By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production make known to you the blocking of Chinese apps by Indian government from its huge domestic market to strike back against China amid a tense border standoff.

India banned more Chinese phone apps on Wednesday as tensions continue to escalate along its disputed border with China, with one Indian soldier reportedly killed earlier this week by a Chinese land mine.

The Indian government has blocked Chinese apps from its huge domestic market as a way to strike back against China, and the new measures will prevent Indians from gaining easy access to 118 Chinese apps, including the popular video game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, which has over 50 million players in India.

Some of the banned Chinese apps, including Baidu, Alipay and some versions of the messaging app WeChat, are operated by the largest Chinese internet companies, like Tencent and Ant Financial. Many of these companies see India as an avenue of growth.

“This decision is a targeted move to ensure safety, security and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace,” said a statement issued Wednesday by India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

China and India have been locked in a bitter border dispute for months — though the roots of the conflict go back decades — and tensions sharply rose in June, after Chinese forces beat to death 20 Indian soldiers in brawl.

Both countries have pushed thousands of reinforcements toward the frontier, which winds 2,100 miles through the Himalayas and other mountain ranges. The troops are supported with tanks, artillery, helicopters and fighter jets.

After the clashes in June, which involved hundreds of soldiers battling each other with rocks, sticks, clubs and bare fists, India banned 59 mobile apps including TikTok, ShareIt and Tencent’s WeChat, citing security concerns.

At the same time, a wave of anti-China sentiment swept across India, with Indians taking to the streets in some places and crushing Chinese-made televisions, plastic tricycles and other products to show their anger.

Source___CNN

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production discloses to you on the demand for goods and services from China drastically on it’s increase as the Asian country tops the list of import trading partners by 31.41% in the second quarter of 2020, the latest data from Nigeria’s statistics agency shows.

This is despite the sharp fall in the value of the country’s total trade to N6.24 billion, representing 27.30% in Q2, against the 27.46% level recorded in the corresponding quarter, and 27.46% year-on-year.

The report however stated that imported goods in agriculture, raw material, solid minerals, manufacturing, and energy all increased by 59.01%, 85.69%, 35.51%, 4.69%, and 591.47% respectively, with other oil products imports recording a decrease by 82.32% in Q2.

It is a different tale for export items as the total goods which left the shores of Nigeria dropped by 45.64% in Q2, lower than the 51.73% recorded in the corresponding year.

Meanwhile, Spain topped the export trading countries by 14.00%, followed by Netherlands, China India, and South Africa.

China, United States, India. Netherlands and Germany made the top five list of major import trading partners in Q2, 2020.

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By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production unveil to you the hopefulness of Edo State for a peaceful governorship poll following a new twist in the electioneering events in the state.

In what many would not have expected to see before the September 19 poll, Governor Godwin Obaseki and his major rival, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, embraced each other for the first time in many months.

This follows weeks of heated tension in the state as a result of the activities of the two leading political parties in Edo – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Disturbed with the series of attacks and counter-attacks during campaign rallies in the last couple of weeks, the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, took a decisive step on Wednesday to end the trend of violence in the state.

The traditional ruler convened a peace meeting which had in attendance various leaders of the PDP and the APC in Edo at his palace in Benin City.

Notable among those in attendance are the PDP candidate, Obaseki; the APC flagbearer, Ize-Iyamu, former APC national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole; his predecessor, John Oyegun, and the state Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, among other political actors in Edo.

Shortly after all the attendees were seated, Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu, and others went before the traditional ruler to pay homages to him.

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Afrinity Production brings to you their exclusive interview with Omar Ceesay, a Nursing officer who is also working as the Senior Public Relations Officer at Bundung Maternal and Child Health Hospital.

Omar is the Executive Director of Catch Them Young -The Gambia and Nominated member of National Youth Parliament.

He is also the communication officer at Choosan Charitable Medical Foundation in the Gambia.

Omar is also a father and husband who is happily married to the woman of his life.

Omar believe that health care is a basic human right and he want to ensure a world where quality health care is available for everyone especially women and children. He equally, want to lead communication efforts that can transform lives through creating and sharing information that matters.

Currently working as the Senior Public Relations Officer where he is leading communication efforts in defeating covid-19 and equally providing content that transforms lives for people.

Coming from a health care background. He hold a Bsc in Nursing and Reproductive Health and currently Pursuing Masters in Community Health Nursing at the university of the Gambia.

