Author: Orientalnews Staff
Source: DW More than 100 women are working with security agents in Borno state to thwart Boko Haram attacks. Boko Haram killed the two most important people in Komi Kaje’s life within two days. In November 2015, Komi Akaji, her 46-year-old brother, was shot dead by Boko Haram fighters. “There were seven students killed. When I got there, I saw he was shot twice in the head,” Kaje said. The days of mourning followed according to tradition. Kaje was broken but Peter Adam, her 35-year-old boyfriend, provided some relief. On a Saturday afternoon, Adam observed mourning rites with Kaje’s family…
Source: GOV.UK July 8,2019 Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt thanked Bishop Mounstephen for his report about Foreign & Commonwealth Office support for persecuted Christians. Good morning ladies, gentleman. Welcome to the Foreign Office. When I was moving house last year, I came across a book called God’s Smuggler which I first read when I was about 10. At the height of the Cold War, Brother Andrew van der Bijl would smuggle Bibles across the Iron Curtain to communist countries where Christianity was ruthlessly suppressed. When the Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago, the European nations that Brother Andrew had visited undercover won their…
Yemisi Izuora The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has advised motorists and other petroleum products consumers to disregard trending rumour of a planned hike in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol, saying the statement of the corporation’s Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari, at the National Assembly yesterday did not suggest any plan to increase the price of the white product. NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, clarified that what the NNPC GMD stated during his engagement with the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, at the National Assembly on Wednesday was…
Yemisi Izuora The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, yesterday said he is committed to a robust relationship between the corporation and the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to assist the anti-graft agency in its quest to rid the country of corrupt practices. Delivering a goodwill message at the 3rd African Anti-Corruption Day and Round Table Discussion on Asset Recovery and Return, the new NNPC GMD noted that it was in the interest of the National Oil Company to support the EFCC and entrench the blooming culture of accountability and transparency in the…
Source: Reuters Police fire teargas at a protesting Shi’ite group, who were calling for the release of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), in Abuja. Police fired guns and teargas in a clash with a protesting Shi’ite Muslim group in Nigeria’s capital city Abuja, Reuters witnesses saw on Thursday. Two Reuters witnesses heard gunshots and one saw policemen fire their weapons in an effort to disperse hundreds who gathered outside government buildings to demand the release of their leader. The Reuters witness said it did not appear the police were aiming at protesters, but…
Yemisi Izuora The Nigerian media landscape is set to be buoyed by the addition of a new practical oriented and professionally focused election reporting book authored by Lanre Arogundade, the Director of the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos. The book, titled, ‘Media and Elections: Professional Responsibilities of Journalists’ is written in the context of enhancing the understanding of journalists on their ethical and professional obligations, regulatory obligations, public interest and good governance obligations during electoral processes and elections. It is schedule for public presentation and launch on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at Eko FM MultiPurpose Hall, Radio Lagos/LTV premises, Agidingbi, Ikeja-Lagos from 11am.…
Yemisi Izuora Producer club, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, on Thursday forecast world demand for its crude will decline next year as rivals pump more, pointing to the return of a surplus despite an Opec-led pact to restrain supplies. Giving its first 2020 forecasts in a monthly report, the OPEC said the world would need 29.27 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude from its 14 members next year, down 1.34 million bpd from this year. The drop in demand for Opec crude highlights the sustained boost that Opec’s policy to support prices by supply cuts is giving…