Newscast - Africa

The Joint Union Congress of the Police Service Commission has issued a notice of indefinite strike to the management of the commission over a breach of the agreement.
The union noted that the strike will commence with effect from Monday, August 29, 2022.
Chairman of the Joint Service Union, PSC chapter, Mr Adoyi Adoyi, noted that the IGP and other police chiefs in connivance with the chairman of the PSC have overruled the constitutional duty of the PSC.
Adoyi added that the IGP has allegedly taken it upon himself to carry out the functions of the PSC in flagrant disregard of the Nigeria constitution, a verdict of the Appeal Court, and the authorities of the PSC.

The Chairman of the Nigeria Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has warned Nigerians not to travel to Northern Cyprus.
Dabiri-Erewa says there is little the Federal Government can do to diplomatically resolve issues in the territory because Northern Cyprus is not recognised by the international community except Turkey.
Dabiri-Erewa also urged Nigerians in Diaspora not to be afraid to invest in the country because of insecurity.
She says it is only temporary because of stiff measures currently employed by the Federal Government to tackle the situation.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced an independent inquiry into his predecessor Scott Morrison’s secret appointment to multiple ministries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Albanese announced the move after Solicitor General Stephen Donaghue concluded that while Morrison’s appointments were legal, they fundamentally undermined the responsible government.
Lawyers for Donald Trump have asked a federal judge to prevent the FBI from continuing to review documents recovered earlier this month from the former United States president’s Florida home until a neutral special master is appointed to inspect the records.

The UN has expressed deep concern about the state of human rights in Guinea after the country's ruling junta dissolved an opposition group and clamped down on recent protests.
UN Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet wants Guinea's government to investigate alleged violence at the hands of security forces during the protests, free those arrested and re-institute the opposition coalition called the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution.

A court in the US state of Pennsylvania has issued historic damages totalling $84m to four victims of the Lutheran Church Massacre, one of the deadliest attacks on civilians during Liberia’s civil conflict from 1989 to 2003. More than 600 people were killed.
The victims were represented by the San Francisco-based Centre for Justice and Accountability.
The ruling came after the court held one of the army commanders of Samuel Doe responsible for the killings.
It is not clear how the US court intends to get the authorities in Liberia to collaborate in getting the award paid to the victims.

The mega-dam has caused a row between Egypt and Ethiopia. Egyptian media are reporting that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is hosting a five-nation Arab summit in the Mediterranean coastal city of New Alamein.
The leaders of Bahrain, the UAE, Iraq and Jordan are said to be attending.
Among the topics expected to be discussed are the conflicts in Yemen, Syria and Libya, the latest round of Israel-Gaza fighting earlier this month and Egypt and Sudan’s dispute with Ethiopia over its Renaissance Dam on the Nile.

The federal government has commenced free vaccination of children below one year of age in the country with RotaVirus vaccines.
Global health report showed that Rotavirus is one of the leading causes of diarrhoea disease in the world and is responsible for over 40 per cent of the infection in children.
The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency Dr Faisal Shuaib, says approximately 50,000 deaths occur in children under five years in Nigeria annually as a result of Rotavirus infection.
He says Nigeria has the second highest number of deaths from rotavirus, accounting for 14 per cent of all childhood rotavirus deaths worldwide.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says relevant authorities are working towards addressing issues concerning the revenue of foreign airlines that have been trapped in Nigeria, put at over $600 million.
Emirates Airlines last week announced that it would stop all scheduled operations to Nigeria from September 1, 2022, if no action was taken by the government to address the airline’s revenues which it had been unable to repatriate, which have risen to about $95 million.
There are also indications that other foreign airlines might review their operations in Nigeria over their inability to repatriate their earnings from the country.
The minister says there was a need to first test-run the facility and be extremely certain that the equipment was working optimally before the terminal would be put to use.

The People's Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, says he will hand over Federal Government-owned universities to state governments.
Atiku says the Federal Government does not have infinite resources.
He says the only way is to make sure that they make a conducive environment available to both foreign and local investors to participate in the country, whether it is infrastructure, whether it is education, whether it is power.

Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Adichie says the country does not have heroes who will inspire its younger population.
Adiche says Nigerians should be open to self-criticism. This, she said, will engender good leadership in the nation.
Chimamanda noted that there is a need for resurrection adding that they cannot avoid self-criticism but criticise the government.