Omar is inspired by his Dad, who shared everything he had in helping other families who needs support, this has transform his life to always look out for others.

Loosing his niece to cardic disease because of a lack of specialist stroked made him who he is striving to be and spank him in doing more for children’s health and well-being.

Omar make known of why his interest is mostly on kids. “There can never be sustainable development without the effective participation of children in nation building. And our societies will crumble if we don’t invest and promote their rights and welfare. These motivated me to choose children to be working with me and by ensuring their rights and welfare is protected and promoted” he said.

Omar further disclose what he dislike about the lives of children globally. Which includes, inadequate access to education and life saving skills to transform their lives.

Asking Omar who do he like to be compared to, he said Micheal Jackson, for doing wonders for children and for leading efforts in providing the necessary support for children in need.

His professional goal is to pursue masters in health care policy and financing, to be able to effect policies that can safe children and women from dying of preventable diseases and conditions.

Though he equally, want to have professional training in media and communication to add a face lift to the Gambian health care unit, communication and strategies.

Omar Ceesay, cannot do without his lovely family and friends. Mentioning that, they gave him so much reason to continue fighting and doing more for his country against all odds.

By Amie T. Camara

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production with a quick spank disclose to you the good news of Ed Sheeran and his wife Cherry Seaborn who have announced the birth of their first child – a daughter named Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran.

The singer said the couple were on “cloud nine” after their daughter’s arrival last week.

Sheeran returned to Instagram for the first time since December to share the news and thank the “amazing delivery team”.

He added: “We are completely in love with her.”

“Ello! A quick message from me as I have some personal news that I wanted to share with you,” Sheeran said in his first Instagram post since December 2019.

“Last week, with the help of an amazing delivery team, Cherry gave birth to our beautiful and healthy daughter – Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran.

“We are completely in love with her. Both mum and baby are doing amazing and we are on cloud nine over here. We hope that you can respect our privacy at this time. Lots of love and I’ll see you when it’s time to come back, Ed x”

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By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production make known to you the statement of the Nigeria President of the Senate, Dr Ahmed Lawan, as he warn appointees of President Muhammadu Buhari against disrespecting the National Assembly.

According to Channels TV, he gave the warning on Monday while reacting to the series of disagreements between some lawmakers and presidential appointees, including some ministers and heads of Federal Government agencies.

Senator Lawan was responding to questions from State House correspondents in Abuja shortly after President Buhari inaugurated the Executive, Legislative Party Consultative Council at the Presidential Villa.

“Coming to your second-leg of the question that recently we had some appointees on the executive side walking out or maybe saying things, I believe that that should be the end of it; we believe that we should work together,” the lawmaker stated.

He added, “For us in the National Assembly, I think what has happened has happened and I pray that nobody goes to the National Assembly to do the kind of things that some people did before because that will be disrespecting the President and, of course, abuse of the National Assembly and we are not going to tolerate that.”

According to Lawan, even the President made it very clear that he will not accept or tolerate any of his appointees doing things that are not respectable and have no dignity to the National Assembly.

He stressed the need for political officers to ensure the Council produces the desired results and outcomes, that would make Nigeria better in terms of governance.

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By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production notify you of the denial of The government of The Gambia on working with Lovette Jallow or her NGO, Action for Humanity, to repatriate 36 stranded Gambian women in Lebanon

According to Standard, Madame Jallow appeared in a live Instagram video last week in which she reported that the Gambia government, having initially rejected her help to bring back the women, now wants to work with, collaborate and accept her help in the repatriation.

Standard firuther said, Madame Jallow said she has paid D2.3 million to help repatriate what is now more than 40 Gambian women stranded in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. She added that a total payment of D3 million will be made to finish the mission, which include the paying of lawyer’s fees and communications, as well as the women’s upkeep and tests for Covid-19.

However, the foreign affairs ministry said contrary to what Madame Jallow has made Gambian people to believe, they are in fact not collaborating with her.

“The Government of The Gambia is neither working with her nor working against her,” spokesperson Saikou Ceesay told The Standard. He refused to give any further details.

Responding to the ministry’s statement, Madame Jallow told The Standard: “This is not a game of winning or losing and I think it is wise if we have the same interests. That was the intention [of my assistance].”

