November 2019

Ihedioha Commences Payment Of Pensions To IBC Retirees

November 13, 2019 3:53 pm
Retirees of the state-owned Media outfit, the Imo state Broadcasting Corporation have cause to smile as the state government has commenced the payment of their 34 months of pension arrears.
It would be recalled that the state government had earlier commenced the payment of the backlog of Pension arrears of retired civil servants in August 2019.
Prince Ugochukwu , Senior  Special Adviser on Public Enlightenment to the Imo state governor who disclosed this yesterday said payment of the pension arrears of the retirees of Imo Broadcasting Corporation has commenced as promised by the governor Emeka Ihedioha.

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Gov. Obaseki Presents ₦177bn Budget For 2020

November 13, 2019 3:52 pm
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Wednesday presented a budget of ₦177 billion for 2020 to the state House of Assembly for approval.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the budget is 3.34 per cent higher than the 2019 figure of N175 billion.
The budget has N85 billion recurrent expenditure and ₦92 billion capital expenditure.
Obaseki said the budget was to consolidate and complete all ongoing projects in the state.
“The projected revenue for 2020 is estimated at ₦145 billion consisting of N68 billion statutory allocation, N14.5billion VAT, N40.3 billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), 15.3billion grants.

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Racism The Catalyst For Outspoken Remarks, Says Fury

November 13, 2019 2:21 pm

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury said his outspoken remarks which have caused huge offence to many are down to the racism aimed at Travellers he experienced as an amateur.

The 31-year-old Briton — who is of Irish Traveller descent and is nicknamed ‘The Gypsy King’ — drew a hail of criticism with controversial comments such as ‘a woman’s best place is in the kitchen’ and claiming it would only take the legalisation of paedophilia in addition to the decriminalisation of abortion and homosexuals to see “the devil come home.”

However, Fury — who has battled demons such as

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Jeanine Anez: Stand-In President Vowing To Pacify Bolivia

November 13, 2019 2:14 pm

Conservative senator Jeanine Anez was unknown to many Bolivians before she stepped out beaming and waving a Bible on the balcony of the government palace.

A longtime critic of her leftist predecessor Evo Morales, she stepped into the power vacuum left when he suddenly fled the country to escape a violent crisis.

Now all eyes in the country are on Anez, a 52-year-old lawyer from the northeastern region of Beni, bordering Brazil.

As second deputy speaker of the Senate, Anez was sworn in by her allies after all the other officials in line to act as interim president had fled.

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Kanye West Is Taking “Sunday Service” To Joel Osteen Church

November 13, 2019 2:13 pm
“Christian Genius Billionaire” Kanye West will be paying a visit to televangelist Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch this Sunday.

West, who released his first gospel album, Jesus is King, last month, will be having a 15-to-20-minute conversation with Osteen at Lakewood Church’s 11 a.m. service, the Houston Chronicle reports.

Lakewood spokesperson Donald Iloff Jr. told the Chronicle that the conversation will revolve around West’s journey to faith.

The rapper will reportedly make another appearance at the evangelical church’s 7 p.m. young adult service, this time with his Sunday Service choir.

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Carvajal

Venezuela Ex-Intel Chief Missing Ahead Of US Extradition

November 13, 2019 2:11 pm

Venezuela’s former military intelligence chief has gone missing in Spain just days after a court-approved a request for his extradition to the United States on drug trafficking charges, police said Wednesday.

“They are currently looking for him,” said a spokeswoman for Spain’s national police, referring to General Hugo Armando Carvajal who served as intelligence chief under the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.

Judicial sources said police had gone to Carvajal’s house in Madrid to arrest him after Friday’s court decision but could not find him.

Carvajal’s lawyer

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Former Super Eagles Player Found Guilty Of Match-Fixing

November 13, 2019 2:08 pm
A former Nigeria international Dickson Etuhu has been found guilty for attempted match-fixing by a Swedish appeals court.
The Court of Appeals in Stockholm in a release on Wednesday said that Etuhu and an unnamed former player tried to influence AIK keeper Kyriakos “Kenny” Stamatopoulos to fix a match in Sweden’s top division in 2017.

“The content of what the men submitted to the player (Stamatopoulos) was so clear that it should be considered a criminal offer of bribe,” the court said.

Etuhu escaped a jail sentence but

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Drought

AgriSA Wants Limpopo To Be Declared A Drought Disaster Zone

November 13, 2019 12:48 pm

There are fears that the situation might worsen if heavy rainfall is not experienced soon.

On Tuesday, AgriSA released their 2019/2020 drought report which highlights the effect drought has had on agriculture over the past five years.

According to Polokwane Review, the report suggests: “The current hot temperatures in major parts of the country have plunged three provinces to stress levels as their dam levels dropped to below half in the past two weeks.”

The department of water and sanitation recently reported that the dam levels in Limpopo, Eastern Cape and North West have dropped to below 50%. There are

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Boy, 12, Allegedly Raped By Three Psychiatric Patients

November 13, 2019 12:45 pm

The incident allegedly took place on Tuesday at Durban’s RK Khan hospital where it is alleged psychiatric and non-psychiatric patients are currently in mixed wards.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in KwaZulu-Natal has said it will seek answers from the province’s Health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu after being reliably informed that a 12-year-old boy has been allegedly raped by three psychiatric patients at Durban’s RK Khan Hospital.

The DA’s member of the provincial legislature, Dr Rishigen Viranna said the information of the alleged rape was made available to the party by sources within the hospital.

The incident is believed to have taken

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SA: Bosasa Lays 171 Charges Against Agrizzi For Stolen R37m

November 13, 2019 12:43 pm

Facilities management company Bosasa laid criminal charges on Wednesday against, among others, their former chief operating officer, Angelo Agrizzi, and former chief financial officer, Andries van Tonder, both of whom testified against the company earlier this year at the state capture commission.

The charges were laid in person at the Krugersdorp police station by the late Gavin Watson’s nephew Jared Watson, who is representing his uncle as the executor of his estate and, as a chartered accountant, was assisting Gavin with his submission to an SA Reserve Service inquiry into his finances and those of several others at Bosasa.

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SA: Two Women Killed In Bronkhorstspruit Bus Crash

November 13, 2019 12:41 pm

Two women have been killed in a bus crash on Moloto Road in Bronkhorstspruit, Tshwane, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

“Circumstances surrounding the incident are not yet known, but it occurred this morning between 05:00 and 06:00 while it was raining. The accident happened around a curve,” Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) spokesperson Isaac Mahamba told News24 on Wednesday afternoon.

The two women killed were aged 40 and 16. Authorities are not able to disclose their details until the next of kin is informed.

A total of 41 passengers, as well as the driver, sustained injuries, according to …

Doctor

SA: Doctor Shoots Wife In The Head, In Front Of Kids

November 13, 2019 12:36 pm

A doctor is in hospital after being shot in the head, allegedly by her estranged husband, who is also a doctor, in Summerstand, Port Elizabeth, over the weekend, police said on Monday.

Police spokesperson Capt Sandra Janse van Rensburg said the woman, 36, and her sister went to the house on Saturday morning to fetch some of her belongings, when they were attacked by her husband.

“A shot was fired, injuring the woman in her head,” Van Rensburg said. The woman survived the shooting and was taken to hospital.

The attack occurred in front of the couple’s three children. …

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