Day: November 9, 2021

Two leading international rights groups urged Sudan’s military in a joint statement Tuesday to release government officials, activists and others detained during the army’s coup last month. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International also appealed for an end to “further arbitrary arrests” and the crackdown that has been taking place on anti-coup protests. This was the first time the two groups issued a joint statement; they had each separately appealed on Sudan’s military to free those arrested during and after the coup. On October 25, the Sudanese military seized power, dissolving the countr… Continue reading “Rights groups urge Sudan army to free those detained in coup”

Business sentiment among workers with jobs sensitive to economic trends in Japan jumped in October to its highest level since January 2014 as the government lifted the state of emergency over the coronavirus and eateries and retailers began recovering from the pandemic fallout, official data showed Tuesday. The diffusion index of confidence measuring the current mood compared with three months earlier among “economy watchers,” such as taxi drivers and restaurant staff, climbed 13.4 points from September to 55.5, up for the second straight month, according to the Cabinet Office. The monthly imp… Continue reading “Japan Oct. economy watchers sentiment jumps to nearly 8-yr high”

Muazu Magaji Danbala was granted bail in the sum of N500 with two sureties in the same quantity by a Kano State magistrate’s court presided over by Senior Magistrate Aminu Gabari.Danbala was detained and charged with labeling Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and his two children “Kano thieves,” according to reports. The First Information Report alleged that the defendant on October 26, 2021, at about 1100hrs posted on Facebook the image and portrait of the governor of Kano State and his children Abdulaziz Ganduje and Balaraba Ganduje and boldly wrote on it ‘Barayin Kano’ However, the… Continue reading “Court admits man accused of calling Governor Ganduje and his sons “Kano thieves” to N500 bail”

The Nigerian Federal Government has disputed that the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State, South West Nigeria, is hazardous or’shaking.’ The news that the Bridge had ‘opened up’ and was’shaking’ went viral on social media. The bridge is safe to use, according to the Federal Ministry of Works’ Director of Press and Public Relations, Boade Akinola. The statement read in part, “The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Engineer Olukayode Popoola, has debunked insinuations making the rounds in the social media that the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos has “opened up” and “shaking” and, therefore, u… Continue reading “Third Mainland Bridge Not ‘Shaking’ — FG”

Kristine Joy Patag – Philstar.com November 9, 2021 | 2:32pm MANILA, Philippines — Three years since the Sandiganbayan’s guilty verdict on former Rep. Imelda Marcos (Ilocos Norte), a group of Martial Law victims appealed to Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo to “affirm” the graft conviction of the wife of the late dictator. Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) wrote to Gesmundo on Tuesday urging the chief justice to upheld the conviction of Marcos, noting that their inquiry on the appeal status in 2020 went without answer. They were referring to Marcos’ appeal to the SC to… Continue reading “3 years since graft conviction of Imelda Marcos, Martial Law victims appeal affirmation of verdict”

The Big Lie has made its way to DuPage County. An organization called Breakthrough Ideas claims voter fraud tainted the results of the November 2020 election in suburban DuPage County, a onetime Republican bastion that has increasingly leaned Democratic in recent years. Leading the group’s effort is former GOP state Rep. Jeanne Ives, who lost to Bruce Rauner in the 2018 Republican gubernatorial primary. She called her organization’s findings evidence of “outright negligence in assuring we have fair elections in DuPage County.” Those findings? Breakthrough Ideas cross-checked voter records with… Continue reading “Editorial: The Big Lie road show continues, with a new stop in Chicago’s suburbs”