04/20/18

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Some Nigerians on Friday converged in front of the Nigerian High Commission in London, to rally in support of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The President is resetting the country on the part of growth and development, Mr. Stephen Kifordu, from Delta State who is the leader of the group, said on Friday.
He said there is no credible alternative to Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in the 2019 election noting that the group represents the aspiration of many Nigerians who want progress for Nigeria.
Kifordu said Nigeria is attractive to investors because of Buhari’s fight against corruption in the country.
He claimed that the previous administration gave room for rot and corrupt activities.
“We have a President in Nigeria that people can look at and trust that “If I invest in Nigeria, my investment will not be stolen.
“When we talk of security, he has done security in terms of Boko Haram and in terms of the Niger Delta,” he said.
Explaining further how President Buhari is ‘resetting’ the country, Kifordu said it is the primary role of the police and not the military to protect Nigerian citizens and President Buhari is enforcing this.
“The Police is the number one organisation that takes care of our security. It is only when we are under attack that the military comes in.
“In past years, we have seen the issue when the military jumps on board without paying regard to the police. Then suddenly when something happens in Nigeria, Mr President says deploy the police, people are saying don’t deploy the police.
“President Buhari is re-ordering up, he is resetting our country. He is bringing us back to the way things should be.”
This support rally came exactly a day after a group of people bearing Biafran flags staged a protest in front of the Commonwealth House in Westminister, London.
The demonstration took place as President Buhari and other leaders of the Commonwealth nations meet on Thursday.
Some of the protesters were seen carrying banners bear inscriptions of Biafra while others are calling for a referendum.
President Buhari on Thursday attended the Executive Session of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the United Kingdom.
The meeting, which held at the Lancaster House in London, was declared open by Queen Elizabeth II.
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 The introduction of a national minimum wage of 20 rand (1.66 dollars) an hour in South Africa could be delayed by up to two months as parliament is yet to approve necessary draft legislation, a spokesman for the labour ministry said on Friday.
The minimum wage, a policy championed by President Cyril Ramaphosa as an important step to tackle labour instability and wage inequality, was approved by the cabinet in November and meant to be introduced on May 1.

Supporters of the minimum wage say it will reduce inequality and stimulate economic growth as workers can spend more.

But critics say it could lead to increased unemployment, already at record highs, with some employers unable to afford higher wage bills.

Labour ministry spokesman Teboho Thejane said the ministry was focused on getting the minimum wage introduced.

“The minimum wage will definitely be implemented. But it could be delayed by one or two months,” he said.

On Friday parliament’s portfolio committee on labour was still discussing amendments to the policy.

Sharome van Schalkwyk, acting chair of the committee, said the national minimum wage bill needed to be sent for redrafting.

“The Department of Labour must take its time and rework the bill for submission again to the committee.

“This piece of legislation is critical in our country, not only in fighting inequality, but also addressing abuse of vulnerable workers in some sectors,” van Schalkwyk said.

More than two decades after the end of apartheid in 1994, South Africa’s economy is still characterised by deep wealth inequality and high levels of unemployment. LR News
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EFCC Boss, Mr. Ibrahim Magu

