AUSTRALIA TO STRENGTHEN GUN LAWS FOLLOWING BONDI BEACH HANUKKAH ATTACK. (PHOTO).

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Australia to strengthen gun laws following Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack  Australian federal and state leaders announced Monday an immediate overhaul of the country’s gun laws following a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, which left at least 15 people dead. The move includes renegotiating the national firearms agreement, originally enacted after the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, which had effectively banned rapid-fire rifles. The attack occurred late Sunday as thousands gathered on Bondi Beach, including hundreds attending the “Chanukah by the Sea” festival, featuring food, activities, and a petting zoo. Authorities reported that at least 38 people, including two police officers, were hospitalized with injuries. Victims ranged in age from 10 to 87 and included a 10-year-old girl, a rabbi, and Holocaust survivors. Among those killed were Rabbi Eli Schlanger, an organizer of the Hanukkah event, an Israeli citizen, and a French national named Dan Elkayam. Pol...

COVID-19: PDP CONDEMNS BARRING OF AIT,OTHERS FROM PRESIDENCY.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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      March 25, 2020
Press Statement
COVID-19: PDP Condemns Barring Of AIT, Others from Presidency
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemns in its entirety, the unjustified banning of some media houses from covering activities of the Presidency, describing the development as a most heinous form of official victimization executed in bad faith.
The party described the media ban by the Buhari Presidency as highly detestable, undemocratic and totally against the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act as well as the tenets and guiding principles of rule of law.
The party notes that the Presidency had no justification for its action and could therefore not give any cogent reason to necessitate the ban.
The PDP cautioned the Buhari Presidency to note that the nation, and indeed, the world is currently distressed as we battle the deadly COVID-19.
This is therefore not the time for unnecessary pettiness, victimization and barring of media houses, a development which has sparked off suspicion in the public space as being designed to conceal certain facts from the public.
It is indeed instructive for the Buhari Presidency to note that our nation is in dire need of hope and direction contained in timely information, especially from the government.
Consequently, clamping down on the media, which is a critical stakeholder in this important effort to defeat COVID-19 is completely at variance with our national interest.
What our nation needs now is for all hands to be on the deck, with those in power shelving their pettiness, parochial interests, pointless and unreasonable ego as we collectively seek for solutions.
The PDP therefore charges the Presidency to immediately and without any further delay lift the ban on the affected media houses and allow them to discharge their responsibility to the Nigerian people, in line with the provisions of the law and their professional requirements.
Moreover, the PDP frowned at Federal Government for cancelling its Tuesday’s media briefing on the COVID-19, thereby denying Nigerians of very vital information in the process. The party urged the Federal Government to exert itself and seek more concerted effort in the fight against the pandemic.
Signed:
Kola Ologbondiyan
National Publicity Secretary.
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