June 17, 2020

Buhari Govt Faults Atiku’s Claims On Nigeria’s Debt Profile, Economy

Buhari Govt Faults Atiku’s Claims On Nigeria’s Debt Profile, Economy

June 17, 2020 10:24 am

The Nigerian government, on Wednesday, faulted the alarm raised by Atiku Abubakar, a former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential aspirant, on Nigeria’s debt profile.

Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, said the apocalyptic scenarios on Nigeria’s debt profile, as painted by Atiku was nothing but scaremongering anchored on a false premise.

Read Also: Atiku Shocked By Nigeria’s Debt Profile, Says Nation In Financial Crisis

Atiku had on Tuesday claimed that Nigeria was in a financial crisis.

The former Vice President also urged the Federal Government to stop indiscriminate borrowing.

Reacting, Mohammed said though the Federal Government welcomes constructive …

Victor Giadom Cancels Edo APC Screening, Gives Obaseki Lifeline

Victor Giadom Cancels Edo APC Screening, Gives Obaseki Lifeline

June 17, 2020 9:05 am
Victor Giadom, the deputy national secretary of the All Progressives Congress, who seized control of the party today, has cancelled the screening for the Edo State governorship primary.

His action may have put the party’s plans for a 22 June direct primary asunder.

The party’s screening notably disqualified the incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki from participating.

Obaseki on Tuesday announced his resignation from APC as he was set to join the opposition Peoples Democratic Party.

Read Also: Breaking: Obaseki, Deputy, Entire APC Structure Join PDP

He indicated he may reverse himself, now that Giadom appears to have given him a lifeline.…

China Sues For Peace With India At Himalayan Border

China Sues For Peace With India At Himalayan Border

June 17, 2020 9:04 am
China said Wednesday it wanted to avoid further clashes with India along their Himalayan border after the first deadly confrontation between the two nuclear powers in decades.

The two countries have traded blame for Monday’s high-altitude brawl that left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead, with China refusing to confirm so far whether there were any casualties on its side.

India’s NDTV reported that no fewer than 45 Chinese soldiers were either dead or injured.

Read Also: Prime Minister Decries Australian Sentenced To Death In China

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian insisted again Wednesday that it was Indian troops …

Nigeria Waits For WHO Clearance To Use Dexamethasone For COVID-19 Patients

Nigeria Waits For WHO Clearance To Use Dexamethasone

June 17, 2020 9:03 am

Nigeria is not in a hurry to adopt Britain’s new magic drug Dexamethasone to treat COVID-19 patients, even as death toll hit 455 on Tuesday night.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, the agency at the heart of Nigeria’s COVID-19 battle, the country will await some clearance from the World Health Organisation before using the drug.

A team of scientists from Oxford University announced on Tuesday that the £5 drug has been found to be a silver bullet to cure coronavirus.

The drug, which is a steroid, reduces the risk of dying from coronavirus by a third in …

De-Emphasise Tithes, Offerings – Kanu Tells Nigerian Pastors

De-Emphasise Tithes, Offerings – Kanu Tells Nigerian Pastors

June 17, 2020 5:36 am
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has tasked Nigerian pastors and Imams to deemphasis the collection of tithes and offerings.

He advised religious leaders to emulate icons like Desmond Tutu, Martin Luther King Jr, and Pope John Paul II who used the pulpit to fight inequality.

Read Also; The Zoo Has Been Thrown Into Massive Confusion – Kanu

Speaking during his live broadcast on Radio Biafra, the IPOB leader accused followers of Nigerian Pastors of being ignorant and uneducated.

The IPOB leader advised religious leaders to speak out against injustice, stressing that past leaders of

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Abia’s Ikpeazu Recovers, Set To Return To Work Soon – Sources

Abia’s Ikpeazu Recovers, Set To Return To Work Soon – Sources

June 17, 2020 5:36 am
There are confirmed reports that the Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, who tested positive for COVID-19 has recuperated and is set to return to work soon.

Dailly Post recalls that Governor Ikpeazu tested positive for the coronavirus disease a few weeks ago.

John Okiyi Kalu, Commissioner for Information in the State, had confirmed the Governor’s status in a statement made available to newsmen last Monday.

The Commissioner disclosed that the governor had gone into isolation before his result was confirmed positive, and ordered that the deputy governor would act on his behalf pending the time he resumed duty.

However, sources

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JAMB confirms commencement date for admissions, peg post UTME fees

JAMB Confirms Commencement Date For Admissions, Peg P-UTME Fees

June 17, 2020 5:35 am
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that the 2020 admissions process would commence by August 2020.

The exam board said due to the outbreak of coronavirus, dates for the deadline have not been fixed.

Read Also: JAMB Remittance To Federal Purse Excites Nigerians

JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, who made this known during a presentation of the policy considerations at the 2020 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions on Tuesday said all institutions, must not charge more than N2000 for their post UTME exams.

”Following the country’s uncertainty in the events of the pandemic, a date

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‘You Are A Dictator, Sociopathic Disgrace’ – FFK Attacks Buhari

FFK Reacts To Oshiomhole’s Suspension, Appointment Of ‘Sick’ Ajimobi

June 17, 2020 5:35 am

Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the latest developments in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

Recall that hours after the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, dumped the ruling party citing his disqualification to contest in the primaries, the Appeal Court in Abuja upheld the suspension of the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

Read Also: Obaseki Bit The Hand That Fed Him – Fani-Kayode

The APC National Working Committee, NWC, had on Tuesday announced that Abiola Ajimobi, who is said to have been sick, will be acting as the party’s

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US Sanctions 6 Nigerians Over $6m Fraud

US Sanctions 6 Nigerians Over $6m Fraud

June 17, 2020 5:33 am

The United States government has sanctioned six Nigerians over $6million cyber fraud against its citizens.

Micheal Pompeo, US secretary of state, said this in a statement published on the department of state’s website on Tuesday.

Pompeo said the victims were defrauded through the use of sensitive information and financial resources derived by manipulative means which will not be tolerated.

The Nigerians listed were identified as Benson Orson, Kayode Abiola, Ogunshakin Alex, Okpoh Felix, Olorunyomi Micheal, Uzuh Richard.

Read Also: EFCC, Police Promoting Internet Frauds In Nigeria – NANS Alleges

Their names were also included in Office of Foreign Assets Control

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Trump Govt Sues Former National Security Adviser John Bolton

Trump Govt Sues Former National Security Adviser John Bolton

June 17, 2020 5:32 am
The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to prevent former National Security Adviser, John Bolton from publishing a new book about his time at the White House, BBC reports.

According to the US President, Donald Trump, Bolton will be breaching a contract he signed with his administration by doing so and will also be risking the exposure of classified information if he released the book.

Read Also: Trump Postpones Rally Scheduled For ‘Juneteenth’ Holiday

“I will consider every conversation with me as President highly classified.

“So that would mean that if he wrote a book and if the

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COVID-19 -Buhari Govt Gives Update On Inter-State Ban

COVID-19: Buhari Govt Gives Update On Inter-State Ban

June 17, 2020 5:32 am
The Federal Government has warned Nigerians that the inter-state ban was still in place.

Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SSG, urged security operatives to ensure the enforcement of the ban.

Read Also: Nigerians Are Not Adhering To Lockdown Easing Guidelines – FG

Mustapha, who is the Chairman of the Presidential TaskForce on COVID-19 spoke during Monday’s briefing in Abuja.

According to the PTF Chairman: “We also appeal to the security agents to enforce the ban on interstate travel very strictly.”

The Federal Government had placed a ban on inter-state movement, in a bid to curb the

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