AU URGES DE-ESCALATION AS FIGHTING DISPLACES OVER 180,000 IN SOUTH SUDAN’S JONGLEI STATE. (PHOTO).

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 AU urges de-escalation as fighting displaces over 180,000 in South Sudan’s Jonglei state The Chairperson of the African Union Commission called for immediate de-escalation and strict adherence to South Sudan’s 2018 peace agreement, as renewed fighting in Jonglei State displaced more than 180,000 people and raised fears of further civilian harm. In a statement, African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said he was deeply concerned by the deteriorating security situation in parts of the country, particularly Jonglei, where escalating violence and inflammatory rhetoric have put civilians—including women and children—at heightened risk. South Sudanese authorities estimate the number of displaced in Jonglei at more than 180,000, the United Nations humanitarian agency OCHA said last week. He urged all parties to exercise maximum restraint, de-escalate tensions immediately, and comply fully with the permanent ceasefire and power-sharing arrangements under the agreement, T...

IN ALL MY YEARS OF OVER THREE DECADES OF PUBLIC SERVICE, INCLUDING AS GOVERNOR OF A STATE, I HAVE NOT BEEN FOUND WANTING IN THE HANDLING OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND USE OF MY OFFICE- DR CHRIS NGIGE . (PHOTO).


 In all my years of over three decades of public service, including as Governor of a state, I have not been found wanting in the handling of public funds and use of my office- Dr Chris Ngige 


Former Minister of Labour Chris Ngige has denied the N2.2 billion fraud allegation filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC in Abuja, saying his hands are clean.


Senator Ngige, who served as Minister of Labour from November 11, 2015, to May 29, 2023, was arraigned on December 12 on an eight count charge bordering on abuse of office and acceptance of gifts.


He was briefly detained at the Kuje Correctional Centre on the order of the presiding judge.


Justice Maryam Hassan of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Gwarimpa later granted him bail.


In a statement after securing bail, Ngige insisted that no fraud was found in the petitions against him and said he left office with a clean record.


He maintained that his three decades in public service, including his tenure as Governor of Anambra State, remained unblemished.


“In all my years of over three decades of public service, including as Governor of a state, I have not been found wanting in the handling of public funds and use of my office,” he said.


Ngige also stated that the charges against him did not involve embezzlement, misappropriation or theft of public funds. 

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