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Jose Mourinho Signs To Join talkSPORT For Extensive Coverage of Euros

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Jose Mourinho Signs To Join talkSPORT For Extensive Coverage of Euros

Portuguese football manager Jose Mourinho has signed to join talkSPORT for the network’s extensive coverage of the Euros, starting in June 2021.

This is coming weeks after he was sacked by Tottenham after just 17 months in charge due to poor results of games.

He will be with listeners across the schedule from talkSPORT’s live Euro GameDay programming to regular slots at Breakfast which will include pre-game insight and an exclusive post-game phone in for talkSPORT listeners.

The former Chelsea, Machester United, and Tottenham coach will be part of the team for all three England group games, one last-16 game, two quarter-finals, one semi-final and the final.

He will be joined by former England internationals Stuart Pearce and Trevor Sinclair and former Scotland legends Ally McCoist and Alan Brazil plus the regular team, including the SJA Sports Presenter of the Year, Laura Woods, to bring listeners all the live updates and the latest news from the tournament.

On joining the network, Jose Mourinho said: “talkSPORT is the fan’s station and I can’t wait to join in. The Euros will be a fantastic tournament and talkSPORT will capture all the excitement for fans. In my discussions with the team, I can feel their excitement for the Euros. I am thrilled to be part of it.”

Head of talkSPORT Lee Clayton said: “Jose Mourinho is a box office signing for talkSPORT. I can’t wait to hear his views on England, Scotland and Wales as well as the other giants of the tournament. His experience and insight will be fascinating for talkSPORT listeners who will also get an exclusive opportunity to put questions to him in post-match phone-ins.

Germany To Begin Returning Benin Bronzes To Nigeria 2022

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Germany To Begin Returning Benin Bronzes To Nigeria 2022

Germany will start returning Benin bronzes to Nigeria in 2022, the country’s foreign and culture ministries said on Friday.

They said in a statement that the move was part of a growing trend to return cultural artifacts seized during the colonial era to their places of origin.

Britain’s soldiers seized thousands of metal castings and sculptures in 1897 during a raid on the Kingdom of Benin, then separate from British-ruled Nigeria.

The “bronzes” actually copper alloy relief sculptures, many showing court figures, were auctioned off and then spread among institutions from New Zealand to Germany and the U.S.
The biggest collection was in London.

“In addition to maximum transparency, we primarily aim for substantial restitution,” German Culture Minister Monika Gruetters said in the joint statement issued with the foreign ministry and German museums.

“We want to contribute to a common understanding and reconciliation with the descendants of the people who were robbed of their cultural treasures during the times of colonialism,” Gruetters added.

The Ethnologisches Museum in Berlin has more than 500 historical artifacts from the Kingdom of Benin in its collections, mostly bronzes.

The University of Aberdeen in Scotland said last month it would return a Benin bronze to Nigeria within weeks, one of the first public institutions to do so.

The British Museum, which holds hundreds of the sculptures, has alongside several other museums formed a Benin Dialogue Group to discuss displaying them in Benin City, some officially on loan.

Plans are underway in Edo to build a centre to store and study the returned artifacts by the end of 2021, and a permanent museum by 2025.

The German ministries issued their statement in conjunction with German museums that are part of the Benin Dialogue Group.

Air Peace Lands In Anambra International Passenger And Cargo Airport

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Air Peace Lands In Anambra International Passenger And Cargo Airport

Air Peace makes history as first airline to land in Anambra International Passenger & Cargo Airport.

CEO of Nestoil, Ernest Obiejesi also landed with his private jet at the Anambra international airport.

Operation Lafiya Dole Changed To Operation Hadin Kai

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Operation Lafiya Dole Changed To Operation Hadin Kai

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru has approved the renaming of the ongoing Counter-insurgency Operation in the North East from Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) to Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK).

This is premised on the fact that the Nigerian Army (NA) has made a lot of progress over the years and needs to re-align for better efficiency.

