AFRIK REPORTS: August 2018

Friday, August 10, 2018

NEWS: Head teacher arrested for sitting a national exam on behalf of a soldier

A head teacher in Burundi, Benjamin Manirambona has been arrested for trying to disguise himself as a student and sit a national exam on another person's behalf.

Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, have raised alarm that the Federal Government has commenced the execution of a plot to implicate them and their colleagues in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the last Tuesday August 7th invasion of the premises of the National Assembly by men of the Department of State Services (DSS).

Nigerians have criticised Itse Sagay, a constitutional lawyer, professor and senior anti-corruption adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, for saying finance minister Kemi Adeosun should remain in office even if guilty of forgery, but demanding the immediate resignation of Senate President Bukola Saraki on “moral grounds”.

NEWS: Yemen: Dozens of civilians killed in school bus attack

Red Cross says many children under 15 dead and wounded after air raid blamed on Saudi-UAE coalition hits bus in Saada.
The Saudi-UAE military alliance at war with Yemen's Houthi rebels has been blamed for an air attack on a school bus that killed dozens of people, including at least 29 children.

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has accused Lawal Daura of gross violation of Nigerian Constitution in Tuesday’s barricade of the National Assembly by State Security Service operatives.

Tendai Biti is the most senior opposition politician to be detained since President Mnangagwa took office

POLITICS: Lawal Daura: A long, lawless journey to dismissal

He flouted the constitution. He disregarded court orders. He grabbed citizens and held them incommunicado without charges. And then, he expressed no scruples about it all.

The Presidency on Wednesday dismissed reports that the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo’s decision to sack the Director General, State Security Service (SSS), Lawal Daura, had anything to do with power struggle between him and President Muhammadu Buhari.

Senator Godswill Akpabio has officially defected from PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

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Newly Acting Director General, Department of State Services, (DSS) Mr Seiyefa Mathew after his meeting with the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday (7/08/18). 04270/7/8/2018/Sumaila Ibrahim/ICE/NAN Pic 35 Newly Acting Director General, Department of State Services, (DSS) Mr Seiyefa Mathew after his meeting with the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday (7/08/18). 04271/7/8/2018/Sumaila Ibrahim/ICE/NAN

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus, has condemned the Tuesday siege on the National Assembly by officials of the State Security Service (SSS).

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has said the Nigeria Police Force was not involved in the siege on the National Assembly (NASS) by security operatives.

Senator Godswill Akpabio received a rousing welcome in Akwa Ibom today ahead of his rumored defection from PDP to APC tomorrow August 8th. See more photos below

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has commended Acting President Yemi Osinbajo for listening to what he called “the clarion call of Nigerians” and also for taking action to “halt the illegal and anti-democratic siege” of the National Assembly by men of the Department of State Security.

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday said the takeover of the National Assembly by security operatives earlier in the day was a gross violation of constitutional order.

The leadership of the National Assembly has postponed its scheduled leadership meeting slated for Tuesday.

A ver angry female lawmaker, Boma Goodhead, a member of the House of Representatives, representing Akulga/Asalga constituency has just confronted the masked men infront of the Nigerian National Assembly.

Some senators and members of the House of Representatives have been allowed entrance into the National Assembly.

Some senators who were denied entrance into the National Assembly Tuesday morning have reacted to the development.

South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa's son Andile was introduced by his Ugandan fiancee, Bridget Birungi, at a traditional marriage ceremony known as kuhingira in Uganda this weekend.

The National Assembly was in the early hours of Tuesday cordoned off by officers of the State Security Services in an alleged move by some senators to remove the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

NEWS: Tourists flee Lombok as Indonesian quake death toll rises

At least 91 people killed as Indonesia's Lombok island is rocked by the second earthquake in a week.

A week after its historic presidential elections, Zimbabweans have begun mourning the dead as seven people lost their lives on Wednesday, August 1, when the military opened fire on protesters in the streets of the capital Harare.

