A member representing Owo Constituency in the Ondo State, Honourable Oluwole Ogunmolasuyi was chased away from his hometown by youths in his constituency over alleged poor performance.
Sharing the video on Facebook, Tosin Anthony Fapohunda wrote;
“An Ondo State lawmaker was chased like a thief in broad daylight today by youths of his constituency over nonperformance and absolute isolation from his constituency since he was voted in to represent them at the Ondo State House of Assembly.
Russia cut off natural gas to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday and threatened to do the same to other countries, dramatically escalating its standoff with the West over the war in Ukraine. European leaders decried the move as “blackmail.”
A day after the U.S. and other Western allies vowed to speed more and heavier weapons to Ukraine, the Kremlin used its most essential export as leverage against two of Kyiv’s staunch backers. Gas prices in Europe shot up on the news.
The tactic could eventually force targeted nations to ration gas and deal another blow to economies suffering from rising prices.
At the same time, it could deprive Russia of badly needed income to fund its war effort.
A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, Wednesday, adjourned till May 12, a suit filed by the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government, challenging his rendition from Kenya.
Kanu was on June 28, 2021, “abducted in Kenya and rendition back to Nigeria”, by the agents of the Federal Government, according to his lawyer.
Kanu had through his Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, approached the High Court to enforce his fundamental rights.
Respondents in the suit include the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the President of Nigeria, and the Attorney General of the Federation.
The court had on its own motion directed the parties to address it on the issue of whether or not it has territorial jurisdiction over the matter based on the fundamental rights violations alleged against the Federal Government of Nigeria which occurred in Kenya.
At the last hearing on March 25, the Court adjourned till April 27, the matter for hearing all the parties on their written addresses on the territorial jurisdiction.
When the matter was called up Wednesday for hearing, the Respondents did not file the address on point of law as was directed by the Court on March 25th, 2022.
Amos Enoch, leading other lawyers from the office of the Attorney General who appeared for the three respondents pleaded with the Court to grant the respondents an extension of time to file their written addresses.
Upon consideration, the Court granted their request and adjourned the matter for hearing on the written addresses of the parties to 12th May, 2022.
Kanu in the originating suit filed by his lawyer, Ejimakor, is “seeking the enforcement of the fundamental rights against unlawful arrest, torture, unlawful detention, unlawful disappearance, his right to fair hearing and above all, his right against unlawful expulsion otherwise known as extraordinary rendition.”
Some of the reliefs sought by the IPOB lawyer include: An order of Court prohibiting the prosecution of Nnamdi Kanu on the strength of the unlawful rendition; his repatriation to his last place of abode abroad or to his country of nationality, Britain; and 25billion Naira damages and an official apology.
Addressing newsmen later, Ejimakor expressed displeasure over the inability of the Respondents to file their written addresses.
He wondered why the federal government that has thousands of lawyers at its disposal could not respond.
Speaking also, Enoch denied receiving the addresses in good time and thanked the court for giving them more time to respond.
The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig General Buba Marwa has urged political aspirants going for public offices to come for drug tests.
The anti-drug agency’s boss reiterated the call on Wednesday while decorating officers who have distinguished themselves in the fight against drugs with medals and awards.
“I have said it before and I want to repeat that politicians going for public offices in 2023 should come for drug tests,” Marwa said.
Details later.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast very hot and humid weather across the country including Islamabad and Punjab plains.
The weather authorities recorded 153 Air Quality Index (AQI) in Lahore.
The current temperature recorded in Lahore was 34 degrees Celsius as hot weather amid load shedding has put a serious challenge to Lahorities to spend their fast.
The met office says no rain is expected in the next 24 hours in the metropolis of Lahore.
The weather office predicted light rain with dust winds in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cities including Mansehra, Haripur and Abbottabad.
According to the Met Office, very hot and dry weather will persist over most parts of the country, however, light rain-thunderstorms are likely at isolated places in Kashmir and adjoining areas.
The weather remained hot and dry in most parts of the country, however, rain-wind/thunderstorms occurred at isolated places in Punjab, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Kashmir.
A U.N. report has called for urgent action to avert a “sand crisis,” including a ban on beach extraction as demand surges to 50 billion tonnes a year amid population growth and urbanisation.
Sand is the most exploited natural resource in the world after water, but its use is largely ungoverned, meaning we are consuming it faster than it can be replaced by geological processes that take hundreds of thousands of years, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) report says.
Global consumption for use in glass, concrete and construction materials has tripled over two decades to reach 50 billion tonnes a year, or about 17 kilogrammes per person each day, it said, harming rivers and coastlines and even wiping out small islands.
