August 2020

US Postmaster DeJoy Denies Planning To Slow Mail-In-Ballots

US Postmaster DeJoy Denies Planning To Slow Mail-In-Ballots

August 21, 2020 4:31 pm

United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has given another assurance that the postal service will timely deliver ballots sent through it.

He gave a similar assurance before a House of Representatives Committee.

On Friday, DeJoy told a Senate oversight committee that he has not cut Postal Service overtime or made any changes to reduce mail delivery service ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

“The insinuation is, quite frankly, outrageous,” DeJoy, a Trump appointee and a prominent GOP donor, told the panel, which met virtually.

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Postal employees and Democrats accuse DeJoy of …

C/River State Judiciary Facing Constitutional Crisis – Lawyers

NBA Saga: Jigawa Branch Calls For el-Rufai’s Reinstatement

August 21, 2020 4:27 pm

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Jigawa State has called for the reinstatement of Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai as one of the speakers at the association’s annual general conference.

The Jigawa branch also threatened to boycott the conference the decision is not reversed.

The association removed the governor as one of its speakers following an outcry by some lawyers who said the governor stands against what the profession represents.

The group’s virtual conference holds from August 24 to August 26.

The Jigawa of the association in a statement on Thursday said it disagreed with the national executive council’s decision …

Cross Rivers Owes 2019 Calabar Carnival Vendors

Cross Rivers Owes 2019 Calabar Carnival Vendors

August 21, 2020 4:24 pm

Some of the service providers, known as Vendors, at the 2019 Calabar Carnival said they are yet to be paid for services rendered almost eight months after the event.

Some of the vendors have appealed to Governor Ben Ayade and some have threatened legal action to get paid.

One unpaid vendor is Akorr Otobo, the CEO Diplomat Travels, who provided air tickets of diplomats that participated at the carnival.

He said he obtained a loan from a commercial bank to pay for the flight tickets and the unpaid loan has continued to accrue interest, as there seems to be no …

EFCC Releases List Of Nine Internet Fraudsters In Minna

EFCC Releases List Of Nine Internet Fraudsters In Minna

August 21, 2020 4:20 pm

The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has arrested nine suspected internet fraudsters in Minna, Niger State.

They were arrested following intelligence volunteered to the Commission by concerned residents of the area.

According to EFCC, the suspects were picked up by the operatives of the Commission at their hideouts in Room 202, Seftec Hotels, behind NNPC’s mega petrol filling station, Minna, Niger State, for their alleged involvement in a love scam and other internet related crimes.

The suspects are: Ohanuka. O. Samuel, 26; Adebayo Adeyinka Samuel, 26; Omoh Simeon, 25; Igah Abumere, 28 and Ajobo …

We Are Not Aware Of The Sale Of Government Assets - Senate

Senate Alleges Multi-Billion Naira Fraud In NTA

August 21, 2020 3:38 pm

The Nigerian Senate Joint Committee on Finance and National Planning which is currently discussing 2021-2023 MTEF-FSP have discovered financial fraud running into billions of naira in the Joint Venture arrangement between State-owned television, the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and a Chinese Satellite Pay TV, StarTimes.

The fraud came to the public glare on Friday as documents involving the parties were scrutinised with the discovery that the Nigeria Television Authority has not been remitting revenues into the Federation Account.

When the Director-General of NTA, Mallam Mohammed Yakubu presented documents to the panel, they discovered that documents relating to NTA and StarTimes …

Chinese Loan: Buhari Govt Has Mortgaged Future Of Nigerians - NCF

Chinese Loan: Buhari Govt Has Mortgaged Future Of Nigerians – NCF

August 21, 2020 3:36 pm

The National Consultative Front, NCF, youth wing, on Friday, accused the federal government of mortgaging the future of youths in the country.

It, therefore, urged youths to rise up and take back the country from the current leaders who have mortgaged their future.

NCF youths were reacting to the loans collected from the Nigerian government recently.

A statement by the Head of the youths Relations Bureau, Mr Jude Feranmi expressed worry that the incurred by alleged move to borrow another set of loans.

