July 15, 2020

Woman Marries 20-Year-Old Stepson, Couple Expecting Baby

July 15, 2020 9:45 am

Marina Balmasheva, a Russian influencer, has married her 20-year-old stepson, Vladimir Shavyrin, after divorcing his father.

The woman, 35, shared a video as they married at a local registry office.

The new couple are expecting their first baby, Daily Mail Online reports.

In May, Marina, 35, broke the internet when she shared a picture of herself with Vladimir when he was seven.

On their wedding day, she wrote: “We drove to the registry office, I didn’t even have a hairbrush with me. The rings were in the car. There was a good mood and a little embarrassment.

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NDDC: Akpabio Clears Air On Missing ₦40b

July 15, 2020 9:44 am

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has cleared the air on the allegations of missing ₦40billion.

Nunieh on Monday raised a fresh allegation against Godswill Akapbio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs.

Among other claims against the Minister, Nunieh alleged that Akpabio attempted to inflate the NDDC budget during her reign as Managing Director.

Nunieh disclosed that Akpabio ordered her to include some projects from the refugee commission in the budget of the NDDC.

The former NDDC boss alleged that N40 billion of NDDC funds was squandered under Akpabio’s watch.

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When Will Uzodinma Account For The $12M Dredging Contract?

Why Uzodinma Needs To Prosecute Alleged Payroll Fraudsters

July 15, 2020 8:19 am

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state has since published names of the eight scapegoats used as a reference point for the pension and salary siphoning racket whose modus operandi includes the diversion of state funds in the state’s civil service.

Anyanwu Theophilus was an Imo State civil servant, serving dutifully under the Governor Achike Udenwa regime of 1999. He would serve for seven more years before retiring at 60 years as is the mandated age for retirement and then in the course of time, passing away.

But some individuals in the Imo State Public Service who felt that the man …

Trump Blasted Over ‘Delirious Monologue’ At News Conference

July 15, 2020 5:53 am

WASHINGTON — In theory, President Trump summoned television cameras to the heat-baked Rose Garden early Tuesday evening to announce new measures against China to punish it for its oppression of Hong Kong. But that did not last long.

What followed instead was an hour of presidential stream of consciousness as Mr. Trump drifted seemingly at random from one topic to another, often in the same run-on sentence. Even for a president who rarely sticks to the script and wanders from thought to thought, it was one of the most rambling performances of his presidency.

He weighed in on China

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Nigeria’s Non-Participation In WASCE Will Cause Damage – Babalola

July 15, 2020 5:52 am

Legal icon Chief Afe Babalola, (SAN), has said that disallowing students in Nigeria from writing the 2020 West Africa School Certificate Examination, WASCE, would cause irreparable damage.

The Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, (ABUAD), said this in a statement on Tuesday in Ado Ekiti.

He said that the decision by the government would particularly cause irreparable damage to students sitting for the 2020 WASCE.

According to him, WASCE is an annual examination for final year secondary school students in Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Gambia, of which Nigeria cannot pull out.

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Bubonic Plague Reported In America

July 15, 2020 4:28 am

A squirrel in Colorado, United States has tested positive for the bubonic plague, the CNN has reported.

According to the report, the squirrel tested positive on July 11 in the town of Morrison, marking the first case of plague in the county this year.

Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) department announced the development.

JCPH warns the public that it can infect both humans and animals if proper precautions are not taken.

The disease, which was responsible for the deadliest pandemic in human history, can be transmitted from flea bites and infected animals.

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Nigeria’s First Female Combatant Pilot, Tolulope Arotile Is Dead

July 15, 2020 4:26 am

Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile, has passed away.

Arotile died at the age of 23 after sustaining head injuries from a road traffic accident at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base in Kaduna.

She died less than a year after she was decorated as the first female combatant helicopter pilot.

Confirming the news, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, said the flight officer died on Tuesday.

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He described Arotile’s death as an “irreparable loss”.

He said, “It is with great sorrow that the Nigerian

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Trump Revokes Order Denying Foreign Students Visas

July 15, 2020 4:24 am

The United States government has rescinded its decision to revoke foreign student visas, whose courses move online due to coronavirus.

A federal judge, Allison Burroughs, confirmed this on Tuesday.

“The government has agreed to rescind the decision as well as any implementation of the directive,” Burroughs said in a brief hearing.

The universities of Harvard and MIT supported by other institutions, had taken legal action against the move that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on July 6.

They asked the court to block the order announced by ICE, that students must leave the country if their classes are …