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Month: August 2020

Entertainment Lifestyle 

Agba preps Social Protection Policy for inclusion in MTNDPs and Nigeria’s Agenda 2050… By Sufuyan Ojeifo

Village Reporter,
Minister of State, Budget & National Planning, Clem Agba Flowing from the Federal Government’s prioritization of social protection intervention as a key anti-poverty reduction programme, it has partnered the World Bank to design the National Social Safety Net Project (NASSP) aimed at dedicating national resources to improve citizens’ lives and strengthen the role of social protection in more equitable resource… Read More
Human Rights 

Coronavirus ‘starkly’ exposes vulnerability of persons with disabilities

Village Reporter
In the first online session for the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Ibrahim Salama, head of the Human Rights Treaties Branch in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) lauded the treaty body, which, despite significant challenges posed by the virus, have done “extraordinary work” to implement their mandate. Speaking on behalf of the… Read More
Africa 

Somalia: UN condemns ‘brazen’ terrorist attack on beachside hotel

Village Reporter
“This brazen attack targeted civilians, including government workers, peacefully enjoying their Sunday evening, causing many casualties”, the UN Special Representative for Somalia, James Swan, said on Monday. “This savagery has no place in the country being built by Somalis and it merits the strongest condemnation”, he added. ‘Abhorrent attack’ In recent months, the extremist group Al-Shabaab, which claimed responsibility for… Read More
Europe 

Belarus crisis: Top UN official concerned over torture allegations

Village Reporter
Joanna Kazana-Wisniowiecki, UN Resident Coordinator, has expressed serious concern over allegations of torture and other ill treatment of people, including minors, who were detained after demonstrations connected to elections held on 9 August. “Torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment are absolutely prohibited and can never be justified,” she said in a statement issued late last week. ‘Deeply troubling’… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Osinbajo (Pastor RUGA) And N100bn Alpha Beta Scam Bayo Oluwasanmi

Elwin Mandowa,
July 13, 2019, The Punch in an exhaustive investigative report, detailed how Vice President Yemi Osinbajo aka Pastor RUGA, was involved in an alleged N100bn scam. In what could be termed Linkage Scam Group, N100bn was laundered among four different companies owned by the same people. Simmons Cooper Partners is linked to Ocean Trust Limited. Ocean Trust Limited is linked… Read More