Gov. Lawal Swears-In Sole Administrators In Zamfara, Tasks Them On Security And Probity

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Gov. Lawal Swears-In Sole Administrators In Zamfara, Tasks Them On Security And Probity

Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal has sworn-in Sole Administrators for the 14 local Government Areas of the state following the expiration of the tenure of the former Administrators.

Gov. Lawal of Zamfara state swear-in Local Government Administrators

The Oath Of Office was administered on the 14 sole administrators of the local councils by the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Kulu Aliyu.

Governor Dauda Lawal charged the Sole Administrators to work hard, in collaboration with security agencies to ensure peace in their domains

The governor warned them to desist from engaging in any corrupt acts, but be forthright, honest, and fair to all in their local council areas, and bring about the desired development.

He disclosed that the recruited five thousand youths from the 249 districts as Zamfara Community Protection Guards, will be trained and provided with arms and modern crime-fighting equipment to fight the bandits and protect their communities.

The Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, Garba Yandi, promised that he would work closely with the sole administrators to ensure the actualization of the Rescue Mission of the Dauda Lawal-led administration.

The 14 sole administrators are expected to be in office for six and are expected to hit the ground running, by developing people-oriented policies, that will alleviate the plight of the communities that have been worst hit by activities of bandits and reduce poverty among the people in Zamfara State.

Valverde Extends Real Madrid Deal Until 2029

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Valverde Extends Real Madrid Deal Until 2029

The 25-year-old Uruguay international joined Real Madrid in 2016 at the age of 18, from Penarol in Montevideo.

Real Madrid’s Uruguayan midfielder Federico Valverde, Real Madrid’s Spanish forward Lucas Vazquez and Real Madrid’s Spanish defender Jesus Vallejo react at the end of the UEFA Champions League 1st round day 6 Group F football match between Real Madrid CF and Celtic FC at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on November 2, 2022. 

 

Uruguayan midfielder Federico Valverde has extended his contract with Real Madrid for two more seasons until 2029, the Spanish club announced in a statement on Thursday.

The club did not give figures but, according to Spanish media, as with the recent extensions of Eduardo Camavinga, Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo, Valverde’s extension, which runs until June 30, 2029, would be accompanied by a release clause of one billion euros.

The 25-year-old Uruguay international joined Real Madrid in 2016 at the age of 18, from Penarol in Montevideo.

Colombian Guerrillas Free Liverpool Striker Luis Diaz’s Kidnapped Dad

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Colombian Guerrillas Free Liverpool Striker Luis Diaz’s Kidnapped Dad

The 26-year-old winger's father and mother Cilenis Marulanda were abducted by armed men on motorcycles at a gas station in their home town.

Luis Diaz signed for Liverpool from Porto in January 2022.

 

Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group on Thursday freed the father of Liverpool footballer Luis Diaz, 12 days after kidnapping him, according to live TV footage.

After being handed over by the rebels to a humanitarian mission, Luis Manuel Diaz arrived by helicopter in the northeastern city of Valledupar, some 90 kilometers (56 miles) from his hometown of Barrancas where he was abducted with his wife on October 28. She was rescued the same day.

“Long live Freedom and Peace,” President Gustavo Petro wrote on X, formerly Twitter, after the release.

The Bishops Conference of Colombia, involved in negotiating the handover, released a photograph of Diaz in a wooded area with a woman taking his vital signs.

The 26-year-old winger’s father and mother Cilenis Marulanda were abducted by armed men on motorcycles at a gas station in their hometown.

Marulanda was rescued hours later and a massive search operation by ground and air was launched for her husband, with more than 250 soldiers involved.

The ELN, which is in peace negotiations with Petro’s government, later acknowledged one of its units was behind the kidnapping, which it described as a “mistake.”

On Sunday, Diaz begged the ELN to free his father.

“I ask the ELN for the prompt release of my father, and I ask international organizations to intercede for his freedom,” Diaz said on X.

“Every second, every minute our anguish grows,” the young footballer added.

After 50 Years Of Democracy, Other Countries Will Learn From Nigeria, Says Akpabio

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After 50 Years Of Democracy, Other Countries Will Learn From Nigeria, Says Akpabio

He said this when he received the Irish Ambassador to Nigeria Peter Ryan in his office in Abuja on Thursday. 

Akpabio believes Nigeria’s democracy would soon mature for others to learn from.

 

Senate President Godswill Akpabio believes other countries will learn from Nigeria after 50 years of democracy. 

He said this when he received the Irish Ambassador to Nigeria Peter Ryan his office in Abuja on Thursday.

According to Akpabio, the 59th President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Nigeria needs a lot of assistance, collaboration, and bonding to learn from other democratic nations like Ireland.

The Senate President also spoke about the spate of kidnappings across the country, particularly in the Niger Delta. He said the menace has abated largely through the efforts of the previous administration.

He is therefore confident that Nigeria’s democracy would have significantly developed by 2073.

Tinubu Designates Assistant On Handicap Matters

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Tinubu Designates Assistant On Handicap Matters

"Mr. Mohammed Abba Isa is a recognized boss of people with handicaps with north of 10 years of involvement with Local and global promotion on issues concerning people with inabilities."

