DailymailJun 23, 2020Read original

An exiled billionaire has accused the Chinese government of giving the Vatican £1.6billion every year in bribes to prevent it from criticising Beijing’s sweeping clampdown on religions.

Fugitive tycoon Guo Wengui claimed in a podcast that the Communist Party had been paying the Holy See generously since 2014 because Beijing ‘wanted the Vatican to shut up about China 

‘s religion policies.’

US-based Guo, 52, said in the interview that the Communist country had also spent large sums to muzzle other countries – including Italy 

and Australia – from voicing concerns.

Steve Bannon (pictured), aformer Trump strategist, spoke to the Chinese fugitive tycoon Guo Wengui in an interview on Bannon¿s self-launched radio show ¿The War Room¿ on June 20

The news comes as China faces widespread criticism over its policy against Muslims. At least one million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims are held in the detention centres in Xinjiang in western China

The billionaire’s comment comes after China faced widespread criticism over its crackdown on the country’s religious groups, particularly the ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims.

Guo, who is known for his criticism against the Communist Party, made his bombshell claims on June 20 during an interview 

with The War Room, an American podcast hosted by an ex-Trump adviser, Steve Bannon.

The highly wanted dissident said that the Chinese Communist Party had been allocating £1.6billion each year to gain influence over the Vatican in the past six years.

‘[They] want Vatican to shut up and follow the CCP about the religion polices,’ Guo said on the radio show. ‘That is disaster.’

The Chinese dissident also claimed that the Chinese government was paying the Holy See with $100million (£80million) before 2014, without specifying when those payments initially started.

‘CCP knows, if the Vatican tells the truth about Chinese Christians and Catholics, CCP is die,’ Guo said.

‘CCP is so worried, so they give two billion [dollars] to the Vatican, 1.5 billion [dollars] to Australia, 100million [dollars] to Italy,’ he added.

The Chinese dissident also claimed that the Chinese government was paying the Holy See with $100million (£80million) before 2014, without specifying when those payments initially started. Pictured, Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a news conference in 2019

Activists have claimed that the number of Muslim detainees in China could greatly exceed the commonly cited figure. A perimeter fence is constructed around what is officially known as a vocational skills education centre in Dabancheng in Xinjiang in China’s far west region

The Chinese tycoon was speaking with Steve Bannon, former Trump strategist, on Bannon’s self-launched radio show.

Bannon, who was also the former executive chairman of the right-leaning Breitbart News, set up the radio show in November from the basement of his Capitol Hill rowhome, long branded the ‘Breitbart Embassy’.

He also brought in former Breitbart London editor Raheem Kassam and Jason Miller, the Trump 2016 campaign’s spokesman, as co-hosts.

The show is said to be broadcast on six conservative talk radio stations in Florida and Virginia, as well as streaGuo, a former member of China’s Communist Party, fled to the US after learning he was wanted for bribery, fraud, money laundering, as well as rape.

A prominent real estate developer with a net worth of more than two billion dollars, Guo was accused of engaging in shady business deals in a 2015 report by Beijing-based media outlet Caixin, which he has denied.

Since then, he has become a self-described political activist claiming to shed light on alleged corruption within the Chinese government and has publicly criticized the country’s ruling Communist party in interviews and on Twitter.

Guo has developed a relationship with Bannon – who has also been an outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party.

The two announced their plans to set up a $100million investigation into Chinese corruption in November, the New York Times 

reported.

Guo’s interview comes as China has been heavily criticised by other countries and humanitarian groups over its policy against Muslims and other religious groups.

UN experts and activists have claimed that at least one million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims are held in the detention centres in the region.

Former detainees claimed that Muslims were forced to eat pork and speak Mandarin in those internment camps.

After initially denying their existence, China acknowledged that it had opened ‘vocational education centres’ in Xinjiang aimed at preventing extremism by teaching Mandarin and job skills.

BBNaija: 30,000 Nigerian youths applied for Season 5

Daily PostJul 4, 2020

No fewer than 30,000 Nigerian youths entered for the fifth edition of Big Brother Naija, BBNaija.

The organizers, MultiChoice Nigeria, made the disclosure on Saturday.

They were, however, silent on the number of housemates that will enter the BBNaija house in 2020.

Currently, those who made the final cut are in quarantine to ensure they are not exposed to coronavirus infection.

The Season 4 edition in 2019 featured a total of 26 participants.

They were Mercy, Mike, Frodd, Omashola, Seyi, Diane, Ike, Elozonam, Cindy, Tacha, Khafi, Venita, Sir Dee, Esther, Gedoni, Jackye, Joe, Enkay, Jeff, Nelson, Thelma, Tuoyo, Kim Oprah, Ella, Avala and Isilomo.

