May 2020

Trump's Trump's Slap At Twitter Shows His Use Of Power For Personal Whims

Trump’s Slap At Twitter Shows His Use Of Power For Personal Whims

May 29, 2020 5:28 am

Donald Trump was impeached for using presidential power to influence an election. It’s now clear that his acquittal in a Senate trial only encouraged him to use that authority to service personal whims in a pattern that becomes more pronounced the longer he is in office.

Two days after Twitter appended a fact check to one of his misleading tweets, the President Thursday all but threatened to close the company in an affront to the freedom of speech. His power play revealed one of his many preoccupations a day after the US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic, a disaster …

Airlines In Nigeria, Most Dangerous To Fly – Sen. Adeyemi

I Pity President Buhari – Senator Smart Adeyemi

May 29, 2020 5:25 am
The Senator representing Kogi West, Smart Adeyemi, has said he feels pity for President Muhammadu Buhari, because of the crashing prices of crude oil.

Adeyemi made this comment, while contributing to a debate on the revised 2020 budget on the floor of the Senate on Thursday.

According to the lawmaker, when Nigeria sold crude oil at a higher rate, previous administrations refused to diversify the economy.

Read Also: President Buhari Hails Minister, Rotimi Amaechi On 55th Birthday

“When we were asking the government of the day at that time, to diversify the economy. At the time oil was selling at

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NCDC Raises Alarm As Test Kits Flood Black Markets

NCDC Raises Alarm As Test Kits Flood Black Markets

May 29, 2020 5:24 am
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said that COVID-19 diagnostic test kits are being sold in “black markets”.

Ihekweazu stated this while speaking at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing on Thursday.

He warned Nigerians desperate to test for Coronavirus to be careful.

Read Also: NCDC Announces 245 Fresh Cases As Total Hit 7261

“There is a growing black market on rapid diagnostics test kits in Nigeria.

“We have to be careful in what we buy, how we use it and how we interpret the results that they provide,” Ihekweazu said.

Nigeria

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Federal Govt Can Withhold States’ Funds – Malami

Federal Govt Can Withhold States’ Funds – Malami

May 29, 2020 5:24 am

Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has warned that States that refuse to comply with certain Executive Orders may have their funds withheld.

He said this while explaining the Executive Orders recently signed by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The President had signed the financial autonomy for the states’ judiciary and legislature, code-named the Executive Order 10, 2020.

Read Also: Malami Reacts As US Opposes Buhari And Bagudu’s Plot

Malami said the assent was aimed at complementing existing legislation, enhancing operation and enforcing legal provisions.

Malami spoke on Thursday at Radio Nigeria programme, Politics Nationwide.

The AGF said it

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Nigerian Navy - 110 Top Officers Affected In Major Rejig

Nigerian Navy: 110 Top Officers Affected In Major Rejig

May 29, 2020 5:22 am
Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has approved the appointments of some senior officers in the Nigerian Navy.

In a major rejig, 110 senior officers, consisting 33 Rear Admirals and 77 Commodores, were appointed or deployed.

The announcement was made on Thursday.

It was contained in a statement by Navy spokesman, Commodore Suleman Dahun.

Former Director of Plans Defence Headquarters, Rear Admiral Obi Ofodile, has been reappointed to Defence Headquarters as Chief of Defence Administration, while Rear Admiral Matthew Emuekpere, formerly Deputy Commandant Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji, moves to Naval Headquarters as Chief

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Parents In Lagos Kick Against Reopening Of Schools

Parents In Lagos Kick Against Reopening Of Schools

May 29, 2020 5:21 am

Some parents in Lagos State are against plans to reopen schools.

Earlier this week, the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, spoke on plans to divide classes into morning and afternoon sessions, in a bid to reopen schools across the country.

Speaking to NAN on Thursday, some parents noted it was important for the federal and state governments to continue to safeguard children from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ayobami Ojo, a civil servant, who resides in Ikotun, asked for the children to stay at home until the pandemic is effectively contained or a vaccine is found.

“There is no need

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Kaduna Killings - I’m Not Part Of El-Rufai’s Govt – Governor’s Wife, Hadiza

Kaduna Killings: I’m Not Part Of El-Rufai’s Govt – Governor’s Wife, Hadiza

May 29, 2020 5:20 am
Hadiza Isma El-Rufai, wife of the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has come under heavy attack after she denied being part of her husband’s government.

