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Presidency reacts to alert by Security Agency

Mercy Chukwudiebere
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The Presidency has described the alert issued by the Department of State Services at the weekend, as a pointer to moves by some selfish Nigerians, who want to force an undemocratic change of government.

In a statement issued on Monday, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said:

“The Department of State Services (DSS), on Sunday alerted on sinister moves by misguided elements to wreak havoc on the government, sovereignty and corporate existence of the country.

“Championed by some disgruntled religious and past political leaders, the intention is to eventually throw the country into a tailspin, which would compel a forceful and undemocratic change of leadership.”

Adesina said government is aware that the selfish politicians are already recruiting some ethnic leaders as part of their arrangements for a kangaroo conference, where they will pass a vote of no confidence on President Muhammadu Buhari.

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“Further unimpeachable evidence shows that these disruptive elements are now recruiting the leadership of some ethnic groups and politicians round the country, with the intention of convening some sort of conference, where a vote of no confidence would be passed on the President, thus throwing the land into further turmoil.

“The caterwauling, in recent times, by these elements, is to prepare the grounds adequately for their ignoble intentions, which are designed to cause further grief for the country.

“The agent provocateurs hope to achieve through artifice and sleight of hands, what they failed to do through the ballot box in the 2019 elections,” he said.

Democratic rule
According to the Presidential Spokesperson, Nigeria is under a democratic rule, which has procedures for change of government.

“Nigerians have opted for democratic rule, and the only accepted way to change a democratically elected government is through elections, which hold at prescribed times in the country. Any other way is patently illegal, and even treasonable. Of course, such would attract the necessary consequences.

“These discredited individuals and groups are also in cahoots with external forces to cause maximum damage in their own country. But the Presidency, already vested with mandate and authority by Nigerians till 2023, pledges to keep the country together, even if some unruly feathers would be ruffled in the process,” he concluded.

 

 

Mercy Chukwudiebere

Covid-19: Tanzania announces mandatory quarantine for travellers

Olajumoke Adeleke
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All travellers coming from countries that have recorded the new coronavirus variants will be required to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival to Tanzania, authorities announced on Monday.
Permanent secretary for the Ministry of Health, Professor Abel Makubi, said that the new directives are based on the global situation and emergence of new variants of the virus that causes Covid-19.
“There is increased risk of their importation into our country. All travellers, whether foreign or returning, arriving from countries with new Covid-19 variants based on WHO daily updates or those who have travelled through those countries in the last 14 days regardless of route taken shall be subjected to rapid test at point of entry,” Makubi said in a statement.
Foreigners will be required to quarantine at places designated by the government, while returning residents will be allowed to isolate at home.
The Health ministry urged all residents to observe disease prevention measures and adhere to the advice on hand hygiene, physical distancing and wearing of face masks.
Tanzania last released official Covid-19 updates in May 2020 when it had recorded a total of 509 confirmed cases and 21 deaths.

Edited by Olajumoke Adeleke

Over 9,500 fans to watch Europa league final

Tobi Sangotola
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Up to 9,500 spectators will be allowed to attend the Europa League final in the Polish city of Gdansk later this month, UEFA announced on Monday after getting the green light from local authorities.

European football’s governing body said Polish officials had agreed that 25 percent of the roughly 40,000 seats in the Gdansk Stadium could be filled for the match on Wednesday, May 26.

The game could be an all-English affair, with Manchester United almost certain to reach the final after beating Roma 6-2 in their semi-final first leg last Thursday.

In the other semi-final Arsenal host Villarreal this Thursday trailing 2-1 after the first leg of their tie against the Spaniards.

Fans from outside Poland will be allowed in, with UEFA saying each finalist will be allocated 2,000 tickets while 2,000 more will go on sale to the general public.

The remaining tickets will be distributed to other groups such as commercial partners of UEFA, broadcasters, and national associations.

“Supporters from abroad will have to comply with border entry restrictions and requirements that will be in force at the time of the final as no exemptions will be granted to ticket holders,” UEFA said in a statement.

It added that supporters may need to provide proof of a vaccine or a negative Covid-19 test in order to enter the ground.

The Gdansk venue on Poland’s Baltic coast, which hosted matches at Euro 2012, was due to stage the Europa League final last year before the pandemic intervened.

Instead, last season’s competition concluded with a ‘Final 8’ format in Germany, with Sevilla beating Inter Milan in the final in Cologne.

