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Queen signs post-Brexit bill into Law

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Queen signs post-Brexit bill into Law

The approval comes after the European Union and Britain signed the publish-Brexit deal on Wednesday.

The publish-Brexit commerce invoice has acquired the royal assent from Queen Elizabeth II, Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle mentioned within the early hours of Thursday, which means it’s now formally regulation in Britain.

The laws formally referred to as the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020, units out the commerce guidelines between Britain and the bloc from January 1.

On Wednesday, it was introduced to British Parliament the place elected lawmakers within the Home of Commons voted 521 to seventy-three in help of the deal.

It then acquired an unopposed third studying within the Home of Lords after practically eight hours of debate.

Read also: COVID-19: Queen Elizabeth to address Britons Sunday

Shortly after the Home of Lords’ end result, the Queen gave it her official stamp of approval, formally turning the invoice into British legislation.

In response to the approval from the Home of Lords, Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked lawmakers and friends for passing his submit-Brexit commerce deal.

“The future of this nice nation now resides firmly in our palms,” he stated.

“We tackle this responsibility with a way of objective and with the pursuits of the British public on the coronary heart of everything we do.

“11 p.m. on December 31 marks a brand new starting in our nation’s historical past and a brand new relationship with the EU as their largest ally.

MURIC under fire over call for Kukah’s resignation

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MURIC under fire over call for Kukah’s resignation

Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has come under attack for asking the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah, to resign from the General Abdulsalam-led National Peace Committee.

The group had in a statement issued by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, criticised Kukah following the cleric’s Christmas message to Nigerians.

Nigerians took to social media to berate MURIC for not asking for the resignation of service chiefs, and for always creating unnecessary controversies.

Shehu Sani, a former senator from Kaduna state, said, “Dear MURIC, relocate to Bama and take on the BH.”

@Ezbaronkings said, “I expect MURIC to ask Buhari to resign for being unable to protect the citizens or even to punish those who kill!”

@Saka said, “I’m a Muslim like Akintola of MURIC, He is not speaking for me. MURIC now constitutes nuisance to the social and political space.”

@yusuffadlay said, “Anyone else noticed that Prof Akintola grouse is more of Bishop Kukah being the secretary of the Peace Committee than the coup Bishop ALLEGEDLY called for. This man, Prof Akintola doesn’t represent anything Islamic and he is more of a Divisive Element than a Bridge.”

@ikerekumajek said, “MURIC again? Where was organization when Sultan of Sokoto talked against Buhari? Is it only when Christians expressed themselves that Akintola’s MURIC find its voice

Over 10m kids in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, six others face acute malnutrition in 2021 – UNICEF

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Over 10m kids in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, six others face acute malnutrition in 2021 – UNICEF

The United Nations Youngsters’s Fund (UNICEF) stated on Wednesday an estimated 10.four million youngsters in eight nations, together with Nigeria, could endure acute malnutrition in 2021.

The UNICEF, which disclosed this in a press release, mentioned different affected international locations are Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Sudan, South Sudan, and Yemen.

The assertion learns: “As 2021 approaches, UNICEF is deeply involved for the well being and the properly-being of 10.four million youngsters projected to undergo from acute malnutrition subsequent 12 months in these nations.”

In line with the company, ongoing insecurity within the DRC, socio-financial penalties of the COVID-19 pandemic, and restricted entry to important providers will trigger an estimated three. three million kids beneath the age of 5 to endure acute malnutrition subsequent yr.

In Nigeria’s North-East, greater than 800,000 kids are anticipated to undergo acute malnutrition, together with virtually 300,000 who are estimated to be at imminent threat of demise.

 

UNICEF stated the best variety of kids since 2013 – some 1.four million – will face acute malnutrition in South Sudan subsequent yr, as a consequence of the ongoing battle, insecurity, and restricted well-being care, water, and hygiene providers.

In Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, the variety of malnourished youngsters may enhance by 21 % to a staggering 2.9 million amid battle, displacement, and local weather shocks in these Central Sahel nations.

UNICEF additionally warned that greater than 2 million youngsters already endure acute malnutrition in Yemen and the determine is predicted to rise in 2021.

The company had earlier appealed for greater than $1 billion from donors to help diet programs for kids in fragile international locations in 2021.

It additionally urged humanitarian actors and worldwide donors to develop entry and assist for assist operations.

#EndSARS: Court Grants Bail To Osun Protester, Seizes His Passport, Forbids Interviews

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#EndSARS: Court Grants Bail To Osun Protester, Seizes His Passport, Forbids Interviews

One of many sureties, in accordance with the Omisade, should be a state civil servant of Grade degree 12, whereas the opposite should personal a home within the state.

