Above Photo: US Army trainers drill Nigerian soldiers in Jaji between Jan. 15 and Feb. 22, 2018 Under The Cover Of Counterterrorism, AFRICOM Is Beefing Up Nigeria’s Military To Ensure The Free Flow Of Oil To The West, And Using The Country As A Proxy Against China’s Influence On The Continent. Last month, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari wrote an op-ed in the Financial Times. It might as well have been written by the Pentagon. Buhari promoted Brand Nigeria, auctioning the country’s military services to Western powers, telling readers that Nigeria would lead Africa’s “war on terror” in exchange for foreign infrastructure investment. “Though some […]
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CORE Nigeria: “We Will Fight For Our Total Liberation” By Baba Aye, Progressive International. November 22, 2020 CORE Nigeria: “We Will Fight For Our Total Liberation”2020-11-222020-11-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/nigeria.png200px200px Above photo: Tobi James Candids, Wikimedia. Baba Aye of the Coalition for Revolution (CORE) calls for a people’s uprising against an illegitimate regime in Nigeria. “The struggle now unfolding will be turbulent. But united and determined, the people will win.” Nigeria – On 3 October, a young man was killed by the police in Ughelli, a town in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. A video of this incidence was circulated by residents of the […]
Protest Marks One Month Anniversary Of Lekki Massacre In Nigeria By the Pan-African Community Action, Popular Resistance. November 21, 2020 Protest Marks One Month Anniversary Of Lekki Massacre In Nigeria2020-11-212020-11-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/img-20201120-wa00061-e1605997940968.jpg200px200px Above photo: From Pan-African Community Action. NOTE: Listen to the recent Clearing the FOG interview with Abiodun Aremu, secretary of the Joint Action Front in Nigeria, about the recent protests and the conditions that exist in Nigeria. – MF Washington, DC – The End SAR Solidarity Network is mobilized DC area based activists to protest in front of the Embassy of Nigeria to demand justice for peaceful protestors in Nigeria who […]
How A Police Killing In Nigeria Sparked A Nationwide Movement By Joshua Keating, Slate. October 25, 2020 How A Police Killing In Nigeria Sparked A Nationwide Movement2020-10-252020-10-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/nigeria-e1603641164745.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Protesters in Magboro, Nigeria. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images. And a global phenomenon. “Young People Saw Themselves in That Young Man.” Nigerian security forces opened fire this week on protesters in Lagos, killing at least 12 demonstrators and marking a deadly escalation in the weekslong protests against police brutality. Since early October, tens of thousands of Nigerians have been marching in cities throughout the country, demanding the disbandment of a notorious police unit known […]
Joint Statement: US Connection In Nigeria Violence By Pan-African Community Action and Black Alliance for Peace. October 23, 2020 Joint Statement: US Connection In Nigeria Violence2020-10-232020-10-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/bap-e1603485629440.jpg200px200px Washington, D.C.-based Pan-African Community Action (PACA) and the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP)’s U.S. Out of Africa Network (USOAN) issued a joint statement condemning what appears to be illegal police and military violence committed against unarmed, peaceful protesters in Nigeria. PACA and the USOAN assert, however, a U.S. connection to the violence that many are not making. The Nigerian police forces and military have long histories with the United States through the U.S.-led International Police […]
OKEx has frozen withdrawals, audit firms are experiencing a backlog of DeFi projects and the Trump administration is examining DLT for national defense. Top shelf Audit (back)logsCrypto code audit firms say they are swamped with decentralized finance (DeFi) projects. Three of the most well-regarded auditors in the space – OpenZeppelin, Quantstamp and Trail of Bits – told CoinDesk’s William Foxley they are all booked until at least Q1 2021. For example, Quantstamp’s Juliano Martinez said the “high volume” of applicants has led to his company “rejecting lots of projects.” The months-long backlog comes amid a sharp pullback across the $11 billion DeFi market, […]
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Ifeanyi Nsofor reviews the documentary series, Journey Of An African Colony, which confronts a painful past — including involvement in the slave trade — and celebrates the nation’s independence. (Image credit: Quramo Productions) Source link
