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E2%80%A6-chido-nwangwu South Africa, As Things Fall Apart…. By Chido Nwangwu
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King Misuzulu Zulu, on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, spoke with the voice of responsibility and challenge for better conduct on the handling of the explosive situation in South Africa. Instead of making excuses and pointing fingers at other multi ethnic nations of South Africa, the king decided that his most important task will be to challenge his own community!
It is the way forward for any serious group of people or country.
The king is young but seasoned. With a voice and presence filled with agony and disappointment as the entire world watches, day after day since one week, the looting, violence and destruction of lives and properties in his beloved Zulu kingdom and across the major cities of South Africa, said:
“What is even more saddening is that so many of those who are drawn to this lawlessness and criminality are members of the Zulu nation…. It has brought great shame upon us all… as fingers are pointed at my father’s people.”
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He reminded everyone: “This chaos is destroying the economy, and it is the poor who will suffer the most.” The 46-year-old newly enthroned king was very blunt when he said that the destruction “has brought great shame” and on the Zulus – the largest ethnic group in South Africa.
His Majesty Misuzulu Zulu has my respect for calling on his Zulu nation of almost 12 million and all of South Africa to rise to the heights of decency; protect and respect human lives and economic infrastructure which ultimately support the communities. This is unlike what we see in many parts of the African continent including Nigeria where the eyes of nepotism, favoritism and ethnocentric biases are turned on whenever there is an issue which concerns someone of their own community. It is such hypocrisy and immoral relativism that have combined — with several colonial, neo-colonial and contemporary factors — to keep most of Africa backward.
This existential matter, logically leads me to explore a tough and critical question. Regardless of its controversial implications for continental Africans, I shall ask it: WHY, in some perverse and awkward sense, do we still have most of the under-developed or developing countries in different parts of the African continent locked into a self-hating cycle of purposeless grind and foolish competition over who will outdo the others in the violent “defense” and “brotherly protection” of corrupt, unlawful and self-serving politicians and soldiers from their own sections/regions of their misgoverned countries?
Remarkably, hundreds and thousands of those “comrades” who are in great need of what is popularly known as “stomach infrastructure” mobilize most of those angry crowds. They are hungry and angry! So many are homeless and millions of them go to bed hungry, every day; yet they are the ones who picked up weapons and destroyed the entrepreneurship and hardwork of many indigenous and dedicated comrades who labor and provide economic employment opportunities in the community and bring about transformative empowerment to the post-apartheid South Africa! In terms of recent economic migrants and business developers, Nigerian and other African businesses have suffered from the unfortunate xenophobia and recent attacks.
Sadly, most of the Zulus and African National Congress (ANC) members from other parts of South Africa who never benefited from the corruption stained presidency, the defunct, controversial presidency of Jacob Zuma looted and set ablaze hundreds of businesses. Zuma is a Zulu.
I agree with the king of the Zulus who has warned that “my father’s people are committing suicide” by their involvement in the violence which has taken almost 125 individuals, following ex-President Zuma’s 15-month jail term for contempt of court regarding corruption charges.
Somehow, our beloved South Africa, like Nigeria, has refused and failed — through a combination of historical and contemporaneous factors — to move up to the organic level of competent, inclusive, accountable and harmonious countries of the world. What is next for South Africa, as things fall apart?
*Dr. Chido Nwangwu, the author of the forthcoming 2021 book, MLK, Mandela & Achebe: Power, Leadership and Identity, serves as Founder & Publisher of the first African-owned, U.S-based newspaper on the internet, USAfricaonline.com, and established USAfrica in 1992 in Houston. He is recipient of several public policy and journalism excellence honors, civic engagement and community empowerment awards and has appeared as an analyst on CNN and SKYnews. He served as an adviser on Africa business to Houston’s former Mayor Lee Brown. @Chido247
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E2%80%98custom-uniform%E2%80%99-currently-attacking-oyo-community BREAKING: Suspected Fulani Herdsmen In ‘Custom Uniform’ Currently Attacking Oyo Community, Igangan
Igangan, a southern Oyo town that shot to prominence amid Yoruba-Fulani tensions early this year, is currently under attack again, SaharaReporters has gathered.