A Magistrates’ Courtroom in Osogbo, Osun State on Wednesday granted bail to a pacesetter of #EndSARS motion within the state, Emmanuel Adebisi, who was arrested by the Division of State Providers (DSS).

Based on Vanguard, Adebisi was arraigned by DSS on 4 counts bordering on forgery, impersonation and unlawful possession of Nigerian Military Uniform, and had since December 14, 2020, been remanded in Ilesha Custodial Centre.

#EndSARS Protesters

The presiding Justice of the Peace, Mr Isola Omisade, had declined oral bail software of the defendant, ordering his counsel to use for his bail formally.

Nonetheless, when the matter was known as for listening to on December 21, 2020, counsel from the Ministry of Justice, Barrister Oyedele Akintayo, utilized to formally take over the matter from the DSS, a request which was granted by the Justice of the Peace.

The prosecution counsel, Mr Akintayo and the counsel for the defendant, Mr Niyi Akinsola, argued over the formal bail utility filed earlier than the courtroom on December 23, 2020, and the Justice of the Peace adjourned ruling on bail until Wednesday 30, December 2020.

Read also: #EndSARS and Our Missing Conscience

Omisade granted bail to Adebisi with the sum of N1 million and two sureties. One of many sureties, in line with the Omisade, should be a state civil servant of Grade stage 12, whereas the opposite should personal a home within the state.

The Justice of the Peace ordered that Adebisi ought to submit his passport and never grant an interview to journalists.

Akwa Ibom: Village head sacked over alleged stealing, vandalism

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Akwa Ibom: Village head sacked over alleged stealing, vandalism

The village head of Ikot Obio Inyang, Etinan Native Authorities Space of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Emem Akpan has been sacked over alleged fraud and different prison actions peddled in opposition to him.

The group, by Ikot Obio Inyang Improvement Affiliation (IKODA), in a press release made accessible to journalists in Uyo on Wednesday, ordered that the embattled village head be handed over to the Police to face his pending police instances and legal prosecution.

In a 14-level decision signed by the president of IKODA and 89 different members of the neighborhood, the group accused the village head, of sabotaging the water scheme offered by the Niger Delta Growth Fee (NDDC).

IKODA recalled a Police report of February 17, 2020, which indicted the village head of eradicating the photo voltaic pump controller, photo voltaic panel and different elements, offered and used the cash for his private profit with out the information and approval of the village council and neighborhood.

Read also: Diezani must be extradited for stealing over $2.5bn – Magu

The assertion learn in components, ” This led to a petition to the state police commissioner who ordered an investigation into the matter. The police investigation indicted Chief Emem Okon Akpan, the village head for vandalism,stealing and conversion of group photo voltaic water amenities.

“Chief Emem Okon Akpan collected compensation for Ekom Iman-Etina Street due Ikot Obio Inyang individuals and by no means gave to the rightful beneficiaries.

” If Chief Emem Okon continues ruling because the village head of Ikot Obio Inyang, the neighborhood would meet an irredeemable disgrace quickly and untold hardship in all spheres of the neighborhood life. Sufficient us sufficient!

” Your entire males, girls, youths and social teams in Ikot Obio Inyang move a vote of no confidence in Chief Emem Okon Akpan and he be stripped of his place as village head of Ikot Obio Inyang.

“Chief Emem Okon Akpan be handed over to the police to face his pending circumstances and prison prosecution.”

In response, the embattled village head described the place of Ikot Obio Inyang Growth Affiliation as invalid including that the affiliation was an opposition.

Read also: WOMAN CHARGED FOR STEALING HE-GOAT

He pressured that such place wanted to have been endorsed by household heads, and the letter headed paper of the village council used, to make it legitimate.

His phrases,”They don’t seem to be members of the village council, however opposition. That’s the reason you didn’t see any of the household heads signal the letter, and that’s the reason they didn’t additionally use the letter headed paper of the village council. They’re politicians, their place will not be legitimate.”

NCDC predicts a spike in COVID-19 cases due to gross violations of guidelines

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NCDC predicts a spike in COVID-19 cases due to gross violations of guidelines

As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic persists, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has predicted a sharp spike in cases of COVID-19 in the country due to gross violations of safety protocols.

This was revealed on Tuesday by the Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu who said that Nigeria would next month pay the price of violating the protocols during the festivities.

