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Jan

29

2020

Buhari is not fighting corruption to please Transparency Int’l – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has reacted to Transparency International's recent report which ranked Nigeria 146 out of 180 corrupt countries, with a total of 26 points out of a possible 100 points. In an interview with some international media organizations in London, the Minister stated that the Federal Government is not fighting corruption to impress Transparency International but to develop the country. He added that they are already winning the fight. Lai Mohammed said; “In any event, we are not fighting corruption because we want to impress any organization. We are fighting corruption because we believed that…

Jan

29

2020

By OHAFIATV

Herdsmen kill Nollywood actor in Kwara

Metro, PoliticsBoko Haram, Crime, Herdsmen, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

A Nollywood actor identified simply as “Juwon” has been killed by suspected herdsmen along Ogbomoso/Ilorin Expressway, the Nation reports. The herdsmen reportedly attacked motorists, including some Nollywood actors going to shoot a film at the Otte area of the expressway on Monday. According to the report, the suspected herdsmen came out from nowhere into the middle of the road and started shooting sporadically. And the gunshots killed “Juwon” who was among the Nollywood actors on the road at the time. The deceased was identified as a personal assistant to a popular Yoruba actress, Toyosi Adesanya. Adesanya told journalists that she…

Jan

27

2020

By OHAFIATV

Femi Adesina: Insecurity not as bad as under Jonathan

PoliticsAll Progressives Congress, Boko Haram, Crime, Herdsmen, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Opinion

Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, says despite the growing insecurity in the country, security has improved under the Buhari administration. Adesina said while the latest bomb blast at a Borno mosque is regrettable, Nigeria used to experience as many as 10 bombings in a day before President Muhammadu Buhari took over from former president Goodluck Jonathan. The presidential spokesman said this on Sunday when he appeared on a Channels TV programme. OHAFIATV News broke the story of how the bombing carried out by suspected Boko Haram insurgents killed a 12-year-old. The incident is the latest in a series of attacks in the north-east —…

Jan

27

2020

By OHAFIATV

Frederick Forsyth attacks Britain: You committed crimes against Igbo.

News, PoliticsAfrica, Biafra, Nigeria, Politics, World News

Frederick McCarthy Forsyth, the English journalist and author will be 82 this year. He was born on 25 August 1938. At such age when a man is inching closer to his grave or Maker, his conscience becomes sharper, his propensity for remorse greater. He tends to make all crooked ways straight; he confesses his sins or does so vicariously- that is, on behalf of his clan or community or country. That is exactly what Frederick Forsyth has done, blaming his country, Britain, for its bias against the Igbo during the Nigeria-Biafra war that spanned three years, 1967 to 1970.…

Jan

13

2020

By OHAFIATV

Guinea-Bissau Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Presidential Election Result

Guinea Bissau, PoliticsAfrica, Freedom, Guinea Bissau, Politics

BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau's Supreme Court on Sunday rejected a challenge against Umaro Cissoko Embalo's victory in last month's election run-off by the defeated candidate, who complained of fraud. The ruling confirms a surprise election win for Embalo, a 47-year-old former prime minister and ex-army general. He will replace outgoing Jose Mario Vaz, who was eliminated in the first round of voting in November after a five-year term marked by political dysfunction and corruption allegations. The court's ruling said runner-up Domingos Simoes Pereira, the candidate of the majority party in parliament, should have first filed his complaint with the national electoral commission,…