Day: September 11, 2020

Sex And Eating Are ‘Divine’ Pleasures From God – Pope Francis

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Eating a well cooked meal as well as having sex has been described as “simply divine” pleasures from God by Pope Francis. Pope Francis, who is the religious head of over 1.3 billion Catholic around the world, spoke with Italian writer Carlo Petrini, who has compiled several conversations with the pope for a new book. “Pleasure arrives directly from God, it is neither Catholic, nor Christian, nor anything else, it is simply divine,” Francis told Petrini in the book, “TerraFutura: Conversations With Pope Francis on Integral Ecology,” which was published…

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Malabu: FG lawyer lied against me in Italy – Adoke

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Mohammed Adoke, a former Attorney-General of the Federation, on Thursday, protested what he called deliberate false statements made against him on Wednesday by the Federal Government’s lawyer, Lucio Lucia, in the ongoing proceedings against Shell and Eni and other named individuals before the Milan Court in Italy over the OPL 245 transaction. He, therefore, called on the Federal Government to debrief Lucia for “his embarrassing conduct, deliberate falsehood and dishonesty in a court of law.” Adoke made his position known in a statement titled, ‘OPL 245 case: Nigeria’s lawyer contradicted…

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Private polytechnics’ proprietors disagree with ASUU, ASUP over schools reopening

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Private Polytechnics Proprietors in Nigeria on Thursday disagreed with lecturers that tertiary institutions should remain closed to activities due to COVID-19 pandemic, saying that they were not sincere. Lecturers under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Universities and Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics had declared that schools in the country should not be reopened. According to them, the population of students in public tertiary institutions was too large to be allowed for social distancing in line with COVID-19 management protocols. The Association of Proprietors of Private Polytechnics in Nigeria…

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FIRSTBANK PROMOTES CAREER DEVELOPMENT OF STAFF, GRADUATES THIRD SET OF ITS SENIOR MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (SMDP) PARTICIPANTS

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First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider, has graduated 12 successful candidates in the third edition of its Senior Management Development Programme (SMDP). The graduation ceremony held virtually, via the Zoom video conferencing platform on Wednesday, 2 September, 2020. The Senior Management Development Programme (SMDP) is FirstBank’s intensive modular programme for a select group of senior managers to principal managers who are proven leaders in their respective functions and have been identified as central to the Bank’s succession plan. Prior to the 2020 programme, 40 exemplary…

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