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WORLD NEWS 12-09-2021

11 months ago Editor

SERAP CALLS PRESIDENT BUHARI TO END COMMUNICATIONS SHUTDOWN IN ZAMFARA, KATSINA.
SOUTH AFRICA VACCINATES CHILDREN
AFGHAN POLICE RESUME OFFICIAL DUTIES ALONGSIDE TALIBAN AT AIRPORT
ON SPORT FERGUSON REVEALS HOW HE BLOCKED RONALDO’S MOVE TO MAN CITY

SERAP/BUHARI

SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT, SERAP HAS URGED THE PRESIDENT, MUHAMMADU BUHARI TO REVERSE THE SUSPENSION OF INTERNET AND TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS IN ZAMFARA STATE, AND 13 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KATSINA STATE.

IN A STATEMENT ISSUED TO NEWSMEN BY ITS DEPUTY DIRECTOR, KOLAWOLE OLUWADARE FAULTED THE DECISION SAYING THE SUSPENSION IS A FORM OF COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT OF NIGERIANS RESIDENT IN THE STATES INVOLVED.

OLUWADARE WHO ADDED THAT THE ORGANIZATION WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF THE SUSPENSION OF INTERNET AND TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS IN THE STATES IS NOT REVERSED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS, BUT WARNED THAT SERAP WOULD TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTIONS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

IT WOULD BE RECALLED THAT THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS HAD BEEN ORDERED BY THE NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION NCC TO SUSPEND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS AS PART OF MEASURES TO CHECK-MATE BANDITRY IN THE AFFECTED AREAS.

ZAMFARA/BANDITS

ZAMFARA STATE GOVERNOR, BELLO MATAWALLE HAS VOWED TO CLAMP DOWN ON BANDITS TERRORIZING SOME PARTS OF THE STATE.

GOVERNOR BUNI MADE THE PLEGDE WHILE ADDRESSING A CONGREGATION IN GUSAU, THE STATE CAPITAL, SAYING HIS ADMINISTRATION WOULD NO LONGER GRANT AMNESTY TO BANDITS AS THEY HAVE FAILED TO EMBRACE THE PEACE INITIATIVE EARLIER EXTENDED TO THEM.

THE GOVERNOR WHO CALLED ON ALL RESIDENTS TO BE PATIENT AND TO SUPPORT NEW SECURITY MEASURES PUT IN PLACE TO FLUSH OUT BANDITS AND OTHER CRIMINAL ELEMENTS ACROSS THE STATE, THEREFORE WARNED POLITICIANS IN THE STATE AGAINST GIVING ANY FORM OF SUPPORT TO BANDITS, STRESSING THAT POLITICIANS SHOULD FEAR GOD AND STOP BUYING MOTORCYCLES TO DISTRIBUTE TO PEOPLE WHO, IN TURN, SELL TO BANDITS TO PERPETUATE THEIR EVIL ACTS.

SOUTH AFRICA/ BIOTECH

SOUTH AFRICA HAS STARTED VACCINATING CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AS PART OF THE GLOBAL PHASE THREE CLINICAL TRIALS OF BIOTECH COVID-19 VACCINE FOR PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN SIX MONTHS AND 17 YEARS OLD.

PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, GLENDA GRAY DISCLOSED THIS, IN A STATEMENT ISSUED TO NEWSMEN, REVEALING THAT THE FIRST CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICA WERE VACCINATED ON SEPTEMBER 10, ADDING THAT OTHERS WOULD GET SHOTS AT SIX DIFFERENT SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

IT WOULD BE NOTED THAT, THE COUNTRY AUTHORITY HAD EARLIER REVEALED PLAN NOT TO FORCE PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED, WHILE SOME COMPANIES HAVE ALREADY INDICATED THAT THEY WILL MAKE SHOTS COMPULSORY FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.

REPORT SAYS SOUTH AFRICA ACCOUNTS FOR MORE THAN 35 PERCENT OF COVID-19 INFECTIONS IN AFRICA, WITH 2.8 MILLION CONFIRMED CASES, INCLUDING OVER EIGHTY-FOUR THOUSAND DEATHS.