A source said the gunmen, who disguised in custom uniform, stormed the town on Friday night, shooting sporadically.
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“Igangan is under attack presently, the attackers wore a custom uniform to deceive the villagers,” he said.
The latest attack is coming a few weeks after over 20 people were killed when gunmen suspected to be Fulani herders attacked the community.
Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, had in February issued an eviction notice to herders in the area, after blaming them for insecurity in the area.
In a recent development, two Fulani leaders in the town, Seriki Saliu and Iskilu Wakili, were ejected from the area by local security outfits after they were accused of conniving with kidnappers who abducted some of the indigenes for ransom.
Some of the kidnapped victims were killed even after the ransom was paid.
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Nigerians React As National Broadcasting Commission Orders Radio, TV Stations To Stop Reporting ‘Details’ Of Insurgent Attacks
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered media houses to desist from divulging the details of assaults by bandits and terrorists.
NBC gave the order in a statement on Friday.
The statement reads, “Headlines of most newspapers on daily basis are replete with security topics. While bringing information on security to the doorsteps of Nigerians is a necessity, there is a need for caution as too much detail may have adverse implications on the efforts of our security officials who are duty-bound to deal with the insurgency.”
“Some of the topics also have ethnological coating thereby, pitching one section of the country against the other and leaving in Nigerians in daily hysteria.”
NBC implored broadcast stations to be guided by provisions of sections 5.4.1(f) and 5.4.3 of the NBC Code which stipulates that “the broadcaster shall not transmit divisive materials that may threaten or compromise the divisibility and indissolubility of Nigeria as a sovereign state.
“In reporting conflict situations, the broadcaster shall perform the role of a peace agent by adhering to the principle of responsibility, accuracy and neutrality. The commission, therefore, enjoins broadcasters to collaborate with the government in dealing with the security challenges by not glamourizing the nefarious activities of insurgents, terrorists, kidnappers, bandits, etc.”
Angry reactions have greeted the statement on social media.
On Facebook, Godwin Nwabueze wrote, “Look what useless and nothing-good-presidency and APC party has turned this blessed and beautiful nation too.
“How can you be ruling human beings like animals? Aww! So we don’t have the right to speak up again including the media.”
Joe Abuajah said, “Gagging the media is major assignment for this government. In 2015, they commenced it stylishly, and to them, all the needful underground job, has been successfully concluded.“
Another Nigerian, identified as Tochukwu Idigo, lamented, “Is this really a country with constitution or just a settlement without objectives? I’m tired mehn!!!! One cannot even hope for anything good in this contraption.”
Several other Nigerians also shared their views on Twitter.
@damolaandre wrote, “What is the ratio of the victims whose identity are reported and the ones not reported? What is news reporting if the message is going to be edited? It is better we get it as it is so that we understand what we are up against.”
@breezy_dh wrote, “No freedom of speech in Nigeria now!”
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20 Suspected “Yahoo Boys” Arrested in Katsina
20 suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested in Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State by the Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The suspects, mostly in their early twenties, were arrested after reports showed that some Internet fraudsters were perpetrating fraudulent activities around the Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State.
This was contained in a statement by the EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Uwajuren.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had launched an application called Eagle Eye, to ease the reporting of economic and financial crimes.
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UNIBEN Sets Up Panel To Investigate Result Of Female Student Who Wore ‘Aggressive Malpractice’ Shirt
The Department of Microbiology, University of Benin has constituted a committee to probe the results of a female student, who marked her graduation in a controversial shirt.
Some days ago, a video had gone viral on social media which featured the young lady, Peace Ufuoma, wearing a shirt that reads ‘aggressive malpractice brought me this far’.
In a meeting on Tuesday, July 13, the management of the institution begun investigating all the results of the lady and a report is to be given within a week.