Chief Customer Officer, Martin Mabutho, revealed that the BBNaija prize money this year will be “the highest ever in the history of the show”.

Last year, the winner Mercy Eke, went home with N30 million prize money.

Martin added that BBNaija will continue to provide “quality entertainment and value for the audience while exporting Nigerian culture to the world”.

Group gives President Buhari 7 days ultimatum to reverse fuel price hike

Daily PostJul 4, 2020

Nigeria Citizen Action Group, NCAG, has issued a 7-day ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to reverse the increase of fuel pump price from N143.8 to N123 per liter commencing from Saturday.

The group warned that it would mobilize Nigerian youths in mass to shut down NNPC and PPPRA headquarters simultaneously if President Buhari refuses to reverse the pump.

The ultimatum was given in a joint statement issued by Isah Abubakar, Mohammed Salihu Danlami and Engr Salahudeen A Lukman, President, Northern Youth Council of Nigeria, Speaker, Arewa Youth Assembly and Co-Convener, Intellectual Young Leaders Network, in Kaduna on Saturday and made available to DAILY POST.

“It’s so ugly and very disheartening, following the current economic reality with hardship, pain, hunger and insecurity that President Buhari led Presidency have inflicted on all Nigerians, its completely an act of irresponsibility and insensitivity for the federal government to increase the PMS Pump price at this very critical trying time in the country and globe.

“Nigerians will not tolerate this continued extortive tendencies of APC/President Buhari-led Federal government anymore, the pump prices were increased from N87 to N145 yet Nigerian never complained out of faith, with the current crude oil price in the international market, Nigerians should not buy fuel above N70 per liter but the federal government pegged the PMS price at N123 and Nigeria accepted despite it being unjust.”

The statement explained that the fact remains that the incumbent government under President Buhari has lost touch with reality and connection with basic human pain and suffering in the country.

“President Buhari must learn how to step down and listen to the masses as well consider the critical pain Nigerians are passing through on a daily basis with the current hiked pump price for PMS, Nigeria will witness high rate of crime and commodity price hike,” the statement noted.

BBNaija: 30,000 Nigerian youths applied for Season 5

Daily PostJul 4, 2020

No fewer than 30,000 Nigerian youths entered for the fifth edition of Big Brother Naija, BBNaija.

The organizers, MultiChoice Nigeria, made the disclosure on Saturday.

They were, however, silent on the number of housemates that will enter the BBNaija house in 2020.

Currently, those who made the final cut are in quarantine to ensure they are not exposed to coronavirus infection.

The Season 4 edition in 2019 featured a total of 26 participants.

They were Mercy, Mike, Frodd, Omashola, Seyi, Diane, Ike, Elozonam, Cindy, Tacha, Khafi, Venita, Sir Dee, Esther, Gedoni, Jackye, Joe, Enkay, Jeff, Nelson, Thelma, Tuoyo, Kim Oprah, Ella, Avala and Isilomo.

Chief Customer Officer, Martin Mabutho, revealed that the BBNaija prize money this year will be “the highest ever in the history of the show”.

Last year, the winner Mercy Eke, went home with N30 million prize money.

Martin added that BBNaija will continue to provide “quality entertainment and value for the audience while exporting Nigerian culture to the world”.

BBNaija: 30,000 Nigerian youths applied for Season 5

Daily PostJul 4, 2020

No fewer than 30,000 Nigerian youths entered for the fifth edition of Big Brother Naija, BBNaija.

The organizers, MultiChoice Nigeria, made the disclosure on Saturday.

They were, however, silent on the number of housemates that will enter the BBNaija house in 2020.

Currently, those who made the final cut are in quarantine to ensure they are not exposed to coronavirus infection.

The Season 4 edition in 2019 featured a total of 26 participants.

They were Mercy, Mike, Frodd, Omashola, Seyi, Diane, Ike, Elozonam, Cindy, Tacha, Khafi, Venita, Sir Dee, Esther, Gedoni, Jackye, Joe, Enkay, Jeff, Nelson, Thelma, Tuoyo, Kim Oprah, Ella, Avala and Isilomo.

Chief Customer Officer, Martin Mabutho, revealed that the BBNaija prize money this year will be “the highest ever in the history of the show”.

Last year, the winner Mercy Eke, went home with N30 million prize money.

Martin added that BBNaija will continue to provide “quality entertainment and value for the audience while exporting Nigerian culture to the world”.

Scooper True LifeJul 1, 2020Read original

This story is about a man who waited for his wife to finish her schooling before he bedded her. Only for him to realize that she had gotten pregnant with somebody else’s child in school and wanted him to hide it from her parents. Read the story below and help him decide what to do.