UNITED STATES/ ANNIVERSARY

THE UNITED STATES HAVE MARKED THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS WITH PLEAS FOR UNITY

THE MEMORIALS COME LESS THAN TWO WEEKS SINCE THE LAST AMERICAN SOLDIERS LEFT KABUL, ENDING THE SO-CALLED FOREVER WAR

IT WOULD BE RECALLED THAT ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, 19 MILITANTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISLAMIC EXTREMIST GROUP AL QAEDA HIJACKED FOUR AIRPLANES AND CARRIED OUT SUICIDE ATTACKS AGAINST TARGETS THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE IN UNITED STATES

REPORT SAYS SOME RELATIVES PRESENT AT THE MEMORIAL WIPED AWAY TEARS, WHILE THEIR VOICES BREAKING AS THEY READ OUT THE NAMES OF THE ALMOST THREE THOSAND PEOPLE KILLED IN THE ATTACKS.

NEW ZEALAND/VACINE

NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT HAS PURCHASED NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOSES OF PFIZER’S COVID-19 VACCINE IN DENMARK, AS THE COUNTRY GRAPPLES WITH A CLUSTER OF INFECTIONS IN ITS LARGEST CITY, AUCKLAND.

NEWZEALAND PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN REVEALED THIS IN STATEMENT ISSUED TO NEWSMEN, SAYING THAT THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN ENOUGH VACCINES IN THE COUNTRY TO IMMUNIZE AT THE WORLD’S HIGHEST RATES

THE PRIME MINISTER WHO PLEDGED THAT THE VACCINES WOULD ARRIVE WITHIN DAYS, THEREFORE ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS WHO ARE YET TO BE VACCINATED TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

FRANCE/TALIBAN

FRANCE AUTHORITY HAS DENIED HAVING ANY CORDIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TALIBANS NEWLY-FORMED GOVERNMENT

FRANCE FOREIGN MINISTER JEAN-YVES LE DRIAN, MADE THE ̀DENIAL DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH NEWSMEN BEFORE HEADING FOR TALKS IN QATAR TODAY TO DISCUSS FUTURE EVACUATIONS FROM AFGHANISTAN, CLAMMING THAT THE TALIBAN ARE LYING AND FRANCE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY RELATIONSHIP WITH ITS NEWLY-FORMED GOVERNMENT,

THE FOREIGN MINISTER FURTHER REVEALED THAT, PARIS HAS EVACUATED NOT LESS THAN THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE AND HAD HELD TECHNICAL TALKS WITH THE TALIBAN TO ENABLE THOSE DEPARTURES

AFGHAN/POLICE

AFGHAN POLICE AT KABUL AIRPORT HAVE RETURNED TO WORK MANNING CHECKPOINTS ALONGSIDE TALIBAN SECURITY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE ISLAMISTS SEIZED POWER.

AFGHANISTAN TOP OFFICER, WHO SPOKE ON CONDITION OF ANONYMITY DISCLOSED THIS TO NEWSMEN IN KABUL, SAYING THEY CAME BACK TO WORK ON SEPTEMBER 11 MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER BEING SENT HOME.

THE OFFICER ALSO REVEALED THAT, THE TALIBAN HAVE GRANTED A GENERAL AMNESTY TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED FOR THE FORMER GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE ARMY, POLICE AND OTHER SECURITY BRANCHES.

IT WOULD BE RECALLED THAT THE TALIBAN SWEPT INTO KABUL LAST MONTH OUSTING THE GOVERNMENT, WHILE THE SECURITY OPERATIVES ABANDONED THEIR POSTS, DUE TO FEARFOF WHAT THE ISLAMISTS WOULD DO.

SPORTS

FORMER MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, SIR ALEX FERGUSON, HAS CONFIRMED THAT HE BLOCKED CRISTIANO RONALDO FROM MAKING A POSSIBLE SWITCH TO MANCHESTER CITY FROM JUVETUS

FERGUSON MADE THIS KNOWN DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH NEWSMEN, SAYING COULD NOT IMAGINE THE 36-YEAR-OLD PLAYING FOR THEIR CITY RIVALS.

FERGUSON ADDED THAT HE PHONED RONALDO PERSONALLY TO PERSUADE HIM TO RETURN TO OLD TRAFFORD.

IT WOULD BE RECALLED THAT RONALDO SCORED BRACE AT OLD TRAFFORD, AS MANCHESTER UNITED DEFEATED NEWCASTLE 4-1, SEPTEMBER 11.