September 2020

Amaechi Plotting To Hijack #EndSARS Protest In Rivers - Wike

Wike And Amaechi Exchange Words At The Burial Of Karibi-Whyte

September 28, 2020 10:00 am

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday engaged in a verbal fight at the burial of a former Justice of the Supreme Court, Adolphus Karibi -Whyte, in the Abonnema, Akuku – Toru Local Government Area of the state.

Amaechi, who is the Minister of Transportation, while speaking at the funeral service, lamented what he terms the rising insecurity and political intimidation in the state, saying the state was back to the time of Ateke Tom, a former militant leader, who is now the traditional head of Okochiri town in Okrika LGA of the …

Pressure Mounts On Tinubu To Back Osinbajo For 2023 Presidency

Pressure Mounts On Tinubu To Back Osinbajo For 2023 Presidency

September 28, 2020 9:55 am
  • APC Stakeholders Say Age, Religion, Experience Favours VP As Buhari’s Successor

Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, some powerbrokers in the ruling All Progressives Con­gress (APC) are already mounting pressure on Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, national leader of the party, to bury his rumoured presidential ambition in 2023 and queue behind Vice Pres­ident Yemi Osinbajo, Daily In­dependent has gathered.

Even though Tinubu is yet to declare whether he will run in 2023 or not, a lot of his supporters believe he is very much interested in the race and his silence is borne out of his desire not to distract …

US President, Donald Trump Hospitalised

Records Reveal Trump’s Chronic Losses, Years Of Tax Avoidance

September 28, 2020 3:49 am
  • The Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due.

Donald J. Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency. In his first year in the White House, he paid another $750.

He had paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years — largely because he reported losing much more money than he made.

As the president wages a re-election campaign that polls say he is in danger of losing, his …

Election Review Committee meets Obasanjo, Jonathan, Babangida

Election Review Committee Meets Obasanjo, Jonathan, Babangida

September 28, 2020 3:20 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2019 Election Review Committee led by the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has held separate consultative meetings with former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan and Ibrahim Badamosi Babaginda (IBB).

Mohammed and other members of the committee, which include former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido and his Niger State counterpart, Babangida Aliyu, met separately with Obasanjo and former Senate President, David Mark, in Abuja on Sunday.

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The meeting with Babangida was held in Minna, the Niger State capital on Saturday.

Confirming the meetings, …

Removing Minimum Wage Will Enslave Workers – NLC, TUC

NLC Strike: Labour, FG Reach Agreement, Strike Suspended

September 28, 2020 3:19 am

The Federal government and the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) have reached an agreement on electricity tariff and the planned industrial action has been suspended.

The new agreement, according to the Minister of Labour and employment (State) Festus Keyamo involves the suspension of the new electricity tariff hike for two weeks.

Keyamo in a tweet announced that the agreement was reached at 2:53 am and government has also promised to roll out palliative in two weeks.

It would be recalled that NLC had fixed 28th of September for the commencement of strike over fuel increment and electricity tariff hike. The Labour …

BBNaija - Laycon Emerges Winner Of ₦85 Million Grand Prize

BBNaija: Laycon Emerges Winner Of ₦85 Million Grand Prize

September 28, 2020 3:18 am

Big Brother Naija housemate, Laycon has emerged the winner of the reality show.

Laycon emerged winner after scoring the highest votes.

Read Also: BBNaija 2020: Omokri Blasts Nigerians For Raising $9k For Erica

He defeated Dorathy, Nengi, Vee and Neo to covet the grand price in the ‘lockdown edition of the show

Last year, Mercy won the Pepper dem edition.

The 2020 edition of the show witnessed drama, emotion, betrayal and intrigues while it lasted.

 

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Amotekun: MURIC Writes South-West Govs On OPC

Amotekun: MURIC Writes South-West Govs On OPC

September 28, 2020 3:16 am

Islamic organisation, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised the handlers of South-West security outfit, Amotekun, to recruit Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) members.

MURIC Director, Ishaq Akintola, made the call in a statement on Monday.

He said OPC was the only known group that confronted the military during the June 12 struggle.

Akintola recalled that its leaders were incarcerated during the struggle for the actualisation of Moshood Abiola’s ‘highjacked mandate’.

Read Also: MURIC Issues Strong Warning To Oduduwa Republic Agitators

He noted that OPC played an unforgettable role in bringing sanity to the South-West during the proliferation of armed robbery attacks …

EU Calls For ‘Immediate Return To Negotiations’ Over Karabakh

EU Calls For ‘Immediate Return To Negotiations’ Over Karabakh

September 27, 2020 4:01 pm

The European Union called Sunday for a halt to fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani separatists over the Nagorny Karabakh region and an ‘immediate return to negotiations.’

The worst clashes since 2016 broke out on Sunday between arch-foes Azerbaijan and Armenia, which have been locked for decades in a territorial dispute over the Armenia-backed breakaway region.

‘Military action must stop, as a matter of urgency, to prevent a further escalation,’ European Council president Charles Michel tweeted, calling for ‘an immediate return to negotiations, without preconditions.’

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell stressed the urgency of relaunching negotiations over Nagorny Karabakh under …

Biden Accuses Trump Of Using Supreme Court to ‘Eliminate’ Obamacare

Biden Accuses Trump Of Using S/Court To Oust Obamacare

September 27, 2020 3:56 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden accused Donald Trump Sunday of rushing to install a new Supreme Court justice to “eliminate the entire Affordable Care Act,” known as Obamacare, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barrett, a darling of conservatives for her religious views, to replace the late liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a lifetime seat on the top court, potentially impacting some of the most partisan issues in America, from abortion to gun rights to health care.

Read Also: Joe Biden Faces US Voters At Town Hall

His decision to push her nomination …

Former Mali Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane Appointed Transitional Premier

Former Mali Foreign Minister Appointed Transitional Premier

September 27, 2020 3:56 pm

Former Malian foreign minister Moctar Ouane has been named prime minister by the country’s interim president Bah Ndaw, state television announced Sunday.

Ouane, 64, served as foreign minister between 2004 and 2011 during Amadou Toumani Toure’s presidency

The members of the new PM’s government will be unveiled Tuesday, an officer from the military junta in power since Mali’s August 18 coup told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Read Also: Mali Interim President Vows Handover Within 18-Month Limit

Mali’s neighbours in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had insisted that the junta name a civilian to the job of …

Nigerian firm, Health Plus accuses UK firm of fraud

Nigerian Firm, Health Plus Accuses UK Firm Of Fraud

September 27, 2020 2:36 pm
Health Plus, a pharmaceutical company, has accused Alta Semper Capital, a United Kingdom-based private equity firm (PEF), of a fraudulent attempt to take over its business.

In a rejoinder to a press release earlier issued by the PEF, Health Plus dismissed the appointment of Chidi Okoro as Chief Transformation Officer and the claim that Olubukunola Adewunmi George, Chief Executive Officer, remains a director and shareholder

Health Plus stated that it entered into a five-year partnership with Alta Semper Capital in 2018 to inject fresh capital to further grow the business.…

Gbajabiamila offers NLC palliatives to avert strike

Gbajabiamila Offers NLC Palliatives To Avert Strike

September 27, 2020 2:27 pm

To avert the strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) billed to commence on Monday, the House of Representatives has offered organised labour some palliatives.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at a negotiation meeting with labour on Sunday in Abuja said the palliatives would be included in the proposed 2021 budget.

Gbajabiamila said that the budget would soon be presented to the National Assembly, stressing that some palliatives were being considered to cushion the effects of increase in electricity tariff and fuel price hike.

The palliatives, according to the speaker, includes distribution of food items, reduction of …

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