September 19, 2020

Two Dead, 14 Injured In Shooting At US Party

Two Dead, 14 Injured In Shooting At US Party

September 19, 2020 3:49 pm

Two people were killed and 14 wounded early Saturday in a shooting at a backyard party in Rochester, New York state, police said.

Officers responding to reports of gunfire in the area found a “chaotic scene” with about 100 people running in various directions, interim police chief Mark Simmons told reporters.

“In total we have 16 confirmed victims of shooting. And I’m sad to announce that two of the 16 received a fatal wound,” he said.

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Those killed — one man, one woman — were both between 18 and …

Belarus Police Detain Hundreds Of Women At Protest

Belarus Police Detain Hundreds Of Women At Protest

September 19, 2020 1:55 pm

Riot police on Saturday detained hundreds of women, dragging many into vans, as opposition protesters marched through the Belarusian capital Minsk demanding an end to President Alexander Lukashenko’s rule.

The women were seized by riot police in black uniforms and balaclavas as well as officers in unmarked khaki uniforms and plain-clothed officers in face masks.

Police blocked the women and began pulling them into police vans as they stood with linked hands, swiftly detaining hundreds, an AFP journalist saw. Police lifted some women off their feet in order to remove them.

Around two thousand women took part in the “Sparkly …

Millions Of US Users To Be Hit By Wechat Block

Millions Of US Users To Be Hit By Wechat Block

September 19, 2020 1:53 pm

Washington’s crackdown on WeChat will disrupt communications between millions of people in the United States and their friends, families and business partners in China.

But the app had not managed to reproduce in the US its success in China as the dominant smartphone-based payments platform.

The US Commerce Department announced partial bans on Friday on WeChat as well as video app TikTok.

The order will slow down WeChat to make it unuseable in the United States for videochats with family and friends.

“They are slowing the speed to technically make it virtually impossible to use audio, video, or send images,” …

Kenyan Prosecutor Orders Probe Of Coronavirus Payments

Kenyan Prosecutor Orders Probe Of Coronavirus Payments

September 19, 2020 1:47 pm

Kenya’s chief public prosecutor, Noordin Haji, has ordered a probe into $71 million in “irregular procurement” linked to the coronavirus by the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA).

Hard-pressed Kenyan hospital staff have staged strikes to highlight what they say are scandalous practices by the authority, which purchases medication and equipment for the nation’s public hospitals.

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Three weeks ago, President Uhuru Kenyatta asked the national Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to investigate contracts granted to influential figures, including politicians, without respect for rules of public procurement.

Its report was submitted …

Niger Govt Threatens To Cut Off Water Supply To Army Barracks

Niger Govt Threatens To Cut Off Water Supply To Army Barracks

September 19, 2020 1:42 pm

The Niger State Government has threatened to disconnect water supply from the State Water and Sewage Corporation to the Army Barracks, Minna for failure to settle their water bills.

The Commissioner of Water Resources, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman made the threat in a reaction to the debts owed by Security agencies and efforts being made by some to settle them in the state during a media round-table in Minna.

Earlier, the Assistant General Manager (AGM), Commercial Services of the Niger State Water and Sewage Corporation, Aliyu Danladi Umar had told the Commissioner that the Nigeria Army, Police, Department of State Security …

How Tinubu Lost All His Money In U.S. Because Of Drug(Video)

How Tinubu Lost All His Money In U.S. Because Of Drug(Video)

September 19, 2020 12:48 pm

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu or the Jagaban of Lagos as he is popularly known and addressed is a heavyweight in Nigerian politics. The two-time Governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All Progressive Party can be said to have seen it all and done it all when it comes to politics in Nigeria.

In 1993, under the Ernest Shonekan’s Interim Government, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was still an upcoming political figure. He was mainly based in the United States and carried out most of his activities from there. It was also in that year that he was indicted for Cocaine, …

Court Admits More APC Exhibits Against Obaseki In Forgery Suit

Edo Decides: They Are Rigging Me Out – Gov Obaseki Cries Out

September 19, 2020 11:44 am

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, through Crusoe Osagie, his Special Adviser, has cried out that “there is an ongoing deliberate election manipulation in areas where he has strongholds.

Obaseki is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the incumbent Governor of Edo State.

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According to him: ‘Suddenly, card readers are not working in areas where Governor Godwin Obaseki is very popular.’

‘Voters are being disenfranchised and we are constrained to say that this is sabotage,’ Osagie said in a statement to Africa Daily News, New York on Saturday during

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Edo - EU, INEC Reacts To Electoral Process At Polling Units

Edo: EU, INEC React To Electoral Process At Polling Units

September 19, 2020 11:44 am

The European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES) says voters in Ologbosere primary school, ward 4 with 40 units and other polling units they visited weren’t observing the COVID-19 protocols as stipulated in the INEC policy.

The Deputy Project Coordinator, Mr Wilson Manji, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, that although the voters were all wearing a face mask, they didn’t maintain social distancing.

According to Manji, the polling officers came with hand sanitisers and thermometers to check the temperature of every voter.

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He said: ‘So far, the election is

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Texas Gov, Greg Abbot Snubs Obiano, Refuses To See Him

Texas Gov, Greg Abbot Snubs Obiano, Refuses To See Him

September 19, 2020 8:58 am

The Governor of Texas in the USA, Mr Gregory Wayne Abbott has refused to see Governor Willie Obiano citing what he called ‘inauspicious times.’

Investigations reveal that Governor Willie Obiano, long before the COVID restrictions, had requested and got an appointment to see the Governor of Texas to discuss how Anambra and Texas would cooperate. The date for the meeting was fixed for the 16th of September, 2020.

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Governor Willie Obiano apparently not aware that the Government of Texas, as well as all the States in the USA …

Imo New Law: The High-Handedness And Tyranny Of Uzodinma

Imo New Law: The High-Handedness And Tyranny Of Uzodinma

September 19, 2020 8:50 am

Anyone who has been abreast with the state of things in Imo state of recent would know that Governor Hope Uzodinma is anything but an ideal model of a state Governor. From owing of pensions and salaries, manipulating state and local elections and sheer neglect of state infrastructure to siphoning and embezzling state funds in the name of carrying out projects, Governor Hope Uzodinma has always been in the news for negative reasons.

Imolites yesterday awoke to the rude information of a law (The Imo State Administration of Criminal Justice law), passed by the Imo State House of Assembly, giving …

Edo Decides - APC, PDP Youths Clash Over Money-Sharing

Edo Decides: APC, PDP Youths Clash Over Money-Sharing

September 19, 2020 7:31 am

Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed Saturday morning in Edo.

It was alleged that some APC youths attempted to share money but were resisted by their PDP counterparts.

The incident occurred at a polling unit in Oredo Local Government Area.

The footage of the incident shows members of the opposing camps rough handling one another.

Comments in the background suggest that the cause of the fight was money.

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Only one policeman can be seen trying to control the situation.

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Edo Decides - Voters Lament As Card Readers Fail

Edo Decides: Voters Lament As Card Readers Fail

September 19, 2020 7:28 am

Currently, in Ward 1, Unit 9 at Ugbogbo quarter, in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, LGA, the electorate are eagerly waiting to cast their votes.

The voters are bitterly complaining as the card readers in this unit have not functioned for once.

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Some of the voters who spoke with DAILY POST said they have pushed their complaints to the appropriate quarters.

As at the time of filing this report, voters are still waiting patiently to cast their votes.

 

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