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Ecuador Court Upholds Ex-Vice President’s Prison Sentence

Ecuador Court Upholds Ex-Vice President’s Prison Sentence

October 17, 2019 10:33 am

Ecuador on Wednesday reaffirmed the six-year prison sentence given to former vice president Jorge Glas for receiving millions of dollars in kickbacks as part of a corruption scandal, the prosecutor’s office said.

Glas, who was convicted of receiving $13.5 million in bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, has been imprisoned in Latacunga, south of Quito, since 2017.

The National Supreme Court of Justice declared Glas’s appeal inadmissible and so “the sentence was ratified,” the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

He served as the vice president under leftist Rafael Correa between 2013 and 2017 and under current president Lenin Moreno …

Philippines’ Duterte Hurt In Motorycle Crash

Philippines’ Duterte Hurt In Motorycle Crash

October 17, 2019 10:12 am

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hurt his hip and suffered scratches in a motorcycle accident, senior aides of the 74-year-old leader said Thursday.

Duterte, whose health has been the subject of intense public speculation, suffered the mishap at the Malacanang presidential palace compound late Wednesday, according to spokesman Salvador Panelo.

The crash came 10 days after Duterte — the oldest person to be elected Philippine president — disclosed he is suffering from myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease that could potentially have serious complications.

“The president was reaching for his shoe when he fell off his motorcycle that resulted in a minor …

Five Dead, Many Sustained Injuries In Philippine Quake

Five Dead, Many Sustained Injuries In Philippine Quake

October 17, 2019 9:04 am

Five people were killed and dozens were injured after a powerful earthquake hit the southern Philippines, authorities said Thursday.

The 6.4-magnitude quake struck the Mindanao region on Wednesday night, reducing dozens of houses to rubble on the southern third of the Philippines.

On Thursday afternoon, authorities said five people were killed and 53 injured, mainly in a cluster of small farming towns.

Three people were killed in landslides while another was crushed by the collapsed wall of a house. The fifth suffered a fatal heart attack, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said.

No fatalities were reported in …

Watford Saved Me, Says Rock Legend Elton John

Watford Saved Me, Says Rock Legend Elton John

October 17, 2019 8:19 am

British rock legend Elton John says Watford football club were his unlikely saviour as he experienced the “worst period of my life” in the 1980’s.

The 72-year-old Englishman — known for his zany outfits when performing on stage and hits such as ‘Rocket Man’ and ‘Goodbye Yellowbrick Road’ — has been chairman of ‘The Hornets’ twice.

He says in his new autobiography ‘Me’ Watford “might have saved my life” in his first spell as chairman (1976-1990) when they enjoyed huge success under the late Graham Taylor rising from bottom of the old fourth division to the heights of being runners-up …

Britain And EU Strike Brexit Deal Ahead Of Summit

Britain And EU Strike Brexit Deal Ahead Of Summit

October 17, 2019 7:43 am

Britain and the European Union reached a last-ditch Brexit deal on Thursday, just hours before an EU summit that is expected to give it a seal of approval.

But Prime Minister Boris Johnson will still have to take the accord to a skeptical British parliament for its backing on Saturday, and it is far from certain that it will pass.

Johnson, who has pledged to take Britain out of the EU with or without an agreement, tweeted: “We’ve got a great new deal that takes back control – now Parliament should get Brexit done on Saturday.”

EU officials are pleased …

Labour: Agreement On Minimum Wage Increase Is A Hoax

Labour: Agreement On Minimum Wage Increase Is A Hoax

October 17, 2019 7:04 am

The President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Dr. Ayuba Wabba, has described as mere speculation, reports of an agreement to a 20 percent and 13.5 percent consequential adjustments for workers on Grade Levels 7-14 and 15-17 respectively.

At the minimum wage meeting, Wabba said although organized labor and the government’s representatives have made concessions, they were both discussing to reach a definite agreement on the salary adjustments.

