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COdeGenesis:
Seee Nigeria small ship..... This country has gone to the dogs

Anambra Governorship poll: PDP appoints Ekwunife as Campaign DG

August 9, 2021

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday appointed Sen. Uche Ekwunife, representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, as the director-general of its campaign for Anambra governorship election.

The Governor of Adamawa state, Mr Ahmadu Fintiri, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Abuja after the party leadership meeting held at the Abuja residence of the party National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus.

Fintiri said that the decision was reached at the meeting held with governors, members of the National Working Committee and some of the aspirants who participated in the election.

Fintiri expressed satisfaction with the preparation being made for the election and the reconciliation of all aspirants for the election.

“We carried out the directives of our governors and reconciled all the aggrieved aspirants and it was unanimously agreed that Ekwunife be appointed the campaign director and she is so appointed.

“With her appointment, the campaigns for PDP recapturing Anambra will soon kick off. All aspirants have been reconciled.

“Anambra state belongs to the PDP and this will be confirmed at the Nov. 6 governorship election,” he said.

In his remarks, PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche, Secondus expressed hope that come Nov. 6, the PDP would be would win the state election.

Secondus tasked all aspirants to forget the past and be united for the interest of the party.

Accepting the appointment, Ekwunife pledged her readiness to work together with all stakeholders to attain victory for the PDP.

She also promised to leverage on her vast political network in campaign for the party to win the election.

The PDP candidate for the State governorship election, Mr Valentine Ozigbo, said with the reconciliation, the PDP was set to take over Anambra.

Ozigbo said that with two senators and virtually all members of the State House of Assembly produced by PDP, the party would reclaim the Anambra.

ANAMBRA DECIDES: Uzodimma, Umahi, Sanwo-Olu, others lead APC campaign council for Andy Uba


August 11, 2021

By Clifford Ndujihe

TO ensure its candidate, Senator Andy Uba wins the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has raised a strong national campaign council led by Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma.

The National Chairman of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, Mai Mala Buni, approved the campaign council, which will be inaugurated on August 17.

Ebonyi State Governor, Engr Dave Umahi, is deputy chairman; Timi Sylva, election sub-committee chairman; High Chief Ikechi Emenike, Chairman, Strategy sub-committee; Chairman, Security sub-committee, Governor Yahaya Bello, and Chief Paul Chukwuma, Director-General.

The council also has Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos (Finance sub-committee chairman), Governor Abubakar Badaru (special interventions chairman), Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, Deputy House of Representatives Speaker Idris Wase as members.

There are also Governors Kayode Fayemi, Atiku Bagudu, Umar Ganduje , Abdurahman Abdulrazaq, Dapo Abiodun, Babagana Umaru Zulum, Nasir El Rufai, Aminu Masari, Abdullahi Sule, Abubakar Sani Bello, Rotimi Akeredolu, Simon Bako Lalong, Ben Ayade, Bello Matawalle, Muhammed Inuwa Yahaya, Gboyega Oyetola, and Bindo Jibrilla.

In the council are Mallam Abubakar Malami, SAN, Rotimi Amechi, former Governors Sulivan Chime, Akinwumi Ambode, Christopher Alao-Akala, Gbenga Daniel, Babatunde Raji Fashola, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, and George Akume, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, Ahmed Ibeto, Senator Lawal Gumau, Senator Magnus Abe, Senator Jibrin Wowo, and Senator Nelson Efiong.

Other members of the council include: Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, Senator Barau Jibrin, Senator Gaya Ibrahim Kabiru, Senator Boroffice Robert Ajayi, Senator Folarin Teslim Kolawole, Senator Emma Anosike, Senator Wilson Ake, Senator John Enoh, Senator Iyiola Omisore, Senator Abubakar Gada;

Senator Margery Okadigbo, Patricia Etteh, Nkiru Onyejiocha, Isreal Sunny Goli, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Dr. Tony Nwoye, Emma Enukwu, Mazi Enyinnaya Harbor, Dimeji Bankole, Mallam Adamu Adamu, Mallam Mohammed Maigari, Gen. Bashir Salihi Magashi, Major Gen. Ogbonna Okoro, and Faruk Umar.

The rest are Yakubu Murtala Ajaka, Professor Al-Mustapha Ussiju Medaner, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Dr. Aliyu Ibrahim, Engr. Greg Madu, Mohammed Sally, Pastor Ize-Iyamu, Ekenyem Nwafor Orizu, Mrs Juliet Ibekaku Nwagwu;

Comrade Osita Okechukwu, Senator Osita Izunaso, F.N Nwosu, Amb. Elijah Igbakiba, Muktar Bajeh, Chief Emeka Ngige, SAN, Chief Niyi Akintola, SAN, Chikaosolu Ojukwu, Yemi Pitan, Sulaiman Bakari, Yusuf Ali, Chief Ogochukwu Ogo-Uzodike, Dr. Amobi Nwokafor, Idaomi Marie Olabisi, Mr. Ben Akabueze, and Richard Clark among others.

