A West African monetary union has agreed to lift its suspension of Mali, imposed in January 2022 over the ruling junta’s timeline for returning to civilian rule, it said in a statement. The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) came to the decision during an extraordinary session held in Guinea-Bissau on Saturday, it said in the communique received Sunday by AFP. “With regard to Mali, the Conference decided to lift its suspension from the UEMOA bodies and institutions on 09 January 2022”, it said, without elaborating. ECOWAS lifted sanctions in July 2022, accepting a planned March 2024 return to civilian rule. Mali last month held a referendum on constitutional changes, marking a key step in the military’s plans to restore civilian rule.

As various indigenous groups and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) continued to trade blame over killings in the Mangu local government area of Plateau State, no fewer than 12 people were brutally killed on Saturday in the troubled Council area. The Fulani militia attacked Farin-Kassa Kerana and Sabon-Gari communities of the Mangu District of Mangu local government in what appears to be a retaliatory attack at around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday. “It was a night of horror; the twelve killed, mostly women, were shot while running for their lives, and several others were wounded. The Nigerian Tribune further gathered that villages and communities in Mangu are gradually becoming desolate as inhabitants have started fleeing for fear of further attack. Efforts to reach the spokesman of Plateau State Police Command, DSP Alfred Alabo proved abortive as several phone calls put across to him were ignored.

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US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen has said her visit to Beijing has marked a “step forward” and described the talks as “direct, substantive and productive.”Yellen spoke at the end of a four-day trip, during which talks were held over issues including climate change in efforts to stabilise relations between the two countries. However, she admitted the US and China still had “significant disagreements but said both sides had learned more about each other. “No one visit will solve our challenges overnight, but this trip will help build a resilient and productive channel of communication with China’s new economic team,” she said. Chinese Vice Premier, He Lifeng, who was among those to meet with Yellen, said on Saturday he regretted “unexpected incidents” such as the row over a spy balloon had hurt ties with the United States. “We believe that the world is big enough for both of our countries to thrive.”READ ALSO FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE

A yet-to-be-identified person, suspected to be an electric cable vandal, has been electrocuted in Delta State. The residents were reportedly alerted by a young boy who sighted the lifeless, dangling body while on his way to the next village. ”We were alerted by a young boy who was going to the next village. Even though we came out to our frontages, we did not notice the lifeless body of the young man hanging there. ”The lifeless body is holding an electric cable in his hands, which means that he was cutting the cable.

Romanus Ejikeme, father of embattled Anambra Student, Mmesoma Ejikeme, who recently confessed to the forgery of the result of her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination has said his daughter didn’t confess her “crime” to him on time. Romanus also pleaded with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board and Nigerians at large to forgive his daughter. The PUNCH reports that JAMB had last Sunday accused Mmesoma of manually inflating her 2023 UTME result from 249 to 362. Despite multiple pleas by the Board, Mmesoma insisted her result was not forged and noted that she printed her result from the website of JAMB. Speaking in an interview with the Nigeria Television Authority, Mr. Ejikeme said, “My daughter didn’t open up to me on time.

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At least 50 people, including eight children, have been killed by floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains that have lashed Pakistan since last month, officials said Friday. The summer monsoon brings South Asia 70-80 percent of its annual rainfall between June and September every year. “Fifty deaths have been reported in different rain-related incidents all over Pakistan since the start of the monsoon on June 25,” a national disaster management official told AFP, adding that 87 people were injured during this period. Last summer, unprecedented monsoon rains put a third of Pakistan under water, damaging two million homes and killing more than 1,700 people. Pakistan, which has the world’s fifth largest population, is responsible for less than one percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to officials.

President Bola Tinubu on Friday praised the decision of his Senegalese counterpart, Macky Sall, not to seek a third term in office after the end of his tenure. The statement is titled ‘President Tinubu President Tinubu applauds Senegalese President Macky Sall over the decision not to seek a third term.’In the past few weeks, protests have rocked Senegal following speculations about a third-term ambition of President Sall, whose second tenure ends in 2024. President Tinubu noted that Sall’s decision puts his country’s interest and the peace and stability of West Africa above his personal interest. The Nigerian leader, who applauded the decision of his Senegalese counterpart, said history will be kind to President Sall. “President Sall has demonstrated that leadership is about serving the people honorably and quitting the stage when the constitutionally-stipulated time is up.

Meta owner, Mark Zuckerberg, has expressed excitement following the success recorded so far by the tech giant’s newest addition, Threads. The Twitter-like app, which was launched barely 48 hours ago, has recorded no fewer than 70 million users across the globe, Zuckerberg disclosed. Expressing his excitement over the development, Zuckerberg took to the new app to share the good news with the app users. Way beyond our expectations.”The Meta boss, in one of his previous posts on the new app, also assured the app users of constant improvement that will make the new app more user-friendly. The app, which allows Instagram users to create their Threads accounts using their current Instagram usernames, is currently accessible in more than 100 nations and allows users to share messages of up to 500 characters.

Abia state governor, Dr. Alex Otti, Friday inaugurated his maiden 19 – member State Executive Council recently appointed and screened by the State House of Assembly by swearing in his commissioners. Three out of the 19 commissioners were yet to be cleared by the State House of Assembly but would be sworn-in later. He said they were not appointed to represent the interest of individuals or clan but that of the entire State. The State Chief Executive, who congratulated the Commissioners on their appointments, urged the them to work together to rebuild Abia State, urged them not to betray the trust of the people by towing the path that had left Abia in a state of underdevelopment. Ikechukwu Uwanna thanked the Governor for the honour done them and pledged to discharge their duties to the best of their abilities.