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COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu launches N5bn support capital for low-cost schools

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji72Z3FJqwuNd0GY0VLC95D0HSvUTg5nsirQ8xaHcvK_eYTviLI_M4SiFwh8eQ9FCAGDJwwQAH22OyJmg3zbkFnvzdejFP8hj_Raw3tmZOQcIUXDgQC5uOOb_bFi5EPCc9-VFiBu0_cfs/s480/92864402-7B6E-4BA5-9CBF-473E2909DF3E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="480" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji72Z3FJqwuNd0GY0VLC95D0HSvUTg5nsirQ8xaHcvK_eYTviLI_M4SiFwh8eQ9FCAGDJwwQAH22OyJmg3zbkFnvzdejFP8hj_Raw3tmZOQcIUXDgQC5uOOb_bFi5EPCc9-VFiBu0_cfs/w400-h279/92864402-7B6E-4BA5-9CBF-473E2909DF3E.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>Lagos State Government in partnership with First Bank of Nigeria has launched N5 billion Post-Coronavirus (COVID-19) Recovery Support capital for the education sector to support low-cost private schools across the state in mitigating the negative impact of the pandemic.</b></p> <p>The intervention fund, which targets over 2,000 private schools, was formally launched by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday at a ceremony held at the Banquet Hall in the State House, Alausa, Ikeja</p> <p>Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) collaborated with First Bank of Nigeria Limited to facilitate the matching fund, which will be given as a loan to schools and vocational education centres across the State.</p> <p>Sanwo-Olu said the intervention was part of the State Government’s sustainable solutions to limit the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on both residents and businesses.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>As the State gradually unlocks socio-economic activities, following the impact of the pandemic, the governor said the loan programme would help the targeted beneficiaries accelerate recovery and give them the opportunity of a painless return to regular life.</p> <p>He said: “It is no longer debatable that the education is one of the sectors that are severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with schools and vocational learning-centers shut since March when we took the tough decisions meant to disrupt the spread of the virus. Given the incidence of the closure of schools in response to the pandemic, it would not be out of context to note that the challenges presently faced by these schools would increase significantly.</p> <p>“With access to low-cost funding for privately owned schools and vocational training centres in the state, we are confident that this programme will help accelerate sustainable and painless return to world-class learning and skills acquisition of our young population. As a responsible Government, we are obligated to provide the intervention that would enable learners in these schools’ study in line with the new normal.”</p> <p>Sanwo-Olu said the N5 billion Education Loan Programme was a precursor to many more human development sector-specific support programmes that would be unveiled by the LSETF on behalf of the State Government next month.</p> <p>The Governor explained that the intervention was necessary, given the importance of education to building human capital. He said his administration took education as critical building 21st-century economy and realising objectives set out in the T.H.E.M.E.S. agenda.</p> <p>The beneficiaries, Sanwo-Olu said, will have access to single-digit loan facilities to fund the provision of the amenities and services needed to aid learning.</p> <p>He said: “It is thus heart-warming to have First Bank of Nigeria electing to be our exemplary partner for this intervention. With their support, players in the education sector would be getting the financial support they need to boost learning at a single-digit interest rate.</p> <p>“I also commend the Board of LSETF and the management for this significant accomplishment. They have helped the Lagos State Government build an institution that has engendered public trust and elevated the hope of small businesses and young people, irrespective of challenges faced.”</p> <p>Chairperson, LSETF Board of Trustees, Mrs Bola Adesola, represented by Mrs. Tatiana Mousali-Nouri, said schools that have a minimum of 100 students and have been in operation for, at least, a year are the ones qualified for the loan facility.</p> <p>She said: “We are confident that this intervention fund, which is complemented by our free professional and institutional support structures, will ensure that education ecosystem in Lagos witnesses an improvement in the overall learning outcomes for the children, while positively impacting on the local economy through wealth and job creation.”</p> <p>First Bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, said the Bank went into the partnership, having recognised the role played by education towards the growth of the economy.</p> <p>He praised the State Government’s efforts towards suppressing the burden caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the education, saying Lagos Government had scored another first.</p> <p>Adeduntan said: “With the single-digit funding targeted at about 2,000 low-cost private schools in Lagos, we are delighted to demonstrate our commitment to the development of education in the State, thereby contributing our quota to realise the mandate of the State Government and LSETF on economic growth, opportunities for employment and bridging societal gaps in education.”</p> <p>The loan scheme will be provided to two categories of applicants, which are Micro-Enterprise (ME) and Small and Medium Enterprise (SME). Those in ME category will receive a sum of not more than N500,000, while those in SME will get N5,000,000.</p> <p>To apply for the loan facility, applicants are expected to submit their applications via the LSETF portal for screening. Details of the successful applicants will be passed on to First Bank for appraisal and disbursement.</p>

