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http://ift.tt/2sH8L5R Afghan protesters shout anti-government slogans during a protest against the government following a catastrophic truck bomb attack near Zanbaq Square in Kabul on June 2, 2017. Afghan police June 2 fired live rounds to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing protesters seeking to march on the presidential palace to demand the government's resignation following a catastrophic truck bombing that killed 90 people and wounded hundreds. / AFP PHOTO / WAKIL KOHSAR Afghan authorities warned anti-government protesters of legal action Thursday as demonstrators set up new sit-in camps around Kabul, raising security alarms after a week of deadly bombings and street clashes. Tensions have been high in Kabul since a truck bomb last Wednesday killed more than 150 people and wounded hundreds in the fortified diplomatic quarter, the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital since 2001. Protesters enraged by spiralling insecurity have established sit-in camps in at least six loc...

http://ift.tt/2ovkt3I FRSC Boss, Boboye Oyeyemi. The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has approved the redeployment of 71 senior officers nationwide for enhanced performance. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the redeployment, aimed at repositioning the commission, affected three zonal commanding officers alongside several sector commanders. Mr Ayodele Kumapayi, the former Sector Commander in Rivers, who was recalled recently for forcibly cutting the hair of some female personnel, is now the Head of Corps Safety and Transport Office at the national headquarters, Abuja. He was replaced by Corps Commander Imoh Etuk, who was formally the Corps Public Education Officer at the headquarters. In the redeployment released by FRSC Secretary, Susan Ajenge, Kingsley Agomo, the former Zonal Commanding Officer of Zone 7, Abuja, was moved to Zone 6, Port Harcourt. Jonas Agwu, who was in charge of Zone 6, Port Harcourt, was redeployed ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The world is turning a blind eye to millions of Africans who have fled their homes due to conflict, a Norwegian charity group said Thursday, warning the victims are increasingly vulnerable to crisis. The strife-torn Central African Republic (CAR) topped the Norwegian Refugee Council’s 2016 list released Thursday of the 10 most neglected countries suffering displacement crises, followed by the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, South Sudan and Nigeria. More than 12 million people have been forced from their homes in these countries combined, according to NRC figures. Each year, the council presents a list of the most ignored crises. “The fact that most of these people do not turn up at our doorsteps, gives us no right to close our eyes to their suffering and does not remove our responsibility to assist,” the council’s Secretary General Jan Egeland said in a statement. “Many of the displaced people have fled their homes multiple times, and each time they get i...

http://ift.tt/2q2EEYx Zawaira said most recent data from the organisation showed that only 13 per cent of these adolescent girls, and nine per cent of adolescent boys had been tested for HIV in the past 12 months in the region. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says girls account for nearly 80 per cent of new HIV infections in Sub-Saharan Africa.Dr Felicitas Zawaira, the Director, Family and Reproductive Health Cluster, WHO Regional Office for Africa, said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. Zawaira said most recent data from the organisation showed that only 13 per cent of these adolescent girls, and nine per cent of adolescent boys had been tested for HIV in the past 12 months in the region. She said adolescents in the African region represented approximately 23 per cent of the population with several specific needs when it comes to their health. Zuwaira said in spite of their large numbers, very few African governments had put in place specific plans and pol...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Adamawa Government says it has resuscitate four skills acquisition centres in the state for the training of youths under its renewed wealth creation programme. The Coordinator of the State Poverty and Wealth Creation Programme, Malam Ayuba Dauda, made this known on Wednesday in an interview with journalists in Yola. Dauda said that two of the centres were in the Central Senatorial zone because of its population while the North and South senatorial zones had one centre each. Dauda also said the organisation had in collaboration with Industrial Training Fund (ITF) trained 500 youths in various skills. He also said that the state government was collaborating with UNDP in the training of 149 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. “Our skills acquisition centres are one of the best, if not the best in the country. “Apart from UNDP, other national organisations are in touch with us to use the centres in empowering returnee internally dis...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has conducted Computer Based Test (CBT) for 1,144,198 candidates since the test began on Saturday. JAMB’s Head of Information and Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, told newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja that results were being released within 24 hours of completion of the test. CBT is the mode JAMB is conducting its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). A total 1,736,571 candidates registered for the 2017 UTME taking place in 642 centres in the country. Benjamin advised candidates to check their results in their electronic mail boxes or JAMB portal. “We have sent results to the candidates’ respective e-mail boxes. “If it is not there, they should check on the portal. “Saturday and Monday examination results are out, and we are already processing those of Tuesday, May 16,’’ Benjamin said. The spokesman said that the breakdown of the results would be published after the last set of candidates wou...

http://ift.tt/2qrJtI0 PHOTO:AFP Iraqi forces have recaptured nearly 90 percent of west Mosul from the Islamic State group and jihadists in the city are on the “brink of total defeat,” military spokesmen said Tuesday. Iraqi forces launched the massive operation to retake Mosul from IS nearly seven months ago, fighting their way to the jihadist-held city, retaking its eastern side and then attacking the west. Brigadier General Yahya Rasool, spokesman for Iraq’s Joint Operations Command, told a news conference in Baghdad that IS now controls just over 10 percent of west Mosul. Colonel John Dorrian, the spokesman for the US-led international coalition against IS, said that the end was near for jihadists in the city. “The enemy is completely surrounded,” Dorrian told the news conference. “The enemy is on the brink of total defeat in Mosul.” The drive to retake Mosul has been supported by a campaign of coalition air strikes in and around the city. “More than 300 vehicle-borne ...

http://ift.tt/2qj4KFP A pro-remain protester holds up an EU flag with one of the stars symbolically cut out in front of the Houses of Parliament shortly after British Prime Minister Theresa May announced to the House of Commons that Article 50 had been triggered in London on March 29, 2017. Prime Minister Theresa May today said there could be "no turning back" and called for national unity, after notifying the EU of Britain's intention to end its 44-year membership of the bloc. / AFP PHOTO / OLI SCARFF Britain’s vote to leave the EU has sparked a debate after Irish nationalists called for a referendum on reunification less than two decades after Northern Ireland’s historic peace deal. After last June’s Brexit referendum outcome, Irish nationalists instantly began clamouring for a so-called border poll to allow people in Northern Ireland to vote on Irish reunification. When Britain leaves the European Union its only land border with the bloc will be between Northern ...