August 2020

Buhari supports killings in Southern Kaduna - Omokri

Buhari Supports Killings In Southern Kaduna – Omokri

August 10, 2020 3:07 pm
Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari is in support of the killings in Southern Kaduna.

Omokri made the allegation while condemning the persistent killings in Southern Kaduna.

In a post on his Facebook page, the former presidential aide wondered why Buhari has not ordered any military operation in Southern Kaduna, despite the persistent killings.

He recalled that Operation Python Dance was deployed in the Southeast over the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra but has failed to do the same in Southern Kaduna.

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PDP Postpones Niger Congresses

August 10, 2020 1:57 pm

The National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed the congresses of the party in Niger State.

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The local government congress for the state ought to have been held last Saturday, while the congress for the election of state executive members was initially slated for Tuesday.

However, a letter by the national secretariat of the party to the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), a copy of which was made available to THISDAY, informed the electoral body of the decision to shift the dates for the …

Magu - We Mistakenly Transferred N573m To Prophet Omale – FCMB

Magu: We Mistakenly Transferred ₦573m To Pastor Omale – FCMB

August 10, 2020 11:26 am
The managing director of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Adam Nuru, said the bank just discovered that ₦573 million was mistakenly posted into the church account of Pastor Emmanuel Omale.

This is coming after the Presidential Committee on Audit of Recovered Assets (PCARA) had accused Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), of allegedly using Omale, founder of the Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministry, to launder funds abroad.

The committee headed by retired Justice Ayo Salami said the former acting chairman purchased a property worth ₦573 million in Dubai using Omale’s name — …

The Political Careers Obasanjo Stomped On And Buried

The Political Careers Obasanjo Stomped On And Buried

August 10, 2020 11:25 am

Olusegun Obasanjo is a defining personality in Nigeria’s politics. For decades he has hovered like a wraith over the political cumulus. He is one of the many Nigerian leaders who have profited prodigiously from the country’s undertaking, and he has lived a lifetime on the Nigerian privilege.

Fate handed Obasanjo the brick and mortar to set Nigeria on a fine-grained foundation in 1999 – after years of military vandalism. But did he saddle up to the importunities of destiny? Well, I believe we may not be on the current trajectory as a country if Obasanjo had applied his luck judiciously. …

In Q2, FCMB sustains new strengths

In Q2, FCMB Sustains New Strengths

August 10, 2020 11:25 am

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) sustained new strengths in operations in the second quarter despite the challenges of the COVID-19 economic lockdown. The bank kept all the growth levers up from the closing levels in 2019.

The addition of new strengths and retention of some key capabilities of the preceding year constitutes the operating advantage for the bank this year. It is maintaining the elevated revenue outlook seen in the first quarter, which is happening for the first time since 2017.

Both interest and non-interest incomes are contributing to revenue improvement but non-interest earnings keep leading the way. Against a …

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.

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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.

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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 …

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