Police Capture Seven Over Kano Protest

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Police Capture Seven Over Kano Protest

Gumel consoled the general public of security efforts set up, encouraging inhabitants to continue with their legal exercises.

The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Husaini Gumel.

 

In the wake of the Court of Appeal’s decision that affirmed the sacking of Governor Abba-Kabir Yusuf from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Kano State witnessed a surge of public unrest.

The Kano State Police Order affirmed the capture of seven people straightforwardly engaged with the protest, revealing insight into the circumstance.

Kano State Police Commissioner, Mr. Hussaini Gumel, in an explanation on Wednesday night, uncovered the subtleties encompassing the captures. He expressed, "We have prevailed with regards to halting the nonconformists and we have captured seven of them.

"We have conveyed Army cops in the area; we have since started a serious investigation and we will refresh you at the appointed time."

Gumel consoled the general public of security efforts set up, encouraging inhabitants to continue with their legal exercises.

He focused, "I'm interesting to occupants not to hold back to answer to the closest security outfit any individual or gathering taking part in any type of protest in and outside the city for brief activity."

The fights, drove by displeased appealing of the NNPP, appeared in the roads of Kano. Their response was set off by the appeal court's judgment bringing about the expulsion of the Governor, igniting dispute among appealing of the party.

The circumstance has stayed tense in the state, provoking elevated watchfulness from policing security organizations to prevent any further disturbance.

This improvement has made way for an unpredictable political environment in Kano, with residents enthusiastically anticipating further updates and potential ramifications coming about because of the Governor's excusal.

Before very long, the emphasis will be on the reaction from political circles and people in general as the outcome of the court administering keeps on unfurling, possibly reshaping the political scene of Kano State.

My Name Deserves To Be In Guinness World Records – Tinubu

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My Name Deserves To Be In Guinness World Records – Tinubu

The President quipped that he was determined to actively pursue the inclusion of his name in the revered Guinness World Records (GWR).

President Tinubu speaks at the 10th German-Nigerian Business Forum.

 

President Bola Tinubu says his past exploits paved the way for his emergence as president and that he deserves to be listed in the Guinness World Records (GWR).

Speaking to a group of investors on Tuesday at the 10th German-Nigerian Business Forum, Tinubu credited his success to overcoming investment obstacles in Nigeria.

The President said noteworthy accomplishments should be acknowledged and quipped that he was determined to actively pursue the inclusion of his name in the revered Guinness World Records (GWR).

“If you have the fear of various hurdles, just look at me — I am from the private sector, one of you. I was trained by Deloitte and worked for ExxonMobil until I got to become the treasurer of the corporation. So, define corporate governance in any way, and I am in it,” he said.

The former Lagos governor also stated that during his eight-year tenure, he successfully transformed the state from ground zero to become the fifth-largest economy in Africa.

“I governed Lagos for eight consecutive years and, today, I can brag, beat my chest that Lagos is on the horizon; it’s the fifth-largest economy in Africa from zero,” Tinubu said.

“That is a track record that I can use to assure you and that is the track record that got me into this office as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

Emphasising his commitment to reforms, he humorously remarked that if not recognised, he would strive to insert himself into the Guinness Book of Records for his achievements as Nigeria’s president.

“Nigeria voted for me for reforms and from day one of my inauguration, I started the reforms. To me, if you didn’t mention me in the Guinness Book of Records, I’d strive to find a way to insert myself because I did it without expectation,” he said.

Source: Channel TV

‘Like Battle’: Indian Rescuers Strive To Free 41 Trapped Workers

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‘Like Battle’: Indian Rescuers Strive To Free 41 Trapped Workers

Rescue teams have specially fitted stretchers with wheels, ready to pull the exhausted men out through 57 metres (187 feet) of steel pipe -- once it is driven through the final section of the tonnes of earth, concrete and rubble blocking their escape.

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State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel walk into the tunnel as rescue operation enters its final phase, to free workers trapped in the Silkyara under construction road tunnel, days after a portion of it collapsed in the Uttarkashi district of India’s Uttarakhand state on November 23, 2023. No

 

Ambulances were on standby Thursday as Indian rescuers dug through the final metres of debris separating them from 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for nearly two weeks.

Rescue teams have specially fitted stretchers with wheels, ready to pull the exhausted men out through 57 metres (187 feet) of steel pipe — once it is driven through the final section of the tonnes of earth, concrete and rubble blocking their escape.

Emergency vehicles and a field hospital stood ready, AFP journalists at the site said, preparing to receive the men who have been trapped since a portion of the under-construction tunnel in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand caved in 12 days ago.

“We have done rehearsals on how to get people safely out,” National Disaster Response Force chief Atul Karwal told reporters Thursday.

“The boys will go in first,” he said. “We have put wheels under the stretchers so that when we go in, we can get the people out one by one on the stretcher — we are prepared in every way.”

But rescue efforts have been hit with repeated delays, including more debris falling, fears of further cave-ins and drilling machine breakdowns, as progress on Thursday was slowed by further mechanical problems.