 

Tobi Sangotola/sportinglife

EU drops plan to observe Ethiopia election

Olajumoke Adeleke
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The European Union has withdrawn its plans to send observers to a parliamentary election in Ethiopia next month, saying conditions had not been met on communication systems and the mission’s independence.
Announcing the decision late on Monday, the EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said in a statement that the 27-nation bloc would also not monitor preparations for the June 5 election including voter registration.
“The EU regrets the refusal of the fulfilment of standard requirements for the deployment of any Electoral Observation Mission, namely the independence of the Mission and the import of mission communication systems,” Borrell said.
“It is disappointing that the EU has not received the assurances necessary to extend to the Ethiopian people one of its most visible signs of support for their quest for democracy.”
Ethiopia’s foreign ministry spokesman, Dina Mufti, said the main controversy was over communication systems.
“Firstly, they said they will come with V-SAT communication equipment which is out of Ethiopia’s Communication technology system,” Mufti told a news conference.
“We have held six election so far as a country but we have never had such a claim from observers. Every election area is accessible by the National Telecommunication system, they can use that.”
Ethiopia, a country of 110 million people, has one of the world’s last closed telecoms markets, but has begun the process of liberalising it.
Ethiopia had been scheduled to hold an election in August 2020 but it was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, there has been conflict in the northern region of Tigray, which will not take part in voting, and in other areas.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his Prosperity Party face challenges from increasingly strident ethnically-based parties seeking more power for their regions.

Edited by Olajumoke Adeleke

Algeria finds first cases of Indian COVID-19 variant

Mosunmola Ore
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Algeria has detected its first cases of the coronavirus variant first discovered in India.

Read  Also: Algeria to start Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine production

The state research centre Pasteur Institute disclosed this  on Monday, saying six cases of the variant have been confirmed in the coastal province of Tipaza, some 70 km (43.75 miles) west of the capital, Algiers.

Algeria also announced in April that it will start producing Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in September in partnership with Moscow, and part of the production will be intended for African countries.

 

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Anthony Joshua- I’m ready for whatever pains or tortures to destroy Fury

Tobi Sangotola
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Anthony Joshua is gearing up for his era-defining Tyson Fury showdown with a bullish attitude, insisting he’s prepared for ‘torture’ during training for the clash.

While doubts and promises swirl around the Battle of Britain clash – with Fury’s camp growing frustrated in negotiations, while Eddie Hearn is assured new is coming – both men are in full training.

The fight will unify the heavyweight division and the winner will go down as the undisputed king of his generation. Joshua is as hungry as ever, and he’s certain he can fell the Gypsy King.

‘Am I excited? I ain’t excited, it is what it is,’ Joshua told the skipper of his hometown club, Watford’s Troy Deeney, on the striker’s podcast.

‘I’m getting ready to walk through a brick wall and nothing is getting in my way. I’m ready to go through whatever pain, torture, adversity I have to go through in order to win, that’s why I’m really looking forward to it.

‘I know I’m the man of this division and I will be for a long time. I came through this game quickly and the way I had to learn was through mistakes, on the public stage as well.

‘I came into this game not to take part but to take over, I feel I’m on a different wavelength and frequency.

‘I do it with a smile on my face but I’m dedicated to these things. Recapping over Covid I thought, man, I’ve put a lot into this and now I need to back myself.’

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Fury is the division’s top showman right now. The six-foot-nine light-footed powerhouse’s pre-fight antics have brought eyes to every fight he’s taken.

Joshua is the Gypsy King’s latest target, who he’s been labeling him a ‘bodybuilder’ for years. In his latest rant, Fury called his next opponent: ‘A big, useless dosser. Not a real fighting man. A hype job. Bodybuild(er), Crossfit, big, ugly s***house. That’s Anthony Joshua.’

The younger fighter brushes off Fury’s talk: ‘It’s just psychological warfare.

‘I’ve learned a lot with that. The man will talk about drinking pints and he’s not interested but yet he wants to look chiseled, he’s training the hardest he’s ever trained, he’s the skinniest he’s ever been.

‘AJ has a good body and he trains so he wants to be a bodybuilder, but Tyson Fury would do the exact same thing if he could. I am everything he wants to be.

Fury has enjoyed firing shots at Joshua and repeatedly has labeled the fighter a ‘bodybuilder’ 

‘He wants to have a six-pack, that’s why he’s training as hard as he’s training right now. Why he looks so chiseled, why he’s in America.

‘I promise you I’m honored, I’m humbled, I know it’s going to be tough but I truly believe I am tough enough to go through it. I don’t need to talk about Tyson Fury and I don’t need to belittle the man, he can do what he wants.’

 

Tobi Sangotola/Sportinglifeng

 

Chanchangi to resume flight operations after 9 years

Confidence Okwuchi
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Chanchangi Airlines Nigeria Limited is set to return to the country’s airspace, having been re-issued with an air transport license, ATL by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA.

The Director General of NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu, who disclosed this, said the Kaduna based airline was preparing a comeback, and they want to use Avions de Transport Régional (turboprops).

He said, “They are planning to come back, nine years after ceasing operations,  because the demand is there.”.

Captain Nuhu gave the hint while explaining the high demand for air travels in the country.

The Nigerian carrier, which the NCAA grounded in October 2013, was granted an ATL by the NCAA on April 22, 2021, valid for five years until April 22, 2026.

It entitles the airline to operate domestic and international scheduled and non-scheduled passenger and cargo air services.

Chanchangi was forced to suspend its services after the NCAA grounded all airlines that only operated with one aircraft in the wake of an Associated Aviation (SCD, Lagos) crash in September that year.

