Day: February 9, 2021

Coup Myanmar: Police Fires Rubber Bullets At Anti-Coup Protesters

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Protesters hold up posters of Aung San Suu Kyi and make three finger salutes on February 8, 2021 in Yangon Myanmar … Photo by Getty-Images AFP reports have it that security forces have fired rubber bullets and tear gas at anti-coup protesters in Myanmar on Tuesday as demonstrators around the country defied a military ban on rallies. Protests erupted for a fourth straight day against last week’s coup to oust civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as international condemnation of the putsch grew. CNN also reported on Tuesday afternoon that…

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Rights Lawyers Sue CBN, SEC Over Cryptocurrency Ban

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Following the ban on Cryptocurrency in Nigeria by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), a civil society organisation, the Digital Rights Lawyers Initiative, has dragged the CBN and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to court. The CBN earlier in the week directed that all Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in the country should desist from transacting in and with entities dealing in cryptocurrencies. In Suit No. FHC/L/CS/ 188/2021 filed on Monday, February 8, 2021 at the Federal High Court in Lagos, the group said the CBN, which is the first defendant,…

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Nigeria Set To Begin Oil Exploration In Northeast – Sylva

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Nigeria’s junior Minister for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, has disclosed that the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari is making all necessary plans to begin oil exploration in the northeast of Nigeria. The minister made the declaration during an interview on Channels Television’s Newsnight on Monday. He said, “I have said it a few times that we have found oil in the northeast and we have started drilling activities in the Lake Chad Basin. I don’t know how the discovery of oil in the area will impact all…

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Msgr. Johnbosco Akam: For God and Humankind

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File photograph of the late Msgr. Prof. Johnbosco Akam in academic regalia By Don Adinuba The death of Monsignor (Professor) Johnbosco Uchechukwu Akam, the proprietor of Tansian University at Umunya, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, is a sad development. He was an exemplary son of the state. He loved God with all his being, hence his decision to leave all the glamour and enticements of life and society and joined the seminary to train as a priest, with vows of obedience, chastity, and poverty. He must have done…

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Tinubu And 21 Years Of Unbroken Democracy In Nigeria…

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By Tunde Rahman Twenty years in the life of a nation may be a short period of time. But when such a span of time embodies something meaningful and impactful, it is extremely noteworthy. And so, Nigeria at present is celebrating two decades of uninterrupted democracy since the democratic restoration of 1999. Considering where the country is coming from- a long period of coups and counter coups, 30 months civil war, three previous short-lived attempts at democratic rule, military dictatorship of the worst form occasioning all kinds of experiments and…

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