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WORLD NEWS 18-06-2021

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NORTH KOREA/DIALODUE

NORTH KOREAN LEADER, KIM JONG UN HAS REVEALED THAT HIS COUNTRY NEED TO PREPARE FOR BOTH DIALOGUE AND CONFRONTATION WITH THE UNITED STATES UNDER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.

PRESIDENT KIM MADE THE REVELATION AT A PLENARY MEETING OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE GOVERNING WORKERS’ PARTY OF KOREA, OUTLINING HIS STRATEGY FOR RELATIONS WITH WASHINGTON, AND THE POLICY TENDENCY OF THE NEWLY EMERGED US ADMINISTRATION.

THE PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS MARK THE FIRST TIME KIM HAS MADE A REFERENCE TO THE COUNTRY’S POLICY TOWARDS THE U.S SINCE THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT BIDEN.

PRESIDENT KIM THEREFORE STRESSED THE NEED TO GET PREPARED FOR BOTH DIALOGUE AND CONFRONTATION IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE DIGNITY OF THE STATE AND RELIABLY GUARANTEE A PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT.

INDONESIA/COVID

HEALTH OFFICIALS IN INDONESIA HAVE BLAMED THE EMERGENCE OF THE DELTA VARIANT FIRST DETECTED IN INDIA FOR A MASSIVE SURGE IN COVID-19 THAT HAS SEEN THE NUMBER OF DAILY NEW CASES MORE THAN TRIPLE IN RECENT WEEKS.

THE COUNTRY’S HEALTH MINISTER, BUDI SADIKIN MADE THIS KNOWN DURING A SEMINAR, ADMITTING THAT THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS VARIANT IS VERY FAST.

ACCORDING TO HIM, THE SURGE WAS AS A RESULT OF TRAVEL AT THE END OF THE MONTH OF RAMADAN WHEN MANY PEOPLE IGNORED A TRAVEL BAN TO VISIT THEIR HOMETOWNS.

IT WOULD BE NOTED THAT THE HEALTH AUTHORITIES REPORTED 12,624 CASES, THE HIGHEST DAILY RISE SINCE FEBRUARY BRINGING INDONESIA’S TOTAL CASES TO NEARLY TWO MILLION.

COVID/DISPLACE

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE FORCIBLY DISPLACED HAS REACHED A NEW HIGH BY THE END OF 2020, AS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AGGRAVATE SOME PRE-EXISTING DRIVERS.

REPORT HAS IT THAT THE UNITED NATIONS REFUGEE AGENCY, UNHCR REVEALED THAT 82.4 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE HAVE BEEN FORCIBLY DISPLACED AT THE END OF 2020, THE HIGHEST NUMBER ON RECORD, AS THE FIGURE STOOD AT 41 MILLION IN 2012, WHILE, IT REACHED 79.5 MILLION IN 2019

ACCORDING TO REPORT, THE DYNAMICS OF POVERTY, FOOD INSECURITY, CLIMATE CHANGE, CONFLICT AND DISPLACEMENT HAVE DRIVEN MORE PEOPLE TO SEARCH FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY.

SIMILARLY, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD BANK,THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PUSHED INTO EXTREME POVERTY DUE TO COVID-19 HAVE ALSO RISEN TO AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL BETWEEN 119 MILLION AND 124 MILLION IN 2020.

IRAN/POLL

IRAN’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HAS OPENED AMID CONCERNS OF A LOW TURNOUT WITH THE CONSERVATIVE HEAD OF THE JUDICIARY, EBRAHIM RAISI, WIDELY SEEN AS THE FRONTRUNNER.

REPORT MADE IT KNOWN THAT NEARLY 60 MILLION ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN IRAN WILL DECIDE THE FATE OF FOUR CANDIDATES IN THE FRAY TO SUCCEED PRESIDENT HASSAN ROUHANI AS A PANEL UNDER SUPREME LEADER, ALI KHAMENEI BARRED HUNDREDS OF CANDIDATES, INCLUDING REFORMISTS AND THOSE ALIGNED WITH ROUHANI.

MEANWHILE, POLLS HAVE OPENED AT 7AM LOCAL TIME AND IS EXPECTED TO CLOSE AT 7:30PM, BUT CAN BE EXTENDED FOR TWO HOUR AS THE RESULTS ARE EXPECTED AROUND MIDDAY TOMORROW, JUNE 19, 2021.

UN/VOTE

THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL VOTE TODAY, JUNE 18 ON A NON-BINDING RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE MILITARY REGIME IN MYANMAR, CALLING ON MEMBER STATES TO CURB THE FLOW OF ARMS INTO THE VIOLENCE WRACKED COUNTRY.

MYANMAR’S ENVOY TO THE WORLD BODY, KYAW MOE TUN IN A RECENT LETTER TO THE UNITED NATIONS, CALLED FOR EFFECTIVE COLLECTIVE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN AGAINST THE MILITARY AMID A DEADLY MONTHS-LONG CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT THAT HAS LEFT MORE THAN 860 DEAD.

THE VOTE WILL COME ON THE SAME DAY THAT THE SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS INFORMAL TALKS ON THE SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY, WHERE THE MILITARY OVERTHREW ELECTED CIVILIAN LEADER AUNG SAN SUU KYI AND SEIZED POWER ON FEBRUARY 1.

MEANWHILE, RIGHTS GROUPS AND MYANMAR OPPOSITION HAVE CRITICISED THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR GIVING LEGITIMACY TO MYANMAR’S COUP BY MEETING THE MILITARY OFFICIALS.

BAWA/CORRUPTION

THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS, AYUBA WABBA HAS DECRIED THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CORRUPTION IN DIFFERENT VITAL SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY, ESPECIALLY THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR.

