MALI RENAMES COLONIAL FRENCH STREET NAMES. (PHOTO).

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 Mali renames colonial French street names Mali followed Burkina Faso and Niger on Wednesday in renaming streets and squares in its capital to get rid of their French colonial names, AFP reported. Streets bearing the names of members of France's colonial administration have been rebaptised in Bamako, according to a decree by the junta chief. Cedeao Avenue (the French acronym for the Economic Community of West African States or ECOWAS) is also now named after a new strategic confederation that Mali has formed with Burkina Faso and Niger – the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). In all, nearly 25 names have been replaced, among them boulevards, streets, squares and public establishments. Niger and Burkina Faso have already made several changes to street and monument names in the last two years. In October, Niger renamed several historic sites in its capital Niamey which previously bore references to old colonial master France. Mali has been ruled by the military since back-to-back coups ...

FG CONFIRMS DISMISSAL OF WORKERS WITH BENIN REPUBLIC, TOGO DEGREES. (PHOTO).


 Nigerian Government Confirms Dismissal of Workers with Benin Republic, Togo Degrees


The Federal Government has confirmed the dismissal of civil servants holding degrees from unaccredited private tertiary institutions in Benin Republic and Togo.


The affected workers are those who graduated from these institutions between 2017 and the present. Segun Imohiosen, spokesperson for the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, confirmed the development on Wednesday.


This action is part of the government's ongoing efforts to cleanse the civil service of fraudulent practices. Earlier this year, the Federal Government declared that only eight universities in Benin Republic and Togo are authorized to award degrees to Nigerians.


This move follows an investigative report in which a journalist from Daily Nigerian, Umar Audu, obtained a degree from a university in Benin Republic within two months, and subsequently used it to participate in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program.


As a result, the Nigerian government banned the accreditation and evaluation of degrees from institutions in these countries, and set up an interministerial committee to investigate certificate fraud.


Former Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, revealed that more than 22,500 Nigerians had obtained fake degrees from these institutions, which would be revoked.


In response, several ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs), including the NYSC, have started implementing the directive. Caroline Embu, NYSC Director of Information, confirmed that five staff members were dismissed under the new policy.


This follows concerns raised by former Nigerian Senator Shehu Sani in November 2024 about the ongoing dismissal of workers with degrees from unverified institutions in Benin Republic and Togo.

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