 ‘Himalayan Geology is the Enemy’ 

“The 10 to 12 metres (32 to 39 feet) remaining… we don’t know what can come up, but we are ready to handle it,” Karwal said, adding that the trapped men were “keeping up their morale”.

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said the work was on a “war footing”, with a “team of doctors, ambulances, helicopters and a field hospital” set up.

Syed Ata Hasnain, a senior National Disaster Management Authority official, refused to say when the men might be freed.

“This is like battle,” the retired general told reporters. “You cannot put a timeline on it. In battle, you don’t know what the enemy is going to do.

“Here, the land is your enemy. 

Himalayan geology is the enemy… it is very challenging work.”

Experts have warned about the impact of extensive construction in Uttarakhand, large parts of which are prone to landslides.

“The rescuers and the workers stuck inside are at equal risk,” Hasnain added.

Prayers for Safe Release 

Inside the Silkyara tunnel entrance, an AFP journalist said the site was a flurry of activity.

Worried relatives have gathered outside the site, where a Hindu shrine has been erected, with a priest holding prayers for the safe rescue of the trapped men.

“The day they will come out of the tunnel, it will be the biggest, happiest day for us,” said Chanchal Singh Bisht, 35, whose 24-year-old cousin Pushkar Singh Ary is trapped inside.

In case the route through the main tunnel entrance does not work, rescuers also started blasting and drilling from the far end of the unfinished tunnel, nearly half a kilometre (over a quarter of a mile) long.

Preparations have also been made for a risky vertical shaft directly above.

The workers were seen alive for the first time on Tuesday, peering into the lens of an endoscopic camera sent by rescuers down a thin pipe through which air, food, water and electricity are being delivered.

Though trapped, they have plenty of space, with the area inside 8.5 metres high and stretching about two kilometres in length.

The tunnel is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s infrastructure project aimed at cutting travel times between some of the most popular Hindu sites in the country, as well as improving access to strategic areas bordering rival China.

Source: Channel TV

Reps Endorse 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework

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Reps Endorse 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework

The green chamber additionally endorse exchange rate of N700, N665.61 and N669.79 to USD$1 proposed by the leader for the period.

 House of Representatives. 

 

The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP).

The House endorsed a benchmark oil cost of USD$73.96, $73.76 and $69.90 per barrel, daily crude oil raw production of 1.78 mbps, 1.80 mbps, and 1.81 mbps, for 2024, 2025, and 2026 individually.

The green chamber additionally endorse exchange rate of N700, N665.61 and N669.79 to USD$1 proposed by the leader for the period: 2024 - 2026.

The lower chamber proposed the GDP (Gross domestic product) development rates at 3.76%, 4.22%, and 4.78% during the years 2024, 2025, and 2026 with an expansion pace of 21.40% in 2024, 20.30% in 2025, and 18.60% in 2026.

The MTEF/FSP document’s ancillary parameters for 2024–2026 were maintained as follows:

a) FGN recommended spending n26 trillion, with n16.9 trillion in retained revenue.

(b) A N9 trillion budget deficit.

(c) N7.8 trillion in new borrowings.

(d) N1.3 trillion worth of statutory transfers.

(e) An estimated n8.2 trillion in debt service.

(f) N243.6 billion in the sinking fund.

(g) N1.27 trillion in pension, gratuity, and retiree benefits.

(h) Total recurrent (non-debt) of N10.2 trillion; personnel costs (mdas) of N4.49 trillion; capital expenditure (exclusive of transfers) of N5.9 trillion.

The House likewise endorsed the proposal of its boards on finance, loan, and debts management that having found that the subsidiaries  of the Nigerian Postal (NIPOST) Service so made are sporadic and unlawful, they would be twisted up and deregistered immediately.

The House likewise said that the amount of N10 billion delivered by the Ministry of Financial for the proposed NIPOST rebuilding and recapitalisation be examined and the assets completely recuperated whenever laid out to be foolishly used.

The lawmakers also said that all tax waivers not directly linked to non-governmental/non-profit organisations should not be granted, while all tax waivers from 2015 to date should be investigated by the relevant committee of the House.

With X’s Musk Under Fire, Biden Joins Rival Threads

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With X’s Musk Under Fire, Biden Joins Rival Threads

"Folks, it's President Biden," said his first post, which he made on his 81st birthday. "You're hearing from me today from a new platform but my message to you hasn't changed."

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US President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the conflict between Israel and Gaza and the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 19, 2023.

 

US President Joe Biden on Monday joined Threads, Meta’s social media rival to Elon Musk’s X, just days after the White House blasted the tech baron for pushing anti-Semitism.

“Folks, it’s President Biden,” said his first post, which he made on his 81st birthday. “You’re hearing from me today from a new platform but my message to you hasn’t changed.”

“I don’t see a dark, dismal, divided future for America,” Biden added. “I see an America about to take off.”

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the home of Facebook and Instagram, launched Threads in July in a bid to depose Musk’s X, then known as Twitter, as the go-to platform for celebrities, companies and governments to make public statements.

The White House confirmed it had launched Threads accounts for the president, First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, her husband Douglas Emhoff and the White House itself in English and Spanish.

