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By Akanimo Sampson Extreme or moderate working poverty is expected to edge up this 2020 through 2021 in developing countries like Nigeria, thus, increasing the obstacles to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 1 on eradicating poverty everywhere by 2030. Currently working poverty, which is defined as earning less than $3.20 per day in purchasing power parity terms, affects more than 630 million workers, or one in five of the global working population. A new International Labour Organisation (ILO) report tends to be showing that other significant inequalities – defined by gender, age and geographic location – remain stubborn features of current…

Intense gunfire between two rival jihadist groups in northeast Nigeria has left several fighters dead, two sources with close knowledge of the incident told AFP on Monday. Fighters in pickup trucks from a Boko Haram faction loyal to Abubakar Shekau stormed a camp belonging to rival IS-aligned Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), resulting in a fierce gunbattle that caused several fatalities, the sources said. The Boko Haram jihadists attacked the camp in Sunnawa village in Abadam district near the border with Niger to reclaim their women seized by ISWAP fighters in an earlier raid on their camp across the…

Less than one week after the swearing-in of Hope Uzodinma as the Imo governor, nine lawmakers of the Imo state House of Assembly, have defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. On March 7, 2019 governorship/House of Assembly held nationwide, APC did not win any seat into the state House of Assembly despite the fact that Rochas Okorocha was APC governor. In the defection drama, Okey Onyekanma, the Deputy Speaker of the House, resigned his position. The defection started around 3:30 p.m. when the Speaker of the House, read the letters of the defectors at the floor of the House.…

“It is appalling that Boko Haram followed up the killing of Rev. Andimi on Monday with an attack on his village — in Chibok Local Government Borno State. Targeting civilians is a crime under international law,” Amnesty International has declared. The Amnesty was reacting to the killing of Rev Lawan Andimi, the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Michika local government area of Adamawa State by his abductors. This is as the Adamawa State CAN Chairman, Bishop Dami Mamza, who is the Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, described the murder of the clergyman as gruesome and unfortunate. Amnesty…

By Akanimo Sampson One in five countries will see per capita incomes stagnate or decline this year, according to the United Nations’ flagship publication on expected trends in the global economy, the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2020. This implies that a total of 39 countries will be affected. There are 195 countries in the world today. This comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and two countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine. However, according to Investopedia, a part of the Dotdash publishing family, Per capita income is…

The New Year thanksgiving service tagged Ika 2020 by Nigeria Union of Journalists, Akwa Ibom Council turned out to be a homecoming event for some people. The event held at Qua Iboe Church, Ikot Akpan Anwa in Ika local government area on Sunday was attended by Mr. Moses Ekpo, Akwa Ibom deputy governor; Ini Okopido, the state chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC; Comrade Sunny James, the state chairperson of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC; Obong Patrick Udofia, International President of Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Projects; Charles Udoh, Commissioner for Information and Strategy and…

The Supreme Court, Monday, affirmed the election of Abdullahi Ganduje as the governor of Kano State. In its lead judgment delivered by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta on Monday, the Supreme Court said it saw no reason to dislodge the judgments of the two lower courts. It held that facts the PDP candidate adduced before it was inconsistent with the sole ground of his appeal, adding that he failed to demonstrate that judgments of the two lower courts were perverse. The Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) had declared Ganduje winner of the election, saying he polled 1,033,695 votes while Yusuf, his closest…

After 24 years of creation, Ika Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State with more than 50 villages is still wallowing in darkness owing basically to a lack of electricity supply in the area. The area engulfed in a political crisis for more than three years that resulted in the loss of several lives and property worth millions of naira has a population census of 102,200 persons (as projected by the National Population Commission of Nigeria in 2016). The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Uwemedimo Nwoko who brought the startling revelation to the new year thanksgiving service (Ika…

Worshippers at Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria praised and danced to God for vindicating them on the prophecy for the emergence of Hope Uzodimma as the Governor of Imo State. In the thanksgiving service, the Spiritual Director of the ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, thanked God for proving him again as a prophet of the most High God. Mbaka used the opportunity to advise the present generation to believe in prophecy which he said was immemorial, and will not cease to exist. In his homily, Mbaka said: “What’s the distance from Imo State to Enugu that after given the message on…

Sanitary pads are among the 20 basic food items in the Finance Act 2019 exempted from the new 7.5% Valued Added Tax, VAT expected to take effect from February 1, this year. President Muhammadu Buhari had penultimate week signed the Finance Act to improve the revenue base of the country. The new law which has generated a lot of controversy according to the government will promote fiscal equity and support MSMES. A statement from the office of the Vice President read, “In a bid to ensure that the cost of living does not rise for Nigerians because of the changes…