The memo sighted online was signed by the department’s head, S.E Omonigho, and directed to one Prof I. O Enabulele to head the committee.
It read, “To investigate her involvement in any examination malpractice; to investigate what transpired about the online publications; to scrutinize all her results till date, including all exam scripts; to scrutinize all marking schemes for all her courses; how true is the inscription on her shirt…?”
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Police Counter Nigerian Army’s Claim, Confirm Soldiers Shot Protesters At Dangote Sugar Company
The Adamawa State Police command has countered the claims made by the Nigerian Army on the shooting of protesters at the Dangote Sugar factory on Thursday.
The police confirmed that five protesters sustained gunshot wounds during the protest.
The spokesperson for the command, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters on Friday in Yola, the state capital.
He said, “The Command received a report between the hours of 10 on Thursday that a large number of youths from neighboring Gyawana village invaded the Sugar Company.
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BREAKING: Seven Feared Dead As Soldiers Open Fire On Protesting Staff Of Dangote Sugar Company In Adamawa
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“They were armed with dangerous weapons, threatening the entire company staff, including residents of the staff quarters to leave the area.
“The tense situation led to the deployment of operational teams, including the military to ensure no break of law and order in the company and its surroundings.
“So, later in the evening, between hours of 5-6 the youths, numbering up to 200, again mobilized and tried to gain access to the company with the intention of attacking and destroying things.
“On seeing that, the security operatives decided to open fire and dispersed them, and as a result, five people sustained bullet wounds and were rushed to the hospital for treatment.”
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“We Only Fired Warning Shots”—Nigerian Army Denies Shooting Protesters At Dangote Sugar Factory
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Man Beats Seven Months’ Pregnant Wife To Death In Adamawa After She Accused Him Of Cheating
Robbert Mede
A 40-year old man, Robbert Mede, has beaten his wife to death in Adamawa State.
Mede, a resident of Bodere Village under Ribadu District, in the Fufore Local Government Area was said to have killed his wife, Ladi, who was seven months old pregnant during a fight.
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SaharaReporters learnt that the dispute started between the couple when the deceased wife complained that her husband was cheating on her.
Narrating how it all happened, Mede said, “On July 4, 2021, I set out at about 8pm to go pacify my friend, Mustapha’s wife to return home.
“While waiting for Mustapha outside my compound, my late wife suddenly came out and held me by the jugular, accusing me of infidelity.
“She dragged me back into the house, beating me and I fell to the ground.
“I managed to free myself from her grip, picked a stick, and hit her on the waist.”
A remorseful Mede said he rushed her to the hospital but that she had died.
The police spokesperson in the state, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the incident.
He said, “Yes, he (Mede) is in custody. We’re going to charge him to court for the law to take its course.”
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APC Lawmaker Arraigned In Court For Allegedly Providing False Educational Qualification In INEC Form
Samuel Odagboyi Godday
Member of the House of Representatives for Apa/Agatu Federal Constituency, Samuel Odagboyi Godday, on Friday, was arraigned before Justice Baba Husseine of the Federal High Court in Abuja over a two-counts of perjury.
Godday was accused of using a false educational qualification to complete the Independent National Electoral Commission form to run for the Apa/Agatu Federal House of Representative Election in 2019 under the flagship of the Labour Party.
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The second charge borders on the oath the accused had taken at the High Court Registry FCT, Abuja that all the answers, facts, and particulars given in the INEC form CF001 were true and accurate.
The charge sheet read, “That you, Hon Samuel Odagboyi Godday of the National Assembly (NASS) Abuja, FCT on or about 18th October, 2018 while at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this honorable court did intentionally furnish false information to wit your educational qualification years to complete INEC Form CF001 for the Apa/Agatu Federal House of Representative Election 2019 under the flagship of the Labour Party knowing it to be false and submitted same at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Headquarters in Abuja to deliberately mislead INEC into believing it as true and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 140 of the penal code.