On the day I paid the bride-price for my wife, she begged me, in the presence of all the 12 Elders that were around that fateful day, to allow her to finish her A-level education before we could wedlock, of which I accepted her request because the Elders intervened in the matter. I waited for two years. 

Now, we just got married. We went for our honeymoon at Yakari in Bauchi State. She asked me ” Are you still a Virgin? ( I had never slept with her, even while we’re in Yakari, I don’t know the colour of her pants)

I told her “By the grace of God I am” and I kept myself not only because of you but for the fear of God and STD. She then told me that she has a secret to tell me, but, I must swear to keep it a secret. I looked at her and I told her, I ‘ll try not to mention it to anybody. I will try it. 

She then told me that, she has a six-month-old baby with one of her course-mates at Uni Maid” and she wants me to cover her. 

It was then that I noticed her bra was wet because milk was coming out of her breast. I asked her, how? cover you how? she uses the allowance that I send for her feeding to care for the baby.

When I asked her whether her parents were aware of her situation, she said no. I just told her that, I can’t keep this kind of a secret! I have never had s3x with you up to date, do you want me to claim somebody’s Child? I am so sorry I can’t. That was when she slapped me and ran out.

When I was invited by her family, they were not aware of this side of their daughter’s story. My wife was not at home, she ran away a day before I arrived at her family house.

I have not told her family the story because they sent me out of their house by beating me.

This is what happened to me people. What should I do? 

SOURCE: https://web.facebook.com/groups/542215249195820/permalink/3187649857985666/

Meet TizzJun 19, 2020

The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba Nedo Uku Akpolokpolo Oba Ewuare II, has reacted to the rift between the suspended Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Godwin Obaseki, Governor of Edo State.

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In a statement on Thursday signed by Frank Irabor, Secretary to the Benin Traditional Council, the monarch said the political developments happening in the state calls for serious concern.

The Oba of Benin also frowned against godfatherism and the imposition of candidates in some political parties. He, however, said the palace of the Oba of Benin will not get involved in partisan politics and warned against dragging the royal father into politics.

The monarch also denied reports that he prevailed on any of the aspirants in the upcoming elections to step down for another.

He said his prayer had always been that “God and our ancestors should give us a governor that will accord respect to traditional institution, develop this state and provide food on the table for the masses.”

The statement read: “HRM has said times without number that the palace of the Oba of Benin does not get involved in partisan politics.

“The Omo N’Oba strongly advises that in order to eschew recurrent socio-political conflict that seems to constantly ravish the state, making Edo people a laughing stock to the rest of the country on how politicians manage the affairs of Edo people, our Edo political actors must eradicate the twin evil of political vices of godfatherism and consensus candidacy.

The two practices seem antithetical to the very fundamental basis of democracy.”

“Let everybody take note that the palace is very weary of imposition of candidates, when only certain individuals want, but the majority of the people do not want.

“’Ghana must go’ politics should end in the state. Politicians should stop cashing in on the poor masses and exploiting them for their votes,” it added.

AnkarawomanJun 18, 2020Read original

More than just news

After much deliberations, the governor of Edo state Godwin Obaseki, has reportedly joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of September guber poll.

This was revealed by the chairman of the PDP in Edo state, Mr. Tony Azegbemi.

According to Azegbemi, Obaseki had already registered with the PDP in his ward in Edo state.

He said, “We are ready to welcome governor Obaseki and we are excited he is joining our party.”

He added that the party card of the incumbent governor was ready.

“At the moment, Obaseki is in Abuja, but his card is ready and he has already registered with our party in his ward.

“I just finished a State Working Committee (SWC) meeting now, where we affirmed that we are welcoming him with open arms to our party.”

Related: Gov. Obaseki & Deputy Dumps APC

On the PDP’s governorship ticket, Azegbemi disclosed that the governor would go through the party’s constitutional processes.

Obaseki’s move to PDP is coming just after his official resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC) after meeting with  President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday.

