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I spend average of $2m monthly on charity – Fr. Mbaka

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Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, on Tuesday, said he spent an average of $2m monthly on charity. The Catholic priest disclosed this while presenting N18.8m bank draft to the management of the Annunciation Specialist Hospital, Enugu, on behalf of Multi-Life Savers for the Less Privileged, a non-profit arm of his ministry. He equally gave N50,000 and a bag of rice each to 200 Enugu members of the Charismatic Renewal of Nigeria. Mbaka explained that the N18.8m was to cover accumulated free medical services that the…

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Kwara assembly renames state varsity

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Abubakar Olusola Saraki University has been renamed by the Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday. The Kwara State University Law was amended and the name of the institution was changed to Kwara State University. The Kwara State University (Amendment) Bill 2020 was one of the four amendment bills passed by the Assembly on Tuesday which it said would drive best practices in the education sector and local government administration in the state. A statement from the Assembly read partly, “The Kwara State University (Amendment)  Bill,  2020 which reverted the…

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Royal mint unveils New seven-kilo gold coin to celebrate James Bond film

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A seven-kilogram gold coin with the highest face value in its 1,100-year history has been unveiled by Britain’s Royal Mint on Monday, in honour of the latest James Bond film. The one-of-a-kind new coin celebrating the release next month of the 25th movie in the legendary franchise, “No Time To Die”, has a face value of £7,000 ($9,000, 8,000 euros). At 185 millimetres in diameter, it is also the largest coin ever made by the Royal Mint, Britain’s official coin-maker. The piece is engraved with an image of the fictional…

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Ecobank Provides Trade Opportunities for importers and exporters

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In its bid to enhance business opotunities, Ecobank Nigeria is providing opportunities that supports exporters and importers within the African region. The bank’s Head Trade Finance, Sunday Abah, in a statement yesterday, said Ecobank’s unique intra-Africa trade solutions enable settlements of trade transactions and mitigates payment risk; provide regional solutions and enable exporters obtain payment guarantees without the need for a letter of credit and its related costs to the importers. Furthermore, Abah noted that Ecobank works closely with clients in reviewing key factors regarding transactions processing, settlements, financing, and…

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56-year-old man arraigned for defiling three-year-old girl

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Haruna Bala, a 56-year-old man, has been arraigned before the Upper Sharia Court sitting in Tsafe, Zamfara State for allegedly defiling a three-year-old girl. The police prosecutor, Babangida Shehu, told the court that the mother of the victim reported the case to the Tsafe Divisional Police Station, which led to the arrest of the accused person. Babangida said the offence was contrary to Section 131 of the Sharia Penal Code, adding that there were witnesses, who would testify in court. The accused person pleaded guilty to the offence and begged…

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Coronavirus: Sanwo-Olu, deputy debut new greeting style

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Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, have come up with a new greeting style to cub the spread of the Coronavirus, otherwise called COVID-19, outbreak in Lagos. The two men were seen in a viral video on Sunday greeting each other with their legs when he visited the isolation centre at the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba. A World Health Organization (WHO) official has also shown support for the ‘handshake alternative’ greeting practice, such as the ‘foot shake’, to fight coronavirus transmission. Singapore’s Yon Loo…

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Assaulted Osun monarch sues Oluwo, demands N100m

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Oba Dhikirullahi Akinropo, the Agbowu of Ogbaagba, who was recently assaulted by the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has dragged the monarch before an Osun State High Court, demanding N100m damages for alleged assault against him. In a writ of summons dated 27th of February, 2020 issued by his counsel, Soji Oyetayo, detailing demands of Oba Akinropo, the claimant also asked for perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, his servants and or agents from committing further act of assault on him. The monarch is also asking the court to award…

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Fathers’ compulsory blood donation in Lagos hospitals stopped by court

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The policy that spouses of pregnant women seeking antenatal care in Lagos public hospitals must compulsorily make blood donation before their pregnant wives could be registered for antenatal care has been struck down by the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Monday. The court, in a judgment by Justice Raliat Adebiyi, declared the practice as “arbitrary, unfair and a violation of human rights as enshrined in Section 38(1) of the 1999 Constitution.” Striking down the policy, which had been in existence for years, Justice Adebiyi described it as unconscionable,…

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UCH powered by 75 generators -CMD

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To carry out its wide range of medical services, the University College Hospital, Ibadan is currently running on a total of 75 generators. The Chief Medical Director, UCH, Prof. Jesse Abiodun Otegbayo, made this disclosure on Monday during an event to mark his first anniversary in office. The CMD, who said power supply was the greatest challenge confronting the medical institution, said the efficiency of the hospital in the area of medical research, training and treatment were challenged by erratic supply. Otegbayo said, “I would say that the three major…

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Bayelsa state sacked dep gov-elect on verge of committing suicide – Sylva

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Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, says the Deputy Governor-elect whose certificate scandal cost the All Progressives Congress the Bayelsa State governorship seat, is on the verge of committing suicide. The governor-elect, David Lyon; and the deputy governor-elect, Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, were sacked by the Supreme Court on the eve of their inauguration while the Peoples Democratic Party took over the leadership of the state. The minister described the Supreme Court’s judgment as unfair, saying the matter was not a criminal one and should not have been…

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