May 31, 2020

Fresh $5.5bn Credit - Buhari Gets Ultimatum To Account For Previous Loans

$5.5bn Loan: Buhari Gets Ultimatum To Account For Previous Loans

May 31, 2020 9:42 am

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information request to President Muhammadu Buhari to provide spending details of all loans obtained by his government since May 29, 2015.

Buhari was asked to include details and locations of projects on which the loans have been spent.

SERAP issued 7 days ultimatum and that if they do not get a reply, it shall take all appropriate legal actions.

The organisation is also urging Buhari to set up an independent audit of all loans to resolve any allegations of mismanagement and corruption, and to publish spending details of loans

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UNIBEN Student Raped Inside Church In Edo, Dies

UNIBEN Student Raped Inside Church In Edo, Dies

May 31, 2020 9:40 am

Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a 100 level student of the University of Benin, from the Department of Microbiology, faculty of Life Sciences, has died from injuries sustained from rape.

The 22-year-old victim was said to have been raped on Friday 29th May near Ikpoba Hill in Benin City, at her church, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).

Igbere TV gathered that the deceased had gone to the church to read as usual, in preparation for the lifting of the coronavirus-imposed shutdown of schools.

The perpetrators were said to have attacked her at the RCCG Ohovbe road branch, raped and …

Obasanjo Far Better President Than Buhari – Ango Abdullahi

Obasanjo Far Better President Than Buhari – Ango Abdullahi

May 31, 2020 9:39 am
A former Minister and Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria, Professor Ango Abdullahi has said that Olusegun Obasanjo is a far more better President than Muhammadu Buhari.

Abdullahi, who is the current Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, also pointed out that President Buhari delegates power to other people who probably have no qualification and competence to execute the duties of their offices.

NEF Chairman noted that Obasanjo’s presidency was able to make decisions and took responsibilities, qualities, according to him, the Buhari administration lacked.

“I would say that he [Buhari] delegates power to other people who

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Fulani Terrorists Invading Biafra Land Must Leave - Kanu

Fulani Terrorists Invading Biafra Land Must Leave – Kanu

May 31, 2020 5:04 am

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and director of Radio Biafra has taken to his official Facebook page to denounce the influx of Fulani indigenes into the South East region in his latest broadcast.

He also called out those aiding the Nigerian government to peddle fake news against him and the IPOB movement, their spearhead being the popular news channel, BBC IGBO, and Uwazurike of the opposition group, MASSOB.

Read Also: Biafra War Remembrance: Nnamdi Kanu Announces Broadcast

He promised to keep exposing them and their evil deeds till they are all put in …

IPPIS - Why FG Is In Loggerheads With ASUU – Ngige

IPPIS: Why FG Is In Loggerheads With ASUU – Ngige

May 31, 2020 4:03 am

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has given an insight into the ongoing trade dispute between the Federal Government and the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The minister, in an interview with some journalists in his Alor country home in Anambra State, after he distributed palliatives to the people in his constituency, accused ASUU leaders of misleading their members, insisting that IPPIS has come to stay. Excerpts:

 

What is the situation about the faceoff between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government over the Integrated Payroll and Personnel …

Insecurity Worsens Nigeria’s Inflation – CBN Boss, Emefiele

A Tumbling Naira Nigerians Cannot Bear

May 31, 2020 4:02 am
In 1980, a foreigner visiting Nigeria could only get ₦50, 500 in exchange for US$100,000. Forty years later, one would almost require the service of a bullion van to convey the naira equivalent of the same quantity of dollars. Naira, the currency of the biggest economy in Africa, has lost approximately a whopping 84,000 percent of its value against the dollar in the past four decades.

Today, the United States dollar is worth close to 500 times the value of the naira, which has continued to tumble. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has frittered billions of dollars from the …

Minnesota Killer-Cop Dumped By Wife Kellie Chauvin

Minnesota Killer-Cop Dumped By Wife Kellie Chauvin

May 31, 2020 4:00 am

Kellie Chauvin, the wife of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, has dumped him.

She said she is filing for divorce after 10 years of marriage.

In a statement issued by her attorney, Kellie Chauvin said she is devastated by the killing of 46-year-old George Floyd.

Floyd died Monday after being asphyxiated by Derek Chauvin, a murder that has triggered protests all over the U.S.

Derek Chauvin is facing third-degree murder and manslaughter charges.

Read Also: Breaking: George Floyd: Killer Police Officer Arrested And Charged

A video surfaced showing him kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than 8 1/2 …

Pakistan’s Coronavirus Cases Rise To 69,496

Pakistan’s Coronavirus Cases Rise To 69,496

May 31, 2020 3:59 am
The number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Pakistan has risen to 69,496 with 1,483 deaths, according to data updated by the country’s health ministry Sunday morning.

A total of 3,039 new cases and 88 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, the statistics revealed.

Read Also: Nigeria Hits Over 9,000 Coronavirus Infections

Overall, 42,742 patients are under treatment in different hospitals while 25,271 have recovered completely, which is 36.4 percent of the total confirmed cases.

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Zafar Mirza announced on Saturday that wearing masks at crowded places was declared mandatory to …

50 Journalists Lose Job To Robots At Microsoft

50 Journalists Lose Job To Robots At Microsoft

May 31, 2020 3:58 am

About 50 journalists working with Microsoft are set to lose their jobs, as the American multinational tech giant reportedly moves to replace them with robots.

According to local media reports, those affected are contract employees working as curators for the company’s news website, MSN.

They perform functions such as selection of stories, headlines, pictures and other contents from news organisations for the MSN site.

The Seattle Times quoted unidentified insiders as saying the company has notified the affected workers that their services would no longer be needed beyond June 30.

Read Also: Amazon Stops Microsoft’s $10billion JEDI Contract

From then, …

Doctors Threaten Strike, Issue 14-Day Ultimatum To Buhari Govt

Doctors Threaten Strike, Issue 14-Day Ultimatum To FG

May 31, 2020 3:56 am
The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has given a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to immediately implement agreements reached on the health sector or risk an indefinite strike.

The ultimatum was issued by NARD in Bauchi at the end of its 2020 Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) .

National President of NARD, Dr Sokomba Aliyu reading the communique issued at the end of the OGM, lamented the harassment and maltreatment of some of its members in Lagos, Kaduna States and the FCT in the cause of performing their professional activities.

Read Also: Oyo Residents Doctors Demand 24-Month Salary Arrears

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NASA astronauts head for ISS on historic SpaceX Blast Off

NASA Astronauts Head For ISS On Historic SpaceX Blast Off

May 31, 2020 3:56 am

Two veteran NASA astronauts were headed for the International Space Station on Saturday after Elon Musk’s SpaceX became the first commercial company to launch a rocket carrying humans into orbit, ushering in a new era in space travel.

SpaceX’s two-stage Falcon 9 rocket with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard blasted off flawlessly in a cloud of bright orange flames and smoke from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center for a 19-hour voyage to the space station.

“Let’s light this candle,” Hurley, the mission commander, told SpaceX mission control in Hawthorne, California, before liftoff at 3:22 pm (1922 GMT) from NASA’s …

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