He had said that he will be seeking re-election on the platform of another party

9JabreedJun 12, 2020Read original

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said the country has started preparing for the next disease outbreak that the world could face after COVID-19.⁣

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Buhari disclosed in his speech to commemorate Nigeria’s 2020 Democracy Day celebration in Abuja.⁣

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Currently, Nigeria has 14, 554 cases of coronavirus having discharged 4,494 of the cases and suffered 387 deaths from the global pandemic which has overwhelmed many countries in the world.⁣

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While the number of cases has continued to rise in Nigeria, Buhari said his government is turning the current health crisis into a motivation to prepare for similar occurrences in the future.⁣

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“The Government is determined to turn this COVID-19 challenge into motivation to action by building a nation-wide public health care system that will help us overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for any future outbreak,” Buhari said.⁣

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Buhari stated, “there is no doubt that this pandemic has affected the global economy and all known socio-economic systems.”⁣

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The Nigerian president said he feels the pain and grief that coronavirus has caused. Buhari himself lost his former chief of staff Abba Kyari to coronavirus.⁣

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bettyannbrownJun 13, 2020Read original

Georgina Rodriguez, the stunning partner of Cristiano Ronaldo is the cover star for the recent edition of Women’s Health magazine and she showed off her incredibly-toned figure in a white thong and sports bra.

Speaking with the magazine, the Spanish beauty, 26, admitted she felt “ashamed” working out with the Juventus striker at first during the Coronavirus lockdown because of the sacrifices he makes to keep fit.

After getting used to the workout routines, Georgina says she now loves exercising with him.

She said: ‘Initially I was ashamed about working out with Cristiano, imagine having to train in the same space as Cristiano, I was used to working out at home when he went to train at his club so we could spend more time together when he returned.

‘But afterwards that feeling went and now I love exercising with him, he’s become my greatest motivation and inspiration.’

Georgina added: ‘Cristiano trains in the morning and again in the afternoon, he’s an elite athlete, it’s incredible how he focuses and devotes himself to his passion for football.’

The brunette beauty, who shares Alana, two, with the Portuguese footballer, 35, said there ‘was no comparison’ between their two gym routines.

Georgina said while Cristiano has to maintain his training regime, she is focused on homeschooling.

She also admitted that the first month of the Coronavirus crisis left her feeling ‘frightened and demotivated’ but working out regularly helped her find a new routine.

scoott linkedJun 15, 2020Read original

Interstate Ban Lifting, Ease of Lockdown, School Reopening May Be Announced As FG Briefs Nigerians

Today, His Excellency, President Muhammad Buhari will be addressing Nigerians on the subsequent phase of incremental easing of COVID-19 lockdown. The press will be released through the Presidential COVID-19 Task Force.

As observed, it appears that President Muhammad Buhari will not be addressing Nigerians furthermore on the intermittent media briefing on relaxation of lockdown.

However, Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 will likely continue to be summarizing the next steps to be taken by the President on COVID-19 on his social media.

Perhaps, these are the steps which are presumably to be addressed by President Muhammad Buhari on COVID-19 issue today:

— Reopening of schools across the states whereby only students in their final year in tertiary institutions; students sitting for the West African Examination Certificate (WAEC) and those sitting for the Junior Secondary School Certificate Examination (JSSCE) will be allowed to resume with strict measures.

— Implication of mandatory face masks usage by the resuming students, compulsory placement of hand sanitizers in school premises and ban of social gathering in the school from students or school staff till further notice.

— Resumption of local airline flights operations starting from June 21st as presumed in the previous presidential press release.

— Total lifting of ban placed on interstate travel. Thus, people will be having a free movement and continue their usual activities.

— Popular marketplaces will be allowed to open biweekly and not every week as usual.

— Ban on international flights will still be intact while evacuation of stranded Nigerians in foreign countries continues.

At the matter of fact, if the aforementioned announcement is made, President Muhammad Buhari will win the hearts of many Nigerians more than ever.

I, hereby, urge every citizen of Nigeria to abide by the rules and regulations laid by the Presidential COVID-19 Task Force, the Nigerian Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) and World Health Organization in Nigeria to help fight the pandemic.

Until August 6, 2019, it would have been difficult to imagine that Nigerian soldiers could aim at a moving vehicle, kill three police officers and two civilians guarding a kidnap kingpin, without a scratch on the handcuffed suspect, Bala Hamisu Wadume. Fortuitously, five other police officers in the vehicle were injured. Only the suspect survived the attack without a shrapnel touch. Assuming such Hollywood kind of precision was a fluke, what followed was even more bizarre. The suspect was freed from the handcuff against all logical reasoning and allowed to escape before he was re-arrested two weeks after by the police. In his confession, he reportedly implicated soldiers in the deadly escape.

Wadume was arrested August 6, by a team of anti-crime police officers in Ibi, Taraba state as a result of his alleged involvement in numerous heinous activities in the state. He was being taken to Jalingo, the state capital, when soldiers manning a checkpoint along the road opened fire on the police team, killing three officers and two civilians. Following public outcry, an expansive investigation was launched to unravel the culprits behind the violence, amidst allegations that soldiers of 93 Battalion, Takum, Taraba and top local police officers connived in the fatal operation to prevent Wadume’s arrest.

