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Nov

08

2020

Nigeria police withdraw 60 VIPs, others’ escorts

Metro, News, Politics#EndSARS, Nigeria, Politics, Security

Following the delay by about 60 prominent Nigerians and corporate entities to release Special Police operatives including Mobile Police personnel and Counter-Terrorism Unit attached to them, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu has activated the order for the immediate withdrawal of police personnel. Senior police sources disclosed that a signal to this effect with reference no.CB: 4001/IGP.SEC/ABJ/VOL.116/32 dated November 4, and signed by the Principal Staff Officer (PSO) to the IGP, DCP Idowu Owohunwa, directed the COMPOL MOPOL, CP Special Protection Force Unit (SPU) and all Commissioners of Police in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to…

Oct

29

2020

By OHAFIATV

Mark Zuckerberg tells US Congress to upend the internet

Economy, News, PoliticsAmerica, Economy, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Metro, World News

Facebook supports rewriting Section 230, and it’s starting to lay out the changes it wants. That’s the big takeaway from a nearly four-hour grilling of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The point was quickly lost in a pre-election political scuffle — but in the coming months, it’ll be one of the most important things to watch. Yesterday, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a foundational internet law. The event was supposed to examine whether Section 230 protections — which protect web services and sites of all…

Oct

29

2020

By OHAFIATV

Official: 800,000 babies die due to poor breastfeeding annually

Health, NewsEducation, Health, Metro, Reviews

The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oyebanji Filani, has disclosed that no fewer than 800,000 babies die of poor breastfeeding yearly across the globe. Oyebanji stated that poor breastfeeding was largely responsible for high infant mortality in Nigeria, which he said was being gradually checkmated due to the advent of exclusive breastfeeding and improved medical practices. Filani spoke in Ado Ekiti on Thursday at a press parley commemorating the 2020 edition of breastfeeding week in Ekiti State. The Commissioner said Ekiti was rated as having 55.4 percent compliance with the first six months exclusive breastfeeding in 2019, saying the…

Oct

21

2020

By OHAFIATV

End SARS: ICC asked to investigate Nigerian govt, military, politicians immediately

News, Politics#EndSARS, Africa, Crime, Nigeria, Opinion, World News

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Mrs Fatou Bensouda, a prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC), at the Hague, to promptly investigate reports coming from Nigeria. The group wants the ICC to investigate claims that the Nigerian government, the military and some politicians were using thugs, soldiers and security agents to intimidate and kill End SARS peaceful protesters in the country. SERAP has asked the ICC to prosecute anyone that contributed to the deaths and injuries of the End SARS protesters in Nigeria. In a series of tweets via its official Twitter handle on Wednesday, SERAP…

Oct

16

2020

By OHAFIATV

Dr Kalu renews call for PDP to unite for victorious 2023 outing.

Amos Oge Kalu, Politics2023, Emeka Kalu, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Peoples Democratic Party Coalition, Politics

Like a patriotic citizen and a lone voice, a concerned party faithful and as a member committed to only efforts that will improve the fortunes of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Dr Kalu, has remained relentless in reiterating the need for the party to go back to her drawing board if it hope to make headway in 2023. The National Coordinator of PDP Coalition, has emphasized on the need for stakeholders of the party to brace up and face themselves as it is the only way to make impression as one United Big Family. He said these are realities…