October 24, 2019

Nigerian Lady Dies After Hospital Rejects Her - Othniel

Nigerian Lady Dies After Hospital Rejects Her – Othniel

October 24, 2019 5:51 am

In a recent tweet, a man named Othniel Anselm narrated how a drunk driver hit his sister and her friend in a tricycle, popularly known as “Keke”, the Keke driver died immediately, however, his sister and her friend were alive and rushed to the hospital.

“The drunk driver whose birthday was on Sunday, confessed to be drunk after celebrating overnight. He survived the accident. The keke driver died on the spot.”

The two ladies were rejected in the federal hospital they rushed them to because it was not the police who brought them in.

“Sissy and her friend were still

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FG Will Reopen Enugu Airport Before Easter 2020 – Sirika

FG Will Reopen Enugu Airport Before Easter 2020 – Sirika

October 24, 2019 5:20 am

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has given assurance that Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, would be reopened before the 2020 Easter celebration.

Sirika gave the assurance during the ministry’s budget defence before the House Committee on Aviation at the National Assembly, Abuja.

He also promised that the airport would be one of the best in the country at the end of the reconstruction work.

This is a departure from the earlier statement made by the minister that the airport would be reopened in time for the Christmas celebration this year.

Earlier in the month, President Muhammadu Buhari approved …

Peter Obi Has A Share In Obiano’s Failure – G.U. Okeke

Peter Obi Has A Share In Obiano’s Failure – G.U. Okeke

October 24, 2019 5:15 am

Popular transporter, Chief Godwin Okeke (GUO) has said former governor, Peter Obi, has a share in the failure of Governor Willie Obiano in Anambra State.

Chief Okeke spoke, yesterday, during the installation of Pharm Chris Ukachukwu as the new President of Onitsha Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (OCC IMA) at the Patterson Hall of All Saints Cathedral Onitsha.

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He said the in eight years Obi was governor, the people of the state offered him all possible support and because he did well, he was granted the liberty to choose his successor. He …

Atiku’s Son, 22 Others Make Adamawa Commissioner List

Atiku’s Son, 22 Others Make Adamawa Commissioner List

October 24, 2019 5:09 am

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has nominated Adamu Atiku, eldest son of former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, and 22 others as commissioners.

The list was read out at plenary of the Adamawa House of Assembly, yesterday, by Speaker Aminu Iya-Abbas.

Secretary of the  PDP in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Prambe, also made the list.

Ibrahim Mijinyawa and Umaru Daware who resigned their position as commissioners under former Governor Muhammadu Bindow’s administration and defected to the PDP to work with the Atiku Abubakar Presidential campaign team were also nominated.

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House Committee …

Evacuation Protocol Activated At American Consulate, Lagos

Evacuation Protocol Activated At American Consulate, Lagos

October 24, 2019 5:02 am

• ‘Strange white powder may be anthrax, other toxic agents’
• We’re verifying substance, says embassy staff member

Visitors at the United States Consulate, Victoria Island, Lagos, were compelled to vacate the main building yesterday following a security threat.

The evacuation, which happened at about 12.20 p.m., was the climax of repeated radio warnings that began a few minutes earlier.

Armed and unarmed security operatives immediately took strategic positions within the premises.

Visa applicants and a group of teenagers who had come for an education programme, were among persons ushered out of the building on account of the development.…

How States Radically Spent ₦2.67tr In 2018, By BudgIT

How States Radically Spent ₦2.67tr In 2018, By BudgIT

October 24, 2019 4:53 am

States expended a whopping ₦4.319 trillion to fund their operations in the 2018 fiscal year, according to a survey by BudgIT, a fiscal governance organisation.

According to the survey released in Abuja yesterday, of the amount, recurrent spending gulped ₦2.67 trillion, while a paltry ₦1.648 trillion was devoted to capital projects.

Capital projects are supposed to touch the lives of the masses.

The survey also revealed that most of the states were grossly unable to realise their revenue targets, due to grossly inadequate Internally-Generated Revenue (IGR); hence their over-reliance on the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) takings.