She said the Gambia government together with its consulate in Lebanon facilitated and released the documents of the girls’ “and I paid the tickets for their return”.

But the untold story according to standard is:

The Standard has learnt that most of the women in Lebanon have minor issues with the law. “That is why it was difficult to just have them repatriated. There were a lot of issues that government had to deal with first,” a government source told The Standard.

Source__Standard Newspaper

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production disclose to you the Gambia Police investigators recommendation for the prosecution of Senegalese diplomat who was arrested in April and charged with committing a sex crime in The Gambia.

The diplomat, 41, was accused of raping a “mentally-challenged” 17-year-old girl he resides in the same compound with in the Greater Banjul Area.

According to Standard, the report shocked the nation with many activists and rights advocates calling for the unnamed diplomat to be brought to book who was released after questioning by police at the Kairaba Station.

It is believed the diplomat has immunity from prosecution under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

But The Standard has learnt that the police investigators who looked into the issue have now come up with a report which provided sufficient grounds for the diplomat to be prosecuted.

The report which was submitted in May and supposedly copied to the Attorney General’s Chambers and the Interior ministry further stated that the diplomat “took advantage” of the “mentally-unbalanced girl”. It said the diplomat should be prosecuted without delay.

But Solicitor General Cherno Marenah said unless the diplomat’s immunity is waived by Senegal, there was little or nothing his office could do about the matter.

“It’s a case that has got diplomatic underpinnings,” he noted.

“The case would have to be taken by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It’s a Foreign Affairs decision,” he said.

The spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saikou Ceesay, declined to respond to The Standard when asked whether his ministry will make a formal request to the Senegalese government for the alleged sex-fiend diplomat’s immunity to be revoked.

“I will get back to you,” he tersely said, before uncharacteristically demanding that The Standard writes formally to the ministry on the matter.

But a career diplomat who wished not to be named in the story, told The Standard that this case should have been determined a long time ago if the government was at all interested in justice.

Source__Standard

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production brings to you the congratulation message of Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to the President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, following his re-election for another five-year term.

In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, Governor Makinde said that the victory was well-deserved adding that the ‘world class technocrat’, remains a pride to Nigeria and the Yoruba race.

To Makinde, Adesina has raised the standards and brought about immense growth in the multilateral development finance institution, in the last five years of his first tenure.

The governor said he was not surprised that Adesina was re-elected to lead the bank for another term.

While describing his leadership as insightful, Makinde said Adesina “could not have gone unnoticed by stakeholders and member-countries.”

“The victory is well-deserved, and it did not come to me as a surprise, because Dr. Adesina’s astute and visionary leadership at the bank, in the last five years, have been so convincing that member-countries cannot ignore them,” the governor was quoted as saying.

“As a technocrat and development enthusiast, Dr. Adesina deployed his wealth of experience towards raising standards across boards in the bank and these have translated into immense growth for the bank and development for member-countries.

“This victory, I am convinced, is a platform for Dr. Adesina and the AfDB to achieve more positive results and meet set targets. I wish him well in his endeavours.”

Source___Channels TV

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production confidently make known to you the apolology of Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, who has recently outburst towards a journalist during a recent press conference in Calabar.

Fani Kayode also apologised to the Nigeria Union of Journalists, family members, friends, and colleagues of the Daily Trust reporter.

Speaking on Friday during a press conference at the Government House in Uyo, the ex-minister said he disappointed himself and everyone, noting that his reaction was undefendable.

Speaking on Friday during a press conference at the Government House in Uyo, the ex-minister said he disappointed himself and everyone, noting that his reaction was undefendable.

“I’m deeply sorry for the manner I reacted to the said reporter. I was too hard on him. The question was mischievous, but I fell for it,” he said.

“I should have been smarter than that. I am using this opportunity to reach out to him, and I hope he will be kind enough to forgive me.”

“I disappointed myself, my family and friends, my colleagues, and even my bosses, those who hold me in high esteem.

“I have regrets, it was not my finest day. No leader or public figure should ever react like that. I disappointed myself. I deeply regret it and I believe it will never happen again.”

This comes barely three days after Fani-Kayode branded the reporter ‘stupid’.

The reporter had asked Fani-Kayode who was “bankrolling” his recent tour of several southern states, a question that irked the ex-minister.

The NUJ and Daily Trust had condemned Fani-Kayode for his comments.

Source___Channels TV