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, to the rank of Commissioner of Police.
PSC’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, revealed that the former Deputy Commissioner of Police was among the 17 other senior police officers promoted.
The promotions were one of the high points of the commission’s 27th plenary meeting which ended on Friday in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The meeting was presided over by Chairman of the PSC and a retired Inspector General of Police, Dr Mike Okiro.
According to the statement, the PSC approved promoted AIG Agbola Oshodi-Glover who is in charge of Zone 11, Osogbo, to the next rank of a Deputy Inspector General of Police.
Similarly, CP Ghazzali Mohammed, the Commissioner of Police, Administration, DLS, Force Headquarters, and CP Peace Ibekwe Abdallah who is the former Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi State Command and currently the CP, Force Intelligence Bureau at Force Headquarters, were promoted to Assistant Inspector General of Police.
Senior officers also elevated to the rank of Commissioner of Police are Ebere Onyeagoro – DCP Administration, Kaduna State Command, and Moshood Gbolarumi – DCP Maritime, Lagos.
Other promotions approved by the PSC include one Assistant Commissioner of Police to Deputy Commissioner of Police, nine Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners of Police, one Deputy Superintendent of Police to Superintendent of Police, one Assistant Superintendent of Police to Deputy Superintendent of Police, and one Inspector to Assistant Superintendent of Police.
Dr Okiro congratulated the newly promoted officers and urged them to rededicate themselves to the service of their fatherland.
He also assured them that the commission would continue to pay attention to their basic entitlements which include regular promotions. LR News
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 A U.S. court has sentenced former Liberian warlord known as “Jungle Jabbah” to 30 years in prison for gaining U.S. asylum by lying and also ordering the cooking of the hearts of captives and those he killed.
Mohammed Jabbateh, 51, who has lived in East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, since the late 1990s, was found guilty in October on two counts of fraud in immigration documents and two counts of perjury.
He lied about his role in the civil war in his homeland and atrocities he committed, prosecutors said on Friday.
During the height of Liberia’s first civil war from 1992 to 1995, Jabbateh, while serving as commander of a warring group, either personally committed or ordered acts such as rapes, ritual cannibalism, mutilation, murder and the use of child soldiers, according to prosecutors.
An attorney for Jabbateh, Greg Pagano of Philadelphia, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Prosecutors said while applying for asylum in December 1998, Jabbateh was not truthful about his membership in the group known as the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO), and later ULIMO-K,
rebel groups that battled for control of Liberia.
Two dozen witnesses, including 17 Liberian victims, testified in the trial.
According to testimony, in one instance, Jabbateh ordered that the heart of a captive be cooked and fed to his fighters.
In another, fighters under his command murdered a villager, removed his heart and ordered the town chief’s wife to cook it.
Jabbateh later had the town chief himself murdered and ordered his widow to cook her husband’s heart.
During Jabbateh’s trial Pagano said Jabbateh had been framed by accusers who were desperate to blame anyone they could for atrocities committed during the civil war.
“These are tall tales of enemies settling old scores – not because they had personal experiences with him but because of what group he’s identified with,” Pagano said at the trial, according to a posting on his website.
“There is no greater motive than revenge.”
The case was investigated by special agents of Homeland Security Investigations, an arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Reuters/LR News
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Armed robbers on Thursday attacked a commercial bank in Ifaki Ekiti in Ido Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti state.

A police officer was killed during the robbery attack.

The State Police Commissioner, Abdullahi Chafe confirmed the attack to Latest Reality Metro.

He said efforts are on to track the perpetrators.

The Ekiti robbery attack comes barely two weeks after five commercial banks were robbed in Offa Kwara state when about 30 robbers hit the town destroyed properties and carted away millions of naira.


According to the police, about 30 people were killed in the attack while some suspects were later arrested.

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South Sudan’s army chief General James Ajongo died in Cairo on Friday following a short illness, government spokesman Michael Makuei Lueth said.
“It is with a heavy heart that I announce the untimely death of Gen. James Ajongo Madut, SPLA army’s chief of defense force,” Lueth said.
Ajongo joined the Sudan People’s Liberation Army, the formal name of the South Sudanese military, in 1983, when the SPLA was still a rebel group fighting for independence from Sudan.
He was sworn in as army chief last year May.
According to a profile published last June by the website Messenger Africa, James Ajongo replaced General Paul Malong Awan, who left Juba after the announcement of his removal.
Malong later returned to Juba after being blocked from continuing with the journey to his home region of Aweil. After Malong failed to hand over the office, President Salva Kiir told his new general to assume his duties, and Ajongo took over the office without any briefing from his predecessor.
A few days after his appointment, Ajongo acquired a new job title as part of an army restructuring decreed by Kiir. Whilst his predecessor Malong had been SPLA Chief of General Staff, Ajonga was restyled ‘Chief of Defence Forces’.
In this capacity, Ajongo reports to the commander-in-chief, Kiir, with administrative supervision by the minister of defence.
James Ajongo’s military career began in 1984, when he was among a group of South Sudanese students who abandoned their studies at Rumbek Senior Secondary School and took to the bush to join the recently founded Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A). Prior to that he had attained a primary education at Bugo village, before going to Aweil Intermediate.
Ajongo was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the SPLA in 1984, after passing out of the military training known as shield one, equivalent to a military command course in a conventional army. He was deployed after the training as part of Jamus Battalion, where he rose through the ranks and held various command assignments in different places in Equatoria and Bahr el Ghazal.
General Ajongo held a Bachelor of Arts degree from Busoga University in Uganda. He was pursuing a master’s degree course in humanitarian law at the University of Great Lakes region in Kisumu, Kenya before his death.
Prior to his appointment as Chief of Defence Staff, General James Ajonga was the deputy chief of general staff for finance and administration. He moved into the position from the directorate of military operations, where he was deputy chief of general staff and served as the operational commanding officer at the rank of major-general before being promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general.
He came from Bar Mayen village in Northern Bahr al Ghazal, and was the son of paramount chief Mawut Unguec Ajongo. General Ajongo was a member of the Luo tribe, also known as Jurchol, one of the minority tribes in South Sudan.
He was married and had children.
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Magician David Copperfield secrets now open to public

