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Heads of state from the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) met on Friday in Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé, for a one-day summit to discuss the region’s economy and impact of the war in Ukraine. In a final statement, the heads of state welcomed the “exceptional” economic measures undertaken by the group’s members to mitigate the impact of the conflict. “We are fully satisfied because the objectives sought have been achieved by our heads of state and I believe that the best is yet to come in terms of sub-regional integration”, said Désiré Jean Claude Owono Menguele, Cameroon’s Ambassador…
Are we witnessing a shift in the relationship between Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo in Côte d’Ivoire? The détente observed between the two men, carefully orchestrated since the former president’s return to Abidjan after his final acquittal by the International Criminal Court (ICC), seems to have ground to a halt. Read the full article here
The Kano State government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew with a view to avoiding a breakdown of law and order following tensions generated from the collation of results of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The Kano State Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Mallam Muhammad Garba, said this in a statement issued Monday morning. According to him, the decision was “to prevent hoodlums from causing chaos in the already tensed situation.” The commissioner called on people in the state to “remain indoors as security agents would not spare anyone or group bent on causing trouble.”…
A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain and agent in the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Ebonyi State, Oyibo Nwani, was on Saturday shot dead by thugs who stormed his polling unit in the Onicha Local Government Area of the state. Onicha LGA is where the PDP governorship candidate, Chief Ifeanyi Odii, hails from. It was gathered that the thugs allegedly came to snatch ballot boxes as youths and other electorate made frantic efforts to resist them. As the altercation ensued, the PDP chieftain, who held a ballot box so tightly, was shot in the head. When contacted, the Police…
On Monday, Nigeria’s presidency released another of those unhelpful press statements. The statement, which Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, signed, negates the objectives of public communication in two ways. This made it a counterproductive initiative, at the end. Mr Shehu’s objective was to establish the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), as a devoted democrat and compassionate leader. One whose purpose is to advance democracy and protect the people’s interest. While the latter is the persona Buhari wanted since 2015 when he became President, the former is a “notorious fact.” In the Monday statement,…
A former governor of Enugu State and Senator representing Enugu East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Dr Chimaroke Nnamani, has lost his bid to go back to the Senate. Nnamani, who ran on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, polled 48,701, to be defeated by the candidate of the Labour Party, Kelvin Chukwu, who secured 69,136 votes. The Enugu East Senatorial District election had been shifted from February 25 to March 18 following the assassination of the original candidate of the LP, Oyibo Chukwu, about 72 hours to the poll. Chukwu, who defeated Nnamani, is the younger brother…
JOSEPHINE OGUNDEJI writes on the plight of traders who have been adversely affected due to the scarcity of the redesigned naira notes The shortage of the newly introduced N200, N500, and N1000 currency notes has left millions of Nigerians struggling to survive. The worst hit were petty traders, artisans and labourers, who relied heavily on cash for their daily business. Most of them who do not have bank accounts have seen a significant drop in patronage. “I have not been able to buy plantains in the past month because I have not been able to access cash. Point of Sales…
World Health Organisation has predicted that COVID-19 will be over as a public health emergency in 2023. Director General of the Organisation, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said this at a virtual media briefing on Friday. COVID-19 was declared a public health emergency of international concern on January 30, 2020, when there were fewer than 100 reported cases of COVID-19 outside China, and also no reported deaths outside the Communist country. A public health emergency of international concern is the highest level of alarm that WHO can sound under international law. During the briefing, the WHO chief said there were now almost…
Head coach of Slavia Prague Jindřich Trpišovský has faulted Nigerian striker Peter Olayinka for headbutting a Slovan Liberec defender, which had him sent off and perhaps cost the Slavists three points in the Fortuna Liga on Saturday evening. The 27-year-old was red carded in the 89th minute, when Slavia were leading 2-1, but the Slavists conceded after his dismissal to ensure the tie ended in a stalemate. Liberec broke the deadlock in the 26th minute when Lukáš Červ scored with the help of countryman Igho Ogbu’s deflection, but Olayinka equalised in the 30th minute. Slavia then took the lead in the 65th…
An actor, writer and filmmaker, Adetokunbo Shittu, tells KEHINDE AJOSE about his career and other issues You studied Dramatic Arts at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State. What inspired you to go for that course? I studied it because of my fascination with the arts. I have been artistically inclined since I was child. The music, colour and boisterous atmospheres of cultural festivals and other events that I witnessed while growing up in Ilesa, Osun State, still linger in my memory. The 80s television series, ‘Arelu’ also made me thirst to be a theatre and film artiste. I…
