Saturday, November 25, 2023

Since Maritime University-Tinubu was founded, the Niger Delta has seen peace once again.

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Since Maritime University-Tinubu was founded, the Niger Delta has seen peace once again.

The President states that the organization was created by statute eight years ago as the nation's "premier maritime university" by the Federal Government.

COMBO: President Bola Tinubu and students of the Nigeria Maritime Universty, Okerenkoko, Delta State.

 

Since the creation of the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State in May 2015, peace has been restored to the oil-rich Niger Delta region, President Bola Tinubu said on Saturday.



"Since the university's founding, tranquility has returned to the entire Niger Delta region, which was previously a hotbed of conflict and militancy," stated Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, speaking on Tinubu's behalf at the university's inaugural convocation.

"That is the crucial part this university is playing in maintaining regional peace."
The President stated that the university began academic operations in the nation's "premier maritime university" eight years ago, when it was formally founded by the Federal Government.


In a single accident in Lagos, "Motor Boy" dies.

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In a single accident in Lagos, "Motor Boy" dies.

The incident occurred early on Saturday in the state's Anthony region.

 

A vehicle assistant or ‘motor boy’ died in a lone accident at Anthony ‘Oke’ inward Gbagada, Lagos State on Saturday morning.



The tanker driver was discovered unconscious and was saved by agents of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), while the "motor boy" was discovered dead.

According to a statement released by LASTMA spokesman Adebayo Taofiq, the accident's preliminary inquiry "revealed that the driver of the containerized truck with registration number T 20345 LA lost control due to brake failure."

Without any delay, the truck heading up Anthony Bridge began to descend.

According to the statement, "LASTMA personnel rushed to the scene immediately after the accident happened and rescued the driver unconsciously, while his motor boy was found dead."
Security support was given by Ilupeju Police Station officers.


APC and Tinubu Agree To Name Aiyedatiwa As Ondo's Acting Governor

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APC and Tinubu Agree To Name Aiyedatiwa As Ondo's Acting Governor

President Bola Tinubu, Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu and Lucky Aiyedatiwa

The five-month political impasse in Ondo State over the absence of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu SAN, has been resolved.


The political standoff in Ondo State over Governor Rotimi Akeredolu SAN's absence, which lasted for five months, has been settled.

Invoking the concept of need, President Bola Tinubu and prominent members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) decided to declare the beleaguered Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the state's Acting Governor.
Lawmakers from Ondo State and several members of Akeredolu's cabinet attended the late-night meeting on Friday at the state house in Abuja.

Akeredolu, who returned from Germany on September 7, has not been in the state since his return but in his private residence in Ibadan, where he is said to be recuperating.

With this resolution, Ondo State House


Madagascar’s Andry Rajeolina Re-Elected President In Boycotted Poll

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Madagascar’s Andry Rajeolina Re-Elected President In Boycotted Poll

The opposition has not yet indicated if it will formally contest the result and has not called for more street demonstrations.


Incumbent Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina, greets supporters as he attends the first meeting of his electoral campaign, in Antananarivo, on October 10, 2023. – Andry Rajeolina, 49, was re-elected president of Madagascar in the first round of a vote that ten opposition candidates had called for to boycott. 

 

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has won re-election in the first round of a ballot boycotted by nearly all opposition candidates in the Indian Ocean island nation, the election commission said Saturday.

Rajoelina won 58.95 percent of the votes cast in the November 16 presidential election, according to the results presented by the poll body which need to be validated by the Constitutional Court.

Turnout was just over 46 percent, down on the previous presidential election in 2018, which the election commission blamed on “ambient political climate” and “manipulation of opinion”.

“The Malagasy people have chosen the path of continuity and stability”, the 49-year-old Rajoelina said after the results were announced.

Rajoelina first came to power in 2009 following a mutiny that ousted former president Marc Ravalomanana. He then skipped the following elections only to make a winning comeback in 2018.

The 11 million voters had to choose between Rajeolina and 12 other candidates. Ten of the incumbent’s rivals refused to campaign and urged voters to shun the ballot, branding it a farce.

Rajoelina, a former mayor of the capital Antananarivo, is accused by rivals of corruption, greed, and turning a blind eye to the pillage of the country’s natural resources, including its precious rosewood forests.

“What results? What election?” was the joint opposition response to a request for comment on Rajeolina’s victory.

“We will not recognise the results of this illegitimate election, riddled with irregularities, and we decline all responsibility for the political and social instability that could ensue”, the opponents warned.

Worrying Anomalies’ –

The opposition has not yet indicated if it will formally contest the result and has not called for more street demonstrations.

