Day: June 17, 2022

Catholic church distance self from Mbaka over attack on Peter Obi

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The verbal attack on Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party for 2023 elections by Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the director of Catholic Adoration Ministry Enugu, has been condemned by the Catholic church in Enugu. Mbaka has been trending in the social media over his comments that Peter Obi is stingy that he would not win the election. He said many abusive things about Peter which drew public anger on him in the social media. Mbaka also claimed that he with others he mentioned, helped to restore Obi to…

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Police arrests 37-year-old bomb expert in Taraba

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A 37- year-old bomb expert, Bala Usman, has been arrested by the Taraba State Police Command, yesterday, in Tella town of Gassol Local Council of the state.    The state commissioner of police, Abimbola Shokoya, who paraded the suspect at the Police Headquarters in the state, said he was arrested in collaboration with vigilantes in the area, while a search conducted on his premises led to the recovery of several items.     He said the suspect was arrested with a pistol scorpion loaded with seven rounds of live ammunition, while…

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Police have failed Nigerians -Gov. Akeredolu

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Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Thursday warned the Federal Government that its inability to secure life and property in the country would soon leave citizens with no choice but to arm themselves in self-defence. Akeredolu, who gave the warning while delivering the keynote address at the meeting of the Attorney-Generals of the 36 States of Nigeria held in Lagos, said the police were overwhelmed. The governor asked the police to “close shop” if the Federal Government could not meet their equipment needs. Akeredolu insisted that the police had failed…

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Why I chose Okowa over Wike -Atiku

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Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential flag bearer, has said Okowa’s choice as his running mate was a very difficult decision in view of the fact that the other two persons whose names were submitted to him were equally qualified. He made this known at the party’s national caucus meeting attended by three other governors and other prominent leaders of the party. On Tuesday, a committee set up by Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee (NWC) met and voted 16-3 in favour of the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike. After…

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FIRSTBANK gets $150m facility from Afreximbank to support businesses in Nigeria

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African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the disbursement of a US$150 million finance facility to First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider. The funding was provided under Afreximbank’s Pandemic Trade Impact Mitigation Facility (PATIMFA). Afreximbank’s US$150 million financial support will be accessible to FirstBank customers that are involved in the manufacturing and importation of products and equipment required to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as initiatives to rehabilitate hospitals and strengthen diagnostic and testing capacity. The loan will also be used for…

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