Ethiopia has granted the United Nations access to deliver aid to the northern region of Tigray, following weeks of lobbying amid military operations there, according to an agreement seen by AFP on Wednesday. The agreement, signed by Ethiopia’s peace minister, comes four weeks after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent in troops and warplanes in a campaign targeting leaders of the region’s ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Thousands have died in subsequent fighting, according to the International Crisis Group, while tens of thousands have fled into neighbouring Sudan. The UN has been warning of a possible humanitarian catastrophe within Tigray,…
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“It was a jewel of science,” said a Puerto Rican meteorologist about the Arecibo observatory, which was until recently the world’s largest observatory. Dec. 2, 2020, 2:27 AM +12 / Updated Dec. 2, 2020, 5:22 AM +12 / Source: Associated Press By Nicole Acevedo and The Associated Press The Arecibo Observatory, a huge and previously damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century, completely collapsed on Tuesday. The telescope’s 900-ton receiver platform fell onto the reflector dish more than 400 feet below. Puerto Rican meteorologist Ada Monzón broke into tears on local TV as she delivered…
Britain on Wednesday became the first Western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use as it announced a rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s drug from next week. “The government has today accepted the recommendation from the independent Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to approve Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for use,” the department of health said in a statement. “The vaccine will be made available across the UK from next week,” the statement said. Priority groups will include care home residents, health and care staff, the elderly and the clinically extremely vulnerable. After months of “rigorous” clinical trials and thorough…
President Muhammadu Buhari has agreed to address the House of Representatives on the state of insecurity in the country, as requested by the lawmakers. According to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila, a date has been agreed on and it will be communicated soon. He stated this on Wednesday, noting that the president is more concerned than most on the insecurity of the nation and will speak to the Nigerian people through their representatives soon. “He was ever so ready to listen as is typical of Mr President, the usual democrat that he is and what…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order to stop the judicial panels of inquiry set up by state governors to probe allegations of police brutality and human rights abuses of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other police tactical units. The NPF, through their lawyer, Mr O. M. Atoyebi, argued in the suit that the state governments lacked the power to constitute the panels to investigate activities of the police force and its officials in the conduct of their statutory duties. In the suit, the police urged the…
Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries, on Tuesday, came hard on President Muhammadu Buhari over the level of insecurity and economic challenges in the country. Suleman described the Buhari-led administration as the worst government ever in Nigeria. He recalled that Buhari rode to power on the promises of fighting corruption, insecurity, and improving Nigeria’s economy. In a tweet, Apostle Suleman lamented that the current government had failed to fulfill its promises to Nigerians. According to Suleman: “4-point agenda of this govt was anti-corruption, security, economy and employment. “Right now, insecurity at it’s peak, economy in shambles, corruption is monumental,…
The United Nations (UN) Security Council has condemned the massacre of villagers in Borno. The body called for arrest and prosecution of terrorism sponsors. The Boko Haram sect, last Saturday, murdered at least 43 Zabarmari farmers at Koshebe. The victims were buried on Sunday. Residents say tens of villagers are still missing. The UN Security Council members expressed deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims and Nigeria. The council reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security. The members underlined, “the need to bring perpetrators, organizers, financiers…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, Majority Leader and others prevented the invitation of President Muhammadu Buhari to brief the House on the insecurity facing the country. During the consideration of a motion moved by Ahmed Satomi on the gruesome murder of 43 rice farmers in Borno State, a co-sponsor of the motion, Ahmed Jaha raised a point of order that some of the resolutions agreed to in the motion had been deleted. Jaha who is also from Borno State said that his motion called for the invitation of the President to brief the House on security…
The Senate has recommended that President Muhammadu Buhari removes the Service Chiefs and replace them with people with fresh ideas and solutions. The lawmakers are also asking President Buhari to restructure and remodel the entire security architecture and investigate allegations of widespread corruption and leakages within the security architecture. More to follow…
The former Chairman of the defunct Pension Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina has been arrested by security agents. Although details of the arrest remain sketchy security sources confirmed to Channels Television that he has was arrested in the Niger Republic. The security source said Maina was arrested by the operatives of the Niger Republic Intelligence Service in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday night. Channels Television also gathered that Maina’s arrest was made possible due to an existing mutual relationship and security agreement between the neighbouring country. The EFCC is prosecuting Maina for alleged money laundering…