Having been sued for allegedly caused the injury of an audience, magician David Copperfield has been forced to reveal the secret of one of his signature tricks.
Gavin Cox claims he suffered lasting brain and body injuries after agreeing to take part in the “Lucky #13” illusion in 2013.
Mr Cox, who had previously cooked for the Royal Family, has not worked since he fell over while being led through a secret passageway at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The 57-year-old and 12 other volunteers were taking part in an illusion in which they appeared to vanish on stage, before re-emerging later at the back of the theatre.
Mr Cox claims he was injured when he was “hurried with no guidance or instruction through a dark area under construction, with cement dust and debris causing him to slip and fall”.
The audience member was taken to hospital with a dislocated shoulder but claims he suffered chronic pain, headaches and confusion when he returned to the U.K.
Mr Cox, who was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury and needed two fusion surgeries on his neck and shoulder, claims he has paid out more than $400,000 in medical expenses.
He is seeking unspecified damages in the lawsuit, which also names the MGM Grand, show producer Backstage Employment and Referral, and building firm Construction Management.
Judge Mark Denton said some parts of the magician’s testimony might still be conducted behind closed doors.
Mr Copperfield’s lawyers lost pretrial bids at Clark Country District Court, Nevada, to avoid the secret of the trick being revealed to the public.
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Dangote

Dangote Group, Globacom and Guaranty Trust Bank have been listed among six Nigerian companies driving amalgamation of economic activities in Africa.
The listing was done by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in its report entitled, ‘Pioneering One Africa: African Corporations Trail-blazing across the Continent.
A statement issued by Globacom in Lagos on Thursday, said other companies mentioned also included United Bank for Africa and Jumia Nigeria.
“BCG identified 150 companies blazing the trail toward a more integrated Africa. They consist of 75 Africa-based companies and 75 multinational companies that have established impressive track records in Africa and are contributing to further integration of the continent.
A Glo office in Nigeria

“The African pioneers come from 18 countries on the continent including South Africa, Morocco; Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, Côte d’Ivoire, Mauritius, Tanzania, and Tunisia.
“The multinational companies also listed in the report are mainly from France, United Kingdom and U.S, while the rest are from China, India, Indonesia, Qatar, and the UAE,’’ the statement said.
According to the statement, economic integration on the continent is gathering momentum, with the listed companies driving the process.
“BCG highlighted eight factors that explain how these companies are making their impacts felt on the continent. These include active expansion of footprint across African countries, building strong African brands and using local innovation,’’ it said.
It also identified investment in local talents and development of people advantage, building local ecosystems and facilitating movement of people, goods, and information among the factors.
“Fragmentation in Africa is greater than anywhere else in the world, and it adds significantly to the economic challenges facing countries that typically lack the critical mass to compete globally.
“ Despite these barriers, we see more signs of economic integration with each passing month, quarter and year.
“The primary drivers come from within the continent, led by African businesses,” the statement quoted BCG’s Senior Partner and Co-author of the report, Patrick Dupoux, as saying
GTBank records N125.58bn profit in third quarter