Mohammed Abba Isa

 

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mohammed Isa as a Presidential aide on Disability Matters. 

The arrangement was contained in a Thursday proclamation by Tinubu's spokesman's Ajuri Ngelale.

"In his assurance to guarantee that each section of society is adequately taken care of inside the ambit of the Recharged Trust Plan of his organization, President Bola Tinubu has endorsed the arrangement of Mr. Mohammed Abba Isa to act as the Senior Unique Right hand to the President on Incapacity Matters," he said.

"Mr. Mohammed Abba Isa is a recognized boss of people with handicaps with north of 10 years of involvement with Local and global backing on issues concerning people with inabilities."

“The President tasks the new appointee to proactively create avenues of opportunity for inclusion through the inculcation of PWD requirements and perspectives in the policies and programmes of all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies of the Federal Government while working closely with sub-national authorities to build a national consensus on PWD-friendly policy and environmental conditions in collaboration with the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD),” he added.

Iran Rejects G7 Calls To Stop Supporting Hamas

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Iran Rejects G7 Calls To Stop Supporting Hamas

The subsequent Israeli bombing campaign in Gaza has killed more than 10,500 people, two-thirds of them women and children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

Footage shows Palestinians checking the destruction in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, on November 1, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. 

 

Iran on Thursday rejected a G7 statement which called on Tehran to stop supporting Hamas militants and taking actions that “destabilise” the Middle East.

Tehran’s comment came a day after foreign ministers from the G7 group of advanced economies, meeting in Tokyo, expressed support for “humanitarian pauses and corridors” in the Israeli-Hamas war.

Israeli air strikes have pounded the Palestinian territory of Gaza since Hamas gunmen stormed across the heavily militarised border on October 7 to kill more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians, and seize around 240 hostages, according to Israeli officials.

The subsequent Israeli bombing campaign in Gaza has killed more than 10,500 people, two-thirds of them women and children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

The G7 also called on Iran to “refrain from providing support for Hamas and taking further actions that destabilise the Middle East, including support for Lebanese Hezbollah and other non-state actors.”

On Thursday, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani “strongly condemned” the statement by the group which includes the United States, Britain, Germany, Canada, Italy, France, and Japan.

He said Iran has engaged in “non-stop efforts to stop military attacks of the Zionist aggressor regime (Israel) on the defenceless citizens” in Gaza.

“What was expected from the meeting of the Group of 7 foreign ministers in Tokyo was to fulfill their international responsibility, including condemning the acts of the Zionist regime that violate human rights and international law in Gaza.”

Iran, which supports Hamas financially and militarily, has hailed the militant group’s attack on Israel as a “success” but denied any involvement.

President Ebrahim Raisi has said Iran sees it as “its duty to support the resistance groups” but insisted that they act independently.

Iran does not recognise Israel and has made support for the Palestinian cause a centrepiece of its foreign policy since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Obi Deficiencies Beneficial Budget Says FG 'Unfeeling, Uncaring Toward Experiencing Nigerians'

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Obi Deficiencies Beneficial Budget Says FG 'Unfeeling, Uncaring Toward Experiencing Nigerians'

Obi said the President neglected to think about specific crises and squeezing needs of the country.

Peter Obi and President Bola Tinubu.

 

A day after President Bola Tinubu signed into law the N2.17trn supplementary budget, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has accused the Federal Government of being uncaring and insensitive to the suffering Nigerians.

Tinubu had on Wednesday consented to the Beneficial Appointment Act in Abuja to reinforce Nigeria's security engineering and address the basic framework shortfall, among different contemplations.

Be that as it may, taking to his X handle on Wednesday, Obi said the President neglected to think about specific crises and squeezing needs of the country.

The LP official up-and-comer said that going by the way the monetary designations were finished, Tinubu was clearly uninformed about the critical emergency in the country.

"No thing of critical social government assistance has yet highlighted in the advantageous financial plan being arranged by this administration. All things being equal, the things being made to overwhelm public talk on the budget incorporate a strange Official Yacht, Official Planes, the outfitting of currently extravagantly outfitted official quarters and workplaces, armadas of extravagance SUVs, and so on. This depicts an Administration that is absolutely inhumane and obtuse toward the enduring of the greater part, and unconcerned with the temperament of the country," the assertion read.

"Truly, a few things in the ongoing budget might not have thought about the requirements of another organization, yet it is normal that a strengthening financial plan this late in the monetary year ought to reflect for the most part pressing things of public government assistance.

"Unfortunately, the most squeezing public necessities and crises have not highlighted in the advantageous budget that was simply declared by the public authority. For instance, the Assembled Countries and World Food Program have as of late cautioned that up to 6.5 million Nigerians will go hungry one year from now.

"This number is to a great extent from among residents in Sokoto, Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, and Zamfara States. A mindful Government to anticipate the moderation of such forthcoming fiasco can demand for valuable financial plan arrangements to pad those under danger."