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Simi Esiri And Dr Sid Split After 5 Years Of Marriage

January 26, 2020 9:31 am

For months now, there have been speculations that the Esiris – Dr Sid and Simi – have called it quits. But, there were no official statements or evidence to back it up which made it look like baseless rumors.

Now Simi has let the cat out of the bag, confirming what their fans feared. She announced her separation from her husband and music star, Dr Sid, also known as Sidney Esiri, today (Sunday, January 26).

The couple got engaged back in 2013 and tied the knot in 2014. Also, …

Osinbajo Lists Projects To Be Completed In Next Few Years

January 25, 2020 3:50 pm
Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said having instituted reforms covering critical sectors of the economy over the past four years, Nigeria under the Buhari administration is making steady progress on the path of prosperity.

Osinbajo stated this on Saturday in Lagos in a keynote address he delivered at the Redeemer’s Men Fellowship Conference themed “Galvanized for Geometric Growth.”

The Vice President, while noting that much still needed to be done in the different sectors of the economy, restated that the country had enormous potential which would be realised.

According to the VP, who referenced the recent US-based Newsweek magazine’s

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Biafra-Nigeria War: 50 Years, short Distance Not Travelled

January 23, 2020 3:26 pm

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun must have seen it all. Currently, Oyegun, a senior citizen is also one of the grandees of Nigerian politics. Oyegun has been a top bureaucrat, having retired as a federal permanent secretary. Perhaps, feeling too young to be “tired,” Oyegun punted for politics and succeeded. He was elected governor of his Edo home state. After that, Oyegun, eternally energetic, turned up a party lord and apparatchik. Along the way, however, his worst enemies successfully triggered a coup. Oyegun was sacked unceremoniously as party chieftain. In other words, if there is any Nigerian who has seen it all, …

Buni

Boko Haram Set Yobe State Many Years Behind – Governor Buni

January 19, 2020 2:31 pm

Governor Mala Buni of Yobe state has said the challenges of the Boko Haram insurgency has set back the progress of the state many years, affected the people in many ways and had sapped the very scarce resources that the state would have used in more useful and more impactful ways to improve the living conditions of the people of the state.

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Governor Buni stated this, while swearing the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Baba Malam Wali and seven newly appointed permanent Secretaries at the Banquet Hall …

War

50 Years After The Civil War

January 15, 2020 3:52 pm

 

A wound can heal, but the scar it leaves on our bodies will be a constant reminder of what caused the wound. It’s been 50 years after the end of the Civil war, but nothing has changed.
Everything that caused the war are still in place today, and they are even worse than they were.

 

One of the greatest wrongs Nigeria did as a country is to hide its past and practically blocked every discussion about the civil war.
That was a war that took the lives of over 3 million people, mostly children.

I read the …

US Job Creation In 2019 Slowest In 8 Years

January 11, 2020 5:24 pm

America’s solid job creation continued in December but gains in for 2019 were the lowest in eight years, according to the closely-watched government report released Friday.

After a decade of rising employment, hiring last year slowed notably from the brisk pace seen in 2018: With 2.1 million jobs created, that made 2019 the weakest year since 2011, according to the Labor Department data.

The economy added an average of 175,000 new positions a month last year, a sharp drop from the 225,000 monthly average in the prior year.

The decline — which is not unusual after such a long stretch …

EFCC Set To Probe Peter Odili After 13-Years

January 8, 2020 8:52 pm

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will reopen the investigation of Peter Odili, former governor of Rivers state.

In 2007, Odili got a court injunction preventing the EFCC from investigating or arresting him.

The court order also restrained the anti-graft agency from probing the finances of the Rivers state government.

EFCC has Named Rivers State as Number two Headquarters of Money Laundering.

Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the EFCC, on a visit to Port Harcourt on Tuesday said investigation into allegations of money laundering against the former governor would be reopened.

Read Also: Obi: Imo Can Be

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China Jails Protestant Pastor For 9 Years

December 30, 2019 4:58 pm

China on Monday jailed the leader of an unofficial Protestant church for nine years for “incitement to subvert state power”.

Pastor Wang Yi, whose Early Rain Covenant Church was the target of a government crackdown last year, was also found guilty of “illegal business operation” by a court in Chengdu, southwest China, according to an announcement on an official court website.

Wang was detained in December 2018 in a raid by authorities in which dozens of members of his “underground church” disappeared.

China’s officially atheist government is wary of any organised movements outside its own control, including religious ones.

Protestants …

Japan Executes First Foreigner In Years

December 26, 2019 1:49 pm

Japan on Thursday executed a 40-year-old Chinese man convicted of murdering a family of four, in the country’s first execution of a foreigner since the disclosure of details on sentences carried out began in 2007, the justice ministry said.

The man, Wei Wei, had committed the murders in mid-2003 with two accomplices who were also Chinese nationals, media reported.

The other two fled to China and were arrested there.

Read Also: TY Danjuma: The General And His Net Worth Of $1.2 Billion

One was executed in China in 2005 and the other received a life sentence, media said.

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Buhari Detained Dasuki For 4 Years But Retained CBN Gov’

December 25, 2019 1:13 pm
Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, has criticised the Buhari government for the release of ec-National Security Adviser, Sambo Dauki on bail, saying the action should not be a call for celebration but that of reflection and circumspection.

He said Buhari detained Dasuki for four years but retained CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, who released money.

Lamido, on Wednesday in his official Facebook page, joined millions of Nigerians in critically analysing Dasuki’s release after years of detention.

He posted, “two accomplished distinguished professionals who swore total loyalty and obedience to the President.

“One was instructed (may be on an ordinary paper)

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JAMB Official Jailed 8 Years For ₦12.5M E-Card Theft

December 21, 2019 3:45 am

Delta State High Court, Asaba has sentenced a JAMB official, James Orji Ihejirika to eight years imprisonment for stealing the Board’s E-facility cards and change of course cards worth ₦12.5 million.

Ihejirka was an accountant working at the Asaba JAMB office. He received consignments  containing  E-facility cards and change of course cards worth N12.5 million from JAMB headquarters but instead of handing over to his state coordinator, he sold them and converted the money to his personal use.

He was charged under section 19 of the Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Act 2000, and section 386 of Criminal Code …

Democracy

20 Years Of Nigeria’s Democracy

December 16, 2019 3:49 pm

Mr. Chairman, please let me add my voice to those of others and thank the organisers of this conference for the kind invitation extended to me to join such a galaxy of scholars. I believe I speak on behalf of my fellow countrymen and women in Nigeria when I say how much we appreciate the University of Oxford through St. Antony’s College for the time and attention you have given to Nigeria since the inception of the African Studies programme here. And of course, a special thanks to my friend and brother, Professor Wale Adebanwi for taking the African Studies …

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