“That you Hon Godday did intentionally make a false declaration on oath at the high court registry FCT, Abuja that all the answers, facts and particulars you have given in INEC form CF001 are true and correct but knowing it to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 164 and punishable under section 158 of the Penal code.”
Godday pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge.
Counsel to the accused, Godwin Obla, asked the court to grant his client bail on self-recognition.
The case was adjourned to 13th October, 2021. Godday officially joined the ruling All Progressives Congress a month ago at his hometown in Ogbaulu, Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State.
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Nnamdi Azikiwe Varsity Bows To Pressure, Reduces Tuition After Students’ Protest Against Hike
The management of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State has finally bowed to the pressure of the students and drastically reduced tuition in the university.
This comes after a five-day negotiation with the Students Union Government of the institution.
SaharaReporters reported that UNIZIK students had taken to the streets, protesting the hike in school fees, and demanded an immediate change in the fees.
One of the protesting students, who spoke with SaharaReporters on Monday, said, “Our school fees went from N20,100 to N56,700.
“Students are protesting today in UNIZIK. There is now no difference between federal and state-owned schools.”
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The management of the university negotiated with members of the SUG and eventually reached a consensus on Friday, thus paving the way for a smooth matriculation ceremony that took place on Thursday.
In the revised fees, incoming medicine, pharmacy, and science-based students would henceforth pay N89000 as against over N100,000 earlier paid, while arts-based coursed would attract N84,000. Fees for returning students were also reduced from about N53000 to N40000 for science students and N22,200 for art students.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), Joseph Ikechebelu, who led the negotiating team expressed delight that normalcy had finally returned after the tension–soaked situation of the past few days.
The DVC said, “The management of the university and the entire students’ body are in total agreement with the new schedule of fees. This has put to rest the information making the rounds that the students are agitating for a fee reduction. With this agreement, any further protest would be considered irrational and anybody involved in it should be prepared to face the consequences.”
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E2%80%94nigerian-army-denies-shooting-protesters-dangote-sugar “We Only Fired Warning Shots”—Nigerian Army Denies Shooting Protesters At Dangote Sugar Factory
Authorities of the Nigerian Army have reacted to a story about soldiers shooting protesters at Dangote Sugar factory in Gyawana, Adamawa State.
A resident of Gyawana told SaharaReporters that soldiers, despatched for the illegal operation, were hired by the management of the sugar company to chase the protesters away.
SaharaReporters gathered that some people sustained injuries during the shooting.
A statement by the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Major Haruna Mohammed Sani, of the 23 brigades Yola, claimed that its troops did not fire a shot directly at the protesters, but only fired warning shots.
The statement claimed that some of the soldiers sustained minor injuries from the stones thrown by the mob.
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The statement reads, “The attention of Headquarters 23 Brigade Nigerian Army has been drawn to a mischievous Sahara Reporters story alleging soldiers opened fire on protesting staff of Dangote Sugar Company at Gyawana district under Lafiya Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
“To give the proper perspective on the libelous narrative, this headquarters wishes to inform the general public that on 15 July, 2021 at about 2: 00 pm, the Gyawana community staged a protest against the management of Dangote Sugar Company threatening to shut down the establishment and abduct foreign expatriates for sacking some staff of the company who are members of the host community.
“Efforts to calm the situation by the Nigerian Police and personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence corps proved abortive as the irate youths, wielding cutlasses, machetes, and other dangerous weapons, overpowered them.
“When a distress call was made to an internal security outfit in Adamawa State nicknamed Operation Farauta, comprising soldiers and other para-military agencies, they swiftly mobilised and moved to reinforce the police and Civil Defence deployment at the location.
“In the process, tear gas as well as warning shots were fired as some of the non-violent means of crowd dispersal and to further prevent own troops from being lynched by the mob.
“Consequently, the situation was brought under control. Unfortunately, some soldiers sustained minor injuries from the stones thrown by the mob but no single protester was killed.
“The Nigerian Army is a professional and disciplined institution that operates within the purview of the constitution and in line with rules of engagement and Code of Conduct which serves as guides to troops in all military engagements.”
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