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The Oyo State Government has announced the immediate closure of Agodi Zoo located inward Ibadan, the State capital, after ane of the lions at the facility accidentally attacked ane of the attendants. According to a disceptation signed past times the the world commissioner for Information, Culture in addition to Tourism, Toye Arulogun, the conclusion to closed downwardly the zoological garden was based on the written report received from the fellowship managing the Zoo, AM & C. Mr. Hamzat Oyekunle popularly known equally Baba Olorunwa, after died from injuries sustained from the incident. Meanwhile, the lions bring been evacuated pending farther investigations. The government’s conclusion was contained inward a disceptation at the weekend past times the Executive Secretary, Bureau of Investment Promotion (BIP), Mr. Yinka Fatoki who expressed daze at the unfortunate incident. He said that the incident is especially surprising in addition to lamentable equally...

The main metropolis inwards a restive English-speaking percentage of Republic of Cameroon was a virtual ghost town Saturday, alongside armed police describe patrolled the streets on the evening of an expected -- only symbolic -- proclamation of independence from the French-speaking province yesteryear anglophone separatists. In Buea, the primary metropolis inwards Cameroon's Southwest Region, shops were closed, streets were almost deserted too the usually bustling academy campus was lifeless after residents left, obviously fearing violence. On Thursday, the authorities announced a temporary curb on go too populace meetings across the Southwest Region, adding to a curfew inwards the neighbouring Northwest Region, also English-speaking. The bulk of Cameroon's 22 1000000 people are French-speaking, piece almost a 5th is English-speaking. The legacy dates dorsum to 1961, when a formerly British entity, Southern Cameroons, united alongside Republic of Cameroon a...

The United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland has asked the Nigerian authorities to clarify the status together with whereabouts of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The British authorities said it had asked the authorities if the British national was last or dead. However, it could non last forthwith ascertained if the Federal Government had responded to the inquiries or not. The Press Officer, United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland high committee inwards Nigeria, Joe Abuku, stated that the enquiry followed reports that Kanu had been missing since September 14, 2017 when armed soldiers stormed his residence inwards Abia State. Abuku said this inwards response to questions from Sat PUNCH seeking to know UK’s concern on the missing IPOB leader. “We are seeking urgent clarification from the Nigerian authorities near the status together with whereabouts of Mr. Kanu, a British-Nigerian man, who has ...

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is non inwards whatever armed forces custody. It equally good denied reports that the armed forces raided the habitation of Kanu. Speaking at a press briefing inwards Abuja, on Friday, Director Defence Information, (DDI) Major Geneneral John Enenche, said the people that came out to assail the armed forces were the Biafra Security Service as well as the Biafra National Guard, adding that it is non correct for them to block the roads as well as last collecting tolls as well as intimidating law-abiding citizens of the state. He said: “It is non the responsibleness of DHQ to declare Nnamdi Kanu wanted. Nnamdi Kanu is non inwards the custody of the military. Nobody raided Kanu’s habitation as well as I stand upward to last justified non from the information I got. I was watching it live, was monitoring it live, speaking alongside them on the ground. “I mean value I ...

Nigerian Senate has approved buy the farm judgement for abduction, wrongful restraints or wrongful confinement for ransom. The upper sleeping room besides approved thirty years jail term for anybody that colluded alongside an abductor. This followed the passage of a nib on abduction, wrongful restraints or wrongful confinement for ransom. The upper chamber, which did clause past times clause consideration of the study past times its commission on Judiciary, Human Rights together with Legal Matters, adopted the clause which specified buy the farm judgement for kidnapping. Senator Chukwuka Utazi (Enugu North) presented the study of the commission on behalf of the Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights together with Legal Matters Senator David Umaru. The Bill was sponsored past times Senator Isa Hamma Misau (APC-Bauchi). Presenting the report, Utazi said the Bill sought to prescribe strong penalty for the offence. He said the nib sought to f...

The national mightiness grid has suffered a full organisation collapse, resulting inwards temporary loss of electricity generation. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), which announced the grid collapse, said inwards a contestation on Fri that the grid “recorded the full organisation collapse on September 28, 2017 at 20:03Hrs.” TCN said that reports obtained from mightiness stations as well as the sequence of events generated yesteryear the Supervisory Control as well as Data Acquisition (SCADA) had revealed the campaign of the collapse. The contestation read: “Reports obtained from Stations as well as the sequence of events generated yesteryear the SCADA organisation indicated that the organisation collapse was triggered yesteryear the tripping of Egbin Units ST4, ST6 as well as ST5 at ‘20:03:15, 20:03:32 as well as 20:03:34’ respectively. “By this incident, the Nigerian electrical mightiness grid lost generation completely earlier restoration commenced at 2...

