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Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, South Africa’s Defence Minister said on Monday that the attacks against foreigners in South Africa were planned by criminals and that government can’t prevent it. Mapisa-Nqakula who said this in an interview with eNCA, a local channel described South Africa as an angry nation and insisted that the government can’t prevent the ongoing violence. “The reality is that we have an angry nation. What’s happening can never be prevented by any government,” she said. According to her the death of two people during a clash in Johannesburg CBD on Sunday Sept. 8, could have been avoided but that…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said the intervention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) gave credibility to the 2019 general elections. Mr Mutiu Agboke, the Resident Electoral Commissioner(REC) in Oyo State, made the disclosure on in Ibadan during a thank-you visit to the Ibadan Zonal Office of the anti-graft agency. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) recalls that the EFCC played a vital role in monitoring illicit movement of cash and vote buying during the last general elections. Agboke said that the monitoring of vote buying and selling in the last general elections across the country…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Shadrach Haruna as the new Secretary of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). This was contained in a statement by the NDLEA Head of public affairs, Mr Jonah Achema, in Abuja on Monday. He said that Haruna replaced Mrs Roli George whose tenure expired in June 2018. Achema said that the secretary is the head of Secretariat of the charged with the responsibility of administrative duties, keeping the books, setting agenda and implementing decisions. READ: Osinbajo presides over Economic management team meeting “The appointments take immediate effect,” he said. Achema…

The vice president, Yemi Osinbajo on Monday presided over the Economic Management Team meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Chronicle reports that the main agenda of the meeting is the 2020 budget & National Auto policy. Participants included the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed; Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Adeniyi Adebayo; and Economic Adviser to the President, Dr Adeyemi Dipeolu. READ: Google, Facebook reject Russia’s allegations of meddling in elections Osinbajo via verified Twitter handle, @ProfOsinbajo assured Nigerians that the President Muhammadu administration would work harder for their interest.

U.S. internet companies Google and Facebook on Monday rejected Moscow’s allegations that they had interfered in Russian elections by running political ads during the voting day. The search engine Google and the social network Facebook said in separate statements that it was the advertisers who were responsible in the matter, Russian news agency Interfax reported. “We support responsible political advertising and expect that it must comply with local legislative requirements,” Google said. Facebook expressed a similar sentiment, adding: “If we receive notice that an advertisement violates local legislation, we examine it and take appropriate measures.” Russia’s federal communications watchdog had…

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate voluntary evacuation of all Nigerians who are willing to return home after receiving the report of the Special Envoy to South Africa. He also assured the South African government of safety of lives, property and business interests of South Africans in Nigeria. In a press statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, the President noted that dialogue will continue between both countries. “In the wake of the xenophobic attacks by South Africans against other Africans including Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari sent Amb. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, Director-General, National…

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman, Dangote Cement Plc, has restated his commitment to the economic empowerment of millions of Nigerians. Dangote said this on Monday in Lagos during the presentation of gifts to winners in the ongoing Dangote Bag of Goodies National Consumer Promo. The chairman, represented by Olakunle Alake, Group Managing Director, Dangote Industry Ltd., said that the promo would reward 21 million Nigerians with various gifts that would boost their source of livelihood. According to him, the promo is to reward its valued customers for their unflinching support that has made Dangote Cement the first choice in building construction.…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says global suicide rates have decreased over the past few years but one person still takes his or her life every 40 seconds somewhere around the world. Director General of the organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made this known in a statement on Monday ahead of the World Suicide Prevention Day on Tuesday, Sept. 10, warning that too few countries have prevention strategies in place. According to Ghebreyesus, only 38 countries currently have national suicide prevention strategies. “Every death is a tragedy for family, friends and colleagues, yet suicides are preventable. “We call on all countries…

A housewife, Talatu, on Monday, dragged her husband Nasiru Sulaiman, before a Sharia Court ll, sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, seeking legal divorce saying she has been sexually starved for five years. Talatu, 35, who resides in Makera, Kaduna, told the court that Sulaiman denied her sex for five years. “We have six children but he has refused to enrol them in school. I enrolled them but he pulled them out, saying that I want to change their belief from his school of thoughts. “For nine months now they have not been to school. “The house we live in…

There is prospect Nigerian victims of xenophobic attacks in South Africa may soon get some justice, as Ms Soyata Maiga, Chairperson, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has agreed to “take appropriate action” on request by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) asking the commission to “submit a case on the escalating xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African citizens in the country to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights and to seek an effective remedy and reparation for Nigerian victims.” SERAP had in its letter to Ms Maiga last Friday stated that “these xenophobic attacks constitute…