July 21, 2020

Pentagon Chief Warns Beijing That The US Military Isn't 'Going To Be Stopped

Pentagon Warns Beijing That US Military Won’t Be Stopped

July 21, 2020 5:34 pm

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper warned Beijing on Tuesday that the US isn’t “going to be stopped by anybody” in the South China Sea, stressing that US aircraft carriers will continue to sail these waters.

His remarks follows a statement last week from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rejecting many of China’s maritime claims and criticizing its efforts to enforce its will.

While Esper was tough on China in his remarks, he extended an olive branch that revealed that he is planning a trip to China, his first as secretary of defense, before the end of the year.

Secretary of …

Auction Of 'Stolen' Igbo Artifacts Goes Ahead In Paris

Auction Of ‘Stolen’ Igbo Artifacts Goes Ahead In Paris

July 21, 2020 4:17 pm

Christie’s proceeds with sale of artifacts, says the transaction lawful given that objects were sold at past auctions.

Auction house Christie’s has gone ahead with a sale of statues which Nigerian museum officials said were stolen during the country’s civil war in the 1960s.

Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments had demanded Christie’s stop the sale of the artifacts, which were collected by an art dealer and adviser of the late French President Jacques Chirac.

But at Monday’s auction in Paris, the pair of “museum quality” Igbo statues were sold for 212,500 euros ($239,000). Meanwhile, a “major Urhobo statue” …

APC Records Rich Harvest In Benue

PDP Turned NDDC To ATM, Buhari Hates Corruption – APC

July 21, 2020 2:29 pm

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was jittery over the ongoing probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

Its National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, in a statement on Tuesday, hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for ordering a forensic audit.

“Has the President Buhari administration demonstrated its zero-tolerance for corruption? An emphatic yes!”, he declared.

The spokesman said the PDP has no interest in Buhari’s moves to reposition the NDDC.

”One thing is clear, no vested interest will continue to turn the NDDC into an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) while multi-faceted development eludes the …

Acting NDDC MD Pondei Collapsed Under Guilt Of Corruption – PDP

Acting NDDC MD Pondei Collapsed Under Guilt Of Corruption – PDP

July 21, 2020 2:25 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party has said that the acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, fainted before a House of Representatives investigative panel as a result of the “weight and shame of overwhelming collective guilt brought on him by the exposure of massive corruption” in the commission.

Read Also: Anti, Pro-Akpabio Protesters Storm NASS Over NDDC probe

Pondei collapsed while he was being grilled by lawmakers investigating mismanagement of funds up to the tune of N81.5 bn in the NDDC.

In a statement titled ‘Collapse of NDDC MD Underlines Weight of Corruption in APC’ and

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Only Buhari Can Sack Service Chiefs, Presidency Replies Senate

Only Buhari Can Sack Service Chiefs, Presidency Replies Senate

July 21, 2020 2:11 pm

Only President Muhammadu Buhari can sack Service Chiefs, the Presidency declared on Tuesday.

It was reacting to resolution of the Senate earlier in the day, asking the Service Chiefs to resign or get sacked for rising insecurity in the nation, especially the recent killing of soldiers and mass resignation in the military.

Read Also: President Buhari, Jonathan Meet In Aso Villa

The resolutions of the Senate followed consideration of a motion titled: “Rising casualties among Nigerian soldiers and other security agencies” by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (Borno South).

But the Presidency, in a terse …

Obaseki’s Agents Mop Up Damning Newspapers In Benin

Obaseki’s Agents Mop Up Damning Newspapers In Benin

July 21, 2020 2:10 pm

Agents of the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, mopped up major Newspapers that published an advertorial considered to be against the interest of the governor.

The advertorial signed by a prominent Benin businessman, Capt. Hosa Okunbo, allegedly exposed Governor Godwin Obaseki’s wrongdoings against himself, as well as revealed how the governor allegedly frustrated peace effort to resolve the crisis in the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) before he left the party.