Following the renewed killings in Southern Kaduna, some Nigerians had berated the Governor’s wife for not lending her voice to condemn the scenario playing out in her State but instead was celebrating her 800th followers on Twitter.

Scores of women and children were killed after suspected armed herdsmen attacked communities in Kajuru, located in the Southern part of Kaduna State.

Read Also: Kaduna Crises: 107 Killed, 49 Injured, 66 Kidnapped, 111 Houses Burnt

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Buhari Loans - Nigeria Now On Auction Market – PDP Alleges

Buhari Loans: Nigeria Now On Auction Market – PDP Alleges

May 29, 2020 5:18 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Thursday, alleged that with the volume of foreign loans being accumulated by President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC), the nation and her people have been placed on the international auction market.

It also said that Buhari’s moves to take a fresh $5.513 billion (₦2.1 trillion) loan in addition to an earlier $22.79 billion (N8.5trillion), the size of 2020 budget, without operable repayment plans, will totally compromise the fiscal integrity of the nation and open her up for economic annexation by foreign creditors.

The PDP even averred that the portrayed economic index is

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COVID-19 - Buhari Lobbies For Debts Cancellation

COVID-19: Buhari Lobbies For Debts Cancellation

May 29, 2020 5:17 am
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged ‘developed countries’ to cancel debts owed by ‘poor countries’, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Buhari stated this while speaking at a UN-backed high-level meeting that was held virtually.

“There is an urgent need for weak and needy countries especially those of Africa, to receive a fresh reprieve.

Read Also: President Buhari Hails Minister, Rotimi Amaechi On 55th Birthday

 

“Debts must be forgiven and cancelled. Free additional resources are needed urgently through an international consensus to enable poor countries work to reverse the devastation of COVID-19 to the human race,” Buhari said.

The President also spoke

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Family Petitions Gov. Ugwuanyi, IGP Over Murder Of 70-Year-Old Woman

Family Petitions Gov. Ugwuanyi, IGP Over Murder Of 70-Year-Old Woman

May 29, 2020 5:17 am
The family of late Lady Eucharia Ugwu, from Itchi, in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State are in deep pain over the mysterious death of the 70-year-old woman.

DAILY POST gathered that Eucharia died under questionable circumstances in her apartment at the community.

One of her close relatives raised the alarm upon visiting her two days after she was last seen, discovering her corpse, allegedly with knife stabs.

Read Also: Nsukka Flood: Gov. Ugwuanyi Calls For Lasting Solution

The members of the Ugwu family are now calling on the Governor of Enugu State, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and

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US Troops Pullout From Afghanistan Ahead Of Schedule

US Troops Pullout From Afghanistan Ahead Of Schedule

May 28, 2020 4:49 pm

The US military withdrawal from Afghanistan is considerably ahead of schedule, an official told AFP on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump reiterated calls for the Pentagon to bring troops home.

The developments came as questions loomed over the next phase of Afghanistan’s long war following a historic, three-day ceasefire that led to a major drop in civilian casualties.

The truce, which the Taliban called to mark the Muslim celebration of Eid al-Fitr, ended Tuesday night, leaving Afghans anxious about whether it would be extended, or when the war might come raging back.

Violence levels remained low even after the end …

lockdown London: Sex Workers' Bemoan Fate Amid Unending Virus Lockdown

London: Sex Workers’ Bemoan Fate Amid Unending Virus Lockdown

May 28, 2020 4:48 pm

The bondage chairs and polished metal whipping tools sit gathering dust on a quiet street near London’s trendy Shoreditch neighbourhood — and Madame Caramel is not pleased.

The coronavirus lockdown has punished the London dominatrix, whose Hoxton Dungeon Suite has stood silent for weeks.

“In regards to the dungeon, completely stopped, zero percent, no income whatsoever, and in regards to Madame Caramel as a professional dominatrix it is exactly the same,” said the red-haired self-proclaimed “femme domme”.

“The one-to-one… is gone, just the online stays,” she told AFP.

– ‘Can’t do in-person’ –

In Europe’s red-light capital Amsterdam, sex work …

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