Croatia will take over the presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, IHRA, in 2023 after its nomination was unanimously endorsed at IHRA’s plenary session, the Croatian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday.
“In presenting the nomination, Croatia emphasized its commitment to the continued fight against anti-Semitism and the denial and distortion of the Holocaust,†the ministry said.
IHRA consists of 34 member countries and it unites governments and experts to strengthen, advance and promote Holocaust education, research and remembrance.
As an active member of IHRA, Croatia supported the adoption of all IHRA’s legally non-binding definitions relating to Holocaust denial and distortion, anti-Semitism and racism against Roma, the ministry said, adding that Croatia was also the first IHRA Member State to translate and publish the IHRA Recommendations for Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust into its language and present them at the national level.
However, more critical observers claim that Croatia has not taken serious measures to stop or even hinder revisionist denials of Croatia’s role in the Holocaust while it was a Nazi puppet state, the Independent State of Croatia, NDH, run by the Fascist Ustasa movement, in World War II.
Modelled on Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, the NDH passed racist laws against Jews, Serbs and Roma, and committed killings on a massive scale.
Last year, the Holocaust Revisionist Report, a study examining how individual European Union states deal with the legacy of World War crimes, listed Croatia as one of the countries in Europe with the worst problems with historical revisionism.
Jurgen Klopp Wins Men's Coach Of The Year At FIFA's Best Award
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Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp has been named the men's coach of the year at the FIFA Best Football Awards, Insidenaija reports.
The 53-year-old German became the first to win the award twice, beating Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa and Bayern Munich's treble-winning manager Hans-Dieter Flick.
Klopp first won the award last year following the Reds' Champions League triumph. He was presented with the award again after ending Liverpool's 30-year wait for a Premier League title.
In his acceptance speech, Klopp gave credit to his coaching team, saying: 'I have to thank these boys. What we did in the last few years was really special.'
On the Premier League title, the German added: 'I had no idea how it would feel and it felt absolutely overwhelming.
'I have so many people to thank and most of all my coaches. If I had known we'd won it my coaches would be here with me. What we did in the last year is all about these boys.
'We didn't dream 30 years but we dream already for a few years.
'It was absolutely exceptional and we all had a special year in an unfortunately not so positive way but for Liverpool fans at least we could make some highlights in a tricky period. I had no idea how it would feel and it felt absolutely overwhelming.'
Bishop Ogbaji: Those Undermining President Buhari Will Not Go Unpunished
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Foremost northern cleric, Bishop Pinot Ogbaji, has condemned the attempt by some unpatriotic elements in the northern part of the country to undermine the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari by sabotaging the efforts of the administration in the area of security.
The fiery preacher said those trying to sabotage the efforts of the government will not go unpunished as they will soon be exposed.
Bishop Ogbaji who spoke at a media chat with selected journalists in Abuja, said the punishment on those behind such plots would be devastating unless they repent as he said Nigeria has been ordained as a land where citizens shall live in peace with one another and no arrow from the kingdom of darkness shall counter that.
While making some revelations concerning the security of the country, the renowned preacher said it has come to his notice that some politicians are working round the clock trying to undermine the efforts of the current administration despite the much achieved in the war against insurgency and banditry.
He said part of the plot involves reenacting some of the security breaches recorded during past administrations to make it look like the current one has not done anything different.
He said, “If you look at what is going on in the country, you will see that virtually all the security issues of the past administration are being replicated with a near or worse parallel.
“The massacre at Zabarmari in Borno was reenacted to give the impression that something gory on the scale of the murder of students at Buni Yardi which happened during the last administration has also happened now while the abduction of students at Kankara in Katsina State, is to also tar the image of the Buhari administration with something as gruesome as the abduction of the Chibok girls in the last administration. â€
The Bishop said while it is easy for people to latch on the infrequent security breaches to call out the current administration, there is no denying the fact that the Buhari administration has drastically reduced the level of insecurity in the country.
The Cleric said the current situation where bandits launch attacks on soft targets cannot in any way be compared with the sacking of communities and the taking over of territories by terrorists as was the case in the past.
He said, “Nobody said that insecurity is going to be wiped out in one day as there are bound to be occasional glitches which is what we are witnessing from time to time but there is no gainsaying the fact that this administration has done so much to secure the lives and property of citizens that it should be commended.
The Bishop said both the swath of territory the President Buhari administration has recovered from the terrorists and in terms of po is bigger than many African countries while the population of people rescued is equally.
Bishop Ogbaji said his interaction with people in Northeast Nigeria revealed deep appreciation of what President Buhari has done to secure the lives of citizens.
“Go to the epicentre of the war against insurgency which is the Northeast and hear what the people are saying about how Buhari has helped secure communities and you won’t fail to commend this administration for what it has done to improve security in the country.
The Bishop maintained that those saying nothing has been achieved im terms of security are those colluding with saboteurs to give the current administration a bad name.
He said mischief makers seated in the comfort of their houses in areas far away from the theatres of war do not understand the gravity of the problem hence are not capable of appreciating the much that have been done.