In the weeks leading up to the vote, the opposition — including two former presidents — led near-daily, largely unauthorised protests that were regularly dispersed by police using tear gas.

Madagascar has been in turmoil since media reports in June revealed Rajoelina had acquired French nationality in 2014.

Under local law, the president should have lost his Madagascan nationality, and with it, the ability to lead the country, his opponents said.
Opposition candidates complained of an “institutional coup” in favour of the incumbent, accusing government of working to reappoint Rajoelina.

They called for the electoral process to be suspended and for the international community to intervene.

Eight countries and organisations including the European Union and the United States expressed concern about the “disproportionate use of force” to disperse opposition demonstrations.

The opposition has denounced irregularities, including closed polling stations, a lack of ballot boxes and the use of state resources by Rajoelina for his campaign.

One of the two opponents who formally remained in the race, Siteny Randrianasoloniaiko, also denounced “worrying anomalies” which he said “raise legitimate questions about the validity of the results”.

The election took place “in regular and transparent conditions”, Arsene Dama, the president of the national electoral commission, said on Saturday.

Dama’s impartiality has been questioned by the opposition.

Source: Channel TV


FIFA Opens Disciplinary Procedures After Brazil-Argentina Brawl

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FIFA Opens Disciplinary Procedures After Brazil-Argentina Brawl

Tuesday's match in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium, which title holders Argentina won 1-0, was postponed for around 30 minutes after rival fans began battling before the opening shot.

Fans of Argentina clash with Brazilian police before the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualification football match between Brazil and Argentina at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 21, 2023. 


 

FIFA on Friday confirmed disciplinary proceedings have been opened into the football federations of Brazil and Argentina after a brawl delayed the start of a 2026 World Cup qualifying match.


Tuesday's match in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium, which title holders Argentina won 1-0, was postponed for around thirty minutes after rival fans began battling before the opening shot.

The famous stadium slipped into mayhem, as players attempted to no end to get fans to stop the conflict. Argentina skipper Lionel Messi drove his group back to the changing area, returning solely after the savagery had been controlled.

Police retaliated the skirmish with twirly doos, leaving a few fans with bloodied faces and different wounds.
"FIFA can affirm that its Disciplinary Board of trustees has opened procedures against the Brazilian Football Association (CBF) and the Argentinian Football Association (AFA)," world football's overseeing body said in an explanation.

Brazil face sanctions for "likely breaks of as section 17" of FIFA's disciplinary code, which manages request and security at matches.

Argentina, who caused the Brazilians' very first home loss in fitting the bill for a World Cup, face sanctions for the "swarm unsettling influence" and "deferred start off".

The two groups risk fines as well as global home coordinates with incomplete or absolute conclusion of their stadium, the two most normal authorizations.
Argentina are on top of the South American World Cup qualifying standings with 15 points from six games.

Brazil's third loss of qualifying, in the mean time, leaves the five-time title holders in 6th spot with seven focuses from six games.


Police Officer Who Killed George Floyd Stabbed In Prison

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Police Officer Who Killed George Floyd Stabbed In Prison

The US Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed an assault to AFP.

 George Floyd, Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

 

Derek Chauvin, the US police officer whose murder of George Floyd sparked massive racial justice protests in 2020, was stabbed in prison on Friday, the New York Times reported citing unnamed sources.

Chauvin knelt on the 46-year-old Black man’s neck for more than nine minutes on a Minneapolis street despite the dying man’s pleas.

Floyd’s cries of “I can’t breathe” were a rallying call for demonstrators domestically and abroad who took to the streets in the killing’s aftermath.

The US Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed an assault to AFP without naming the person wounded.

“An incarcerated individual was assaulted at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Tucson,” in the southwestern state of Arizona, it said in a statement.

“Responding employees initiated life-saving measures for one incarcerated individual,” the statement said, adding that the wounded individual was sent to a local hospital “for further treatment and evaluation.”

Chauvin survived the attack, according to a New York Times source.

Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in 2021, and sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison.

The incident was caught on video — providing a drastically different version of events than the initial police news release, which simply stated “officers were able to get the suspect into handcuffs and noted he appeared to be suffering medical distress.”

A Justice Department probe into the Minneapolis police, the findings of which were published in June 2023, said that officers in the department routinely resorted to violent and racist practices, “including unjustified deadly force.”

The city of Minneapolis, in the midwestern state of Minnesota, also settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the Floyd family, agreeing to pay his relatives $27 million.

– 2020 protests –
Chauvin appealed his second-degree murder conviction, which was rejected by the US Supreme Court earlier this month.

“At the end of the day, the whole trial, including sentencing, was a sham,” he said from prison in a recent documentary.
But at his sentencing hearing, he spoke little, “due to some additional legal matters at hand.”

