September 8, 2020

Trump whines again about China, says America not fully developed (1)

Trump Whines Again About China: ‘America Not Fully Developed’

September 8, 2020 6:16 am

United States President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States was not a fully developed country and is just like China, that claims to be a developing country.

Trump stated this at a news conference outside the White House that coincided with the U.S. Labour Day celebration.

According to him, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) treats China as a developing nation, and the U.S. “as a nation that is fully developed”.

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He cited the U.S.-China trade agreement signed by the Obama administration under WTO conventions, describing …

Cross River judiciary crisis - Chief Judge seat vacant for 5 days

Cross River Judiciary Crisis: Chief Judge Seat Vacant For 5 Days

September 8, 2020 6:08 am

Five days after the expiration of the tenure of Acting Chief Judge of Cross River State, Justice Maurice Eneji, her replacement is yet to be appointed.

Africa Daily News, New York correspondent, who visited the headquarters of the Judiciary along Mary Slessor Avenue on Monday, observed that a new acting or substantive Chief Judge was yet to be appointed

The tenure of the Acting Chief Judge of the State, Justice Maurice Odey Eneji expired midnight of last Wednesday September 2nd 2020.

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A judicial officer who pleaded for anonymity …

Aisha Buhari Reacts To Daily Trust Cartoon On Hanan's Wedding (1)

Aisha Buhari Reacts To Daily Trust Cartoon On Hanan’s Wedding

September 8, 2020 3:38 am

Nigeria First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has attacked a Daily Trust employee, Bulama Mustapha, over a cartoon on the lavish wedding of her daughter, Hanan.

The elaborate wedding ceremony held last Friday at a time many Nigerians were complaining of hardship as a result of President Muhammadu Buhari government’s harsh economic policies.

On Sunday, Daily Trust published a cartoon showing the President’s wife holding pictures of the wedding on her hands and displaying them in the faces of Nigerians struggling to find their balance in life.

The cartoon drew inspiration from Aisha’s several posts on Instagram where she displayed pictures …

Daddy Freeze breaks silence - Pastor Ibiyeomie after my life (1)

Daddy Freeze Breaks Silence: Pastor Ibiyeomie After My Life

September 8, 2020 3:36 am
Critic and On-Air Personality, Daddy Freeze has broken his silence and called on the police and other security agencies to hold Pastor David Ibiyeomie, founder of Salvation Ministries, in Port Harcourt, responsible should anything happens to his life.

Ibiyeomie had in a viral video on Sunday attacked Daddy Freeze, calling him a bastard for daring to challenge his father in the Lord, Bishop David Oyedepo.

He threatened to kill him if he should dare speak ill against Oyedepo again. According to him, “The day Daddy Freeze insults Oyedepo, I …

ECOWAS Gives Mali Junta Ultimatum To Name Civilian President (1)

ECOWAS Gives Mali Junta Ultimatum To Name Civilian President

September 8, 2020 3:35 am

ECOWAS leaders who met in Niamey, Niger on Monday have given the military junta in Mali until Sept. 15 to name a transitional president and a prime minister, according to a statement read at the end of a summit on Monday.

The 15-nation bloc said the president and prime minister, who will lead the transitional government, should be civilians.

The meeting maintained the sanctions it imposed on Mali in the aftermath of the coup.

But it also welcomed steps taken by the junta in the past week to start talks with Mali’s political parties and civil society groups over the …

INEC Reacts As Fire Guts Ondo Headquarters

INEC Denies Plan To Shift Edo Election By Two Weeks

September 8, 2020 3:34 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied rumours that it is planning to shift the September 19 governorship election in Edo state by two weeks due to logistics issues associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Already, there is anxiety in Edo as the residents are unsure if the much-anticipated election believed to be a straight fight between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) will proceed as scheduled.

It will be recalled that in 2016, INEC was forced to postpone the governorship election in Edo State by two weeks citing security issues and threat to peaceful conduct …

We Have Spent ₦31Bn To Fight COVID-19 In Nigeria - FG (1)

We Have Spent ₦31Bn To Fight COVID-19 In Nigeria – FG

September 8, 2020 3:28 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria has disclosed that it “spent ₦30,540,563,571.09, representing 84% of the ₦36.3 billon public funds and donations received to respond to COVID-19 between 1st April, 2020 and 31st July, 2020, leaving the balance of ₦5.9 billion.”

The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, stated this in response to the Freedom of Information request dated August 10, 2020, and sent to him by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Connected Development (CODE).

In reply to Mr Idris dated September 4, 2020, and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare and CODE Chief Executive Hamzat Lawal, the …

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