Read Also: 35 Parties Endorsed Gov Obaseki In Exchange For ₦5m Each – APC

The mop up of the Newspapers, was said …

My Relationship With Buhari Cordial – Jonathan

My Relationship With Buhari Cordial – Jonathan

July 21, 2020 2:08 pm

Former Nigeria president, Goodluck Jonathan, has said he maintains a good relationship with his successor, President Muhammadu Buhari.

He stated this on Tuesday while speaking to State House correspondents.

Jonathan lost the 2015 presidential election to Buhari.

Read Also: President Buhari, Jonathan Meet In Aso Villa

When asked about their current relationship, he said: “You’ve been seeing me coming and you have been seeing us having friendly conversations.

“So, our relationship is ok.”

Jonathan was at the Aso Presidential Villa, in company of ECOWAS Commission President, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou.

The delegation visited to brief member-states on the current situation …

Amotekun will use supernatural powers – Ekiti commandant says

Amotekun Will Use Supernatural Powers – Ekiti Commandant Says

July 21, 2020 11:30 am

Ekiti State Corps Commandant of Amotekun, Brigadier-General Joe Komolafe (Rtd.) said that the agency will deploy ancient, local and modern security techniques to ward off kidnapping, robbery and other heinous crimes from the state.

Speaking at Efon Alaaye during a sensitisation tour to Ekiti West, Komolafe averred that the neglect of traditional culture and patterns of exposing criminals is one of the reasons for the rising spate of crimes in the South-West region.

He, therefore, advised traditional rulers to deploy their supernatural prowess to secure the lives and properties of their people.

Read Also: Illegal Mining: Amotekun Arrests More

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Trump again calls COVID-19 ”China Virus”

Donald Trump Again Calls COVID-19 ”China Virus”

July 21, 2020 11:28 am
U.S. President Donald Trump again called Coronavirus (COVID-19), the ”invincible China virus”.

Earlier, he had defended the name-calling, stating reason to be because the virus originated from China.

Trump on his verified Twitter page, posted an image of himself wearing a face mask and called the act “patriotic”, moving away from his well known reluctance to wear a facial covering in public during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Read Also: Trump Orders Flags To Fly At Half Staff For John Lewis

Meanwhile, he had a mind change after a meeting with campaign aides at the White House last week, where they bluntly …

and Enforcement Corps (TRACE)

EU Leaders Strike Deal On COVID-19 Stimulus Package

July 21, 2020 11:27 am

The 27 leaders of the European Union have struck a deal on a historic multi-billion-euro economic recovery package to curb the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The deal was reached after four draining days of negotiations at a Brussels summit.

Comprised of a 750-billion-euro ($855 billion) stimulus spending pot and a regular seven-year EU budget worth 1.074 trillion euros, starting from 2021, it is the largest such combined package ever agreed in the EU.

It will also see the European Commission raise debt on a large scale on behalf of member states for the first time.

“We did it,’’ …

Keyamo to know fate - Senate in emergency closed session over 774, 000 jobs

Senate In Emergency Closed Session Over Keyamo

July 21, 2020 10:53 am

The Senate is currently in an emergency closed session to discuss the proposed recruitment of 774, 000 federal workers.

The closed session started immediately the red chamber resumed plenary on Tuesday.

The federal parliament had suspended the Public Works Programme penultimate week following a disagreement between its committee on Labour and the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo.

The lawmakers accused Keyamo of hijacking the recruitment exercise from the National Directorate of Employment, which got N52bn approval to carry out the programme.

Read Also: 774,000 Jobs: Keyamo Clears Air On Jobs Being For APC Members Only

Instead …

President Buhari, Jonathan meet in Aso Villa

President Buhari, Jonathan Meet In Aso Villa

July 21, 2020 10:52 am
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with former President Goodluck Jonathan at the State House, Abuja.

The agenda of the meeting is unknown to journalists as of the time of filing this report.

However, Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Jonathan would update the president on his recent international assignment in Mali.

Mr Jonathan headed the mediation team of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Mali’s lingering political crisis.

Read Also: NDDC: Investigate Akpabio Now – SERAP To Buhari

Jonathan may also use the opportunity to condole with the president over the death of his friend, …

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