June 23, 2020

₦700m Fraud Case And Other Things About APC’s Ize-Iyamu

₦700m Fraud Case And Other Things About APC’s Ize-Iyamu

June 23, 2020 9:14 am
Osagie Ize-Iyamu emerged the winner of the direct governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress held today, 22nd of June 2020, in Edo State.

Ize-Iyamu won by a large margin, scoring 27,838 votes.

His closest rival, Dr Pius Odubu, a former deputy governor scored 3,776 votes.

Ize-Iyamu will now await the result of the PDP primary on 25 June, to know his main rival in the September 19 governorship election in the state.

Read Also: Ize-Iyamu To Obaseki: Return To APC, I’ll Work With You

However, here are a few things you should know about Ize-Iyamu:

1. Osagie Ize-Iyamu was …

NFF Gives Update On 2019 -2020 Football Season

NFF Gives Update On 2019/2020 Football Season

June 23, 2020 9:13 am
The Nigeria Football Federation has debunked reports that a vast majority of club owners in the Nigeria Professional Football League had voted to end the 2019-2020 season.

Some reports had stated that the season will be canceled and the Points Per Game (PPG) principle would be adopted to determine Nigeria’s flagbearers in next year’s continental club competitions.

Read Also: Federal Authorities Reviewing Noose Found In Wallace’s Garage Stall

However, the NFF issued a disclaimer on Monday night via a statement by its General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi.

According to the statement, the NFF is still on wide consultation to determine …

Obaseki Will Lose, Says Gov. Bello After Meeting Buhari’s CoS

Obaseki Will Lose, Says Gov. Bello After Meeting Buhari’s CoS

June 23, 2020 9:13 am
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi said the power of incumbency will not guarantee victory for Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, who recently defected from All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

Bello stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, in Abuja on Monday.

The meeting, which was presided over by Gambari, was attended by Governors of the North Central zone of the country.

According to Bello, Nigerians have witnessed incumbent leaders including former President Goodluck Jonathan losing elections.

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FG Urges Parents To Shun Gov. Makinde’s “Insensitive” Decision

FG Urges Parents To Shun Gov. Makinde’s “Insensitive” Decision

June 23, 2020 8:12 am

The Federal Government on Monday kicked against the reopening of schools in Oyo State amidst COVID-19 pandemic, describing such as insensitive to the health of the people.

Mr Emeka Uwajiuba, Minister of State for Education, said this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 daily news conference in Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State had earlier ordered the reopening of schools across the state.

According to the minister, it is expedient to recognise the fact that Oyo State is a government operating under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria …

Ghanaian Who Visited Synagogue Church For Healing Goes Missing

Ghanaian Who Visited Synagogue Church For Healing Goes Missing

June 23, 2020 8:08 am

A Ghanaian identified as Suzanna Laar who visited Synagogue Church of All Nations in Ikotun has been declared missing.

The 54-year-old woman had visited the church, alongside her two sons, in search of healing over an ailment they claimed had defied medical treatment.

According to one of Laar’s children, John Wuni, they attended the church on Sunday, December 22, 2019 but couldn’t stay for long because Laar became dizzy and slumped while waiting on a queue.

Wuni said, “We arrived in Lagos on December 22, 2019 and checked into a hotel around Ikotun. My brother and I brought our mother

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Bala Mohammed responds as ICPC seizes his Abuja property

Bala Mohammed Responds As ICPC Seizes His Abuja Property

June 23, 2020 8:07 am

Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has reacted to the seizure of his multi-million Naira property by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)

ICPC Spokesperson, Rasheedat Okoduwa, in a statement, said that the property seized houses Zinaria International School located at Plot 298 Wuye District, Cadastral Zone B3, FCT, Abuja.

Read Also: Bala Mohammed’s Double Headache As Brother Is Kidnapped

Okoduwa had disclosed that ICPC’s investigation revealed that Mohammed, as FCT Minister allocated the property to a school which had himself and family members as directors and shareholders”.

But, the former Senator who served as Minister

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Drama As Court Stops Obaseki From Participating In PDP Primaries

Drama As Court Stops Obaseki From Participating In PDP Primaries

June 23, 2020 5:21 am
A Federal High court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has restrained the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki from participating in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primary election.

One of the party’s aspirants, Omoregir Ogbeide-Ihiama had approached the court asking for the Governor, who just joined the PDP from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to be stopped from participating in the primaries.

Read Also: Ize-Iyamu To Obaseki: Return To APC, I’ll Work With You

Omoregir Ogbeide-Ihama argued that since Obaseki was not part of the candidates screened by the PDP National Working Committee, NWC initially before

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2 Percent Of Volkswagen Workers Contract Coronavirus

2 Percent Of Volkswagen Workers Contract Coronavirus

June 23, 2020 5:21 am

Volkswagen AG’s Mexican unit said about two per cent of its workers tested for coronavirus had contracted the disease at some point.

This underlined the challenge faced by automakers in reopening factories before the pandemic has peaked in Mexico.

Volkswagen last Tuesday began sending workers, in reduced numbers, back to its factory in the city of Puebla, where the German automaker, and its luxury brand unit, Audi have major plants.

Many other major carmakers, especially from the United States and Japan, had resumed operations in other parts of Mexico a couple of weeks earlier.

Read Also: Brazil Surpasses One Million

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JAMB lists universities that will not admit candidates with less than 200

JAMB Lists UNIs That Won’t Admit Candidates With Less Than 200

June 23, 2020 5:20 am

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has made it clear that some universities will not offer admission to candidates that score less than 200.

They include: University of Lagos, University of Ibadan, Covenant University, Obafemi Awolowo University and University of Benin.

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

This was disclosed in a statement signed by JAMB’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, on Monday in Abuja.

Fabian also listed higher institutions that will not admit candidates that scored less than 180 in its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) this year.

“For the 2020 admission exercise, for

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Oshiomhole can’t make you governor – PDP attacks Pastor Ize-Iyamu over ‘godfatherism’

Oshiomhole Can’t Make You Governor – PDP Blasts Ize-Iyamu

June 23, 2020 5:20 am

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has launched a scanty attack on Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said Ize-Iyamu lacks the quality to become Edo State governor, even with the help of his “godfather,” Adams Oshiomhole, who is the suspended National Chairman of APC.

Ologbondiyan insisted that people of Edo State have said they won’t vote for Ize-Iyamu.

In a statement, the PDP’s spokesman recalled how Oshiomhole once said Ize-Iyamu lacked the character to become governor of the state.

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SA Diaspora -- Imo Foreign Ministry To Propel Economic Growth

SA Diaspora: Imo Foreign Ministry To Propel Economic Growth

June 23, 2020 2:39 am

A successful Inuagral Cycling-Festival was held on the 20th of June, organised by an Estate Management Guru, the CEO of M.I.C Turnkey Property. It was on the back of this event that a strategic meeting between the Organiser and the Ministry of Foreign/ International Affairs, was initiated.

 

Dr Fabian Ihekweme, Honourable Commissioner for Foreign and International Affairs today received a delegation from the Imo Diaspora Office and Mr Igbo; where the major discussion on the table was Imo State and how it can tap into the ‘Health and Wellbeing’ Industry, an industry modestly estimated at 4.2 Trillion Dollars …

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