UNEP’s Pascal Peduzzi who coordinated the report written by 22 authors said that some of the impacts of over-exploitation were already being felt.
In the Mekong River – the longest in Southeast Asia -sand extraction was causing the delta to sink, leading to salinisation of previously fertile lands.
In a Sri Lankan river, sand removal had reversed the water flow, meaning that ocean water was heading inland and bringing salt-water crocodiles with it, he told journalists.
Demand is now seen as shifting to Africa where villagers often remove sand from beaches to build growing cities. In some cases, this can make coastlines more vulnerable to the impact of climate change, such as more powerful storms, the report said.
Among the report’s recommendations were a ban on beach extraction and the creation of an international standard for marine dredging that can harm ocean biodiversity.
It also called for reducing demand by reusing sand from recycled materials like concrete and mining tailings instead of using naturally occurring sand.
In Kayaşehir, a historical rock-carved hillside settlement in central Turkey’s Nevşehir, a 186-meter (610-feet) tunnel that has been cleaned since 2015 will welcome tourists from the first week of May.
Discovery of new areas continues in Kayaşehir, some parts of which were opened to tourism in July 2020 after years of cleaning and restoration works.
The settlement was discovered by chance during the urban transformation project carried out by the Housing Development Administration in 2014.
Those who visit the area, which has been declared a third-degree archaeological site by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, will enjoy a unique experience when passing through the long tunnel carved from rock. There are also churches, many rooms and animal shelters in the area.
Nevşehir Mayor Mehmet Savran said to Anadolu Agency (AA) that Kayaşehir is an area bearing traces of life from the sixth century until today. It may soon become an important tourism destination.
Archaeologist Semih Istanbulluoğlu, who is responsible for the excavations carried out in the area, stated that Kayaşehir has different characteristics from the underground cities in the region.
Noting that he believes the part opened to the public will attract the attention of tourists, Istanbulluoğlu stated that it is wide enough for a person to walk in it easily.
A photo of a street food vendor working at a smoke-covered oven has won a major food photography award.
Debdatta Chakraborty was named as the overall winner of Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2022 for an image titled Kebabiyana, which was taken in Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir.
The Indian photographer took the picture on a busy street at night, as vendors fired up charcoal ovens to prepare wazwan kebabs and other street food.
“In today’s world, more than ever, we feel the need for comfort, for love,” says awards founder and director Caroline Kenyon.
“There is so much to reassure us here – the beautifully captured billowing embrace of the smoke, the golden light, the subject’s expression as he prepares the food for sharing.
“Sparks fly from the skewers, whose roasting we can almost smell. We imagine the warm, delicious aroma.
“This image, gentle but powerful, nourishes our soul.”
Thousands of entries were submitted from more than 60 countries across the world, and the winners were announced online via a livestreamed event.
Some members of the striking university-based unions have confirmed that the Nigerian government has imposed a “no work, no pay” policy on the striking lecturers.
Recall that federal government-owned universities in the country have been closed down as a result of the strike embarked by four unions – the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied Educational Institutions, and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT).
ASUU had embarked on a four week warning strike on February 14 which was extended at its expiration, following the alleged failure of government to address the contentious issues that led to the strike.
In March, the Joint Action Committee (JAC), comprising the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institution (NASU), and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) declared a two week warning strike, within the same month and it was also extended, while the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), declared its own two weeks warning strike the same month.
Confirming this, the zonal coordinator of the ASUU, Abuja zone, Dr. Salahu Mohammed Lawal, said their members have been denied salaries.
On his part, the Chairman of ASUU, University of Calabar (UniCal) branch, Dr John Edor confirmed that government imposed no work no pay policy on the striking workers even though he did not give the details of the payment crisis.
The president of NAAT, Ibeji Nwokoma also confirmed that members of his union were not paid their full March salaries.
Nwokoma also accused the federal government of ignoring all the notices and letters sent with the hope of addressing some of the issues faced by the union.
He added that instead of the Nigerian government inviting the striking workers to dialogue on the matter, it went ahead to implement its ‘no work, no pay’ policy.
Ghada Shalaby, Egypt’s deputy tourism minister, has deliberated with representatives from Finland and Estonia the possibility of increasing tourist inflows from those countries.
Egypt’s tourism sector has been greatly affected by the Russia-Ukraine conflict as tourists from those two countries represented about 40 percent of beach tourism in Egypt, prompting the Arab state to search for new markets, particularly from Europe and Asia.
Shalaby reviewed measures taken by Egypt to resume tourist inflows, such as facilitating entry by allowing 78 nationalities to obtain an emergency tourist visa upon arrival or electronically.
She said Egyptian hotels are being re-evaluated according to new classification criteria to ensure the suitability of their classification for the service they provide.
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