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Th defendant unnamed officials of his ain political party of trying to force him into retiring together with likened them to the biblical betrayer Judas. The 93-year-old Mugabe, 1 of the world’s oldest leaders, has been inward ability since Zimbabwe, together with then called Rhodesia, gained independence from United Kingdom inward 1980. He intends to seek to a greater extent than or less other five-year term at elections due adjacent year. In public, his party, ZANU-PF, has rallied behind its aging leader. But inward mortal its members are deeply divided over his continued leadership together with who volition eventually stimulate got over from him. Mugabe, who has repeatedly said his political party volition select his successor when the fourth dimension comes, said he was going nowhere together with defendant to a greater extent than or less political party officials of supporting him during the twenty-four hours piece plotting ...

A Christian legislator was Th elected speaker of parliament inward predominantly Muslim Syrian Arab Republic for the commencement fourth dimension inward decades. Hammudeh Sabbagh, a 58-year-old Syriac Orthodox Christian graduate inward constabulary as well as fellow member of President Bashar al-Assad’s Baath political party from Hasakeh tell inward northeast Syria, won 193 votes out of 252 cast, the world media reported. He became the commencement Christian to concord the postal service since Fares el-Khoury who served multiple damage earlier as well as later on the French mandate of 1920-1946. Before the 2011 outbreak of state of war inward Syria, Christians of eleven dissimilar denominations made upwardly most v percentage of the population. Around one-half of Syria’s 1.5 ane grand m Christians convey since fled, according to Chaldean Catholic Bishop Antoine Audo. Christians convey tried largely to proceed their distance from the conflict, inward which the...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Saturday, Feb 16, 2019, for the presidential as well as National Assembly elections. The electoral trunk made the annunciation via its official Twitter handgrip on Thursday, stating that the election is precisely 505 days away from today. INEC said: “The Presidential and  National Assembly elections convey been fixed for Sabbatum 16th Feb 2019.” “In add-on 108,752 unclaimed PVCs were collected. 132,431 requested for transfer spell 261,429 requested for replacement of their PVCs.” “Above all the 2019 #NigeriaDecides General Elections is precisely 505 days away from today.” “The timetable as well as schedule of activities for the Ekiti & Osun Governorship elections volition endure released on Th adjacent week,” the committee added. The Presidential as well as National Assembly elections convey been fixed for Sabbatum 16th Feb 2019. — INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) September 28, 2017 Su...

The Economic together with Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Th arrested 2 telephone commutation officials of the Ekiti State Government for alleged misuse of bailout funds. Chief Toyin Ojo and  Mrs Yemisi Owolabi  were arrested at the Chelsea Hotel inwards Garki, Abuja, during Governor Ayodele Fayose’s formal proclamation of his intention to piece of job for president inwards 2019. In a contestation on Th evening, spokesman of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said “The duo of the Accountant-General of Ekiti State together with Ekiti State Commissioner of Finance bring been picked upwards past times the EFCC.  “Their arrest follows their refusal to honor an invitation past times the Commission to explicate their roles every bit alleged inwards a petition inwards abide by of bail-out funds released to the state.” Uwujaren said they were picked upwards past times EFCC operatives “following their refusal to honor previous invitations for enquiry i...

"He volition dominion for life," shrugged educatee in addition to waiter Fahd Sabiti a 24-hour interval later Uganda's parliament began scrapping presidential historic stream limits, paving the means for Yoweri Museveni to win a 6th term inwards office. Sabiti's ambivalence reflected the feelings of many Ugandans used to seeing President Museveni teach his means later to a greater extent than than iii decades inwards power. "The opposition politicians who fought yesterday inwards parliament are only noise-makers. They volition fade away," said the 23-year-old occupation concern management educatee as he took a interruption from waiting tables inwards an upmarket Kampala restaurant. On Wed brawls had broken out inwards parliament earlier opposition MPs were evicted yesteryear safety officers as anger over the excogitation to scrap historic stream limits boiled over. Sabiti was every bit dismissive of his beau Makerere University students ...

According to radical writer, Tariq Ali, a truthful revolutionary is 1 who disregards personal security inwards the pursuit of one’s beliefs. He cited Che Guavara who left the comforts of Argentine Republic to struggle inwards the jungles of Republic of Bolivia together with died piece inwards combat. He never failed to also advert Malcolm X every bit 1 of his heroes who was to encounter his waterloo inwards the heady, vehement days of 1965. Unfortunately, at that spot was a disconnection betwixt what he espoused together with what he practiced. During the cruel dictatorship of General Ayub Khan inwards his native Islamic Republic of Pakistan where thousands of citizens died inwards bloody demonstrations, the students urged him to provide domicile to Pb the struggle from inside together with role his vast global contacts to yank off the armed services from power. Khan had other ideas together with preferred to sit down inwards London, editing a magazine because he was scare...