Dr Ihekweazu, who stated this during the briefing of the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19, added that pictures and videos from across the country paint a very disheartening situation as people wantonly breach set safety guidelines to stem the virus.

According to him, events centres are full, social activities are full and so it is no surprise that cases are rising as the second wave of the pandemic sweeps across the country.

READ ALSO: Buhari fires NDDC management, appoints sole administrator

He said; “We just faced the worst week since we started responding to this outbreak. We had more cases in Nigeria last week than in any other previous week since the beginning of the outbreak.

“Pictures and videos from across the country paint a very disheartening situation because it appears that our messaging, our appeals to Nigerians over the last few months have not been heeded and we have gone ahead with business as usual. Events centres are full, social activities are full and so it is no surprise that cases are rising.

“January will be a tough month, no doubt about it. So, we have to brace ourselves for the consequences of the activities that we have decided to carry out in December. Our colleagues, the Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) are here today because of the pressures that we face across the country.

READ ALSO: COVID-19: Kogi, Cross River, five other states not testing enough -NCDC

“Our treatment centres are filling up, we are struggling to keep up, and we are struggling to find the facilities and oxygen to manage. Every night we are faced with phone calls of patients desperate for care.

“So, unfortunately, January will be a tough month for all of us. It will be tough but we still have an opportunity to do what we need to do, liaising with state governors to be more purposeful in implementing the measures that we have collectively agreed on. We have seen some of them doing that but many of the states in the country haven’t and pretend as if there will be no consequences. This is the reality we face and so we have got to brace ourselves for January”, he stated.

Read also: COVID-19: We have sent 100m text messages to Nigerians – NCDC

Drama As Aisha Buhari’s Aide Shuns Query On First Woman’s Whereabouts

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Drama As Aisha Buhari’s Aide Shuns Query On First Woman’s Whereabouts

Abdullah, who spoke from Kaduna State, acknowledged that the First Girl was entitled to her privateness and she or he may determine to reply such questions or not.

The Particular Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, the Workplace of the First Girl, Mr Aliyu Abdullah, has parried questions demanding Aisha Buhari’s whereabouts throughout an interview on tv.

Whereas talking on a Channels Tv programme, Abdullahi had been requested the whereabouts of the First Woman, however, he tendered an apology and stated he was not on air to debate such a situation.

Nigeria’s First Girl, Aisha Buhari.

Abdullah, who spoke from Kaduna State, said that the First Girl was entitled to her privateness and she or he may resolve to reply such questions or not.

SaharaReporters had solely reported on December 15 that Aisha had been in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, since September after the marriage of her daughter, Hanan, and she or he had due to this fact not been concerned in any authorities exercise.

SaharaReporters had gathered that the First Girl was not in a rush to return, regardless of spending over three months, as she reportedly said that the Aso Rock Villa was not safe for her household.

This got here particularly with a capturing incident in June which precipitated panic among the many Villa occupants.

Read also: AISHA BUHARI LAUNCHES PARALLEL CAMPAIGN TEAM FOR BUHARI’S RE-ELECTION

The final public occasion the First Woman held within the nation was on September four, when a flamboyant wedding ceremony was held for President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Hanan, and Mohammed Turad.

When requested throughout the tv interview the place the First Woman was in the intervening time, Abdullah stated, “I’m sorry. This isn’t a part of what I used to be invited right here to debate in your studio.

“I’d not be talking on that as a result of it’s not a part of what we agreed for me to return and talk about. So allow us to go away that difficulty out of the interview, please.

“Let me say it this manner once more, the First Woman, though married to the President, nonetheless is a citizen of this nation, who’s entitled to her proper to privateness.

“So, I feel if she chooses to not communicate on a specific matter, she is entitled to her privateness and that’s the place I want to depart the problem as of now. It’s her proper and he or she didn’t select to talk on it.”

Read also: How First Lady ordered security to chase, open fire at Buhari’s aide

I won’t settle for underage wives as voters, says Olujimi

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I won’t settle for underage wives as voters, says Olujimi

The Senator representing Ekiti South Senatorial District, Biodun Olujimi, has vowed to reject any proposal searching for voting powers for underage married women ought to it come up for debate within the Senate.

Olujimi, a former Senate Minority Chief, said this in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja, on Tuesday.

The Senator alleged that promoters of such a proposal have been searching for a wise method’ of legalising youngster marriage and seize their victims within the electoral system to realize undue benefit over different areas.

The unique report final week uncovered a proposal by members of the Nationwide Meeting to push by a modification to the Electoral Act to allow underaged wives to vote throughout elections.