Nigerian programmer Adebiyi David Adedoyin hears knocking at his apartment door. He’s just woken up and headed to the bathroom. He decides to take his time. He’ll answer in a minute. But the knocking grows louder – and more urgent. Inching open the bathroom door, Adedoyin sees someone clawing open his apartment window. “Someone’s there,” a voice says. It’s probably the police trying to break in, he realizes, from all the stories he’s heard. Adedoyin is sure he hasn’t done anything wrong. But with the Nigerian police, that doesn’t matter. He still might need to brace for trouble. As he thinks […]
ABUJA, Nigeria—She was so young and daring, and a thorn in the side of ISIS-backed terrorists and bandits in north-central Nigeria. Her profile was rising fast and in her already extraordinary career she’d broken through the military glass ceiling. But the life of Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first-ever female combat helicopter pilot, was cut short on July 14 when she died in a strange and sudden accident. According to the Nigeria Air Force (NAF), Arotile was “inadvertently hit by the reversing vehicle of an excited former Air Force secondary school classmate while trying to greet her” inside the NAF base in the […]
As NYPD detectives sought the black-clad monster who beheaded and dismembered 33-year-old tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh in his $2.2 million Manhattan apartment, his family issued a plea for justice. “No words or actions to provide any of us comfort except the capture of the person who exhibited nothing short of evil upon our loved one,” the family statement said. “We need and urge the NYPD and other members of law enforcement to work diligently to get to the bottom of this horrific crime and bring justice for Fahim.” The family described the brutality of the killing as beyond comprehension. “The headlines […]
A blaze has broken out in one of the World Trade Center’s towers in the capital city of Nigeria, Abuja. Footage from the scene shows a large plume of smoke billowing from the building’s top floors. The fire ignited at the massive tower, which is still under construction, on Monday. The flames triggered a large emergency services response as firefighters scrambled to extinguish the blaze. Videos from the scene show a large column of gray smoke rising over the building, though open flames can’t be seen. No information on potential casualties has emerged so far, and the company managing the facility […]
Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, who went by the name Ray Hushpuppi, made no secret of his extraordinary wealth. On an Instagram account with 2.3 million followers, he posted photos of himself dripping in high-end watches, wearing robes with his name emblazoned on the back, and driving a $300,000 Mercedes or a white Rolls Royce Cullinan with the hashtag #AllMine. He took private jets to Paris, shopped at Gucci and Louis Vuitton, and indulged in cakes depicting himself surrounded by Fendi bags. His address was 1706 Palazzo Versace in Dubai. On Snapchat, under the username “hushpuppi5,” he called himself “The Billionaire Gucci Master!!!” […]
Africa 23:04 GMT 17.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107933/50/1079335000_0:0:3091:1739_1200x675_80_0_0_282336993cbf1b34bd7a85b592b7a459.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/africa/202005171079334917-nigeria-impounds-plane-of-uk-flair-aviation-over-coronavirus-related-flights-ban-violation/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Nigerian authorities have impounded an aircraft of UK’s Flair Aviation airline company over a violation of commercial flight ban introduced in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigerian Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said on Sunday. “Flair Aviation, a UK company, was given approval for humanitarian operations but regrettably we caught them conducting commercial flights. This is callous! The craft is impounded, the crew being interrogated. There shall be a maximum penalty. Wrong time to try our resolve!” the minister said on Twitter. COVID-19. Flair […]
In advance of her “Crypto Across Emerging Markets” panel at Consensus: Distributed on May 11, Leigh Cuen is writing a three-part column on how cryptocurrencies are used in the developing world. The first installment explored bitcoin adoption in the Middle East. The future of money will be defined by African markets, where cryptocurrency awareness and usage surged dramatically over the past year. Aspiring entrepreneurs like Ghanan high school student Emmanuella see bitcoin as a tool for international trade, not just speculation. He plans to buy some as soon as he turns 18 and can apply for a local mobile money account. […]