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http://ift.tt/2rDBGcW At least 4,000 Angolans marched through Luanda on Saturday to demand a fair election in August when President Jose Eduardo dos Santos is due to step down after 38 years in power. At least 4,000 Angolans marched through Luanda on Saturday to demand a fair election in August when President Jose Eduardo dos Santos is due to step down after 38 years in power. Protests are rarely allowed in Angola but Saturday’s event, which was organised by the UNITA opposition party, was authorised by the police. Dos Santos has ruled Angola since 1979, and his MPLA party is set to retain control at the election. “This protest is to denounce the vicious system of fraud perpetuated in recruiting the same companies that participated in manipulating elections of 2008 and 2012,” UNITA leader Isaias Samakuva told the crowd. Protesters, who were closely monitored by a heavy police presence, chanted slogans against dos Santos and against the two companies that have been contract...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of five men in prison custody for alleged trafficking in 22.170 kg of Indian hemp. The names of the accused are; Femi Babatunde, also known as Scorpion, Dele Akanmu, Biodun Asogba, Afeez Akeem and Ibrahim Mohammed, all adults. Abdulmaleek separately adjourned the cases till June 7 for presentation of facts against the accused persons. Mr Raphael Himinkaiye, counsel to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Oyo State Command, said the accused persons were arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on unlawful dealing in Indian Hemp. Himinkaiye said that Babatunde, Akanmu, Asogban, Akeem and Mohammed separately committed the crime between March 30 and April 27 at different places in Oyo State. According to the prosecutor, the accused persons deal in 22.170 kg of Indian hemp. He stated that the offence contravened Section 11 (C ) of the NDLEA Act, Cap N30, Law ...

http://ift.tt/2oT1EZm Ali Modu Sheriff, has condemned the directive to state chapters to choose platforms for members contesting imminent elections across the country. National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, has condemned the directive to state chapters to choose platforms for members contesting imminent elections across the country. National Caretaker Committee of the party had in a statement on Tuesday said that states’ chapters of PDP were free to cosider platforms appropriate for members to contest pending elections “in the meantime’’. A statement issued by the committee’s Publicity Secretary, Mr Dayo Adeyeye, explained that the decision was to avoid a repeat of Edo and Ondo gubernatorial polls experience to the party. It said that Sheriff and his co-travellers scuttled the chances of PDP members in elections in both states by fielding separate candidates for the party. It stated that it was to avoid a repeat of such scenario that it...

http://ift.tt/2qsILdx "I call on Poland and Hungary who have not relocated a single person… to start doing so right now," EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos told reporters in Strasbourg, France. / AFP PHOTO / Justin TALLIS The European Union on Tuesday set a June deadline for Poland and Hungary to start admitting their share of migrants from overstretched Italy and Greece or risk sanctions. Eastern European countries like Hungary and Poland have opposed an EU plan adopted in 2015 to take in 160,000 Syrian, Eritrean and Iraq asylum seekers from Greece and Italy. “I call on Poland and Hungary who have not relocated a single person… to start doing so right now,” EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos told reporters in Strasbourg, France. “If no action is taken by them before (our) next report in June, the Commission will not hesitate to make use of its powers under the treaties and to open infringement procedures,” he said. Avramopoulos said a ...

http://ift.tt/2qgEXvP French newly elected president Emmanuel Macron (C) shakes hands as he leaves after an information day for La Republique En Marche party candidates for the upcoming legislative elections at the entrance of the Quai Branly museum on May 13, 2017 in Paris. The two-round parliamentary elections wil take place in France on June 11 and June 18.<br />CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP French president-elect Emmanuel Macron met party supporters Saturday on the eve of his inauguration and told candidates contesting key parliamentary elections next month that they had an “immense responsibility”. The 39-year-old, who beat far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in a second round vote last week, was received “triumphantly” according to tweets by those attending the meeting. “You are the new faces of French politics,” they quoted him as saying. “You have an immense responsibility.” Macron has promised to refresh France’s parliament and his party — La Republique En Marche (RE...

http://ift.tt/2rc6g9M Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has described late Dr Barnabas Oloruntoba as a great Nigerian who should be celebrated for serving the country well. Osinbajo spoke to newsmen on Saturday in Ilorin, after the burial of late Oloruntoba; father-in-law to former Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina. “I am very excited to be here. I am more excited because we are here to celebrate a great Nigerian, and not only a great Nigerian, but a child of God. “When we look at how and what people have said about papa, you will be forced to agree that we need to celebrate him. “He served the country well and rose to the highest position of his career and was honoured by the nation, among the 100 most significant people in our centenary celebration,” the VP added. According to Osinbajo, because of his meritorious service to the country, Pa Oloruntoba was honoured with Officer of Federal Republic of Nigeria (OFR). In his own re...

http://ift.tt/2qgCSQE Efe receiving blessings from the Orodje of Okpe Kingdom, Chief Felix Mujakperuo. PHOTO: NAN Efe Ejeba, Winner of the 2017 Big Brother Naija reality show has assured fans that the video of his recently released song titled; “Based on Logistics“ would be out soon. Efe gave the assurance while reacting to question by one of his numerous fans on his twitter; handle KING’LYKS@comeradekingsk who asked about the release of the video. “Thank you @EfeMoney n @Duktorsett for the #basedonlogistics #Hitsong . na my ringtone bdat. Drop d video man. The song is fire #jostified’’ Efe replied on his twitter handle @EfeMoney, Video dey cm…tanx a lot’’. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 23 year old rapper and graduate of University of Jos, released an Extended Play (EP) titled “Lagos’’ before going into the Big Brother reality TV show. Efe has been enjoying his celebrity status since the win with some endorsements and appearances. He was appointed Ambassa...