Read Also: Chinese Loan: Nigerians Will Lose If We Fail To Access Loan – Amaechi

The statement

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Over 2,000 Stranded Nigerians In US Evacuated

Over 2,000 Stranded Nigerians In US Evacuated

August 21, 2020 3:32 pm

2,322 Nigerian citizens stranded in the United States have been evacuated, according to the federal government of Nigeria.

This was revealed by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Ferdinand Nwoye. A statement released to this effect on Friday reveals that the last evacuation flight for stranded Nigerians departed Newark New Jersey on Thursday.

It is contained in the statement that the flight departed on Thursday, 20th August 2020 around 21:51 hours and estimated to arrive in Abuja by 12:41 hours and Lagos by 14:31 hours on Friday, 21st August.

Read Also: More Stranded Nigerians Evacuated From South

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Jet Crashes Into Fence At Lagos Airport

Jet Crashes Into Fence At Lagos Airport

August 21, 2020 3:30 pm

A Jet in the fleet of Jedidiah Air has crashed into a fence at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT), local wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

It was gathered that the aircraft, King Air 200 Jet was re-parking when it rammed into the fence at the tarmac close to a facility used by Bristow Helicopters.

The King Air 200 jet with registration number 5N-HIS is being operated by Mobil Oil Nigeria-Wings Aviation.

The accident reportedly occurred due to brake failure, which caused significant damage to the aircraft.

Read Also: At Least 14 Dead After Indian Jet Skids

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DNC 2020: Biden Vows To End Trump's 'Season Of Darkness'

We’ll Terminate Trump’s ‘Season Of Darkness’ – Joe Biden

August 21, 2020 1:34 pm

Newly minted Democratic White House nominee Joe Biden said US President Donald Trump has “cloaked America in darkness for much too long”.

The former US vice-president said his rival has unleashed “too much anger, too much fear, too much division”.

His impassioned speech was the capstone of a political career spanning nearly half a century.

Read Also: Does Trump Stand A Better Chance Against Biden?

Mr Biden, 77, heads into the general election campaign with a clear lead in opinion polls over Mr Trump, 74.

But with 75 days to go until the election the Republican president has plenty of …

UN Peacekeepers Visit Mali’s President Keita In Detention

UN Peacekeepers Visit Mali’s President Keita In Detention

August 21, 2020 1:28 pm

Members of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) have managed to visit President Ibrahim Keita and other senior government officials who have been detained by the leaders of military mutiny earlier this week, official said.

The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) disclosed this on Friday in Moscow.

Mali  was rocked on Tuesday by the coup carried out by a group of Malian soldiers.

The soldiers led by some colonels, took control of the Kati military base near the capital of Bamako and seized President Keita and some other high-ranking officials.

Keita then, at gunpoint, announced his …

C/River State Judiciary Facing Constitutional Crisis – Lawyers

Indictment: NBA Election Flawed, But We Can’t Nullify It – BoT

August 21, 2020 11:00 am

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has admitted that the election that brought in Olumide Akpata as President-elect of the association was flawed.

But the BoT, led by Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), however, said it would not cancel the election.

One of the contestants, Dele Adesina (SAN) had written the BoT, calling for the cancellation of the election on allegation that it was rigged in favour of Olumide.

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But the BoT, in reply to Adesina said it had given careful consideration and deeply reflected …

Can What Happened In Mali, Happen In Nigeria Of Today?

Can What Happened In Mali, Happen In Nigeria Of Today?

August 21, 2020 10:39 am

On 18 August 2020, elements of the Malian Armed Forces began a mutiny. Soldiers on pick-up trucks stormed the Soundiata military base in the town of Kati, where gunfire was exchanged before weapons were distributed from the armory and senior officers arrested. Tanks and armoured vehicles were seen on the town’s streets, as well as military trucks heading for the capital, Bamako. The soldiers detained several government officials including President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta who resigned and dissolved the government. This is the country’s second coup in less than 10 years, following the 2012 coup d’état.

Protests in Mali had …

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