Also included are all serving and former ministers from the South-East zone, National Assembly members from the zone, former governors from the zone, serving and former state lawmakers from the zone, former and serving NWC members from the zone, and all Federal Government appointees from the zone who are members of the APC.

#USNavy's USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Conducts Maneuvering Exercise, UAV Demonstration with Nigerian Navy.

Nigerian Navy SBS conducting joint VBSS exercise on board expeditionary Sea base USS Hershel Williams

Gulf of Guinea Partners Complete Maritime Security Exercise

By U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa / U.S. Sixth Fleet Public Affairs

Aug. 11, 2021


GULF OF GUINEA –

The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) conducted a combined maritime security capabilities exercise with the Nigerian Navy, the Spanish Navy, and members of Ghana’s Special Boat Squadron (SBS), Aug. 11, 2021.

The combined exercise consisted of maritime interdiction operations, Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) scenarios, fleet maneuvering, and helicopter insertion and casualty evacuations. Alongside Hershel “Woody” Williams, participating ships included Nigerian Navy ships NNS Prosperity, NNS Nguru, NNS Ekulu, NNS Osun, NNS Ose, and the Spanish Navy ship SPS Vigia, as well as the Nigerian Navy’s Regional Maritime Awareness Center at Western Naval Command.

“These maritime training operations required the collaboration of not one, but three countries’ navies, all working together simultaneously,” Capt. Chad Graham, commanding officer, USS Hershel “Woody” Williams, said. “Collaborative operations like this offer invaluable experience for my crew in the present, but they also allow us to be more efficient and capable in future operations with our partners in the region.”

This exercise follows the two-day maritime planning event held with leaders from the Nigerian Navy. During their port visit, the crew also participated in community relations activities including a basketball game, ship tours and painting at the Lagos State Model Nursery and Primary School. Nigeria maintains the largest navy in the Gulf of Guinea region and is critical to security and stability in Africa.

The U.S. Navy routinely trains with allied and partner nations to enhance maritime capabilities and interoperability by establishing communication and safety standards that strengthen regional maritime security.

“The exercises we conducted this week show our commitment to the mutual goal of countering maritime crimes in the Gulf of Guinea, and how we can work together to achieve it,” Graham said.

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams is the first warship permanently assigned to the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. The U.S. shares a common interest with African partner nations in ensuring security, safety, and freedom of navigation on the waters surrounding the continent, because these waters are critical for Africa’s prosperity and access to global markets.

For over 70 years, U.S. Sixth Fleet forces have forged strategic relationships with our allies and partners and solidified a foundation of shared values, experiences, and vision aimed at preserving security and stability.

The ESB ship class is a highly flexible platform that may be used across a broad range of military operations. Acting as a mobile sea base, they are part of the critical access infrastructure that supports the deployment of forces and supplies to support missions assigned.

U.S. Sixth Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa.

Patrioticman007:
Rebellion is frowned upon in Africa. Let the English speaking Cameroonians join Nigeria for their own prosperity, like the Adamawa people did in 1960's.

naptu2:
They've been agitating that they want to be reintegrated with Nigeria for a long time. Some of them were at the Nigeria vs Cameroon match in Uyo to support the Super Eagles (I'll post the picture in a minute).

Kamerun was initially colonised by the Germans. It was seized from Germany after World War 1 and divided between Britain and France.

Remember that part of Cameroon was governed together with Nigeria by the British and they left after a referendum in 1961. They say that referendum was a mistake and that they are being marginalised by French speaking Cameroon.

English speaking Cameroon has been off the internet for almost a year. The government does not want them to share pictures of riots and brutality online.

It's quite possible that they were actually arrested by the SSS. It has always been the case that the security services do not like foreigners who live in Nigeria interfering in the politics of their home country, especially when such interferance could lead to instability. They usually arrest such people and get them to agree that they won't engage in political activities while they are in Nigeria.

Patrioticman007:
Rebellion is frowned upon in Africa. Let the English speaking Cameroonians join Nigeria for their own prosperity, like the Adamawa people did in 1960's.

#FreeRebecca: Influential African tech leader to appear in court after detention in Cameroon

Michael Ajifowoke
12th August 2021


Rebecca Enonchong, one of Africa’s most prominent tech entrepreneurs, is reportedly set to appear before a court in her home country, Cameroon, on Thursday after she was arrested on Tuesday, August 10.

This is according to Edith Kah Walla, the leader of the Cameroon People’s Party (CPP).

Walla had earlier revealed in a series of tweets that the Cameroonian entrepreneur had been arrested and was being held at the Gendarmerie Legion (a police station) in Douala, apparently by government order and without any arrest warrant.