Wadume had in his statement identified his accomplices, including 10 soldiers and two policemen. They are Captain Tijjani Balarabe; Staff Sgt. David Isaiah; Sgt. Ibrahim Mohammed; Corporal Bartholomew Obanye; Private Mohammed Nura; Lance Corporal Okorozie Gideon and Corporal Markus Michael. Others are L/Corporal Nvenaweimoeimi Akpagra; Staff Sgt. Abdullahi Adamu and Private Ebele Emmanuel. The two police suspects are ASP Aondona Iorbee and Ahmad Suleiman, also known as Dan Ball. The three deceased policemen are Inspector Mark Ediale, 36, Sgt. Dahiru Musa, 40 and Owolabi Babajide 24, while the two civilians are Farouk Bashir, 30, and Usman Danazumi, 44.

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Following the conclusion of investigation and the bid to commence trial, the attorney general of the federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN) allegedly took over the process from Taraba State government and dropped the names of the indicted soldiers. Although section 174 (1) of the 1999 Constitution empowers the AGF to institute, take over or discontinue any criminal matter in any court in Nigeria, subsection 3 of that section says he must do so with regard to public interest, interest of justice and the need to prevent abuse of legal process.

When contacted by The Guardian through his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Malami insisted that no names were dropped in the Wadume case. According to him, what his office did was to severe the charges in view of the unavailability of the soldiers who in their own case needed to be released by the military authorities. Malami said the soldiers are likely undergoing military processes, which is delaying their release.

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“The interest of justice requires and legitimately allowed for segmenting the case in the interest of speedy trail. It is in the interest of justice to accord speedy trial to the accused persons that are readily available to stand trial as against delaying at the expense of other co-accused persons who in the peculiarity of this case are not available for immediate arraignment.

“It is a common practice that absence of a co-accused will not constitute impediment to the progress of a case. Those available are entitled to fair trial and have their case determined within a reasonable time as a matter of Constitutional rights. More so, looking at the fact that the accused persons, who are available, are not responsible for the unavailability of their co-accused persons

COVID-19: AfDB forecast $88.3 billion drop in Africa’s GDP
By Victor Uzoho | 16 June 2020 | 4:17 am
• Deployed €1.3B, $49.7M to 11 African countries, ECOWAS
• $10B Response Facility to tackle economic downturn, job losses

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has projected that the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic ravaging economies globally could cause Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to drop by between $22.1billion and $88.3billion.

According to the Bank, before the advent of COVID-19, West Africa was home to at least four of the continent’s fastest-growing economies, but has strongly felt the impact of the disease, as borders remain closed, and economic and social distress deepened.

The Bank said as of June 12, its COVID-19 emergency packages had reached the continent’s five geographic regions, noting that African countries, with the experience of Ebola control, are working to adapt to the new threat and looking to the Bank for an effective, multilateral response to the crisis.

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Going by the data obtained from AfDB by The Guardian, the Bank has deployed over €1.3 billion and $49.7 million to 11 countries in the continent, plus the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

According to the data, €481.5 million and $22 million have been deployed so far by the Bank, to the West African region, to enable the governments to provide shortfall cash to the millions of people who have been affected by mass layoffs or are unable to work because of lockdowns.

About €288.5 million was deployed to Nigeria, €88 million to Senegal, €75 million to Côte d’Ivoire, €30 million to Cabo Verde, while $22 million was given to the ECOWAS community.

However, Gambia, Mali, and Niger, would benefit from the ECOWAS support package to strengthen their national health systems, while a large chunk of the funds would be channelled to addressing shortages in personal protective equipment (PPE), ventilators, and other emergency equipment.

Also, €624 million and $500,000 was deployed to North Africa, being the worst region to be hit by the pandemic with over 60,000 cases as at June 12, triggering a sharp drop in household incomes as export and tourism earnings suffer.

From the data, €264 million was deployed to Morocco, €180 million to Tunisia, and $500,000 to Egypt, to support national and regional coordination mechanisms.

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East Africa, the continent’s fastest-growing region economically, was simultaneously struck by the coronavirus outbreak and an infestation of desert locusts, a double whammy for the region’s farmers and economies.

In a region of climate change and water scarcity, post-harvest losses, and poorly developed agricultural markets, the promise of economic reforms and investment is being greatly threatened.

In the region, €188 million was deployed to Kenya, being one of the top performing countries amongst Ethiopia, and Rwanda, which have all seen a sharp fall in tourism revenue.

In the Southern Africa region, assistance from AfDB came in the form of preventive and protection measures, as well as financial assistance to the vulnerable beyond the end of the epidemic. €188 million was deployed to Mauritius, and $13.7 million to Zimbabwe.

