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Primate Ayidele’s chronicle for 2020

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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION ECOWAS Some countries will pull out of ECOWAS countries even as they will face major challenges. ECOWAS will have problems and they should pray so that none of their members will face major challenges ECOWAS need a lot of prayers to succeed all their major moves. The Commission should rebuke crisis. ECOWAS money will be introduced in order to allow free trade. ECOWAS should pray not to lose any members. They will be faced with lot of crisis in the region and they will have security challenges. EUROPEAN…

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Defence minister indicted in $550,000 fund diversion, Buhari silent

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Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi has been allegedly indicted in a $550,000 security fund diversion. President Muhammadu Buhari came under heavy criticism yesterday for his failure to act in the alleged indictment of his Minister of Defence. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu deflected response on the allegation to the office of the Minister of Defence when the presidency’s reaction was sought on the matter. Against a groundswell of allegations of cherry-picking on whom to prosecute in his anti-corruption offensive, Buhari is now directly fingered for shielding Magashi, who is accused…

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NURTW President, Tajudeen Baruwa Seeks Peace, Unity amongst Nigerians

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The National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa has called for caution among the members of the union, while wishing them a happy New Year in advance. Baruwa also appealed to members of the union in a statement he personally signed to be cautious, while transporting passengers from one location to another during the New Year celebration. The NURTW National President added in the statement, which was made available to journalists, that time had come for members of the union to see life…

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Man Sues Casino for not stopping him from Gambling

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Tarwinder Shokar has sued a casino in Canada after losing $260,000 (₦93,990,000) during two visits, claiming that the establishment should never have allowed him to place wagers in the first place. Tarwinder alleges that Caesars Windsor in Ontario should have known about his compulsive gambling and alcohol addiction during two October 2013 visits, and should have been aware that he had been banned from other casinos for disruptive behavior. Shokar, who also has criminal fraud convictions, said the casino over-served him alcohol and encouraged his gambling while he was intoxicated. He is currently banned…

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Man beats wife to death on Christmas day

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Mutiu Sonola, a 37-year-old man, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for beating his 34-year-old wife, Zainab, to death on Christmas Day. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested on the same day following a report by the father of the deceased. He said the deceased’s father complained at the Ibara Division that he was called on the phone that his daughter had a misunderstanding with her husband and that she…

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Pregnant women conveyed to hospitals on donkeys in Bauchi

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Due to lack of motorable roads, some communities in Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State say they use donkeys and ox-drawn trucks to transport pregnant women and sick people to hospitals. The communities disclosed this on Wednesday at Babuwuri and Ngummachame settlements, which are tagged“Hard-To-Reach (HTR)” in terms of healthcare by the EU/UNICEF. The Heads of the settlements, Malam Magaji Abdu and Alhaji Ahmadu Garba, disclosed that the only means of transporting pregnant women and sick ones to health facilities were donkeys and ox-drawn trucks. “This is due to…

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Obaseki’s Christmas gift to Oshiomole rejected

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Adams Oshiomhole, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress and former Edo State governor, on Wednesday rejected Christmas gifts sent to him by the Edo State Government. It was gathered that messengers from the state government were dispatched to deliver the conventional Christmas presents reserved for former governors of the state to Oshiomhole but were turned back. The messengers said they met the mother of the former governor, who rejected the items, stating that her son would not accept the gifts. The gift items meant for Oshiomhole included four…

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Nigeria’s economy under siege over bad government choices -CBN report

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A recent report by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), states that the country’s quest to overcome growth and development challenges will remain a mirage as government continues to prioritise huge consumption above capital investments. In November, the Federal Government spent 95.9 percent of its resources on statutory transfers (7.2 percent) and recurrent expenditure (88.7 percent), leaving a paltry 4.1 percent for capital projects. According to the Economic Report released in November 2019, government’s budgetary projections sustained its pattern of shortfall by N218.05 billion. At N322.62 billion, the estimated Federal…

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Man arrested for killing own children in Ebonyi

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Chinasa Ogbaga, a middle-aged man and native of Egwuagu Okpuitumo Community in the Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, has been arrested by the police for allegedly butchering his two children and left one half-dead. The accused person, who was said to have committed the act on Saturday night when villagers and other family members had gone to bed, allegedly took the children to the bush one after the other and slaughtered them. Names of the two slain children were given as Chikamso Ogbaga, a six-year-old boy and Chizaram Ogbaga,…

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National Assembly will be rubber stamp than fight executive – Gbajabiamila

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Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has said the National Assembly will rather be a rubber stamp for the progress of the country than fight the executive arm of government. Gbajabiamila spoke on Sunday during a meeting with members of his constituency in Surulere, Lagos State. The event, tagged, ‘2019 End of the Year Grassroots Empowerment Programme,’ was attended by residents, members and leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the state. Different gifts and equipment, including financial donations, were presented to the constituents, who turned out in…

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