Category: Foreign News

IPAYP Global Leadership Endorses Val De Mauris Academy Abuja

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An International partnership between Independent Pan African Youth Parliament and Val De Mauris Academy Abuja on Sustainable Development Goals has been brokered.   The partnership titled IPAYP SDG high school training center, an IPAYP’s initiative in Africa gave Val De Mauris Academy the opportunity to serve as West African high school SDG learning center.   Speaking after a youth education program in Mombasa Kenya, the Youth Parliament President Amb Obinna Sixtus Nwoke expressed his happiness and affirmed his confidence in Val De Mauris Academy.   The president said ” I…

SEVEN OUT OF 12 DETAINED NIGERIAN STUDENTS RELEASED IN BENIN REPUBLIC

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Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora,Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa,has said Seven out of the 12 Nigerian students detained on allegations of Cybercrime have been released in Benin Republic.   In a statement through her media aide, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, said the findings were contained in a brief sent in by the Nigerian Ambassador in Benin Republic, Ambassador Kayode Oguntuase.   In a letter written to a petition by Ms Joke Kujenya from Katsina state UNICEF where it was alleged that over 50 Nigerian students were detained and…

Gambari Gets new UN Job

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The United Nations has appointed Prof. Ibrahim Gambari as a member of independent eminent experts on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Promotion Action. The declaration was profoundly crafted by the UN to commit to ending racism and racial discrimination. It is designed to upholding the human rights of all people and to combating racial discrimination, xenophobia, intolerance, anti-Semitism and bigotry, including through enhanced implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The letter of appointment of the Chancellor of Kwara State University…

Dabiri-Erewa, Yakubu Canvass for Diaspora Voting

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Abuja,The hope of Nigerians in the Diaspora to vote was brighten as the duo of Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora and Independent National Electoral Commission INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu canvassed for its early passage of the required laws by the National Assembly. The cheering news came on Thursday when Dabiri-Erewa paid a courtesy call on INEC Chairman in Abuja where the issue of Diaspora voting took the centre stage. The Presidential aide had told the Chairman that with the huge…

Dabiri-Erewa Asks S/African Authorities To Find Solution To Killing Of Nigerians

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Abike Dabiri – Erewa, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Diaspora Affairs has asked South African authorities to find a solution to the rampant murder of Nigerians in the country. She spoke in reaction to the gruesome murder of Clement Nwaogu, a Nigerian who was roasted to death in Rustenburg, South Africa over the weekend. It will be recalled that 10 days ago another Nigerian, ThankGod Okoro, a 30-year-old Nigerian was also murdered. In a statement released in Abuja, the presidential aide urged the authorities in South…

Former Brazil President, Lula, Jailed 12 Years For Corruption

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Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will begin his 12 year prison term from Friday, after a judge gave him 24 hours to surrender to police. The order from Judge Sergio Moro, head of Brazil’s huge “Car Wash” anti-graft probe, came as a complete surprise given that lawyers had earlier said the leftist former two-term president had at least until Tuesday before he’d have to go behind bars. Lula, 72, was once one of the most popular politicians on the planet and he easily leads polls in Brazil’s…

Another Nigerian Teenager Stabbed To Death In London

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An 18-year-old Nigerian teenager, Israel Ogunsola has been stabbed to death in Hackney, London on Wednesday night. The deceased was said to be Facebook friends with a teenage girl killed in London earlier this week, Sky News reports. Ogunsola was said to have approached police suffering from knife wounds shortly before 8pm on Wednesday following the attack. Officers rushed to his aid in Link Street, in the east London borough. Paramedics and staff from the London Air Ambulance attempted to save his life but he was pronounced dead at the…

Nigerian Lawmaker’s Son Shot Dead In The UK Abraham Badru, the 26

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Abraham Badru, the 26-year old son of a Nigerian lawmaker, Dolapo Badru has been shot dead near his family’s London home in the latest round of bloodshed in the capital. Abraham’s 62-year-old father, Dolapo Badru, represents Lagos Island I at the House of Representatives on the platform of All Progressives Congress. Abraham Badru, who was given a police bravery award as a teenager for saving a woman from a sex attack, was gunned down in the street in Dalston, Hackney, just after 11pm on Sunday. Abraham, who worked as a…

Minister Suspended for Slapping Lawmaker during Plenary

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Zambia’s parliament suspended a cabinet minister on Tuesday from its proceedings for one month for slapping a fellow lawmaker within parliament grounds. Verbal abuse is common among members of parliament in Zambia but physical assault is rare. Speaker of the National Assembly, Patrick Matibini, said Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo was suspended for slapping outspoken lawmaker Chishimba Kambwili in October 2017. Kambwili has repeatedly accused government officials of corruption since his dismissal as information and broadcasting minister in November 2016 but the state denies the allegations. Kambwili complained after the…