in a statement on Sunday in Jos, said that Ayu’s visit to Jos where he brokered peace between two PDP leaders – Jerry Useini and former governor, Jonah Jang – restored the unity that was crucial to presenting a strong front. Describing Ayu as “the most portent and credible leader to have piloted the affairs of the party in its history”,…
Residents of Vom community in Vwang District of Jos South local government area of Plateau on Saturday, prevented troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) from arresting a suspected gun runner and fabricator in the community. The Media Officer of Operation, Maj. Ishaku Takwa who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said that the residents came out in their numbers to prevent the soldiers from accessing the community by throwing stones and other dangerous objects on the troops. “Troops of OPSH, acting on credible intelligence, mobilised its personnel in the early hours of Saturday to effect arrest of the suspected…
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to desist from name-calling and backstabbing as well as avoid the fate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The president, who is in the United Kingdom for medical treatment, in a statement by his presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu on Saturday, however failed to state his position on the status of Yobe governor Mai Mala Buni in the party. “They failed in 16 years in power and a failure as opposition. “Yes, we are entitled to our own share of dissent and intra-party discord. These are common…
After a three-way phone call with the Russian leader and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron’s office has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “lies” for alleging that Ukrainian forces had committed human rights abuses. France and Germany urged Putin Saturday to end a deadly days-long siege of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, the French presidency said. Putin spoke about “issues related to agreements under discussion to implement the Russian demands” for ending the war, the Kremlin said without providing details. The Kremlin said Putin also told Macron and Scholz about video calls between Russian and Ukrainian…
The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Friday, said the West made a number of mistakes in relations with Russia, including a promise to Ukraine to join NATO. “I am ready to admit that we made a number of mistakes and that we lost the possibility of Russia’s rapprochement with the West,” he said in an interview aired on the TF1 television channel. “There are moments that we could do better, there are things that we proposed and then could not implement, such as, for example, the promise that Ukraine and Georgia will become part of NATO. “I…
The Russian army is facing significant losses as its invasion of Ukraine enters 17th day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday. “This is the biggest setback for the Russian army in decades,” he said in a new Telegram video. “Nowhere else have they lost so many in so few days. Our forces are doing everything to end any interest the enemy has in continuing this war. The losses of the Russians are colossal.” Ukraine claims that the Russians have lost 360 tanks, 1,200 armored vehicles, 60 warplanes and 80 helicopters, though the claims cannot be independently verified. However, Western intelligence…
Russia’s Investigative Committee said that a criminal investigation has been launched after a Russian cargo ship was hit by a Ukrainian projectile in the Sea of Azov. Russian cargo ship the Sormovskiy 3064 caught fire after being hit by a Ukrainian projectile in the Sea of Azov, Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Saturday. One of the Ukrainian projectiles hit the cabin of the first mate, causing the ship to catch fire. According to the committee, the crew managed to contain the fire. At the time of the shelling, the vessel was 12 kilometres north of the village of Shabelskoye, in…