Also affected in the re-designation are the Army Super Camps which now reflect the nomenclature of the formations and units followed by the name of the locations they occupy while sub-units are redesigned as Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) followed by the name of their locations.

All these changes are with immediate effect.

The renaming is in line with the COAS Vision of having “A Nigerian Army that is Repositioned to Professionally Defeat all Adversaries in a Joint Environment”.

It is the believe of the COAS that the complete defeat of insurgency is a process that requires the participation of the entire nation using all elements of national power.

He further assured that the NA under his leadership will continue to pursue the path of jointness in prosecuting the counterinsurgency war.

Mohammed Yerima
Brigadier General
Director Army Public Relations

Florida Approves Bill Stopping Tech Companies From De-Platforming Politicians

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Florida Approves Bill Stopping Tech Companies From De-Platforming Politicians

Both houses of legislature in Florida have passed a bill that would possibly stop tech companies from de-platforming politicians, allowing tech platforms to only suspend accounts of the politicians for 14 days.

According to reports, the legislation is awaiting nod from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis who is considered to be an ally of former US President Donald Trump.

As per the media report, tech companies may be fined USD 250,000 per day under this legislation if they continued the de-platforming beyond the 14-days window.

Former US President Donald Trump was an avid user of social media. But he was given the boot by major tech platforms like Twitter, Facebook and others with His tweets often criticised.

After the elections, Trump spent most of his time at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. He is believed to have been close with Governor DeSantis and other high-ranking Republicans in the state.

Turkish Police Detain Hundreds At Lockdown May Day Marches

Zoe Maven
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Turkish Police Detain Hundreds At Lockdown May Day Marches

Turkish police has detained 212 demonstrators after scuffles broke out at May Day marches on Saturday, according to the Istanbul governor’s office.

Some video footage showed video and images showed Riot police and plainclothes officers jostling with union leaders and other demonstrators, throwing some to the ground before detaining dozens of them near Istanbul’s Taksim Square.

The governor’s office said some labour unions were allowed to hold memorials to mark the annual holiday, while others who had “gathered illegally” in violation of the lockdown.

According to the State-owned Anadolu Agency said 20 protestors were also detained in the western city of Izmir.

Local media reported efforts by police in Istanbul and Ankara to block reporters from filming the May Day demonstrations and detentions, with officers citing a new police circular.

Turkey this week adopted a 17-day partial lockdown, including stay-home orders and the closure of schools and some businesses, to curb a wave of coronavirus infections.

On Friday, Turkish media reported that officers were instructed to prevent people from filming or recording security forces on smartphones while they are on duty, a move critics called unlawful and a threat to citizens’ rights.

Turkish police have not commented on the reports.

Arrests In Paris As Thousands Join May Day Protests

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Arrests In Paris As Thousands Join May Day Protests

Demonstrators clashed with police in Paris on Saturday as thousands of people joined traditional May Day protests across France to demand social and economic justice.

Over34 arrests were made by Police in the Capital where garbage bins were set on fire and the windows of a bank branch were smashed, momentarily delaying the march.

Marchers, most wearing masks in line with coronavirus rules, were also voicing their opposition to government plans to change unemployment benefits.

Trade unionists were joined by members of the “Yellow Vest” movement, which triggered a wave of anti-government protests three years ago, and by workers from sectors hit hard by pandemic restrictions.

The Prefecture de Police, which deployed 5,000 officers in Paris, said it had prevented ‘Black Bloc’ anarchists from forming a group.

About 300 rallies were organised in cities including Lyon, Nantes, Lille and Toulouse.

Far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon and far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who both plan to challenge President Emmanuel Macron in next year’s presidential election, attended May Day events.

Le Pen, who had earlier laid a wreath in Paris at the statue of Joan of Arc, her party’s nationalist symbol, warned of “total chaos” if Macron is re-elected.

