August 10, 2020

China, UK, EU, US, Qatar pledge €252m aid to Lebanon

China, UK, EU, US, Qatar Pledge €252m Aid To Lebanon

August 10, 2020 11:24 am

Britain, Qatar, the United States, the European Union, China, the World Bank have pledged immediate humanitarian relief worth over 252 million euros (297.08 million U.S. dollars) to Lebanon.

Beirut, the Lebanese capital was rocked last week by two huge explosions that have claimed at least 158 lives and injured 6,000 others.

The aid pledge followed a UN-backed virtual conference hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron.

The donors thereafter issued a joint statement, pledging solidarity with and support for the Lebanese people.

“The participants agreed that their assistance should be timely, sufficient and consistent with the needs of the Lebanese people, …

Edo Assembly Crisis - Obaseki lambasts Malami, says he abused the law

Edo Assembly Crisis: Obaseki Lambasts AGF Malami

August 10, 2020 11:23 am

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Don-Pedro Obaseki, has accused the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami of abusing the law.

According to him, Malami’s response to the crisis rocking the Edo parliament has revealed him as the most-partisan one.

Obaseki made the comment on Monday during Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.

He said: “I will state clearly that Mr. Malami has shown himself as a law officer, as a most-partisan one who decides to speak depending on what part of the (political) party divide he is on. What he has done is a …

Amina Mohammed, Okonjo’s Rival For WTO Top Post Unveils Agenda

Amina Mohammed, Okonjo’s Rival For WTO Top Post Unveils Agenda

August 10, 2020 11:21 am

Amina Mohammed, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s rival for the top post at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has pledged to push for reforms in the global trade governing body.

She also said she should be selected not because of her gender or origin, but competence.

Mohammed, a Kenyan and one of two female Africans competing for the job, had served as Kenya’s foreign affairs and international trade minister.

Read Also: WTO: South Korea Challenges Okonjo-Iweala’s Bid For Director-General

She promised to update the WTO rulebook “so that it’s fit for purpose and in sync with the global developments, global aspirations …

Boko Haram: DSS Invites Mailafia Over Indictment Of Governor

Revolution Now: DSS Releases Bakare, Other Protesters In Osun

August 10, 2020 9:21 am

The Osun State Coordinator of the Revolution Now protest, Olawale Bakare, who was arrested last Wednesday alongside six others during a peaceful protest in the state has been released.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that seven protesters were arrested on Wednesday, by men of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Osogbo during the protest against bad governance, lack of infrastructure, and corruption.

Olowolafe Dunsi, Martins Jesuloni and Gift Martins were released to their parents on Thursday.

Read Also: Agba Jalingo, Others Arrested At #RevolutionNow Protest In Lagos

While Oguntola Samuel, was released on Friday, Abiodun Sanusi, and …

WASSCE Extends Registration Date For Private Candidates

2020 WASSCE: Why Students May Record Mass Failure

August 10, 2020 9:20 am

Based on the short period given to schools to prepare their students for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), stakeholders are jittery, expressing great concern over the likely performance of the students.

They are worried that thier results may be the worst ever recorded.

The examination is scheduled to commence on Monday, August 17, 2020. The schools have been shut down for almost four months as Covid-19 pandemic forced the government to take such action as a measure to curtail spread of the virus.

Following the agitation to reopen the schools for the continuation of academic activities, …

Akeredolu’s Deputy, Agboola Ajayi Resigns From PDP

Akeredolu’s Deputy, Agboola Ajayi Resigns From PDP

August 10, 2020 9:20 am

The embattled Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi has resigned his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Ajayi’s resignation from the PDP was coming six weeks after he dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

The deputy governor who came second during the July 22 governorship primaries of the PDP after losing to candidate of the party, Eyitayo Jegede was said to have made the move in order to keep his governorship hope alive.

Agboola has perfected move to fly the flag of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP at the forthcoming October 10, 2020 governorship election in the …

H' Rights Violation: Police Need To Arrest Innoson, Others

H’ Rights Violation: Police Need To Arrest Innoson, Others

August 10, 2020 7:52 am

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Nigeria face legal and social challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Nigeria does not allow or recognise LGBT rights. There is no legal protection against discrimination in Nigeria. Religion, both Christianity and Islam, play a powerful role in shaping people’s views on homosexuality in Nigeria.

Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Nigeria. The maximum punishment in the twelve northern states that have adopted Shari’a law is death by stoning. That law applies to all Muslims and to those who have voluntarily consented to application of the Shari’a …

What Was Uzodinma's Profession Before Going Into Politics

What Was Uzodinma’s Profession Before Going Into Politics?

August 10, 2020 6:44 am

There is power in association. Common sense teaches the ready pupil of life that having one thing close to another (or in another) is just a different route to creating something other than the original two somethings. Take for instance, water and salt: depending on the volume of each, what comes out is salty water or watery salt. Add in good ingredients and lots and lots of pepper, and the resultant mesh is simply bad soup.  How is Governor Hope Uzodinma’s past like such a bad soup? Alleged association.

The late Maurice Ibekwe and Imo State’s executive governor, Hope Uzodinma’s …

Court Rejects EFCC’s Plea To Issue Arrest Warrant Against Diezani

Nigerians Attack Diezani Over Yahoo Boys Comment

August 10, 2020 4:45 am

Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, has come under attack for saying that internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo Boys, have become role models in the Nigerian society.

Diezani, while delivering a lecture at a virtual event organised by the Ijaw National Development Group, warned that the new trend ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ is a travesty of an unfolding tragedy for Nigeria, adding that only hard work could guarantee success.

Diezani said, “The ones that have swag, the Yahoo Yahoo boys as my son would say; these in short, are the role models they are looking at. These are the …

UTME: Why NIN Is Compulsory For Registration – JAMB Registrar

JAMB Considers New Date For 2020 Admissions

August 10, 2020 4:44 am

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Sunday, said that it is considering a new date, for the commencement of 2020 admission exercise.

This follows the recent changes in the academic calendar for secondary students, particularly those in exiting classes.

JAMB had initially announced August 22, but will meet with stakeholders on Monday to review on the possibility of a new date.

Read Also: JAMB Lists UNIs That Won’t Admit Candidates With Less Than 200

JAMB spokesman, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in a statement said that “as a responsive organisation whose mantra is equity and fairness, the Board desires …

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