“I do want to give my condolences to the Floyd family,” he added.

Otherwise he remained expressionless, as he did during the trial, even when witnesses gave damning testimony against him.

Chauvin’s lawyer Eric Nelson had said his client “exuded a calm and professional demeanor” in his interactions with Floyd, and sought to convince the jury that the ex-cop only applied a hold that was authorized and consistent with his training.

But the prosecution successfully argued that Chauvin had used excessive force — not only with Floyd, but with others he arrested during his 19-year career on the force.

Prior to the trial the prosecution dug up several examples of his “modus operandi,” including the case of Zoya Code, a young Black woman arrested by Chauvin in 2017.

“Even though the female was not physically resisting in any way, Chauvin kneeled on her body, using his body weight to pin her to the ground,” the prosecution said.

But the Floyd case was from the beginning a bigger story than individual accounts of injustice, helping galvanize huge protests and a reckoning on racism and policing in the United States and internationally.

The reverberations are still playing out in the United States today, with debates over racism still roiling politics and schools.

– Paper trail –
After the murder, colleagues later sketched a portrait of Chauvin as a silent, rigid workaholic who often patrolled the city’s more difficult neighborhoods.

His commitment to the job earned him four medals throughout his career. But he also racked up 22 internal complaints and investigations, according to a public record scrubbed of all details.

Only one of these numerous complaints, filed by a white woman whom he had violently pulled from her car in 2007 for speeding, in front of her crying infant, was followed by a letter of reprimand.

Source: Channel TV 


Davido's helper, Isreal DMW, declares marriage crash

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Davido's helper, Isreal DMW, declares marriage crash






Davido's Coordinated operations Supervisor, Isreal Afeare, prominently known as Isreal DMW, has shared insight about the finish of his union with his significant other, Sheila, in an Instagram post on Saturday.

In his itemized account, Isreal DMW uncovered that Sheila left their home on August 8, 2023, notwithstanding his significant help since their marriage.

Israel likewise nitty gritty demonstrations of liberality, for example, offering monetary help, overhauling her telephone, and enjoying shopping binges for her.

In spite of these endeavors, he portrayed a change in Sheila's conduct after their wedding, where she looked to force norms on him, accepting she had accomplished status as a conspicuous figure on Instagram.
Moreover, Isreal DMW brought up that wedding somebody from a Christian foundation and being a virgin didn't guarantee harmony for his situation.

 He featured that his better half blamed him for being a captive to his chief, Davido.
He said, "Wedding a woman since you met her during evangelism as a virgin, a minister's girl, an individual from similar Champs House of prayer church, probably won't ensure anything harmony by any means. Try not to be excessively enthusiastic or fast to trust individuals. Individuals can change whenever.
"Individuals can be extremely selfish and misleading. I met Sheila on February 19, 2022. We became companions, which later became cozy.

 "She let me know she would just lose her virginity to the man that would wed her since her Ugep, Cross River, mother, who's presently 41, had prior hitched two distinct men, with two children, prior to wedding her dad and that she was past due at 21 for marriage.
conditions. I quickly redesigned her unkept circumstance by giving her 300k and supplanting her worn out telephone of under 60k with another iPhone 12 Pro Max of 860k in under about fourteen days.

 "I later likewise supplanted the 12 Pro Max with a brand 14 Master Max of 1.2m that she uses to kill. I did a great deal of looking for her.

 "Gotten her garments and sacks, including costly human hairs she's utilizing without laying down with her then. I later proposed, and she completely acknowledged. We later did a legitimate prologue to customary and white weddings in Benin City.

"Sheila quickly different by showing her credible self after our wedding and needing to set guidelines for me. She currently felt she was blown as Juju's better half, completely checked on Instagram, with additional devotees from her prior striving 3k followers when I met her.

"A completely sapa young lady I met with only 2,700 in her record. I have never lifted my hands on her quickly. I don't beat ladies by any means. I regard them to such an extent. Minimal cash for her upkeep was 100k. She presently awakens to let me know that I determine respect in asking my oga, that I am completely a slave, and that I am shaming her via online entertainment.

"I had before taken her to show same oga interestingly before we married when we were in Abuja Transcorp Hilton, and oga asked her straight forward in the event that she was prepared for marriage, and she completely replied by saying OK and oga promptly gave her 500k for broadcast appointment. Oga was completely present in Benin for my wedding, in the wake of dropping a 140m show appearance. Oga,"


NATO Signs $1.2bn Artillery Shell Deal

  The push to refill stocks and ramp up output comes as doubts swirl over future support for Ukraine from key backer the United States. NATO...