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© Chris Jackson Moore’s 100th birthday on April 30 was marked by a Royal Air Force flypastCaptain Tom Moore raised nearly £33 million ($41.3 million, 36.1 million euros) by completing 100 laps of his garden, winning hearts across Britain and plaudits around the world.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in May the Burma campaign veteran would be made a “Sir” in recognition of his achievement and for being a
Africa has recorded 14,386 deaths due to complications arising from COVID-19.
According to the latest figure released by the WHO, the number of COVID-19 cases in Africa has risen to 663,648 in the past 24 hours.
Africa has also recorded more than 343,000 recoveries from COVID-19 infections.
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As of Friday, Seychelles has reported 108 cases and zero deaths, followed by Eritrea (251 cases, 0 death), and Uganda (1051 cases, and
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP have reacted to Ibrahim Magu’s alleged boast of reinstatement.
PDP’s spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan described Magu’s remark as a huge affront on the integrity of the Presidential committee probing his alleged corrupt practice while in office.
Ologbondiyan had claimed that Magu’s lawyer, Wahab Shittu had boasted of his client’s reinstatement as EFCC Czar.
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A statement by Ologbondiyan says reinstating Magu was an indication of compromise on the part of the investigating panel and President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.
…He said: “The party said Nigerians were shocked
National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) has appointed Ojo Amos Olatunde as the Acting Clerk of the National Assembly (CNA).
The former clerk Mohammed Sani-Omolori had been removed for refusing to retire after 35 years in service.
Omolori had argued via a press release, insisting his time was not up yet.
This led to his query by NASC Chairman, Ahmed Kadi Amshi, on Thursday.
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Amshi listed breaches of the public service rules occasioned by the Omolori’s release.
The ousted clerk was given 24 hours to explain why disciplinary action should not be …
Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police over publications accusing him of massive corruption.
He wants the police to carry out comprehensive investigation into the “libelous and criminal defamation of his character and integrity”.
Malami had stated that he was traumatized by the allegations.
His petition signed by Sunday Ibrahim Ameh, SAN, is demanding apology and retraction.
It said under Malami, the extant National Anti Corruption Strategy was conceived, designed, approved by the Federal Executive Council and is currently being implemented.
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A member of the Federal Government Special Public Works Programme (SPWP) in Ebonyi, Ann Agomeze, has explained the criteria for selection.
Agomeze spoke on Friday in Onicha Local Government at a stakeholders meeting in Abakaliki.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain said selection of beneficiaries of the programme will be based on merit.
She said Nigerians to benefit are “the lowly and vulnerable members” of every local government across Nigeria.
Agomeze confirmed that the committee will engage both skilled and unskilled labours.
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It will look out for people …
Ramsey BethAnn Bearse, 29, also was sentenced to 10 years of supervised released and a requirement that she register as a lifetime sex offender, according to the sentencing disposition order filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court. She was sentenced by Judge Louis H. Bloom on Tuesday, and was ordered to report to Lakin Correctional Center on July 20.
Bearse was arrested in December 2018 and was originally charged with four counts of sending obscene material
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that he will return a fourth of his salary to help the country weather the coronavirus crisis that has battered the economy, encouraging public servants also to donate from their earnings.
He did not say if it would be a one-time or recurring deduction.
Since taking office in
The report, released Thursday, found that the number of openly LGBTQ elected officials in the U.S. has more than doubled over the last four years, a number that could be boosted by the record number of LGBTQ candidates running for 2020 office, according to data compiled by the Victoria Institute.
According to the institute’s Out For America 2020 report, the number of openly
The Gokada CEO was discovered dead on Tuesday afternoon by his sister inside his $2.25 million condo in a luxury building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, the police said.
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Detectives believed that the motive
Former House of Representatives member and philanthropist, Prince Ned Nwoko has dragged an online publisher, Azuka Jebose Molokwu, to court claiming ₦2billion damages for defamation of character.
This is contained in a writ of summons obtained from Effurun High Court, Delta State on behalf of Nwoko by his counsel, Ikhide Ehighelua and Co dated July 13, 2020.
Also joined in the suit No. EHC 99 as the second defendant is Prince Chukwunonso Nwoko identified as the employer and sponsor of the first defendant, Jebose, a native of Onicha-Ugbo in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, resident in the …
The Federal Government has set up a Presidential Joint Board Audit Investigation Panel to probe alleged ₦3.4 billion financial infractions levelled against the suspended Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, Adebayo Somefun and three other directors.
The suspended directors are: Jasper Ikedi-Azuatalam, Executive Director (ED), Finance and Investment; Mrs Olukemi Nelson, ED, Operations and Alhaji Tijani Darazo Sulaiman, ED, Administration.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, set up the panel on Thursday.
The panel is chaired by Ibrahim Khaleel of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Chairman of the Audit Committee …