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In Central Africa where Cameroon reported over 8,000 cases and significant community transmission as at June 12, $13.5 million was approved for the provision of PPEs, testing kits, and healthcare facilities for Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic, which is among the countries with the least number of ventilators on the continent.

Meanwhile, the Bank’s rollout of emergency response support to assist African countries began in March, and has provided a package of financial relief and preparedness and response assistance.

The Bank has also raised $3 billion from the Fight COVID-19 Social Bond, the largest dollar-denominated social bond ever launched in in

A file photo of Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

The Lagos State Government has released 48 COVID-19 patients after recovering from the virus in the state.

This was announced by the State Incident Commander, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a statement issued on Sunday.

Sanwo-Olu noted that the patients consist of 31 males and 17 females.

READ ALSO: Obaseki Visits Wike In Port Harcourt

Of this figure, 10 are foreign nationals including two Indians, four Americans, two Polish, one Brazilian and one Dutch.

According to the governor, they were discharged from the isolation facilities to reunite with society.

• Armed men have killed two police officers in Niger state
• They were killed when they were providing security for maintenance Shiroro hydroelectricity dam
• According to reports, they were on their way back when the criminals attacked them

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In a sad development, gunmen have reportedly killed two police officers at Kusasu village in Erena district of Shiroro local government area of Niger state.

Daily Trust reports that the policemen were said detailed to provide security to staff of Shiroro hydro electricity dam.

The staff were said to be on routine maintenance work on electricity high tension along Kauore village which shares boundary with Birin Gwari in Kaduna state.

Going further, the report stated that the policemen attached to Zumba police division came under attacks from the criminals.

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The two officers who lost their lives are one Inspector and a corporal

They were killed when they were providing security for maintenance Shiroro hydroelectricity dam. Credit: Twitter
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that Usman Suleiman, the Agatu council chairman while confirming the incident said details of the simultaneous attacks were sketchy.

The chairman narrating the incident explained that around 7:00 am suspected gunmen attacked Adana community. He then quickly alerted the necessary authorities including security agencies in Benue state.

Suleiman went on to note that the security personnel responded quickly and were able to make some arrests and retrieved nine corpses.

Items recovered from a militia leader arrested by men of Operation Whirl Stroke include one Ak47 rifle and 60 rounds of ammunition.

Though the Force Commander of OPWS, Major General Adeyemi Yekini did not comment on the matter, DSP Catherine Anene, the Benue Command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed that 3 bodies were recovered from the attacks.

The command PPRO said: “Information was received on Sunday at about 5:30 am that suspected herdsmen attacked Adama village, a riverine area in Agatu that is not motorable. A team of police officers has been deployed to the area but the level of destruction/ casualties is yet to be ascertained. Further development will be communicated to you as soon as the team on the ground starts sending reports.”

How 8 police officers were killed by robbers during bank robbery in Kogi

• About 48 COVID-19 patients have been discharged in Lagos
• Those discharged include 38 Nigerians and 10 foreigners
• They are 31 males and 17 females, 2 Indians; 4 Americans; 2 polish; 1 Brazilian and 1 Dutch

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The Lagos state government on Sunday, June 14, has discharged 48 additional coronavirus patients, who tested negative twice to the virus.

This was disclosed by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu

He said that the patients discharged included 38 Nigerians and 10 foreigners.

”Good people of Lagos, today, 48 fully-recovered COVID-19 patients, 31 males and 17 females, including 10 foreign nationals – 2 Indians; 4 Americans; 2 polish; 1 Brazilian and 1 Dutch were discharged from our isolation facilities to reunite with society.

”The patients, 1 from Onikan, 8 from Gbagada, 10 from Agidingbi, 14 from Lekki, 4 from Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital and 11 from Eti-Osa (LandMark) Isolation Centre were discharged, having fully recovered and tested negative to #COVID-19.

Two die as Ondo state records three new coronavirus cases

Those discharged are 31 males and 17 females, 2 Indians; 4 Americans; 2 polish; 1 Brazilian and 1 Dutch. Credit: Twitter
”With this, the number of #COVID19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos has risen to 1,185,” Sanwo-Olu said.

• Governor Godwin Obaseki said he would meet President Buhari after his disqualification by the APC
• The embattled governor said his new political move would be made public after his meeting with the president
• The report, however, has it that Obaseki may defect to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to seek succour

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The next political move of the embattled governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, after his disqualification by the governorship screening committee of All Progressives Congress (APC), may be made public sooner than expected.

Legit.ng reports that Obaseki’s hope of getting APC’s ticket to seek re-election in office was dashed on Friday, June 12, when Prof. Jonathan Ayuba-led committee declared him unfit for the party’s primary based on the discrepancies on the certificates he submitted for the screening exercise.

