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Amid concerns over harsh treatment under the Taliban, White House has signed a joint statement calling on Afghan officials to ‘guarantee’ the safety and freedoms of Afghan women and girls . The statement comes after White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said his ‘heart goes out to Afghan women and girls, and warned of the Taliban: ‘We’ve seen what they’ve done before.’ The Taliban has made assurances that women will have a role in the new government, but there are concerns that stoning, ‘honor killings,’ and general repression of a public role for women may resume. ”We are deeply…

Oil companies operating in the Niger Delta Region are owing Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) $4 billion, Senator Godswill Akpabio said. Akpabio, who is the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, stated that oil firms in the area are expected to provide three percent of their annual budgets to the commission, but none has complied with this. The minister made the claim on Thursday at the weekly ministerial briefing held at the State House in Abuja. Akpabio stressed that the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs would take interest in the implementation of the three percent Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) compensation to…

Dennis Udoma University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom State is accused of dipping its finger into ‘admission racketeering’ pot forcing students under the Basic Studies programme of the institution to kick against the act, Straightnews has gathered. Frustrated over the failure of the institution to offer them admission into their dream courses, the students have openly vented their anger. This is coming barely two weeks after the aggrieved students protested to the school management at the main campus seeking resolution to what they see as ‘admission racketeering.’ One of the students, who spoke under anonymity by the sideline accused the…

Akwa Ibom government has taken delivery of 63,336 doses of Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 pandemic. The vaccines arrived at the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo on Wednesday. They were received by the state Commissioner for Health, Professor Augustine Umoh; Coordinator, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Martin Akpan and Chairman, Nigerian Medical Association, Dr Ime Sylvester and other stakeholders in the health sector. The date for recommencement of administration of vaccines will be announced soon, according to the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong.

Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reportedly fled his country with $169 million in his cash-stuffed helicopter and has been given asylum in Dubai on ‘humanitarian grounds,’ a source has revealed. Ghani fled the country on Sunday night to avoid bloodshed, as the Taliban closed in on the capital Kabul. He reportedly took with him four cars and a helicopter loaded with $169 million in bags of cash – but was forced to leave some of the money behind as it would not all fit in the flight. Earlier reports said Ghani had fled to Uzbekistan, citing Russian Embassy sources. It was also…

Two weeks after winning a battle mandating YABATECH to release his certificate, the pioneer president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has died without collecting it. Comrade Danlad Sunday Oladele’s certificate was withheld by the management of YabaTech as a punitive measure over his activism during his days in the college. According to Senator Dino Melaye, Oladele, alongside a few others, had in 1980 led the rebirth of the students’ movement from the proscribed National Union of Nigerian Students after the military government of Olusegun Obasanjo had, during the “Ali Must Go struggle” led by Olusegun Okeowo, banned student…

Christian Solidarity Worldwide Nigeria (CSWN), a Christian group, has demanded the prosecution of repentant Boko Haram insurgents who forcefully married and impregnated abducted Chibok girls. The group demanded for the prosecution of insurgents who married and impregnated Ruth Ngladar Pogu and Hassana Adamu. After seven years in captivity, the two girls from Chibok recently re-emerged with two children each with their captors who claimed to be their “husbands.” In a statement released by CSWN’s research and press officer, Reuben Buhari, it was stated that the girls were forcefully married and “violators of the girls who parade themselves as their husbands” must be brought to…

A n unidentified woman in Afghanistan was killed by the Taliban for not wearing a burqa in public, according to reports. A photo of the alleged killing published by Fox News on Wednesday, August 18, shows a woman’s body lying in a pool of blood as several people crouch around her. The victim was allegedly executed for going out in Taloqan, Takhar province, without a burqa. Terrifying footage also shows a group of Taliban fighters driving down a street in a 4×4 vehicle, opening fire as their flag flutters in the wind.Afg The news comes as reports suggest that death squads…

Akwa Ibom High Court has adjourned the alleged murder case of Iniubong Umoren, the 26-year-old graduate of Philosophy of the University of Uyo, for accelerated hearing in the matter beginning from November 1. The late Iniubong was lured through a phony job offer and was later raped and killed by one Uduak Frank Akpan. Akwa Ibom State High Court 6 in Uyo, the state capital, Wednesday, which resumed hearing in the murder case said the adjournment was to aid the parties involved in bringing more evidence. Ifiok Umoren, who is the first prosecution witness in the matter, gave an insight into…

To restrict child marriage, North Carolina lawmakers unanimously voted to raise the legal age of marriage in the state from 14 to 16. The legislation, passed by the state Senate on Tuesday afternoon, August 17, and by the House last week, bars children under the age of 16 from getting married and requires an age gap of four years or smaller between a 16- or 17-year-old and the person they marry. The bill will now be sent to North Carolina Democratic Governor Roy Cooper for assent. Current law has no minimum age gap between the spouses, and children as young…