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Sep
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Auschwitz memorial director offers to share Nigerian boy’s blasphemy jail term

Auschwitz memorial director offers to share Nigerian boy’s blasphemy jail term

NEWS
THE head of Poland's Auschwitz Memorial has written to Nigeria's president offering to serve part of a 10-year jail term handed to a 13-year-old boy for blasphemy. Piotr Cywinski requested a pardon for Omar Farouq, who was accused of making blasphemous statements during an argument and sentenced by a sharia court in Nigeria's northern Kano state last month. If a pardon was not possible, Cywinski said he and 119 other volunteers would take on the boy's punishment and each spend a month in a Nigerian jail. As the director of a memorial to a place "where children were imprisoned and…
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Sep
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigeria’s Buhari calls electricity price rise, petrol deregulation crucial decisions

Nigeria’s Buhari calls electricity price rise, petrol deregulation crucial decisions

BUSINESS
NIGERIA'S increase in electricity prices and the deregulation of petroleum sector were crucial decisions taken at the start of the year, a statement by President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday. Multilateral lenders have for years urged Nigeria to remove costly fuel subsidies, change electricity tariffs which have held prices artificially low and end the country’s multiple exchange rate system. Last month sources said a much-needed $1.5 billion World Bank loan was held up due to concerns over such reforms. The government in March announced a new pricing mechanism that it said would maintain its control, but allow prices to move…
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Jul
20
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigerian official collapses during televised Niger Delta corruption hearing

Nigerian official collapses during televised Niger Delta corruption hearing

NEWS
CAMILLUS EBOH A Nigerian official collapsed during a televised parliamentary hearing held as part of an investigation into allegations of mismanagement at an organisation with a remit to foster economic development in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. Daniel Pondei, acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), was taken to hospital after slumping forward in his chair during the session, in which he gave evidence to the panel. Lawmakers in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, are investigating alleged corruption around procurement at the NDDC, a government body, over 20 years. The probe was ordered…
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Jul
19
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigerian Foreign Minister Onyeama tests positive for COVID-19

Nigerian Foreign Minister Onyeama tests positive for COVID-19

NEWS
NIGERIAN Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID-19 and became the first member of President Muhammadu Buhari's cabinet to contract the new coronavirus. Onyeama, 64, said on Twitter he had taken a COVID-19 test because of a throat irritation. "Did my fourth Covid-19 test yesterday at the first sign of a throat irritation and unfortunately this time it came back positive," he tweeted. "Heading for isolation in a health facility and praying for the best." Buhari's cabinet has been conducting executive council meetings virtually as part of measures to keep the government working while…
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