It also quoted another BCG Partner, Lisa Ivers, as saying that the past decade demonstrated that the listed companies were masterful at overcoming adversity.
“They have built impressive track records of creating value for themselves and advancing the development of the continent and its many economies.
“They know that continuing to drive the integration of the African markets where they do business is one key way to pave the road to greater success.”
It added that Globacom had over the years built a reputation as an African brand offering innovative solutions in voice and data services, thereby making telecommunication services more accessible. LR News
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King Mswati III of Swaziland has renamed his country as eSwatini to mark 50 years of independence from British rule.
The King of Swaziland, one of the world’s few absolute monarchs in Africa announced on Thursday.
eSwatini means “place of the Swazi”, eSwatini is the Swazi language name for the tiny nation landlocked between South Africa and Mozambique.
Unlike some countries, Swaziland did not change its name when it gained independence in 1968 after being a British protectorate for more than 60 years.
King Mswati III declared the name change during independence day celebrations at a packed sports stadium in the second city of Manzini.
“I would like to announce that Swaziland will now revert to its original name,” he said, wearing red military uniform.
“African countries on getting independence reverted to their ancient names before they were colonised. So from now on the country will be officially be known as the Kingdom of eSwatini.”
The name Swaziland angers some citizens as it is a mix of Swazi and English.
Swaziland’s minister of home affairs, Princess Tsandzile, had declared April 20 a public holiday, in honour of the birthday of King Mswati III.
“This effectively means Thursday (19 April) and Friday (20) April will be public holidays when the country will celebrate both the 50th birthday of His Majesty King Mswati III and 50 years since the country gained independence”, the minister announced in parliament late on Thursday.
“As the ministry of home affairs, we would like to inform the nation that since the 50/50 celebrations will be held on April 19, 2018, the following day (April 20) is declared a public holiday.”
The official further stated that April 25, which was normally a National Flag Day, would be a normal working day, since that holiday has been shifted to April 20.
Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarch won independence from +Britain in 1968 before King Mswati introduced a new parliamentary system in 1993 where citizens were allowed to vote for the first time to choose national assembly members.
The king introduced a new constitution in 2006, but he still controls the legislature.
Mswati, listed as the world’s 15th richest monarch by Forbes magazine, has courted controversy with a lavish lifestyle while two-thirds of Swazis live in poverty.
Unemployment is 40 percent and the prevalence of HIV among adults is the world’s highest.
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The Police Service Commission has approved the special promotion of 45 police officers and acting appointments for another 13 officers who played major roles in the arrest of suspected kidnap kingpin Chukwudumuje Onuoamadike, aka Evans.

All of the officers were promoted for the gallantry in the arrest of Evans and 21 others believed to be members of his gang.

The Head, Press and Public Relations of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, said in a statement that the commission took the decision in Abuja on Thursday at its 27th Plenary Meeting which began on Tuesday.

“The promotion and acting appointments were based on the superlative performance of the officers in the arrest of the deadly gang who terrorized Nigerians,” the statement read in part.

Those promoted are of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT); Special Tactical Squad (STS); and Technical Intelligence Unit under the direct supervision and coordination of the IGP Monitoring Unit at the Force Headquarters Abuja.

One of those promoted is DCP Habu A. Sani, the Head of the IGP Monitoring Unit. He was elevated to the rank of commissioner.

Sani was also directed to appear before the PSC on Friday, April 20 for an interactive session in line with the Commission’s policy for officers transiting to the rank of Commissioner.

Two assistant commissioners of police were promoted to deputy commissioners; one chief superintendent of police was promoted to assistant commissioner of police, while one superintendent of police to was elevated to chief superintendent.

Sixteen assistant superintendents of police were promoted to deputy superintendent and 24 inspectors were made assistant superintendents.

Furthermore, one assistant superintendent was appointed acting deputy superintendent while 12 Inspectors were also appointed acting assistant superintendents.

The acting appointments were approved for officers who were not due for promotion.

“The promotion and acting appointments were also necessitated by the need to match rank with schedules of duty either being performed or to be performed by the officers and for their acts of gallantry and courage exhibited in the course of duty,” the statement added.


The Chairman of the PSC, Mike Okiro, who presided over the meeting, said the new ranks would greatly motivate the Officers for improved performance. LR News
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