October 3, 2020

Five Police Suspended Over India Gang-Rape

Five Police Officers Suspended Over India Gang-Rape

October 3, 2020 4:23 pm

Five senior police officers have been suspended over their handling of an investigation into the gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman that has sparked outrage across India and triggered days of protests.

The seriously injured teenager from the disadvantaged Dalit caste was found in mid-September outside her village in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state and died this week in a New Delhi hospital.

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The police have arrested four high-caste men on charges of gang-rape and murder.

But the police have faced criticism for cremating the woman’s body in …

Obama Extends Support To Trump, Despite ‘Political Fight’

Obama Extends Support To Trump, Despite ‘Political Fight’

October 3, 2020 4:22 pm

Former President Barack Obama on Friday sent a message of support to White House successor Donald Trump and his wife Melania, setting aside the bitter election battle to wish them a rapid recovery from COVID-19.

“Although we’re in the midst of a big political fight, and we take that very seriously, we also want to extend our best wishes to the president of the United States, the first lady,” Obama said at the start of a fundraising event with vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

Read Also: I’m President Because Of Obama And Joe Biden – Trump

“Michelle and I are …

Give Nigerians AK-47, They Won’t Run From Bandits – FFK

FFK Reacts To Video Of Him Allegedly Abusing Wife, Precious

October 3, 2020 2:56 pm

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to a viral video of him allegedly abusing his wife, Precious.

A video showing Fani-Kayode’s wife shouting at him to stop abusing her had emerged on social media on Saturday.

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Reacting, the PDP chieftain whose marriage is rumored to have crashed, said the video was a propaganda.

According to him, there was no physical abuse, adding that he collected the phone from his wife to stop her from recording him after he caught her in bed with a married …

Spate of kidnappings in Kogi reduced – Gov Yahaya Bello

Spate Of Kidnappings In Kogi Reduced – Gov Yahaya Bello

October 3, 2020 2:54 pm

Govenor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has said that the spate of kidnappings in the state has reduced to the barest minimum.

He stated this on Saturday at the Senate Press Corps’ Retreat 2020, held in Lokoja, Kogi with the theme, “Democracy and Development in a Federation: Roles of Media, States and Parliaments’’.

Declaring the event open, Gov. Bello, who was represented by his Deputy, David Onoja, said that before the emergence of the present administration in the state in 2016, ‘Kogi was noted as the kidnap capital of Nigeria’.’

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International Criminal Court ICC'S International Criminal Court Judge: Why Buhari Celebrates Mediocrity

ICC’S Judge: Why Buhari Celebrates Mediocrity

October 3, 2020 10:25 am
The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an international and interorganisational court which is usually opted for as a last resort for the prosecution of serious international crimes, including genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Its treaty, the Rome Statute, was adopted in July 1998 and the court began operations on 1 July 2002, following ad hoc tribunals set up in the 1990s to deal with atrocious crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. 20 years after the Rome Statute, the International Criminal Court has made significant headway in bringing global attention to accountability. States which become
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Buhari Has Performed Better Than Presidents Before Him – Malami

Buhari Has Performed Better Than Presidents Before Him – Malami

October 3, 2020 8:43 am

Abubakar Malami, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, has insisted that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has outperformed his predecessors from 1999.

Malami explained that the Buhari-led administration outperformed his predecessors in the area of infrastructural development.

The AGF stated this while hosting some members of the All Progress Congress, APC, in Abuja, yesterday.

Malami also maintained that the current APC-led administration has performed more than its critics.

Read Also: Buhari Making It Difficult To Celebrate Diversity – Kukah

He lamented that the current administration inherited massive unemployment from previous governments.

Malami said …

Kogi: Clamour To Cancel Third Term Session Rises

Kogi: Clamour To Cancel Third Term Session Rises

October 3, 2020 8:24 am

Parents and guardians in Kogi State, have appealed to Governor Yahaya Bello, to cancel the third term for 2019/2020 session to enable their wards commence first term for 2020/2021 academic session as it is being done in other States of the federation.

Parents in Kingdom Heritage Model School, KHMS, owned by the Living Faith Church became the front for what is obviously a statewide demand.

The Parents Teachers’ Forum (PTF), Kingdom Heritage Model School (KHMS) Lokoja branch at an emergency meeting issued a Communique urging the Governor to cancel the third term in view of the difficulty they face about …

Shell Remits ₦720bn To NDDC In 16 Years – Igo Weli

Shell Sacks 9,000 To Shore Up Revenue

October 3, 2020 8:23 am

Royal Dutch Shell, yesterday, announced that it has concluded plans to lay-off about 9,000 workers as part of efforts to raise annual savings of up to $2.5billion (£1.9bn) by 2022.

The company, disclosed that around 1,500 of the staff slated for mass sack have agreed to take voluntary redundancy this year – by the end of 2022.

According to a report by SkyNews, the move is part of the company’s efforts to adapt to a low-carbon future and becoming more “streamlined”, with the severe impact of COVID-19 …

Plot To Impeach Akeredolu’s Deputy Thickens As Assembly Reconvenes

Akeredolu Collects Separate ₦750m, ₦150m Monthly – Ajayi

October 3, 2020 8:23 am

Agboola Ajayi, the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, has said that the Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu gets a security vote of ₦750million naira and an imprest of about ₦150 million monthly.

Ajayi, who is the governorship candidate of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) also claimed he (Ajayi) earns ₦12 million naira and not the ₦13 million as claimed by Governor Akeredolu.

He was reacting to an earlier comment by Akeredolu claiming he (Ajayi) gets the highest running grant of ₦13m monthly.

Read Also: My Deputy Agboola Ajayi Plans To Rig Election – Akeredolu

But the Deputy Governor in a statement signed by …

Why I Cannot Expose Some Secrets – IBB

Why I Cannot Expose Some Secrets – IBB

October 3, 2020 6:03 am

Former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, has admitted he is taking a long time in writing his memoirs because he is scared of being sued.

IBB, while speaking on Channels Television on Friday night, also said he wanted to do a thorough job of it.

Read Also: Isa Funtua Was Misunderstood By Nigerians – IBB

‘I am scared of somebody suing me to court to say that I libelled somebody or that I misrepresented somebody and I will spend five years going to court,’ Babangida said.

When asked of his friends’ opinion about being bound by the oath of

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US President, Donald Trump Hospitalised

US President, Donald Trump Hospitalised

October 3, 2020 6:01 am

US President, Donald Trump has been transported to Walter Reed medical centre after developing mild symptoms from the deadly coronavirus infection.

This was made known in a statement released by the White House on Friday, the Sun reports.

Read Also: US: Joe Biden Reacts To Donald Trump’s COVID-19 Status

According to the statement, the president will spend “the next few days” at the military hospital in Maryland.

‘Out of an abundance of caution, and at the recommendation of his physician and medical experts, the President will be working from the presidential offices at Walter Reed for the next few days,’

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Outrage As Google’s Lists Darego As Ugliest Miss World

Outrage As Google’s Lists Darego As Ugliest Miss World

October 3, 2020 5:56 am

Nigerians on social media have expressed anger over the listing of former beauty queen, Agbani Darego, as the ‘ugliest Miss World’ winner in google ranking.

To the shock of many, Nigerians discovered yesterday that their most successful beauty queen is considered the ugliest among other winners of the world’s highest pageant according to Google.

A.search of, ‘Who is the ugliest Miss World’ on Google, will have the pictural image of Agbani Darego displayed with the following answers, ‘Chief Agbani Darego, MFR (born Agbani Darego, 22 December 1982) is a Nigerian model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World in …

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