September 2020

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 …

Libya Reports Highest COVID-19 Cases For Single Day (1)

Libya Reports Highest COVID-19 Cases For Single Day

September 7, 2020 5:07 pm

Libya on Monday reported more than 1,000 new coronavirus infections, the highest tally for a single day since the conflict-ravaged country announced its first cases in late March.

“Of the 4,291 tests performed on Sunday, 1,080 were positive,” said the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), a Tripoli-based government agency.

The figure brings the total number of Covid-19 cases in the North African country to 18,834, including 16,376 who required hospitalisation, 2,162 patients who recovered and 296 deaths.

Read Also: India Passes Brazil For World’s Second Most Virus Cases

The NCDC urged people in areas where the virus is spreading …

Navalny Out Of Medically Induced Coma – Berlin Hospital

Navalny Out Of Medically Induced Coma – Berlin Hospital

September 7, 2020 5:06 pm

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who Germany says was poisoned by a weapons-grade Novichok nerve agent, is now out of a medically induced coma and is being weaned off mechanical ventilation, the Berlin hospital treating him said Monday.

“He is responding to verbal stimuli,” Charite hospital said in a statement, reporting that the 44-year-old’s condition “has improved”.

However, the hospital said it was too early to determine the long-term impact of the poisoning.

Navalny fell ill after boarding a plane in Siberia last month. He was initially treated in a local hospital before being flown to Berlin for treatment.

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Ondo Gov, Akeredolu Approves 22 New Appointments

Gov Akeredolu Purchases ₦1.2Bn Cars For Ondo Lawmakers

September 7, 2020 4:46 pm

The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has come under criticism from the opposition over the distribution of 2020 model SUV KIA Sportage to members of the state House of Assembly as official vehicles.

The governor had earmarked about ₦1.18billion in the 2020 budget for the procurement of vehicles for the House of Assembly.

The cars were presented to the leadership of the house on Friday, a day to the official flag off of the governorship campaign of the All Progressives Congress, with the opposition alleging that the expenditure was meant to score a political point.

Seven members of the …

Nigeria’s 60th Anniversary Celebrations To Last One Year - Lai

Petrol Price In Nigeria Cheapest In Africa – Lai Mohammed

September 7, 2020 4:46 pm

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Monday said despite the recent increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit to ₦162 per litre, the price of the commodity in Nigeria remained among the cheapest in Africa.

He said this at a press conference in Abuja.

Read Also: Lai Mohammed Justifies ₦5 Million Hate Speech Fine

Mohammed was joined at the briefing by the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman; and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva.

The minister said, “In spite of the recent increase in the price of fuel to N162 per litre, petrol

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No Nigerian Will Be Mandated To Take COVID Vaccines – FG

Borrowing To Subsidise Electricity Grossly Irresponsible – FG

September 7, 2020 4:45 pm

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says it will be “grossly irresponsible” to borrow to subsidise electricity tariff amid the economic crunch caused by the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.

He also said no provision was made for fuel subsidy in the Revised 2020 Budget, noting that about N1.7trn has been spent on tariff shortfalls to support the electricity sector since its privatisation.

The President, who spoke on Monday during his second-term First Year Ministerial Performance Review Retreat in Abuja, noted that under the new arrangement, only customers who get electricity for 12 hours and above per day …

Education Minister Reportedly Sick, Flown To Germany (1)

Education Minister Reportedly Sick, Flown To Germany

September 7, 2020 3:56 pm

Education Minister, Adamu Adamu, is reportedly in a hospital in Berlin, Germany.

The latest trip was the third time Adamu would be flown abroad in recent months.

The minister is reportedly undergoing treatment for a kidney-related procedure.

However, the reason for the current trip is still unknown.

There are concerns that his absence has affected issues including reopening of schools, the University of Lagos (UNILAG) leadership imbroglio, among others.

Read Also: APC Youths Give Pass Mark To Adamu Adamu

The federal government eventually named John Momoh as acting Chairman of the Governing Council after removing Wale Babalakin.

Adamu, who has …

ASUU Confirms Kidnap Of Two Profs, Others In UNIABUJA

ASUU Justifies Strike, Condemns Increased Petrol, Electricity

September 7, 2020 3:56 pm

Striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked students to understand that its strike was caused and sustained by the imposition of the new remuneration regime by the federal government on lecturers.

The Yola Zonal chapter of the union which comprises members from Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe and Borno States and which articulated its response to its ongoing strike during a press briefing in the Adamawa State capital on Monday, similarly condemned the federal government for allowing hikes in petrol price and electricity tariff.

Read Also: ASUU Berates FG Over New Fuel Pump Price, Electricity Tariff

“The coercion of our …

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