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Bruce Fein, the United States-based counsel for Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has again written to the International Working Group over the continued incarceration of the separatist. The Working Group on arbitrary detention is under the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR). The group comprises scholars and experts who specialize in human rights issues and related laws. Fein, a few months ago petitioned the group over an alleged gross violation of his client’s rights. In its report on July 20, 2022, the UN group described Kanu’s extraordinary rendition from Kenya in June…

The World Health Organization says no fewer than 44 Ugandans have lost their lives in a recent outbreak of Ebola virus in the country. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press briefing in Geneva that there had been 60 confirmed and 20 probable cases, with 44 deaths and 25 recoveries. “We remain concerned that there may be more chains of transmission and more contacts than we know about in the affected communities,” he added. The previous death toll provided by the WHO on October 5 reported 29 fatalities. President Yoweri Museveni last week ordered two districts at the heart…

The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Obinna Ajunwa has flagged off ‘OPERATION STILL WATERS’ in Lagos and Ogun States to address insecurity during the festive period. Major General Ajunwa during the flag off at Foru Terminal Ikorodu Road Ojota Motor Park, Lagos State stated that the whole idea of the Exercise was to assess troops in various aspects of leadership, civil military cooperation, critical knowledge of maneuver, and its application as well as command and control in Military Operations Other Than War in a multi-agency setting. The GOC noted that the Exercise would provide…

The Nigerian Army (NA) as part of collaborative effort to combat crimes played host to selected Media Executives during the 2022 third quarter media chat held in Lagos state. The chat is a bid to ensure accurate and timely circulation of information especially as it concerns daily operational activities of the army. Addressing participants at the event, the Special Guest of Honour; the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt General Faruk Yahaya represented by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division, Maj Gen Obinna Ajunwa maintained that the Media Chat is apt as it emphasizes the importance of…

President Muhammadu Buhari will Friday inaugurate the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the State House, Abuja ahead of the 2023 elections. The inauguration will officially kick start the party’s campaign activities that were initially suspended due to controversy generated by the 422-member campaign list initially released. Party chieftains and key stakeholders had alleged that they were not carried along in the scheme of things. While the controversy rages, a leaked letter allegedly authored by the National Chairman of the party, Senator Adamu and addressed to Tinubu demanded the immediate withdrawal of the campaign list.…

Julius Ihonvbere, chairman, house of representatives committee on basic education and services, says political leaders should take the issue of out-of-school children seriously to avoid creating future bandits. According to NAN, Ihonvbere said this on Monday at a national conference themed ‘Rethinking the Approaches to Addressing the Out-of-school Children Phenomenon in Nigeria’, held in Abuja. TheCable had reported that recent data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) showed that Nigeria has over 20 million out-of-school children and youths. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 60 percent of the country’s 10 million out-of-school children are…

Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, on Monday, swore in 69 chairmen in all the Local Government Areas, Local Council Development Areas, Area Councils and Area Offices in the state. The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) had on Saturday, October 15, 2022, conducted the local government election across the state and declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election. Oyetola at the swearing-in of the chairmen said the journey to the election was a long and worthwhile one, tasking them to hit the ground running by providing adequate, quality and equitable services consistently. He said the delay in…

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has narrated how the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi arrested him in Anambra state. El-Rufai said Obi ordered his arrest when he was a governor in 2013. El-Rufai, who made this disclosure at an interactive session of Arewa Joint Committee in Kaduna on Monday, stated that Obi arrested and detained him for 48 hours. According to El-Rufai, the former Governor now Presidential Candidate was seeking a second term in office on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) at the time. El-Rufai noted that he (El-Rufai) visited Anambra to monitor…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has encouraged troops to redouble their efforts as he preached a message of commitment in Port Harcourt, River state on Monday. The COAS gave the charge during the commissioning of five blocks of 60 single bedroom flats to ease problems of accommodation for soldiers of the rank of Corporal and below. Speaking during the inauguration of the new blocks of building, General Yahaya said the project will bring succour to personnel as it provides them with decent living accommodation and other infrastructures. He further encouraged the troops to uphold their…

Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has received heavy knocks in the aftermath of his visit to a controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi. Obi and his running mate, Yusuf Baba-Ahmed, in a tweet posted on his Twitter account on Monday paid a courtesy visit to the cleric at his residence in Kaduna state. “Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed and I stopped by for a courtesy call on Sheikh Gumi at his official residence in Kaduna,” Obi wrote in a tweet. Tweeps have since reacted to the visit, calling out Obi for hobnobbing with Gumi despite his alleged affiliation with bandits. Some of…