July 14, 2020

French President Macron Defends Minister Accused Of Rape

French President Macron Defends Minister Accused Of Rape

July 14, 2020 6:10 pm

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday new Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin should not be made a “victim of a judgment on the streets” after protests against his appointment because the minister is under investigation for rape.

 

 

a man wearing a suit and tie: Bastille Day parade in Paris

Darmanin has denied the allegation that he coerced a woman into having sex in 2009 when she sought his help in having her criminal record cleared, and a judge dismissed the case against him after a preliminary investigation into the allegation was dropped.

A judicial source told Reuters last month the Paris appeal court had ordered the investigation …

Breaking - Uzodinma Begins Payment After Dr. Nze Blasted Him

Breaking: Uzodinma Begins Payment After Dr Nze Blasted Him

July 14, 2020 6:05 pm

There is finally a little ray of hope in Imo state as Governor Hope Uzodinma, who has finally woken up to his duties begins the payment of salaries and pension arrears to Imo state civil servants and cabinet workers.

Credible reports reaching Africa Daily News, New York show that the Governor recently ordered his Accountant General to begin the disbursement of due salaries and arrears being owed by the Imo state government.

This development came after a barrage of strongly-worded, fact-filled compositions and articles made by veteran New York-based social critic, Dr. MarkAnthony Nze which were directed at Governor Hope …

Ortom Commends Buhari For Directive To Shoot Anyone With AK-47

Ortom Announces ₦50m Bounty For Info On Criminal, Gana

July 14, 2020 4:27 pm

Governor Samuel Ortom has called on people of Benue State to always provide timely and useful information to security agents to help in combating kidnapping, cultism and other crimes.

Ortom made the call at the Benue Peoples House Makurdi while briefing the press after the State Security Council meeting he presided over.

He commended security operatives in the state for their proactive and gallant efforts in ensuring peace and vowed that criminal elements operating in the state must be decimated.

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Governor Ortom commended some of the newly sworn-in …

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Drama As NDDC Management Fails To Account For ₦183bn

July 14, 2020 4:25 pm

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) on Tuesday failed to account for the sum of ₦182 billion while defending the agency’s 2019 budget before the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

Prof. Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei, the Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NDDC who appeared with other management officers of the agency had during the explanation of the agency’s budget performance got lost in how the ₦183 billion of the earlier appropriated 2019 budget was expended.

Chairman of the Senate Committee on NDDC, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi in his opening remark explained that Chief Executives of agencies of government would …

Your Strike Is Opportunistic And Unfair - Sanwo-Olu Blasts Doctors

Your Strike Is Opportunistic And Unfair – Sanwo-Olu Blasts Doctors

July 14, 2020 4:23 pm

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday described the strike embarked upon by doctors under its employ as unfair and unfortunate.

He said the strike was an opportunistic one by the doctors in view of the raging Coronavirus pandemic in the state.

Sanwo-Olu, who spoke with newsmen at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba where he commemorated 2020 Tree Planting Day and commissioned a 36 chamber Morgue donated by IHS Towers to the state government, said he was displeased by the action of the doctors.

Read Also: Lagos Govt Urges Striking Doctors To Return To Work

“It is rather unfortunate that …

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Jonathan Appointed ECOWAS Special Envoy For Mali

July 14, 2020 2:04 pm
Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been appointed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a special envoy to lead the sub-regional body’s mediation mission in Mali.

As a Special Envoy, Jonathan is to facilitate dialogue with all principal stakeholders in Mali, including President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, opposition leaders, civil society as well as religious organisations, towards resolving the worsening socio-political situation in the West African country.

Speaking ahead of his scheduled departure for Bamako on Wednesday, Jonathan promised to do his best to ensure that the mission achieves the desired result.

He also thanked …

SARS: Senate President Reacts, Buhari Listened To Peoples Voice

Illegal Miners Are Criminals Undermining Nigeria – Lawan

July 14, 2020 2:03 pm

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said foreigners and anyone involved in the illegal mining of solid minerals in the country are engaged in criminal enterprise that undermines the sovereignty of the Nigerian State.

Lawan stated this in his remarks after the Senate considered a report of the Roundtable Discussion on the Need for Continuous Implementation of Policy Reforms for the Diversification of the Nigerian Economy through the Solid Minerals Sector.

The report was put together by the Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Mines, Steel Development and Metallurgy, Chaired by Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura.

The Senate President in his …

Wike Warns Akpabio - No Harm Must Come To Nunieh

Wike Warns Akpabio: No Harm Must Come To Nunieh

July 14, 2020 2:02 pm

Governor Nyesom Wike-led Rivers State Government on Tuesday warned that no harm must come to former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joy Nunieh, in the ongoing probe of the commission.

Nunieh had been engaged in accusations and counter accusations with the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, who supervises the NDDC.

But the government in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, called on forces behind the probe to ensure the security of Nunieh.

According to the government, they would never support any action capable of …

Akpabio Vs Nunieh - Femi Fani-Kayode Reacts To Squabble

Akpabio Vs Nunieh: Femi Fani-Kayode Reacts To Squabble

July 14, 2020 10:35 am

Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, took to his verified Facebook page yesterday to react to the squabble between former Managing Director of the Interim Management Committee, IMC, of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC Joy Nunieh and Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs.

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He wrote:

I have known Joy Nunieh for many years. She is a very tough cookie and exceptionally intelligent. She is NOT crazy, wayward or flippant.

She is a beautiful, righteous and principled lady, who is a brilliant lawyer and who …

Osinbajo Kicks Against Prohibition Of Cryptocurrency

Osinbajo Clears Air On 2023 Presidential Ambition

July 14, 2020 10:34 am

Nigeria’s vice-president, Yemi Osinbajo, has no intention of contesting to be president in 2023, according to his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande.

Akande stated this while answering questions on an Instagram Live chat with the publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, on Monday.

Momodu asked Akande if the attacks his principal, Yemi Osinbajo has faced recently, was part of a plan to disrupt any ambition the vice president has in 2023.

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In response, Akande insisted that Osinbajo’s major focus was to support President Muhammadu …

UK Bows To U.S. Pressure, Bans Huawei From 5G Network

UK Bows To U.S. Pressure, Bans Huawei From 5G Network

July 14, 2020 10:33 am
Bowing to U.S. pressure, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered Huawei equipment to be purged completely from his country’s 5G network by 2027.

Britain’s National Security Council (NSC), chaired by Johnson, decided on Tuesday to ban the purchase of 5G components from the end of this year and to order the removal of all existing Huawei gear from the 5G network by 2027.

Telecoms companies will also be told to stop using Huawei in fixed-line fibre broadband within the next two years.

Read Also: 5G Coronavirus Claims And Mast Fires Investigated

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Oliver Dowden announced …

Pondei’s NDDC Interim Management Committee Sacked

NDDC Blames COVID-19 For Delay In Paying Scholarship Beneficiaries

July 14, 2020 9:53 am
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has attributed the delay in meeting its obligations to the beneficiaries of its 2019 postgraduate foreign scholarship programme to the lockdown created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the inquest by the National Assembly.

The NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili in a statement in Port Harcourt said the commission was making concerted efforts to effect the required payments.

He said contrary to claims in some quarters, the NDDC had not abandoned the scholars, describing them as the commission’s ambassadors.

He said: “We are doing everything possible to make sure that the beneficiaries of the

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