The Bishop said it is not for nothing that all the governors of Borno State from Kashim Shettima to Prof. Umara Zulum are always full of praises for Mr President saying this is because they experienced first hand the difference between what was obtainable in the past and what currently obtains.
He said after the Zabarmari attack, the Borno State governor while lamenting the incident, made it clear that the current administration has achieved a lot on the area of security.
Bishop Ogbaji blamed selfish politicians and people with narrow interest for the numerous security issues in the country.
“These are the people behind what we are witnessing recently as they do not want people to continue commending the current administration due to their selfish agenda.
Bishop Ogbaji also commended the Service Chiefs for their relentless efforts towards keeping Nigeria safe saying the motivation passed to troops has helped in the fight against insurgency.
He said if not for the right decision the President made in the choice of the service chiefs, the entire Northeast and many parts of Nigeria would have been overrun by terrorists and hoodlums.
“These set of service chiefs are the best because they have been tested and tried and have given good accounts of themselves,†he stated.
The Bishop said Nigerian troops have tried and are still trying in the war against insurgency saying it is to their credit that no Nigerian territory is under the control of the insurgents at the moment.
He recalled that immediately after the Zabarmari attack, troops were able to launch a counter and neutralised some of the terrorists.
He said it is obvious from the recent abduction of students at a secondary school in Kankara in Kastina State, that there is an orchestrated plan to paint the Buhari administration in bad light and not necessarily because it has not done much in the area of security.
He said one of the bandits involved in the Kankara attack has even confessed that theywere sponsored to carry out the acts in order to put the current administration in bad light.
The Cleric called on well meaning Nigerians to be vigilant and to expose all forms of sabotage to the relevant security agencies.
Just under 2000 people poured into Mozongo, panic-stricken and desperately fleeing for their lives from a refugee camp housing 800 internally displaced people in the village of Nguetchewe in Cameroon's far north region. The area, already one of the poorest in the world, has seen a significant increase in violent incidents in recent months with around 87 terrorist attacks by the Islamic extremist group, Boko Haram.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday condemned an attack this weekend the camp for in which 17 civilians were killed and 16 others wounded, according to an official army report. In the very early hours on Sunday, “a "terrorist attack coupled with suicide bombings left 19 civilians dead — including two suicide bombers and "16 injured"
A week before the attack the Cameroon army announced they had killed five Boko Haram fighters. In Chad, the jihadists on Friday killed at least 10 civilians and kidnapped seven others in an attack on a village in the troubled Lake Chad region. In March, Chad's armed forces suffered their biggest single-day loss, when 98 soldiers were massacred in their base at Bohoma, on the shores of Lake Chad. In response, President Idriss Deby launched an offensive from March 31 to April 3, declaring at its end that there was "not a single jihadist left" in the Lake Chad region. But sporadic violence has continued, with an attack attributed to Boko Haram on an army vehicle last month killing eight Chadian soldiers. The insurgence has prompted the formation of a four-nation anti-jihad coalition, the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), of which the Chadian army is a key component.
Ahead of 2023 presidency, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has inaugurated his support groups across the 36 states of the federation.
The Atiku Support Group was launched in Abuja with Alhaji Abubakar Kabir Babawo named as its Director General and Atiku Aminu Mohammed as its Chairman.
The mission of the organisation, it was learnt, is to project the former Vice-President’s vision of sustainable national development as he prepares to formally declare his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election.
The state coordinators and zonal excos include Northcentral Zonal Coordinator, Orngu Anngu; Deputy Zonal Coordinator, Isiaka Mogaji; Women Leader Mabe Ameh; Benue State Coordinator George Odoo Ezekiel; Niger State Coordinator Hassana Shuaibu Dada; Kwara State Coordinator Segun Olawoyin; Kogi State Coordinator Ocheni Titus Okayi; Nasarawa State Coordinator Abubakar Agwai; Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Coordinator Agajo Daniel and Plateau State Coordinator Solomon Ballason Shitnan.
Nancy Isime Visits LUTH Children Emergency Ward With Mascots On Her Birthday
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Actress Nancy Isime Visits LUTH Children Emergency Ward With Mascots to Celebrate her birthday. Her presence lifted the mood in the ward as children were very happy to see her. She Posted videos and pictures of her visit and wrote this:
A snippet of the most amazing day I’ve had this year.
I’ve visited the pediatric ward of LUTH twice in the past, so coming back this year for the 3rd time I knew I had to bring something different to the kids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8bka52IpW0
Mascots! I know kids Loveee their cartoon characters and being here on admission, they might not get the chance to watch their favorite cartoons.
So I thought, why not brighten their day with their faves.
Every year, people ask me, won’t you do party for your friends? My reply is always “ I don’t have strength for adults, they’re so difficult to please���â€.
I mean, judging from these moments I’m sure you’ll agree.
Oh! The big smiles on their faces. I’ll do anything to bring that. Just distracting them from their pain for a moment means the whole world to me.
Children are indeed God’s gift.
Their purity, innocence and heart are some of my biggest inspiration in Life.
I Love them!
By the way, thank you soooo much Fam for the incredible show of Love today, if I haven’t gotten to your post. Please give me some time, I promise to go through it all.
Please make sure you tag bit just mention me so I don’t miss your warm wishes.
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