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Osinbajo presides over 4th virtual NEC meeting

Osinbajo Presides Over 4th Virtual NEC Meeting

September 17, 2020 12:28 pm
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday presided over a virtual meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The meeting was the fourth virtual meeting as the nation complies with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) protocol on COVID-19 pandemic.

Governors joined the virtual NEC from their respective states.

Read Also: Osinbajo Wants Equal Distribution Of COVID-19 Vaccine

At the last virtual meeting on Aug. 20, NEC disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the sum of ₦13 billion for the implementation of community policing in the country.

It said the president’s gesture was borne …

INEC begins distribution of sensitive materials in Edo

INEC Begins Distribution Of Sensitive Materials In Edo

September 17, 2020 11:36 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Edo State has commenced the distribution of sensitive materials to all eighteen (18) Local Government Areas in the state.

The people of Edo State will elect their new governor on Saturday, September, 19 to paddle the affairs of the state for the next four years.

The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, had earlier disclosed that result sheets and ballot papers for the poll had been modified to ensure transparency.

Read Also: INEC Reacts As Fire Guts Ondo Headquarters

The sensitive materials which arrived at the Central Bank of Nigeria office in …

South Sudan’s Salva Kiir sacks finance minister

South Sudan’s Salva Kiir Sacks Finance Minister

September 17, 2020 11:35 am

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has sacked finance minister Salvatore Garang Mabiordit and replaced him with Athian Diing Athian.

Kiir also removed Chon Thon Deng Abel from his position as managing director of the state-owned Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nilepet) and Erjok Bullen Geu from the position of acting National Revenue Authority commissioner-general.

In a presidential decree announced Wednesday night on state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) television, Kiir did not give any reason for the sacking of the officials.

The new finance minister, Athian was a former deputy finance minister until 2018 when Kiir fired him.

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Barack Obama Mobilises Americans To Vote In Viral Video

Barack Obama Mobilises Americans To Vote In Viral Video

September 17, 2020 5:15 am

Former US president Barack Obama has turned mobiliser-in-chief to draw out the votes for his party in the November election.

The viral video which has attracted millions of views is targeted at American millenials, who studies showed do not care to vote.

But Obama is urging them to do so as their future depend on it.

The video has a website link to ‘Vote Save America‘, which provides a one stop shop ‘to get out the vote”.

Read Also: Let Americans Vote: Obama Slams Trump Over US Postal Service

The website is not just asking the mobilised to support Joe …

Malami Wants To Shut Down EFCC – Itse Sagay

Malami Wants To Shut Down EFCC – Itse Sagay

September 17, 2020 4:08 am

The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, led by Prof. Itse Sagay, has vehemently kicked against the proposed bill for the amendment of the establishment Act of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Sagay, in a statement on Wednesday, called on Nigerians and the National Assembly to reject the bill.

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami yesterday disclosed that the Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved establishment of a new agency which will be saddled with proper coordination of all recovered looted assets.

He said the new agency, known as the ‘Proceeds …

There Is Smear Campaign Plot Against Buhari - Presidency

Nigeria Has Always Been Divided – Presidency Replies Soyinka

September 17, 2020 4:05 am

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said this administration inherited a ‘terribly’ divided country from the former president, Goodluck Jonathan, in 2015.

Adesina, speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, insisted Nigeria has always been divided.

He was responding to comments made by Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka backing another former President, Olusegun Obasanjo.

Read Also: Soyinka: Obasanjo Correct, We’re Close To Extinction Under Buhari

‘Nigeria had always been divided. Always. Right from amalgamation in 1914, Nigeria has always been divided.’

‘Nigeria is an inconvenient amalgamation but we have worked

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Trump’s Impeachment: Biden Sends Message To Senate

Trump Posts Faked Video Of Biden Playing Anti-Police Song

September 16, 2020 5:35 pm
US President Donald Trump, who is trying to persuade voters that his challenger Joe Biden will encourage violent crime, retweeted a faked video Wednesday purporting to show the Democrat playing a crudely worded anti-police rap song.

In the video, which Twitter later marked as “manipulated media,” Biden stands at a podium, takes out his cell phone and tells the audience, “I have just one thing to say.”

He then appears to play N.W.A’s 1988 protest song “Fuck tha Police” and dances slightly, smiling.

After a few seconds, he jokes: “If I had the talent of any one of these people, …

Crime Is Endemic In Nigeria – US Cautions Citizens

US Govt Reviews Ban On Visas For Nigerians

September 16, 2020 3:23 pm

The United States America (USA) has said it will reconsider its ban on some categories of migrant visas on Nigeria.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Mustapha Sulaiman, stated this while speaking to newsman at the end of the inaugural meeting of the U.S/Nigeria Forum on Wednesday in Abuja.

According to Sulaiman, Nigeria has accomplished almost 90 per cent of the requirements by the US government, which had resulted in the ban.

Read Also: Why Uzodinma Must Be On The U.S. Embassy Visa Ban List

He said the Nigerian government’s efforts have led to the US re-evaluating the …

No Govt Has Done So Much With Less Income Like Buhari – Lai

No Govt Has Done So Much With Less Income Like Buhari – Lai

September 16, 2020 3:22 pm

Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture has boasted that Buhari’s administration was making so much progress across all sectors of the economy with 60 per cent less national income.

In a statement signed by his spokesman, Segun Adeyemi, the minister maintained that Buhari was setting Nigeria on the path of sustainable development.

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

According to Mohammed: ‘No government in the history of the country has done so much with so little, as the Buhari administration is doing presently.’

‘With 60% less national income, the Administration is making progress on

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Terrorism Is Africa’s Major Problem – Buhari

Nigeria, Most Prosperous Black Nation World Over – Buhari

September 16, 2020 2:10 pm

Unveiling the theme and logo for the commemorative activities to celebrate 60 years of independence, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday described Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, as the most prosperous black nation in the world.

Buhari said this at the unveiling of the theme and logo for Nigeria at 60 anniversary, themed, “Together.”

The logo and theme were projected and unveiled virtually on the 12 by 20 feet screen at the Council Chambers, before the commencement of the e-Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Buhari.

Read Also: Nigerians Worried Like Obasanjo – Secondus Blasts Buhari, APC

The President …

Yoshihide Suga steps in as Japan’s 99th prime minister

Yoshihide Suga Steps In As Japan’s 99th Prime Minister

September 16, 2020 7:14 am
Japan’s Yoshihide Suga was voted as the 99th prime minister by parliament on Wednesday to become the country’s first new leader in nearly eight years.

And he straightaway appointed a new cabinet that kept about half of the familiar faces from predecessor Shinzo Abe’s lineup.

Suga, 71, Abe’s longtime right-hand man, has pledged to pursue many of Abe’s programmes, including his “Abenomics” economic strategy, and to forge ahead with structural reforms, including deregulation and shutting down bureaucratic turf battles.

Abe, Japan’s longest-serving premier, resigned because of ill health after nearly eight years in office. Suga served under him in the …

Trump Faces Tough Questions About African-Americans

Trump Faces Tough Questions About African-Americans

September 16, 2020 5:49 am

U.S. voters had a rare opportunity to ask President Donald Trump tough questions during a town hall event on Tuesday night.

Trump fielded questions ranging from police brutality against Black people to his decision to downplay the coronavirus pandemic and his tepid support for mask-wearing.

Referring to Trump’s campaign slogan ‘Make America Great Again,’ one voter, a Black man, asked the president: “When has America been great for African-Americans in the ghetto of America?”

‘We have tremendous African-American support,’ Trump said, referring to unspecified ‘polls’ and citing pre-pandemic employment numbers.’

Trump claimed …

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