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Edo 2020: I take responsibility for Ize-Iyamu, APC’s loss – Buhari

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_J_cA9ZhNPna6ObU4OE6Md7d1l4kXDQEuBPXYlRlNpHDKYPoLks186ukqewu5NIfyLW6Ht5zxsynH1hoXUH6KfHmtWgsz4HbnDEEsazd_Ifi2g4pLTchEbFA6sUNmuLbSYI61ioTBNIo/s897/E38F5697-8A4C-4C47-9D0B-2D359929991A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="897" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_J_cA9ZhNPna6ObU4OE6Md7d1l4kXDQEuBPXYlRlNpHDKYPoLks186ukqewu5NIfyLW6Ht5zxsynH1hoXUH6KfHmtWgsz4HbnDEEsazd_Ifi2g4pLTchEbFA6sUNmuLbSYI61ioTBNIo/w400-h266/E38F5697-8A4C-4C47-9D0B-2D359929991A.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday re-evaluated last weekend’s governorship election in Edo State, saying that he could not escape being held responsible for the loss of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), at the poll.</b></p> <p>But he said it was important for him to develop in the country a political culture based on integrity and build his party on a “civilized basis, rule of law and respect for human rights and human beings.”</p> <p>Buhari spoke in his Abuja office while receiving Governor Godwin Obaseki who won the election after defeating the APC candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.</p> <p>Obaseki, who was accompanied by his deputy Philip Shaibu and other Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders, ruled out a return to the APC from which he switched camps to the PDP.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>He said going back to his former party would be immoral.</p> <p>Buhari, at the meeting with Obaseki and Shaibu, said it was his duty to “preside over all Nigerian interests, whether I like it or not.”</p> <p>Continuing, he said: “My single desire is to make sure that innocent people don’t suffer. That message I got across to the Inspector General of Police, that elections must be free and fair.</p> <p>“If contestants have too much money and they decide to spray, so be it. But what I insist (on) is (that) nobody should go and raise a counter force to the government, arm heavily-drugged thugs to go and humiliate people.”</p> <p>“I want Nigerians to appreciate that I respect them as Nigerians and that I am bound by the oath I have taken that their security is in the hands of God and in the hands of the government which I am leading.</p> <p>”We have lost states across the country. Now I do not like to escape the responsibility, seeing as the leader of the country, I am also the leader of my party, that I am not leading the party very well.</p> <p>“I am trying to make sure that the party is built on a civilized basis, rule of law and respect for human rights and human beings, right from polling units to local governments, to states up to Abuja, and that’s what I have been insisting (on) as my contribution to the National Working Committee and executive of the party.</p> <p>“I know we are a developing country, a developing economy and trying to develop our political culture.</p> <p>“I want the development of political culture to be based on integrity and accountability. Let people work very hard and earn what they are looking for through their hard work and through fair competition.”</p> <p>He added jokingly: “I thank you for bringing your deputy and supporters to come and see me after beating my party.”</p> <p>He also said he was congratulating Obaseki  ”reluctantly” because he defeated the APC candidate.</p> <p>In his remarks, Governor Obaseki thanked the President for ensuring fair play during the election.</p> <p>He recalled how the President, a few weeks before the election, assured him that “we were going to have a free, peaceful and credible election.”</p> <p>He said: “That is what we had during the election of September 19, and the whole world has acclaimed that Edo election was perhaps one of the best conducted in recent times in Nigeria.</p> <p>“This could not have been possible without your insistence that the right things be done, and for that, we want to say thank you very much.”</p>

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COVID-19 deaths in Nigeria jump to 1,103