Five suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers on Sunday night sneaked into a neighbourhood of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to carry out attacks that eventually claimed only their own lives, officials and witnesses said.

Ayo Adebanjo, a chieftain of Yoruba socio-political organisation, has insisted that the defection of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and other bigwigs from the All Progressives Congress, APC to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will affect President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid in 2019.

NEWS: Viral photo shows Pastors praying for Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu for his 'deliverance' from EFCC

Today, this photo surfaced on social media showing several men of God at the residence of Nigeria's Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu praying for his deliverance from EFCC.

The third NBA Africa Game has come and gone, but as with the previous two the memories will long linger with us, even beyond future editions.

A former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, yesterday, visited the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in his Lagos home.

Joel Embiid entertained the crowd and ended with a game-high 24 points, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot hit timely 3-pointers and ended with 16 points, and Luol Deng enjoyed his time on the floor, pouring in 14 points in 23 minutes. Yet, to no avail. To counter this Team World used balanced scoring, and Danilo Gallinari’s 90-percent shooting helped Team World win its third straight NBA Africa Game, 96-92.

Nigerian Army have confirmed the arrest of a wanted Boko Haram suspect, Maje Lawan at Banki, Borno.

Police again fire tear gas at students as government cuts internet access amid escalating demonstrations.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says he has survived an assassination attempt involving explosive drones.

While many other girls of her age would be under their parents’ watch, go to school regularly, and properly cared for, 12-year-old Fatimah Abdullahi was made to depart her parent’s home for her new home.

All efforts to obtain the admission status of Davido’s girlfriend, Chioma Rowland, from Babcock University have proved abortive.

The Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, is defecting from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a presidential aide has said.

A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress, Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, has said that the APC in the state is in coalition with 15 other parties to wrest political powers in the state from the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.

The Nigerian government’s Strategic Intervention Programme (SIP) was aimed at giving the present administration a channel to reach and touch the lives of the most vulnerable people in society.

NEWS: 'If you watch the life of President Buhari, he is not materialistically minded like other people' - Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu today described President Buhari as a non-materialistic leader saying “If you watch the life of President Buhari, he is not materialistically minded like the other people”.

Pete Souza served as the White House photographer during Barack Obama's administration. To celebrate his former boss' 57th birthday, Souza threw shade by sharing a throwback photo of Obama playing basketball with Lebron James on his 49th birthday.

On August 12, incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita will face Soumaila Cisse in a runoff vote, in a repeat of the 2013 poll.

There are fears of a demographic change in the Muslim-majority state if Article 35-A is repealed or amended.

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri says Pyongyang unwilling to move unilaterally if US will not remove its 'concerns'.

The Nigeria Basketball Federation has ended its relationship with the Head Coach of the Senior Women’s Basketball team, Sam Vincent.

The third NBA Africa Game will tip off in a little over 24 hours, and the city of Johannesburg, which has been buzzing, as campers from all over Africa, their coaches, and NBA players have settled into the activities of the 16th edition of Basket Without Borders over the past week, will take a back seat as the action shifts to the Sun Arena in Times Square, Pretoria.

Sri Lanka's record against South Africa in the last ten ODIs is pretty disappointing. They've now lost all ten games and will hope to buck the trend when they take on the visitors in the third match of the five-match series in Pallekele. Sri Lanka need a win, not only to gain some confidence, but also to keep the series alive.

The Governor of Ebonyi state, Chief David Umahi has called on the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ebonyi state chapter, to look for another venue for their political rally earlier scheduled to take place at the state stadium on Saturday.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has denied claim that it invited President Muhammadu Buhari as its keynote speaker during its 20th anniversary because he had the highest rating on integrity.

Former Deputy Director of the Buhari Presidential Campaign Council, Engineer Mohammed Lawal has alleged that Senate President, Bukola Saraki was planning to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari.

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