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Kogi Fed Up With Yahaya Bello – Ologbondiyan,

November 14, 2019 6:03 am

Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has said no amount of intimidation will save the APC from defeat in the Saturday’s governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States.

 

How do you react to the recent impeachment of the Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Simon Achuba by the State House of Assembly?

Except Nigerians stand by constitutional democracy, the APC has already turned our democracy upside down.  They promised change in 2015, but all we have seen are negative changes.  We have not made any development towards the growth of democracy in Nigeria since the …

Airline Operators, Insurers At Loggerheads Over Non-Payment

November 14, 2019 5:59 am

Controversy between consumers of insurance products and insurers over poor customer services has been a sore point of heated discussion in the indsustry over the years.

The situation appeared to have assumed a new twist recently following threats by Aircraft owners under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), to boycott local insurance companies to insure their aviation risks with foreign underwriters due to non-payment or delayed payment of claims by local insurers.

Daily Sun investigation revealed  that if the above threat is carried out,  the Nigerian insurance industry may be losing risks worth over N10 billion to foreign

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VC Tasks FG To Include Private Varsities In TETFund

November 13, 2019 5:14 pm

Vice-Chancellor of McPherson University, Seriki Sotayo, in Ogun State, Prof  Adeniyi Agunbiade has appealed to the Federal Government to include private universities in the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) intervention grant.

Agunbiade made the appeal at  a briefing on the forthcoming convocation ceremony  of the institution.
He explained that the university would graduate 92 students out of which 15, bagged First Class, 38 obtained Second Class upper division,31, got Second Class ower division and eight, Third Class.

The VC said government need to emulate the National Universitities Commission (NUC), who carry out accreditation exercise without discrimination of any tertiary institution …

Facebook Wipes Billions Of Fake Accounts

November 13, 2019 5:13 pm

Facebook on Wednesday said it has taken down some 5.4 billion fake accounts this year in a sign of the persistent battle on social media against manipulation and misinformation.

Amid growing efforts to create fraudulent accounts, Facebook said it has stepped up its defenses and often removes the accounts within minutes of being created.

“We have improved our ability to detect and block attempts to create fake, abusive accounts,” the internet firm said in its latest transparency report.

“We can estimate that every day, we prevent millions of attempts to create fake accounts using these detection systems.”

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We Are Working To Repair NYSC Orientation Camp Road

November 13, 2019 5:12 pm
 Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has reassured his administration’s commitment to rehabilitate the dilapidated access road to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) permanent orientation camp in Karaye Local Government Area of the state.

Ganduje, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji, made the commitment when he received on a courtesy visit, members of the NYSC National Governing Board, on Wednesday in Kano.

The governor added that the administration remained  committed in supporting the scheme to meet its objective of being a major tool for national unity and development.

Ganduje said that …

FEC Approves ₦1.7bn For Construction Of Jetty At Bonny

November 13, 2019 5:11 pm
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has approved the sum of ₦1.7 billion for the construction of jetty at the Bonny Island in Rivers.

Minister of State for Transportation Gbemisola Saraki made the disclosure while briefing State House correspondents on Wednesday after the FEC meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

“Today, the Ministry of Transportation presented a memo for the approval of award of contract for the construction of jetty at Bonny Island in Rivers State.

“This approval was sought and was duly given.

“Some years ago, we had a jetty at Bonny Island; …

Google To Offer Checking Accounts For Consumers – WSJ

November 13, 2019 5:10 pm

 Alphabet Inc’s Google will offer checking accounts to customers starting next year in a finance push, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

The project, named Cache, will have accounts by Citigroup Inc and a credit union at Stanford University, according to the report.

“Our approach is going to be to partner deeply with banks and the financial system,” Caesar Sengupta, general manager and vice-president of payments at Google, told the Journal in an interview.

Read Also: Why Slash On Data Subscription Rate May Take Time

“It may be the slightly longer path, but it’s more sustainable,” Sengupta was quoted …

Why Slash On Data Subscription Rate May Take Time

November 13, 2019 3:54 pm

When the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami last week gave a five day ultimatum to Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) that telecoms operators should cut data subscription rates, subscribers were very excited and  were singing his praises, commending him on the order which they said has long over due.

But, they (subscribers) may have to wait a little longer to jubilate as this directive has received several reactions from industry operators.

The NCC on its own part has written to the Minister and asked for extension of the five day ultimatum given to it, which  has been …

DSS Denies Opening Fire On Protesters

November 13, 2019 3:53 pm

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied the report that its operatives opened fire on protesters that stormed its headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday.
The statement signed by the DSS Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya, claimed that though it acted according to normal global security practice in defending its facility from some group that made unruly attempts to forcefully broke into and effect the release of Omoloye Sowore, it did not open fire on protesters.
“The DSS wishes to state that its operatives did not open fire on alleged protesters who had stormed its facility on 12th November, 2019.…

Ihedioha Commences Payment Of Pensions To IBC Retirees

November 13, 2019 3:53 pm
Retirees of the state-owned Media outfit, the Imo state Broadcasting Corporation have cause to smile as the state government has commenced the payment of their 34 months of pension arrears.
It would be recalled that the state government had earlier commenced the payment of the backlog of Pension arrears of retired civil servants in August 2019.
Prince Ugochukwu , Senior  Special Adviser on Public Enlightenment to the Imo state governor who disclosed this yesterday said payment of the pension arrears of the retirees of Imo Broadcasting Corporation has commenced as promised by the governor Emeka Ihedioha.

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Gov. Obaseki Presents ₦177bn Budget For 2020

November 13, 2019 3:52 pm
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Wednesday presented a budget of ₦177 billion for 2020 to the state House of Assembly for approval.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the budget is 3.34 per cent higher than the 2019 figure of N175 billion.
The budget has N85 billion recurrent expenditure and ₦92 billion capital expenditure.
Obaseki said the budget was to consolidate and complete all ongoing projects in the state.
“The projected revenue for 2020 is estimated at ₦145 billion consisting of N68 billion statutory allocation, N14.5billion VAT, N40.3 billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), 15.3billion grants.

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Racism The Catalyst For Outspoken Remarks, Says Fury

November 13, 2019 2:21 pm

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury said his outspoken remarks which have caused huge offence to many are down to the racism aimed at Travellers he experienced as an amateur.

The 31-year-old Briton — who is of Irish Traveller descent and is nicknamed ‘The Gypsy King’ — drew a hail of criticism with controversial comments such as ‘a woman’s best place is in the kitchen’ and claiming it would only take the legalisation of paedophilia in addition to the decriminalisation of abortion and homosexuals to see “the devil come home.”

However, Fury — who has battled demons such as

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