July 2020

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

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

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.

Read Also: WAEC: Atiku warns Buhari

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Bubonic Plague Reported In America

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

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.

Read Also: NAF Neutralises ISWAP Fighters, Headquarters In Borno

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

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

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Trump Holds Private Memorial For Late brother In White House

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 …

Ibrahim Magu - President Buhari Suspends All Top EFCC Officials

Ibrahim Magu: President Buhari Suspends All Top EFCC Officials

July 15, 2020 4:23 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended over 10 senior officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The Commission’s executive Secretary Olanipekun Olukoyede was among the senior officials suspended by President Buhari.

“They were suspended for various alleged criminal and corrupt infractions,” the source said.

They were suspended to allow for unfettered investigation of the various corruption allegations rocking the anti-graft commission.

All the top officials in the agency have been suspended, their offices locked, to prevent any tampering with files at the commission.

Read Also: Magu Didn’t Pay Falana ₦28m – The Nation Retracts Story

Ibrahim Magu, who …

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 …

There'll Be Chaos In Nigeria If We Release List Of Looters - IMC

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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