Edo election 2020: Three APC chieftains drag Obaseki to court over alleged certificate forgery
Less than twenty-four hours after his disqualification, the main opposition party – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a former Nigeria’s vice president, Atiku Abubakar, have been wooing Obaseki to defect to the party.

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state. Credit: Twitter/Godwin Obaseki.
Speaking on his next political move, Obaseki in a tweet on Sunday, June 14, said he would disclose his next step after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari following his ouster from the race.

Obaseki, who is seeking a second term in office, also said he is still consulting with his supporters.

The governor described his disqualification as an act of injustice.

He tweeted: “I appreciate the sustained show of solidarity, support and goodwill from Edo people and Nigerians in the face of injustice by the APC screening committee.

“I will be making my next move known after I complete consultations with my supporters and meet with President Muhammadu Buhari.”

The chairman of the screening committee, Ayuba, had said that Obaseki was disqualified over a “defective” certificate.

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“In our view of the issues raised. We concluded that the higher school certificate was defective. The NYSC certificate – and the act of the aspirant taking the party to court – these are some of the issues we have attached and based on the party constitution this has made us to recommend that the above candidate thereby his excellency Godwin Obaseki is not eligible to participate in the governor,” he had said.

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The APC national working committee later upheld Obaseki’s disqualification, accusing the governor of also unduly interfering in the state legislature.

A report by the Nigerian Tribune indicates that Obaseki may settle for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and contest under the platform during the September gubernatorial election in the state.

According to the report, Obaseki is in talks with SDP, adding that he and his supporters may soon join the party.

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has so far realised N135 million from the sale of expression of interest and nomination forms to six Edo governorship aspirants participating in the party’s primaries slated for June 22.

Recall that the party placed an N22.5 million fee on governorship aspirants form in Edo and Ondo States.

The APC National Organising Secretary, Mr. Emma Ibediro, had on May 20 issued the timetable for the party’s primaries in the two states.

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According to him, this includes N2.5 million for Expression of Interest Form and N20 million for the Nomination Form.

“The sale of forms to Edo governorship aspirants will begin from May 20 to June 2, while the submission ends on June 3,” Ibediro said.

The party’s national organising scribe also released the list of Edo governorship aspirants who have so far purchased and submitted the forms.

He listed the aspirants as Gov. Godwin Obaseki, Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Mr. Osaro Obaz, Dr. Pius Odubu, Mr. Matthew Iduoriyekemwe, and Mr. Chris Ogiemwonyi.

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The Committee set up by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, to investigate the case of forgery and fraud perpetrated by Dr. Obinna Uzor in his bid to unseat Senator Ifeanyi Ubah has recommended the dismissal of three officers of the court, while others were recommended for demotion for their roles in the forgery of court documents.

Uzor had allegedly used fake and forged documents and, in connivance with some court officials, tried to unseat Ubah as the Senator repress Anambra South senatorial district.

The committee, in its 37-page report dated June 1, 2020, established that the court officials connived with Dr. Uzor and his lawyers to perpetrate fraud and forgery of documents of the court.

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According to the Committee’s report signed by its Chairman, Madugu Mohammed Alhaji, and Secretary, Aminu Audu, “the Committee, after investigation and careful study of evidence adduced and all the exhibits tendered, discovered that the entire suit contracted in CV/3044/18 was a fraud and does not exist in the FCT High Court record.

“The purported suit was not assigned by the Chief Judge and not found on any court register except the mutilated register in the process unit.

“The Chief Judge’s signature was forged and dated on the receipt of payment; processes were all altered to October 2018, to make the purported suit filed on September 25, 2019 look like a pre-election matter.

“The committee discovered that out of the six receipts checked by the Head of Revenue, four of them were not allocated to the FCT High Court. This means that those receipts were used to perpetrate the fraud.”

The committee further discovered that some of the staff of the High Court were part of the fraud.

Kingsley Ebibrah, a Registrar who was part of the alteration to the date was found guilty of gross misconduct, which is inimical to the service, was recommended for dismissal from the service of the FCT High Court.

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By Mod – 2020-05-22 15:48:06 – [ News ]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has destroyed a clandestine laboratory for production of Hashish Oil and recovered 13 rounds of live ammunition with other drugs and substances in Lagos.

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has destroyed a clandestine laboratory for production of Hashish Oil and recovered 13 rounds of live ammunition with other drugs and substances in Lagos.
Head of Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr Jonah Achema, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja.

Hashish is a drug made from the resin of the cannabis plant and it is consumed by inhaling from a small piece, typically in a pipe, bong, vaporizer or joint, or via oral ingestion.