Chairman, Senate Committee on the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee, Senator Kabiru Gaya, and his counterpart within the Home of representatives, Aisha Dukku, introduced the proposal to a Technical Committee on the Electoral Act Modification Invoice.

Some estimates put the variety of youngster brides in houses in northern Nigeria at about forty million.

However, Olujimi mentioned, “The concept of capturing underage married ladies in our electoral system by recognising them as voters don’t make sense.

“Solely the grownup, as outlined by the Nigerian structure must be eligible to vote. Why ought to we be proposing a regulation that will all of a sudden flip our younger youngsters to adults?

“The very first thing to assault is the problem of kid marriage. We should always have minimal. There needs to be a type to qualify a girl to be both a grownup or eligible voter and our structure has clarified that already.

“We should persist with our voting age. The proposal is a great manner of bringing an enormous chunk of individuals into the voting system. That isn’t proper, it’s not appropriate.

“Whoever that’s married to an underage woman must be affected person till such a woman turns 18 earlier than, she must be allowed to vote. This may increasingly even stop these marrying underage women from additional defiling our youngsters.

“When the matter is dropped at the ground of the Senate, we’ll certainly be there to assault and reject it as a result of I can’t sit down and watch my 14-12 months-previous granddaughter, became a grownup rapidly since you need to commit electoral fraud.”

Lagos vows to sort out flooding

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Lagos vows to sort out flooding

The Lagos State Ministry of Atmosphere and Water Assets has stated a number of constructions and dredging have been embarked upon in direction of bringing a couple of everlasting resolution to the problem of flooding.

In response to a press release signed by the Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of the Atmosphere and Water Sources, Kunle Adeshina, the ministry had already commenced the development and concrete lining of the 9-kilometre Akinola/Aboru drainage channel.

Adeshina is famous that the development, with a completion interval of 24 months, would completely remedy the Aboru flooding downside, which he mentioned dated again to 1989.

He added that along with the work on the Akinola Aboru channel, the ministry had commenced work in different areas.

The assertion stated, “Outstanding amongst these are thirteen secondary channels: Abraham Adesanya Collector Drain/Dredging of System sixty-three, Lekki Expressway to de-flood Abraham Adesanya Property, Lekki Expressway, Ogombo and its adjoining areas.

“The Freedom Means Channel, Lekki that takes away flood from the Lekki-Epe Expressway, a part of Itedo and a part of Admiralty manner straight into the Lagos Lagoon.”

Adeshina added that the identical utilized to the Orchid Street Collector drains off Lekki-Epe Expressway in Eti-Osa, to de-flood Orchid Highway and the quite a few estates inside the neighbourhood in Lekki.

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In keeping with him, the mission would eradicate the overflow of the world with stormwater after heavy rainfalls.

‘Stop blaming God for Nigeria’s challenges,’ Obasanjo tells leaders

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‘Stop blaming God for Nigeria’s challenges,’ Obasanjo tells leaders

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised Nigerian leaders to stop blaming God for the myriad of challenges confronting the country.

The ex-president, who stated this at a forum held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, on Tuesday, called for a change of narrative in Nigeria as year 2021 approaches.

Obasanjo said with enormous resources available in Nigeria, the country should not be in its present situation.

He, however, described 2020 as a year of many challenges.

Read also: I’ll jail Obasanjo if I become President – Fayose

The ex-president urged Nigerians to work and pray for “a glorious 2021.”

Obasanjo said: “I like the motto of a school which says ‘work and pray.’ Some people say it should be ‘pray and work’, but it doesn’t matter to me in what order I put it, but prayer must go with work and work must go with prayer.

“And I believe we need to work hard in this country as we pray hard so that the coming year, the year 2021 will be a glorious year for us. But it will not happen unless we work to make it happen.

“We do not have to blame God for our situation, we have to blame ourselves. Nigeria does not suppose to have these challenges or be poor. No Nigerian must go to bed hungry. That we have a situation like that is a choice by our leaders and followers alike. My prayer is that God will make the year 2021 a better year for all of us, but it will not happen without work.”

Read also: Obasanjo Missing as Buhari Names Railway Stations after ‘Deserving Nigerians’

He also spoke on the country’s economic challenges.

“We are not doing the right thing now. When we do the right thing, the economy will be what it should be.

“We have gone from one form of insecurity to a bad economy and on the top of it is the COVID-19. Some people, either due to insecurity or bad economy or for COVID-19 have gone to the great beyond. I will say may the souls of those who have departed, particularly in this year of challenges, to rest in perfect peace,” Obasanjo added.

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