At that time, Chanchangi had three aircraft – two B737-300s and one B737-500 – but two aircraft had been in maintenance.

Capt Nuhu equally observed a new trend in airline operations where operators are now shifting to smaller aircraft against the bigger ones.

The DG said: “You mentioned the issue of not using the right fleet. Yes but with the new trend I see people going for Embraer, CRJ, ATR42. 

 “So there is a paradigm shift. People are beginning to realise you can’t use 737 for short flights. 

 “I can see Air Peace had got an E2195, he is gotten two and he said on the long term, he is going to replace all its 737. 

 “United Nigeria is also using Embraer 145, and Green Africa is using ATR 42, 72.

 “There is one that has started processing its documents, he wants to use Embraer 145. The thinking is changing because this 737 business is not working for us. 

 It is going to take a while. The economics is forcing the change. It is a positive change in the industry.”

 

Confidence Okwuchi

Tanzanian President Suluhu arrives in Kenya for maiden official visit

Olajumoke Adeleke
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Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu arrived in Kenya on Tuesday morning for a two-day state visit to Nairobi, her first since she took over the presidency following the death of John Pombe Magufuli in March.
Suluhu arrived wearing a white mask, keeping the tradition of donning one when on foreign trips.
She was received at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by the Kenyan Foreign Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo and Sports Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Amina Mohamed among other leaders.
Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo (left) receives visiting Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan at Jomo Kenyatta International
President Suluhu will be in the country for two days and she is expected to address a joint sitting of the National Assembly and the Senate on Wednesday.
This is the first time a Tanzanian President is making a state visit to Kenya since October 2016.

Edited by Olajumoke Adeleke

National Security Meeting continues

Confidence Okwuchi
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President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over a continuation of a Security Meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. 

 

The meeting summoned by the Nigerian leader last Friday, was adjourned till today (Tuesday).

 

It is taking place at the First Lady’s Conference room because the usual venue for such meetings, the Council Chambers is undergoing renovation.

 

 

Those attending the meeting include Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari.

 

Others include Minister of Defence, Major-General Bashir Magashi (Rtd) and the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd.)

 

 

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, Chief of Army Staff; Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Naval Staff; Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu, and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amoo are also attending the crucial meeting.

 

The acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba is also in attendance. 

 

 

Reason for the meeting may not be unconnected with recent happenings in some parts of the country, where rising cases of kidnapping and killings need to be addressed.

 

 

Confidence Okwuchi

APC releases guidelines for Lagos LG poll

Confidence Okwuchi
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The All Progressives Congress, APC  has released guidelines for aspirants contesting on its platform for Chairmanship, Vice Chairmanship, and Councillorship positions in July 24 Local Government election in Lagos State.

The party’s Caretaker Committee Chairman and the Caretaker Committee Secretary, Alhaji Tunde Balogun, and Mr Lanre Ogunyemi, made this known in the guidelines jointly signed on Monday.

They said that it was the duty of the party to provide guidelines for its members seeking to contest the election.

They noted that the guidelines would without prejudice conform with the provisions of the party’s constitution, the 2010 Electoral Act (as amended), the Nigerian Constitution, the Lagos State Local Government (Administration) Law, and Guidelines of Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC.

“The party’s constitution prescribes that member’s name in the Register of Members shall be the prima facie evidence of valid registration as a member.

“Hence, the first requirement is that any aspirant on the platform of the party shall comply with this provision.

“The aspirant shall be a Nigerian citizen, registered member of the party, pays the prescribed fees, and must not be a member of any other political party.

 “All aspirants must submit the evidence of membership of the party, submit a demonstrable evidence of active party support and provide a portfolio of loyalty to the party and evidence of non-involvement in any anti-party activity,” the party leaders said.

Code Of Conduct
They said that all aspirants must sign the party’s code of conduct and only aspirant cleared by the screening committee shall be eligible to stand election at the party’s primaries.

According to them, every aspirant shall present for scrutiny all certificates that he or she laid claims to.

They noted that the screening committee shall take into consideration full information on an aspirant’s background such as education, political experience, team spirit, and reputation.

They said that there shall be a five-man screening appeal committee that shall be responsible for hearing all appeals arising from the screening committee’s report.

The duo said that a disqualified aspirant might seek review of the screening committee’s decision by appealing to the State Caretaker Committee through the state caretaker chairman.

According to them, there shall be a State Electoral Committee (SEC) for Chairmanship or Councillorship nomination and the LGA/LCDA Electoral Committee who must be persons of proven integrity.

The state caretaker committee said that all accredited party members from the ward shall be entitled to vote in a direct primary system for aspirants of their choice.

They said that sales and submission of party forms would hold between May 4 and May 11 while the screening of aspirants would start from May 13 and end on May 21.

According to them, all appeals shall be heard from May 22 to May 26 while the primaries for Chairmanship and Councillorship aspirants would hold on May 29.

 

NP/Confidence Okwuchi

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