TRIAL BEGINS OF CENTRAL AFRICAN EX-PRESIDENT BOZIZE OVER WAR CRIMES. (PHOTO).

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 Trial begins of Central African ex-president Bozize over war crimes A UN-backed court in the the Central African Republic will on Tuesday begin the trial in absentia of former president Francois Bozize, over crimes against humanity committed between 2009 and 2013. The alleged crimes committed by members of Bozize's security forces include murder, enforced disappearance, torture and rape. Bozize, 79, who seized power in a 2003 coup before being overthrown 10 years later by rebels, has been living in exile in Guinea-Bissau since March 2023. But three of his former senior military officers, Eugene Barret Ngaikosset, Vianney Semndiro and Firmin Junior Danboy, are all in pre-trial detention in the Central African Republic. Crimes against humanity The case will be heard by the Special Criminal Court (SCC), a hybrid jurisdiction located in the capital Bangui with Central African and foreign judges. In February 2024, the SCC issued an international arrest warrant for the former president ...
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F.G DONATES LIVESTOCK VACCINES TO ABIA STATE. (PHOTO).

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 Federal Government Donates  Livestock Vaccines To Abia State


In line with the renewed hope agenda of the federal government, the Abia State Government says it has also  received a consignment of livestock vaccines from the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, aimed at strengthening animal health services and boosting livestock productivity.


The vaccines were donated under the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) through the National Project Coordinator, Dr. Sanusi Abubakar,


Kingsley Onuoha reports that Abia is among other seven participating states that took delivery of the vaccines.

While presenting the vaccines to the state director of Ministry for Veterinary Services, the Animal Husbandry Assistant, live stock productivity lukman Alhassan who represented the national project coordinator says the nationwide vaccination exercise forms part of the L-PRES transboundary animal disease vaccinations program, designed to prevent and control livestock diseases, enhance productivity, protect pastoral and farming livelihoods and promote national food security .


The Director of veterinary services, Vitus Nwoko who received the vaccines for the state commended the Federal Government and the L-PRES project for supporting Abia State in the fight against major transboundary animal diseases, stressing that, the Ministry is fully prepared to commence mass vaccination exercises across state.


Nwoko assured that the vaccines would be judiciously utilized to safeguard livestock across the state, noting that the intervention came in good time.


The Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project is an initiative designed to strengthen animal health systems and improve resilience within Nigeria’s livestock sector.

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