May 2019

Akwa Ibom govt. appropriates ₦100m for polytechnic courses

Akwa Ibom govt. appropriates ₦100m for polytechnic courses

May 12, 2019 8:21 pm

Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, says the state government has earmarked ₦100 million as grant for the state-owned polytechnic to begin the process of securing full accreditation for its courses.

According to a statement by Mr Essien Uduese, the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Emmanuel said this at the sixth convocation of the polytechnic held at its Ikot Osurua campus in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state.

The governor was quoted to have also expressed delight that the National Board for Technical Education had granted approval to the polytechnic for a few outstanding courses.

He

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CBN reveals $14.2bn capital flows to Nigeria in five Months

CBN denies trending ‘stolen, missing money’ story

May 12, 2019 5:08 pm

There is no  money  missing or stolen from the  Central Bank of Nigeria’s  coffers as reported in some section of the media, the  bank’s spokesman Isaac Okoroafor said.

Okoroafor, the Director Corporate Communications,  made the refutal in a statement on Sunday while reacting to a recent article and audio clips in which the CBN Governor and other senior officials were heard  discussing discrepancies in the bank’s accounts.

Okoroafor said that the audio was distorted in a manner which creates a different impression of the matter being discussed, which was to proffer solutions to a misunderstanding that affected the Bank’s balance

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I won’t run for Senate again, Ekweremadu opens up

May 12, 2019 3:41 pm

Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu on Sunday declared that he would not seek re-election into the Senate in 2023.

The fourth term senator said that God had been kind to him, raising him to address enormous challenges faced by his people.

A statement by his media aide, Uche Anichukwu, said that the Deputy Senate President spoke at an event to mark his 57th birthday and to appreciate God and his constituents for his re-election and triumphs.

Ekweremadu recalled how he became the chairman of his age grade association at age 10 and served as President-General of Mpu Town Union, pioneer …

Atiku, Obi want replacement of Bulkachuwa in case

Justice Bulkachuwa not indicted – DSS

May 12, 2019 2:00 pm

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied that it indicted Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, Chairman, Presidential Election Tribunal, for bribery and corruption.

Public Relations Officer of the service, Mr Peter Afunanya, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, in reaction to reports of such indictment of the judge by DSS.

He urged the public to disregard the report, saying it only existed in the imagination of the authors.

Afunanya described the report as “unfortunate”, adding that making the falsehood public was unethical.

He said the service had commenced a detailed investigation into the controversies surrounding the publication.

The …

Three sustain injury in fire accident

Three sustain injury in Anambra petrol tanker accident

May 12, 2019 1:31 pm

Three persons on Sunday sustained severe injuries when a fully laden petrol tanker lost control and crashed into a a Lexus Jeep before falling into a nearby valley at Amawbia, Awka in Anambra.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who was at the scene of the crash, reports that two of the injured persons were occupants of a Lexus Jeep while the third was the tanker driver.

NAN reports that men of the Anambra Fire Service were battling to ensure that the spilled contents of the tanker did not burst into flames.

Mr Andrew Kumapayi, Sector Commander of Federal …

Tanzanian apprehended for selling daughter for body parts -illustration

Tanzanian apprehended for selling daughter for body parts

May 11, 2019 2:49 pm

A Tanzanian man has been arrested for selling his six-year-old daughter to be killed so that her body parts could be used in a potion to make him rich, police said Saturday.

A police statement said that the child, Rose Japhet, was killed last week and her body found in the southwestern district of Mbeya, in a region has been hit by a spate of ritual killings of children.

“The body was found decapitated and with the right foot amputated,” said the statement, adding the foot was found buried nearby.

Read Also: North Carolina man murders, dismembers roommates

“The motive …

Ihedioha signs three more bills into law

Enemies of Imo, fighting Ihedioha will fail – PDP chieftain

May 11, 2019 2:33 pm

Engr Kingsley Onwubiko, Secretary, Committee on Volunteer Support Group (VSG) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says plot to derail the inauguration of Imo Governor-elect Mr Emeka Ihedioha is an affront on the sensibility of people of the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some persons have gone to court to stop the inauguration of the Governor-elect.

Onwubiko told NAN in Abuja on Saturday that the plot is a grand design to scuttle the wish and joy of the people.

Read Also: ‘Imo Has Been Rescued from the Stranglehold of the Wicked’

He chided the State Government …

The Roman Catholic Church'

Priests, nuns must report sex abuse – Pope Francis

May 11, 2019 2:02 pm

The Roman Catholic Church’s one million members of clergy must report all suspicions of sexual abuse by church leaders at any and all levels, Pope Francis   ordered on Thursday in a landmark decree.

Each diocese – or district of church governance – must set up clear and accessible reporting systems by June 2020, the pope declared, in a bid to tackle the sexual abuses that have called the church’s moral authority into question and seriously damaged its reputation.

“We have said for years that priests should follow certain strict rules, so why should bishops and other members of the Church

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Kim Kardashian, Kanye West welcome fourth child

Kim Kardashian, Kanye West welcome fourth child

May 11, 2019 9:12 am

Celebrity power couple Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have welcomed their fourth baby, after a surrogate gave birth on Thursday.

The couple have added another boy to their family, which consists of three other children, North, five, son Saint, three, and daughter Chicago, 15 months.

The reality star announced the birth on social media, tweeting: “He’s here and he’s perfect!

“He’s also Chicago’s twin lol I’m sure he will change a lot but now he looks just like her.”

The new arrival, which weighed 6 lbs, 9 ozs, was first mentioned by Kardashian in January, when confirmed she and West
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Ganduje disagrees with Northern elders’ recall of Fulani

New Kano Emirates: I’m not aware of court order – Ganduje

May 11, 2019 8:47 am

Kano state government on Saturday declared that it is not aware of any Court order stopping it from issuing letters of appointment to the four Emirs of newly created Emirates in Kano.

The Nation reports that a Kano High Court sitting at Ungogo on Friday granted an order restraining governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje from implementing any action to legitimize the new emirates of Rano, Bichi, Gaya and Karaye.

It was reported that announcement were on local radio stations that the appointment letters to the new emirs will be issued on Saturday at Kofar Mata Indoor Sports Hall.

The presiding Judge, …

Louis Farrakhan

Farrakhan reacts to his ban on Facebook

May 11, 2019 8:29 am

Religious leader Louis Farrakhan is finding the audience for his message increasingly hard to reach, following his ban on Facebook. And he is angry.

“What have I done that you would hate me like that?” Farrakhan asked before an audience of more than 1,000 at Saint Sabina Church in Chicago on Thursday.

The head of the Nation of Islam — barred for years from Britain and blocked from mainstream TV — has been declared an undesirable by Facebook for his long record as an unrepentant merchant of anti-Semitism and homophobia.

Farrakhan’s black advocacy and mantra of self-reliance has lent him

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final tally of the South African election

NC wins South Africa’s election with 57.51%

May 11, 2019 8:05 am

The final tally of the South African election is out, with the ruling African National Congress (ANC), winning 57.51% of votes cast.

The website of the Electoral Commission, which showed 100 per cent capturing of the 17 668 318 votes cast, showed that the ANC polled 10 026 047 votes, which is less than the 11 million votes won in 2014.

Analysts said the electoral performance was the worst since the party came to power in 1994, with legendary Nelson Mandela as president.

Read More: Vote counting starts in South Africa, ANC likely to win

The biggest opposition Democratic Alliance …

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