It cited …

‘Fintech; Panacea For Exclusion, Funding Impasse In Nigeria

‘Fintech; Panacea For Exclusion, Funding Impasse In Nigeria

October 24, 2019 4:36 am

The advent of Financial Technology (Fintech), a combination of technology and innovative business models in financial services, has gained considerable momentum in recent times, with global investments rising at exponential rates.

It holds the potential to revolutionise the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) financing, as it can offer unprecedented solutions to deal effectively with the main barriers that SMEs face in financial markets- information asymmetries and collateral shortage.

Indeed, digital technologies, such as online and mobile banking and payment solutions, have had an important impact on traditional SME financing.

They allow financiers to considerably lower transaction costs when reaching out …

Watch: Davido And Popcaan In New Music Video “Risky”

Watch: Davido And Popcaan In New Music Video “Risky”

October 24, 2019 4:28 am

Davido gifts his fans yet another international feature before the release of his upcoming album. This time, Davido enlists Jamaican dancehall artist Popcaan for his new song “Risky”.

This is coming after his feature on “Choosy” alongside American rapper Fabolous and singer Jeremiah.

And two months after the release of the international chart-topping collaboration with Chris Brown “Blow Mind”.

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The highly anticipated album, “A Good Time” is set to arrive on November 22. The album would include the previously released singles “Fall,” “Assurance,” and “Blow My Mind.”

“A Good Time” …

Atlanta Church Declines Kanye West Over Pro-Trump Comments

Atlanta Church Declines Kanye West Over Pro-Trump Comments

October 24, 2019 4:23 am
A church in Atlanta has decided to redirect the money Kanye West donated to them elsewhere after the rapper made some Pro-Donald Trump remarks at a Sunday Service event in Salt Lake City, Utah on Oct. 5.

Speaking to a crowd at the Utah Sunday service West reaffirmed his support for Trump:

“Abraham Lincoln was the Whig Party—that’s the Republican Party that freed the slaves… I ain’t never make a decision based only on my color. That’s a form of slavery—mental slavery. I ain’t drink from the white person fountain. … I ain’t playing with them. All these mind controllers,

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Kano Threatens To Revoke Tenancy Of 250 Shops

Kano Threatens To Revoke Tenancy Of 250 Shops

October 24, 2019 3:13 am

Kano government has threatened to revoke the allocation of over 250 shops at the Abubakar Rimi Market following the inability of owners to put them to use.

Managing Director for the Abubakar Rimi Market (popularly known as Sabon Garri Market), Uba Yakassia, in a press briefing, yesterday,  lamented that the affected shops had not been put to use by their occupants for a long time and that the government was losing revenue from unpaid rents.

“We are going to take action about shops that are under lock and keys. We will draw the attention of the owners and where they …

50m Nigerians Suffer Mental Disorder - CMD

50m Nigerians Suffer Mental Disorder – CMD

October 24, 2019 3:04 am

Dr. Ibrahim Wakawa, Chief Medical Director (CMD), Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Maiduguri, raised the alarm at the unveiling of the Borno State Government Mental Health Strategic Implementation Plan in Maiduguri, yesterday.

Represented by Dr. Ibrahim Mshelia, a Mental Health Consultant at the hospital, Wakawa attributed the country’s high burden of mental disorders to insurgency, lack of awareness and health facilities to handle such cases.

The CMD said that studies have shown that one among four Nigerians were suffering from mental or psychosocial, traumatic health problems.

He explained that the hospital was providing healthcare services to about 30 million people in …

Court Restrains Edo From Demolishing APC Boss’ Hotel

Court Restrains Edo From Demolishing APC Boss’ Hotel

October 24, 2019 2:46 am

A Benin High Court yesterday restrained the Edo State Government from demolition of a property (T. Latifah Hotel and Suites) belonging to a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Tony Adun, popularly known as Kabaka.

The hotel located at the Ugbor axis of Benin City is said to have been built on government land.

But Adun in a suit no B/151/05/2019, sought for an order of interim injunction restraining the defendants particularly the 1st defendant from carrying out and or demolishing, removing, pulling down or altering the claimant/applicant’s hotel buildings known as T. Latifah Hotel and suites lying …

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