Achema noted that the hashish clandestine laboratory was the first ever to be discovered by the agency as it had always uncovered other drugs and substances.

Achema, who noted that the laboratory was located in an apartment on No. 7, Imam Augusto Close, Victoria Island, Lagos was dismantled by the Serious Enforcement Team of NDLEA.

According to him, the investigation started before the COVID-19 and NDLEA had only uncovered methamphetamine, adding that it is shocking to discover such laboratory in the centre of Lagos.

He noted that the agency arrested one suspect (name withheld) in the course of the operation code-named Hash-Caste.

He said that the suspected owner of the laboratory engaged in the indoor growing of cannabis sativa and processing same into hashish oil through extraction.

“The suspect is a graduate of the University of Southern Denmark with a degree in Electronic Engineering.

“Aged 42, the suspect claimed to have been pushed into the hydroponic cannabis growing and Hashish Oil extraction following the collapse of his Inverter, Metering and Solar Installation Company in 2019.

“He said he noticed that there is so much money to be made in view of the high demand for Hashish oil in the international market as a curative medicine for cancer,” he said.

Achema said that the suspect expansive premise was well fortified with protective dogs and himself well-armed, ostensibly to put up resistance from the suspected onslaught of law enforcement agencies.

He added that several drug exhibits were recovered which include 911 grams of Cannabis seeds, 21 Kilograms of Cannabis infused Ethanol, 83 grams of Hashish Oil 123mg THC-70 CBD.

“1.127 Kilograms of Cannabis Cream, 80 grams of fresh Cannabis plant and 25 grams of dried Cannabis plant were also recovered.

“Other items found in the active laboratory are 500 grams of Potassium Hydroxide Pellets, Propyl Alcohol.

“500 grams of Sodium Hydroxide Pellets, Distilled water, Water Aspirator Vacuum Pump, Round bottom Flasks, Citric Acid, PH Meter, Retort Stands, Distillation Flasks, Printer, Spectronet wireless wifi, Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC).

“Two vehicles belonging to the suspect were seized as they were suspected to have been acquired from the proceeds of the illicit drug trade.

“Also detected are two bank accounts belonging to the suspect and one jointly operated by the suspect and his mother,” he said.

The Chairman, NDLEA, Col. Muhammad Abdallah (Rtd.) noted that the drug trade was “assuming a hitherto unthinkable dimension for somebody to turn his premises into a cannabis farm”.

He added that it was unimaginable for someone to establish in the same premises a laboratory to process the proceeds into bye products such as Hashish.

He urged all stakeholders to deploy all means to contain this act because Nigeria could not afford a dangerous brew of Hashish Oil.

He added that the agency had been working assiduously to put an end to methamphetamine local production.

By Magnus- 2020-05-22 15:02:08 – [ News ]

Cameroon President Paul Biya attends the Paris Peace Forum, France, November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Cameroon’s 87-year-old President Paul Biya has made a televised address to his people ending more than two months of silence as the central African nation dealt with a burgeoning coronavirus crisis.
Biya’s long silence was for supporters a sign of gravitas but for critics one of failure.

“Like most countries in the world Cameroon is suffering from COVID-19,” Biya said Tuesday night on state channel CRTV.

“The number of people infected rises day after day, bringing proof that the fight against the pandemic is complex and difficult.”

Biya urged people to respect “measures taken by the government, such as the obligatory wearing of masks”.

He also asked them “not to give in to panic and not to believe false information put out on social networks”.

He last spoke to the nation on March 5, although Cameroon had counted by Monday 3,500 cases including 140 deaths, and has been hit harder by the virus than most sub-Saharan African countries.

Speculation about his death even circulated on the internet in late April and the government was moved to put out a denial.

In his 37 years in power, Cameroonians have become accustomed to Biya’s long absences, mainly because of poor health.

But his silence over the pandemic raised numerous questions for a leader who has overseen many crises since he took power in 1982.

He posed for the cameras after talks with the US ambassador on March 11 and again after meeting the French envoy.

His subsequent absence from public view saw the opposition question his role.

Main opposition leader Maurice Kamto, the runner-up to Biya in 2018 elections, said he had launched proceedings for the Constitutional Council to declare the presidency vacant.

Six opposition activists were arrested last week in Cameroon for “illegally” distributing face masks and disinfectant gel.

All are supporters of Kamto whose initiative to collect funds to fight the virus has been banned by the government.

They were released after five days.

Biya reappeared finally on the eve of national day.

“Most of you have fully understood that faced with the silent danger that COVID-19 represents it was time to set aside political quarrels and form a united front,” he said.

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