President Macron, has seen his reform agenda become bogged down in fights with unions, while the pandemic has halted his planned pension system overhaul.

US Starts Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan To End War

Zoe Maven
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US Starts Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan To End War

The United States has formally started withdrawing its last troops from Afghanistan Saturday, bringing its longest war closer to an end, but amid an uncertain future for the country.

US officials on the ground say the withdrawal is already a work in progress but Washington has made an issue of the date because it is a deadline agreed with the Taliban in 2020 to complete the pullout.

The prospect of an end of 20 years of US presence in Afghanistan comes despite fighting raging across the countryside by and emboldened Taliban and in the absence of a peace deal.

US President Joe Biden wants to end what he termed as “the forever war”, announcing last month that the withdrawal of the remaining 2,500 American forces would be complete by the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

But the exit of US forces has only intensified the fear felt by ordinary Afghans with concerns that the country might go back to the dark days of the Taliban era.

Since the US withdrawal deal was struck the Taliban have not directly engaged foreign troops, but insurgents have mercilessly attacked government forces in the countryside and waged a terror campaign in urban areas. 

However, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani insists that government forces,  who for months have carried out most of the ground fighting against the Taliban,, are “fully capable” of keeping the insurgents at bay.

He said the pullout also means the Taliban have no reason to fight.

Colombia’s Former FARC Accept Responsibility For Kidnappings

Zoe Maven
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Colombia’s Former FARC Accept Responsibility For Kidnappings

Leaders from the now-demobilized FARC rebels on Friday accepted responsibility for tens of thousands of kidnappings during their group’s part in Colombia’s long internal conflict.

At least 13,000 members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were demobilized under a 2016 peace deal with the government with the group becoming a political party called Comunes.

Comunes official Carlos Antonio Lozada told a virtual news conference that FARC clearly assumes responsibility for kidnappings which took place and recognizes the suffering inflicted unjustifiably on victims.

Lozada who serves in the senate in a seat guaranteed by the peace deal, said Hostages suffered “precarious and difficult” conditions, and that some victims suffered sexual violence at the hands of FARC captors.

It was official FARC policy to take hostages in order to raise funds through ransom, pressure the government to conduct hostage exchanges, control territory and gain advantages by capturing security force members.

The comments came as the group turned in an official response to the JEP, which in January accused eight FARC leaders of responsibility for war crimes connected to kidnappings.

Under the accord, former rebels must provide information to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) tribunal about crimes committed during the conflict, including murders, kidnappings, sexual violence and forced evictions.

Former rebels who give full information about crimes to the tribunal may eventually face restrictions on their freedom for five to eight years.

Those who do not or who lie could be sentenced for up to 20 years in prison.

DR Congo Declares ‘State Of Siege’ Over Worsening Violence

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DR Congo Declares ‘State Of Siege’ Over Worsening Violence

The Democratic Republic of Congo has announced a “state of siege” late Friday in two provinces in the east of the country which have been sacked by violence from armed groups and civilian massacres.

Under DRC’s constitution, the president can declare either a state of emergency or a state of siege “if severe circumstances immediately threaten the independence or integrity of the national territory.

On Thursday, President Felix Tshisekedi said he was preparing “radical measures” to deal with the security situation in the east of the country.

That followed the prime minister suggesting on Monday that a state of emergency might be declared in the east, “replacing the civil administration with a military administration”.

In Paris on Tuesday, Tshisekedi asked France for help “eradicating” one of them, the Allied Democratic Forces, from the Beni region in North Kivu.

Branded a jihadist organisation by Tshisekedi and the United States, the ADF has killed more than 1,200 civilians in the Beni area alone since 2017, according to a monitor called the Kivu Security Tracker (KST).

The army has conducted operations against them in the region since October 2019, but has not been able to put a stop to the massacres of civilians.

An estimated 122 armed groups of varying sizes operate in mineral-rich eastern DRC, many a legacy of regional wars in the 1990s.

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