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="1200" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJLayc-jCHq2OOt-7GXYTaE9KNeXVB-98GI7jn_MZWCnsQRF5U1_DPBxu8vSOPAOo4KmypvH3HJiF7UljpkaUqqPuafnW8GjD12zkT_v12pYtGlHwnVuazMdjRje-eWSrfYm5GiNjI6qz/s640/coronavirus+lagos+isolation.png" width="640" /></div> <br /> <br /> The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that 1,103 persons have died from Coronavirus (COVID-19), in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that there was an increase of 88 cases from the 125 reported on Sept. 24 . According to the agency, 213 new infection were confirmed around the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 58,062.<br /> <br /> The health agency sadly reported two new deaths which raised the overall death toll in the country to 1,103. It stated that 508 COVID-19 patients have been treated and recovered from the infection. The NCDC said that it erroneously reported one death in Bayelsa on Sept. 23, 2020.<br /> <br /> The health agency added that the cumulative discharged cases included 364 recovered patients in Katsina State who were managed in the community. The agency added that the new infection were reported from 17 states of the federation.<br /> <br /> According to it, Lagos and Plateau States recorded most of the new cases with 51 each followed by FCT with 29 new cases.<br /> <br /> Amongst others were Rivers (18), Ondo (12), Oyo (9), Osun (8), Gombe (7), Ogun (7), Kaduna (5), Enugu (4), Edo (3), Jigawa (3), Kano (3), Benue (1), Delta (1), and Sokoto (1).<br /> <br /> The NCDC said that the country had now recorded, in total, 58,062 new cases of the novel coronavirus, with 49,606 cases discharged and 1,103 deaths reported across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.<br /> <br /> It said that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, have continued to coordinate the national response activities across the country. [NAN]

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<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Tv2a8Ya-PIKa8CbhXDIOzPLgrrNmU2_qLPReIiyJTrML178buLVSzxnaXo1hYlHFYMNn084N7OdlZSqK2Gpr4eIOFOQaXK6pf_Mil0QUGzRR0k3MZ2VUHycIUfKKnHiYxEOZOr-h_3c/s414/A93B8514-BABC-4A65-A65F-D6E8A5A7D9B2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Tv2a8Ya-PIKa8CbhXDIOzPLgrrNmU2_qLPReIiyJTrML178buLVSzxnaXo1hYlHFYMNn084N7OdlZSqK2Gpr4eIOFOQaXK6pf_Mil0QUGzRR0k3MZ2VUHycIUfKKnHiYxEOZOr-h_3c/s320/A93B8514-BABC-4A65-A65F-D6E8A5A7D9B2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p> <p><b>Troops of Sector 2 (Chad), Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), have rescued twelve hostages from the Boko Haram terrorists’ enclave near Barkalam in Lake Chad.</b></p> <p>Col. Muhammad Dole, the Chief of Military Public Information, MNJTF, stated this on Saturday in a statement in Ndjamena, Chad.</p> <p>Dole stated that the troops ambushed Boko Haram terrorists and sustained heat against them along the fringes of Lake Chad Basin with attendant successes.</p> <p>According to him, three canoes were capsized during the offensive operation, leading to the death and arrest of some Boko Haram members, while others sustained various degrees of injuries.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>He said the 12 people rescued comprise one male adult, 3 women and 8 children.</p> <p>Dole said: “In line with its policy of safe transfer of surrendered insurgents and rescued hostages, the Headquarters, MNJTF used Helicopters to facilitate their movement from Baga Sola to N’Djamena, Chad.</p> <p>“While receiving the rescued persons at Air Force Base, the Chadian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lt.-Gen. Abakar Daoud, reiterated the absolute commitment and determination of the National and MNJTF forces to combat the menace of the terrorists in the Lake Chad Basin.</p> <p>“The rescued hostages were moved to a military medical facility for further examinations and medication, and thereafter reunite them with their families.”</p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <br />