“Threads is an additional way we can communicate with the American people about this administration’s historic actions to create 14 million jobs, lower prescription drug costs, and protect freedoms and more,” a White House official said.

The official added that the launch had been in the works for several weeks.

But Biden’s debut on the platform comes only three days after a White House spokesman condemned Musk, the world’s richest person, for the “abhorrent promotion” of an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.

Advertisers have also deserted X after the controversial Tesla and SpaceX tycoon last week replied to an anti-Semitic post on the platform with the words: “You have said the actual truth.”

The White House repeated its condemnation of Musk on Monday, but said there were no plans as yet to change US proposals to use a version of his Starship rocket for future Moon landings.

“That doesn’t mean that we accept or agree with or condone, in any way, that anti-Semitic rhetoric that he pushed,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told a briefing.

Meanwhile White House communications director Ben LaBolt promoted the president’s first Threads post — on X.

Source: Channel TV

No less than 21 Dead In Heavy Dominican Republic Rains

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No less than 21 Dead In Heavy Dominican Republic Rains

Heavy tempests throughout the course of recent hours have caused flooding, harmed foundation and cut down houses in the Caribbean Nation, in what President Luis Abinader has called the "biggest precipitation occasion of all time" in the nation's set of experiences.

Dominican Republic map

 

At least 21 people, including three children, died after heavy rainfall inundated the Dominican Republic over the weekend, authorities said Sunday, warning the downpours were linked to worsening climate change.

Heavy rain throughout recent hours have caused flooding, harmed foundation and cut down houses in the Caribbean country, in what President Luis Abinader has called the "biggest precipitation occasion of all time" in the country's history.

"The people who don't trust in environmental change, begin accepting," said Abinader, who discussed "broad and significant" harms, however without itemizing exact figures.

The rain, from a tropical discouragement, are supposed to go on across segments of the country for the following 24 hours, the US Embassy said in a weather conditions alert.

In one especially destructive occurrence, a wall fell Sunday onto a few vehicles going on a significant road in the capital, Santo Domingo, killing nine.

The water "invaded a soaked dirt," and the underpinning of the substantial wall gave way, the Ministry of Public Works said Sunday.

An investigation concerning the occurrence has been requested by the ministry.

Nine others passed on in isolated occurrences in Santo Domingo around the same time. Others have dead subsequent to being cleared away by rising waters.

Nearly 13,000 individuals have been evacuated across the nation over, as indicated by the Emergency Operations Center, and a larger part of the country's 32 territories are under a designation.

A few areas are seeing electricity and drinking water outages.

Classes have been suspended until Wednesday, Abinader said, "to assess the schools that might have been impacted" and "ensure the wellbeing of our child."

Four of the dead are US nationals, and three are from neighboring Haiti.

At the end of August, the passage of storm Franklin through the Dominican Republic left two dead and one missing, and forced the evacuation of some 3,000 people from areas in dangerous conditions.

Czech Coach Silhavy Quits After Qualifying For Euro 2024

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Czech Coach Silhavy Quits After Qualifying For Euro 2024

The Czech team was also hurt by last weekend's scandal as West Ham defender Vladimir Coufal and two other players were sent home after spending Saturday night at a night club.

Czech Republic’s head coach Jaroslav Silhavy attends the UEFA Euro 2024 Group E Czech Republic v Moldova, in Olomouc, Czech Republic on November 20, 2023.

 

Czech Republic coach Jaroslav Silhavy said Monday he was stepping down, only minutes after watching his side clinch automatic qualification for Euro 2024 with a 3-0 win over Moldova.

“Even though we are happy now, we had already decided before the game not to continue,” the 62-year-old coach told Czech Television in a post-match interview.

Silhavy took up the role in 2018, leading his team to the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 before failing to qualify for last year’s World Cup in Qatar.

The Czechs have now secured a spot at next year’s Euros in Germany but he has come under fire for the team’s lacklustre performances in Group E where they finished second behind Albania, winning only four out of eight games.

The Czech team was also hurt by last weekend’s scandal as West Ham defender Vladimir Coufal and two other players were sent home after spending Saturday night at a night club.

“The pressure was enormous, beyond comprehension at times. It was one of the factors behind our decision,” said Silhavy.

A former defender, Silhavy’s future was put in doubt after the Czechs crashed to a 3-0 loss in Albania in October.

The Czech Football Association did not fire him but trimmed his contract until November 30, with an option to continue if the Czechs qualify for Euro 2024.

Saturday’s party, however, was another nail in his coffin as Coufal, Aris Thessaloniki defender Jakub Brabec and Sparta Prague striker Jan Kuchta were photographed in a night club two days before the Moldova game.

The players apologised, but football pundits slammed the poor atmosphere in the team, pointing a finger at Silhavy.

The coach himself said the affair was “a big disappointment” as all three had been in the starting line-up for last Friday’s 1-1 draw with Poland in Warsaw.

“I won’t say whether I was successful or not,” Silhavy said on Monday.

“You can see we have done some work, we have been working here for more than five years and there’s nothing we should be ashamed of.”

He said he would travel to Germany as a fan.

“Germany is near (the Czech Republic). We will definitely go and cheer for the boys.”

Source: Channel TV