January 2020

US House Speaker, Pelosi Attacks Facebook

January 17, 2020 5:13 am
United States House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi called Facebook a “shameful” company on Thursday.

The attack came amid escalating tensions between Democratic leadership and the company.

CNN reports that the Speaker expressed grievance at her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill.

Responding to a question about the power held by Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, Pelosi accused the company of being “accomplices for misleading the American people with money from god-knows where”.

“All they want are their tax cuts and no antitrust action against them.

“They didn’t even check on the money from Russian in the last election and everyone thought they

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Customs Command Surpasses Revenue Target

January 17, 2020 5:13 am

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers State has announced that it generated a total revenue of ₦107.336 million from duty paid on imported goods in 2019. This, it stated in a statement, surpasses its annual target of ₦95.711 million for last year by ₦11.642 million.

The Customs Area Command of the Command, Comptroller Aliyu Galadima Saidu in the statement said a total of 24 seizures with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1.278 billion were also recorded in the area of anti-smuggling.

“The seizures include 99 containers comprising vegetable oil, detergents, bags of foreign rice, scraps …

Edo APC Tackles Airhiavbere, Ize-Iyamu, Others

January 17, 2020 5:12 am

Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed a press conference held by members of a proscribed group, Edo Peoples Movement, saying the group’s agitations were fuelled by greed and avarice.

Discrediting the group’s submissions, APC Chairman in Edo State, Barr. Anselm Ojezua, alleged that two of the anchors of the meeting were burdened with severe malfeasance.

Ojezua described Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as a mercenary of distraction allegedly recruited by the APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

He further alleged that Ize-Iyamu is currently being charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over …

NSE

NSE Equities Cap ₦149 Billion As Bulls Return To Market

January 17, 2020 5:11 am

The bulls returned to the stock market thursday after two days of absence lifting the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index (ASI) by one per cent to close at 29,352.13, while market capitalisation added ₦149 billion to close at ₦15.1 trillion.

After rallying for many days the market declined last Tuesday and Wednesday on profit taking. However, the market rebounded yesterday as 23 stocks appreciated as against 16 stocks that depreciated.

Livestock Feeds Plc led the price gainers with 10 per cent trailed by Forte Oil Plc with 8.4 per cent. Lafarge Africa Plc gained 6.3 per cent, while …

Foreign Investors Bought Less Bonds In 2019, Says DMO

January 17, 2020 5:11 am

Foreign investors cut their participation in Nigerian government bond auctions last year, buying just 4.39 per cent of all bonds issued compared with the previous year when they bought 10.99 per cent, a debt office presentation showed.

The debt office said local fund managers bought most of the bonds in 2019, accounting for more than a third of total demand.

In 2017, foreigners bought 11.7 per cent of Nigerian government bonds, Reuters quoted the debt office to have said in a presentation to traders.

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Foreign investors reduced their participation in Nigerian …

EFCC vs Nyako: What Court Decided On Ex-Governor’s Trial

January 16, 2020 3:54 pm

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a plea by a defendant in a suit filed by EFCC against Murtala Nyako, former Adamawa Governor, and others to stop the prosecution from closing its case.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendant, Zulkifik Abba, who is the 3rd defendant, had, on Nov. 13, prayed the court to order the anti-graft agency to call three witnesses listed among the prosecution’s prospective witnesses shortly after the commission signified intention to close its case.

The EFCC had called 21 witnesses in the ongoing trial and indicated its plan to close

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UNIMEDTH

Patients Chase Health Workers Out Of UNIMEDTH Over NHIS

January 16, 2020 3:52 pm
Mild drama ensued on Thursday at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, UNIMEDTH, Akure, Ondo State, when some enrollees of National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, stormed the hospital over poor services.

The enrollees, who paralysed activities at the clinic, protested against the management of the hospital for their continuous deafening silence on their predicament.

The angry protesters, who chased the medical personnel, as well as other members of staff out of the clinic, were led by a Director of the Federal Scholarship Board, Mr. Michael Ogunwale, who explained that for almost one year, the NHIS clinic at the UNIMEDTH

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Gov. Ugwuanyi Speaks On Aisha Buhari’s Leadership Qualities

January 16, 2020 3:28 pm

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has applauded the leadership qualities of the First Lady, Dr. Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, in promoting and identifying with persons with disability, through sports.

Gov. Ugwuanyi, who spoke during the dinner organized by the Para Powerlifting Federation, under the Patronship of Dr. Mrs. Aisha Buhari, to raise funds for the “Abuja 2020 Para Powerlifting World Cup”, coming up in February, in Abuja, described the President’s wife as “a pacesetter”.

The Governor expressed gratitude to Dr. Mrs. Aisha Buhari, who is the Grand Patron of the “Abuja 2020 Para Powerlifting World Cup”, for nominating Enugu

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Niger Delta: EFCC, DSS Move Against Oil Theft

January 16, 2020 3:28 pm
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the Department of State Services (DSS), Thursday, pledged to fight against Niger Delta oil thieves and other maritime related economic crimes.

The anti-oil theft resolution was disclosed by the new EFCC PortHarcourt Zonal Head Office, Usman Imam, when he went on a familiarization visit to the Rivers State headquarters of the DSS located in the metropolis.

EFCC acting spokesman, Tony Orilade said this in a statement in Abuja.

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Part of the statement reads, “Imam, who was received by the State Director

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Police To Reward Information On Murdered Journalist In Yola

January 16, 2020 3:28 pm

The Adamawa State Commissioner of Police, Mr Audu Madaki, on Thursday, promised a handsome reward for anyone with useful information that would lead to the arrest of killers of a journalist, Mr Maxwell Nashion, in Yola.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that some unknown assailants had on Wednesday attacked Nashion, a staff of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) F.M station, popularly known as Fombina FM Yola, leading to his death.

The Spokesman of the command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya, who announced the reward to journalists in Yola, said that the commissioner was unhappy over the incident and would

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‘£117m Properties Linked To Ibori’ In UK To Be Seized

January 16, 2020 3:27 pm

The United Kingdom has launched a fresh bid to confiscate “proceeds of loot” in the £117 million worth of properties linked to James Ibori, former governor of Delta state.

In 2012, a UK court sentenced Ibori – who governed Delta from 1999 to 2007 – to prison after convicting him of fraud and money laundering.

The former governor ended his jail term in 2016 and returned to Nigeria the following year.

In the course of his jail term, British prosecutors made the first attempt to confiscate his assets said to be proceeds of crime but failed as a result …

How NSCDC Rescued Four Girls From Being Trafficked To Mali

January 16, 2020 3:27 pm
The Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has rescued four girls that were meant to be trafficked to Mali.

The Lagos Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Cyprian Otoibhi, while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Lagos, said the victims were rescued on Jan. 15 at 9.20 pm at No13 Abuke Oku Street, Iyana Ipaja.

According to the commandant, the victims were recruited by one Miss Micheal Omowunmi, who has spent two years in Mali, and one Mr Favour Owoke, who is at large.

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“However, Omowunmi,

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