“We have made progress in many areas, the areas we are talking is that of implementation and the consequential adjustment, that is the only subject matter that is under consideration and that is …

Dapo Offers Best Graduating Student Automatic Employment

Dapo Offers Best Graduating Student Automatic Employment

October 17, 2019 6:29 am

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has offered Miss Akintola Esther Modupe, the best graduating student of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, automatic employment.

Akintola graduated with a cumulative average grade of 3.90 out of the maximum 4.

She would commence work immediately after her mandatory one-year national youth service scheme.

Prince Abiodun made this known at the 40th anniversary and 19th convocation ceremony of the polytechnic, held in the school premises on Wednesday.

The governor said that the decision to offer the best graduating student an automatic employment was done to encourage others to do more.

The governor …

OVH Energy Partners Oando Foundation to Upgrade School

OVH Energy Partners Oando Foundation to Upgrade School

October 17, 2019 6:22 am

OVH Energy, Nigeria’s leading downstream marketing Company and licensee of the Oando retail brand, has partnered with the Oando Foundation in the global push for quality education.

These organizations recently embarked on the upgrade of a Model Primary School in Onne, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, which is a beneficiary school under the Oando Adopt-A-School Program and is within OVH Energy’s host community.

The strategic partnership comes on the heels of OVH Energy’s efforts to foster the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal Four (4) on Basic Education, aimed at holistic improvement of public primary schools to improve access to qualitative education and …

200 Youths Graduate from Dangote Refinery’s SAP

200 Youths Graduate from Dangote Refinery’s SAP

October 17, 2019 6:04 am

About 200 youths from Ibeju-Lekki community in Lagos State have graduated from the various skills acquisition programme organised by Dangote Petroleum Refinery as a way of transforming society and providing employment opportunities for the youths.

The programme was put together by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and facilitated by the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and the Nigerian Content Development and Management Board (NCDMB).

The skills acquisition programme, which cuts across a wide range of vocational skills such as plumbing, welding, iron bending, auto mechanics and electrical works, marked the successful completion of the first batch the trainees.

The programme marks another …

NCDC: Incidence Of Monkeypox Hits Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom

NCDC: Incidence Of Monkeypox Hits Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom

October 17, 2019 5:36 am

• Disease control centre confirms five new cases
• Says national response ongoing in partnership with states
• Edo, Bauchi, Ondo record fresh Lassa fever outbreak, fatality

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) yesterday confirmed five news cases of Monkeypox in Lagos, Rivers and Akwa Ibom states.

The resurgence comes two years after the index case was reported in the country. While Lagos, in the current reappearance, recorded three cases, Rivers and Akwa Ibom have one each.

According to the latest situation report on monkeypox and Lassa fever published by the NCDC yesterday, “In the reporting month (September 2019), …

Concerns Mount Over Rising Foreign Funding For Boko Haram

Concerns Mount Over Rising Foreign Funding For Boko Haram

October 17, 2019 4:33 am
  • Obasanjo, military chiefs warn of prolonged war against insurgency
  • Buhari directs service chiefs to promptly settle fallen soldiers’ entitlements

There are growing concerns that the insurgency war in the North-east is being prolonged by massive external funding from fundamentalist groups and foreign nations,  investigations have revealed.

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo also added his voice to these concerns Wednesday, saying foreign funding for Boko Haram has risen to 50 percent.

However, in a bid to boost troops’ morale, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered service chiefs to take urgent steps to settle the entitlements of soldiers affected by insurgency across the …

The World Mustn’t Sleep-Walk Into Another Debt Crisis

The World Mustn’t Sleep-Walk Into Another Debt Crisis

October 17, 2019 4:17 am

Patricia Scotland

Trade wars, protectionism, and nationalist rhetoric are combining to create the possibility of a nightmare debt crisis that could be worse than any previously experienced. Global borrowing is now at the highest levels since the 1950s – and history suggests we should take this as a warning that a debt crisis could be looming. Were one to materialise, it could inflict greater dislocation on international financial systems and national economic stability than ever previously witnessed.

This would be particularly tragic in view of the extraordinary global commitment to delivering the Sustainable Development Goals, and as so many nations …

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