According to Walla, the United States-based Enonchong was called to the Gendarmerie for a case involving her family.

While meeting with the Attorney General (Procureur Général), she reportedly asked that her cases be handled by one investigator rather than two. The request was considered an “outrage à magistrat” (contempt of court) by the AG, who ordered her immediate arrest.


Enonchong remains in police custody and has been scheduled to appear at the Bonanjo Court of First Instance, Douala, on Thursday morning.

Outpouring of support

There’s been a flux of support at home and abroad for the Cameroonian entrepreneur since reports of the arrest – which has been described as unlawful, illegal, and an abuse of power – surfaced.

Enonchong’s detention has sparked outrage online with many individuals and organisations calling on the government to restore her freedom, in a country where such arbitrary detentions aren’t uncommon.

The hashtag #FreeRebecca has gone viral on social media and an initiative, FreeRebecca.com has been launched to protest against the arrest.

A statement issued by the African Business Angels Network (ABAN) described the action of the Cameroonian government as “highly irresponsible.” The network of early-stage startup investors was co-founded by Enonchong, who serves as a Board Member and Trustee of the organisation.

Who is Rebecca Enonchong?

The 54-year-old Enonchong is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of AppsTech, a global provider of enterprise software solutions, which she launched in 1999.

Enonchong is also the co-founder of I/O Spaces, ABAN, and Cameroon Angels Network. She sits on the boards of many corporations including AfriLabs Foundation, ActivSpaces, Digital Africa, WHO Foundation, Eneza Education, Suguba, Djibouti Telecom, US Exim SAAC, and the UNECA Center for Digital Excellence.

Enonchong is an advisor to Venture Capital for Africa (VC4Africa), the largest online community dedicated to entrepreneurs and investors building African companies.

In 2017, she was named as one of the 100 Most Influential Africans in Science, Tech & Innovation by the New African Magazine and Jeune Afrique’s 50 Most Influential Africans. Four years earlier, Enonchong was recognised as a finalist for the African digital woman award.

She has been listed by Forbes as one of the “10 Female Tech Founders to Watch in Africa”, in addition to winning World Bank and the World Economic Forum awards.

Outside of her work in tech, Enonchong has been an advocate for progressive policies and better governance in Cameroon.

Many believe that the arrest could be down to her frequent criticism of the oppressive administration of Paul Biya, which has held power since 1982.

FarahAideed:
I have long preached for the building of a this coastal road to ease of traffic from Lekki epe but I can see the Lagos govt is taking the wrong direction ...this coastal road should have started from The Abraham Adesanya Ogombo end of Lagos and hug the Atlantic coast to burst out at the water corporation end of Lagos instead of this approach that starts at VGC to burst out on tiny Freedom way inside Lekki Phase 1 ..this will put to much pressure on the limited trunk C roads inside the residential estate and cause mad traffic withing that estate

Drsnives:
Which village? Most of them are from there, their inheritance has been forcfully taken away from them without any compensation

LEKKI COASTAL ROAD: LAGOS TASK FORCE TO PROSECUTE 30 SQUATTERS

… Impounds 57 Commercial Motorcycles At Costain, CMS, Others

The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) has said it would prosecute 30 persons arrested on Wednesday for rebuilding kiosks and shanties at Marwa Ghetto, few days after the area was cleared to serve as an alternate road to Lekki-Epe Expressway.

According to the Chairman, Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye, the 30 persons were arrested when he led a team to inspect the stretch of road, which the Agency had cleared a few days ago for motorists to use in order to decongest Lekki-Epe Expressway.

He explained that the trespassers had regrouped and rebuilt the shanties removed by the operatives of the agency on the road, expressing surprise at the brazen action of the squatters.

While expressing shock at the level of impunity displayed by the illegal occupiers, Jejeloye maintained that the Government would prosecute the arrested culprits to serve as a deterrent to others, pointing out that the shanties were built on a strategic road that serves as an alternative route to Lekki-Epe Expressway, which also leads to Lekki Free Trade Zone.

In his words: “Government has been very lenient with them. We were here some days before notices were served to them to explain that need to move away from the road. Days after that, we were here to serve them a three-day removal notice. We came back on the fifth day to remove all the shanties”.

“But, here we are again, they have regrouped and rebuilt the illegal shanties on the route again. It is like daring the Government. We would make scapegoats of these 30 people we have arrested and clear the shanties again".

Meanwhile, the officers of the Agency have impounded 57 commercial motorcycles for plying prohibited routes in Costain, CMS and Lekki as the Task Force continues enforcement of the Lagos State Traffic Law 2018.

azpekuliar:
Your greed (or would I say ignorance) too did not help you. You never engaged the services of an agent throughout your career. Were you not playing at the same time as the likes of Ronaldo De Lima, Zidane and co