COMRADE WABBA MADE HIS OBSERVATIONS KNOWN IN ABUJA, WHEN THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF GENERAL AND PRIVATE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS OF NIGERIA, AGPMPN, LED BY ITS PRESIDENT, DR. IYKE ODO, PAID HIM A COURTESY VISIT.

ACCORDING TO HIM, THE NLC IS NOT JUST ABOUT FIGHTING FOR WORKERS’ WELFARE, BUT FOR QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR THE PEOPLE, LAMENTING THAT CORRUPTION HAS HINDERED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY IN NIGERIA.

WABBA ADDED THAT THE HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME, NHS, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN OF GREAT HELP IN HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM HAS REMAINED AN UGLY TALE AS NOT MUCH HAS HAPPENED WITH THE SCHEME IN NIGERIA.

WHILE REACTING, DR ODO EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR HAD, DETERMINED AND INFORMED LABOUR LEADERSHIP TO HAVE EXPOSED THE STORMS OF OUR SYSTEM.

WHO/SUICIDE

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION, W.H.O HAS RAISED ALARM OVER SUICIDE THAT IS A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH WORLDWIDE.

W.H.O DIRECTOR-GENERAL, TEDROS GHEBREYESUS, RAISED THE ALARM IN A STATEMENT, SAYING SUICIDE CANNOT AND MUST NOT BE IGNORED, EMPHASISING THAT THE HEALTH AGENCY HAVE OBSERVED THAT SOME COUNTRIES HAVE MADE SUICIDE PREVENTION HIGH A PRIORITY WHILE MANY OTHERS REMAIN UNCOMMITTED.

GHEBREYESUS SAID THE BODY’S ATTENTION TO SUICIDE PREVENTION IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW DUE TO EFFECTS OF COVID-19 INCLUDING JOB LOSS, FINANCIAL STRESS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION.

IT WOULD BE NOTED THAT SUICIDE WORLDWIDE 2019, REVEALED THAT MORE PEOPLE DIE YEARLY AS A RESULT OF SUICIDE THAN HIV, MALARIA OR BREAST CANCER, WAR AND MURDER.

AKINTOYE/OODUA

THE LEADER OF YORUBA SELF-DETERMINATION MOVEMENT, ILANA OMO OODUA, PROF. BANJI AKINTOYE SAYS NIGERIAN AUTHORITIES CANNOT STOP THE ADVOCATES OF YORUBA NATION AND OTHER SECESSIONISTS.

PROF AKINTOYE STATED THIS IN A STATEMENT, SAYING THE UNITED NATIONS CONSTITUTION AS WELL AS VARIOUS UN AND AFRICAN UNION CONVENTIONS AGREE THAT EVERY NATIONALITY HAS THE RIGHT OF SOVEREIGNTY.

HE REMINDED THE GOVERNMENT THAT NIGERIA IS A SIGNATORY TO THE LAWS AND ADVISED THE AUTHORITIES TO COMMENCE NEGOTIATIONS ON HOW THOSE WILLING TO EXIT THE COUNTRY CAN DO SO PEACEFULLY.

THE ELDER STATESMAN, WHO SUGGESTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CALL FOR DIALOGUE ON HOW TO PEACEFULLY DISSOLVE ISSUES OVER THE AMALGAMATION OF 1914 OF SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN NIGERIA INSTEAD OF THREATS.

GOC/SOKOTO

THE NEW GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, GOC, 8TH DIVISION NIGERIA ARMY HEADQUARTERS, SOKOTO, MAJOR GENERAL USMAN YUSUF, HAS CONDEMNED THE ATTITUDE OF LOCAL COLLABORATORS WHO AID SUSPECTED BANDITS IN SABOTAGING THE EFFORTS OF NIGERIA ARMY FORCES COMBATTING BANDITRY IN THE NORTH WEST.

THE ARMY CHIEF DISCLOSED THIS IN SOKOTO DURING A COURTESY CALL ON STATE GOVERNOR AMINU TAMBUWAL AT THE STATE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, APPEALING TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO ENGAGE THE CITIZENS ON THE NEED TO COLLABORATE AND SUPPORT THE OPERATION OF THE NIGERIA ARMY TO END BANDITRY AND OTHER CRIMINALITY IN THE NORTH WEST REGION.

THE GOC WHO ALSO DOUBLES AS THE FORCE COMMANDER, JOINT TASKFORCE, NORTHWEST, OPERATION HADARIN DAJI HOWEVER HINTED THAT THE ARMY HEADQUARTERS IS SUPPLYING SOPHISTICAL EQUIPMENT TO FIGHT INSURGENCY TO THE FINISH.

NEMA/EXPLOSION

NO FEWER THAN THREE PERSONS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED KILLED IN A GAS TANKER EXPLOSION IN THE IKEJA AREA OF LAGOS STATE.

A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, NEMA, IBRAHIM FARINLOYE, DISCLOSED THIS IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH NEWSMEN WHILE GIVING AN UPDATE ON THE INCIDENT.

FARINLOYE HINTED THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THURSDAY NIGHT AFTER A LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS, LPG TANKER EXPLODED AT MOBOLAJI BANK ANTHONY WAY, AFFECTING A PLAZA HOUSING DOZENS OF ORGANISATIONS, ADDING THAT THE EXPLOSION THREW THE ENVIRONMENT INTO PANIC.

FARINLOYE HOWEVER NOTED THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, HAKEEM ODUMOSU, HAD LED A TEAM OF POLICEMEN TO THE SCENE TODAY IN A BID TO RESTORE NORMALCY IN THE AREA.

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