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZEOkIQ6clxw8waAIn43tT_TN_IpRZzokFte9l4bkyPIvhUCAAVl-9lMxHfkHxCK6cnUfRye05onXbpmRtyAuSL0P8cMDTpY64Sc1m6bpjYoa3kyY5KQ9ylfmCA-oKRt-6kf8hbToYCHX/s1600/otedola+cuppy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="588" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZEOkIQ6clxw8waAIn43tT_TN_IpRZzokFte9l4bkyPIvhUCAAVl-9lMxHfkHxCK6cnUfRye05onXbpmRtyAuSL0P8cMDTpY64Sc1m6bpjYoa3kyY5KQ9ylfmCA-oKRt-6kf8hbToYCHX/s640/otedola+cuppy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, a.k.a DJ Cuppy, popular entertainer and daughter of Nigerian billionaire, has said her father’s billions did not get her to where she is today.<br /> <br /> Rather, her hard work has been the propelling factor as she carves a niche in the entertainment industry.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Professionally called DJ Cuppy, she said connections only open doors for people and in such cases, one’s skills are what would keep the individual fixed in such opportunities.<br /> <br /> The DJ acknowledged she has these connections but her skills have brought her far as she would not have brought the connections to fruition if she was not hard working.<br /> <br /> She advised that people hone their skills and be ready for opportunities as they come anytime.<br /> <br /> Cuppy also said she has blown some opportunities in the past where she played badly, delivered poorly, got late to events, and been unprofessional where doors closed for her too.<br /> <br /> Hence, she said it is about delivering.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppofrJTXySGgDI_24FX-yGmAe3mXu2F62CIHo0xB4grvRtMJR1TDXzcM2Y4bImNaAbZ9BU7u_EJnlRbkroyIS2oq_VLA3vZGV3wtM4-CRq0jVM5fBkexs6bFO75-HsM-F5gQ2uyQFbzcn/s1600/bbnaija+2020+finals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="696" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppofrJTXySGgDI_24FX-yGmAe3mXu2F62CIHo0xB4grvRtMJR1TDXzcM2Y4bImNaAbZ9BU7u_EJnlRbkroyIS2oq_VLA3vZGV3wtM4-CRq0jVM5fBkexs6bFO75-HsM-F5gQ2uyQFbzcn/s640/bbnaija+2020+finals.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <i>By Nehru Odeh</i><br /> <br /> After ten weeks of being locked down in the house, five finalists are waiting with bated breath, anticipating who among them will eventually becomes the winner come tomorrow Sunday, 27 September 2020.<br /> <br /> After ten weeks of drama, networking, laughter, tears, surprises, heartbreaks, evictions and disqualifications, this year’s reality show is gradually winding down to a close.<br /> <br /> After ten weeks of holding Africa and indeed the globe spellbound, with many glued to their television sets round the clock, and minds ticking like a time bomb, Big Brother Naija is gradually waving us farewell.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> What a season it has been? What a lockdown, as its name implies? What a year? And this year’s version will definitely go down in history as one of the most memorable. Yet, it has had its ups and downs, its high and low moments, times, its climax and anticlimax.<br /> <br /> And it has also been the butt of criticisms, with many excoriating it and questioning its use-value in a country, time and period people are struggling to make ends meet, in a clime they believe it is misplaced priority watching youths locked down in a house for six weeks “making love on national television”, when there are very serious issues of national importance to tackle.<br /> <br /> However, BBNaija is beyond just making love on national television, as it’s a micro-society where housemates not only network but also outsmart one another and manage to control what others think about them – what Irving Goffman, sociologist and symbolic interactionist, would call dramaturgy. But sometimes the housemates find it difficult to control other people’s perceptions of them, however hard they try to veil their real selves with behavioural camouflages.<br /> <br /> Still it’s a zero sum game whereby one’s failure is another’s success and at the end of the day, only one winner clinches the N85m prize money.<br /> <br /> No doubt, the question tugging at virtually every one’s mind now is: Who wins BBNaija Lockdown Season 5 ? While this is not an attempt to dismiss any of the five finalists – Laycon, Nengi, Dorathy, Neo and Vee – as they all have equal chances of clinching the prize money, the truth is, it’s a three-horse race.<br /> <br /> The housemates in strong contention for the prize are Laycon, Nengi and Dorathy. Throughout the six weeks they have stayed in the house, these housemates put up a strong showing, have shown very exemplary behaviour and strong character and have huge fan bases. While Nengi or Dorathy may spring a surprise and win the competition, if the feelers from social media and opinion polls are anything to go by, Laycon is highly favoured to win the N85 million.<br /> <br /> Laycon has so many things going for him. Aside from the fact that he has shown very strong character, is articulate and strong mentally (a trait Erica acknowledged), Laycon, arguably has the strongest fan base, and of all the housemates in the house, he was the first to be verified on Twitter Many also believe that since he revealed that he has sickle cell anaemia he will garner sympathy votes from his teeming fans.<br /> <br /> However, one cannot rule out the element of surprise that has become associated with BBNaija. The truth is, no matter the popularity of some of the contestants, any of the five finalists can win the prize. No matter how popular a contestant may seem, if he can’t garner enough votes from his fans, there is no way he would win the competition. BBNaija is no magic. At the end of the day, the fans and viewers have the final say. That’s the fun of BBNaija. That’s the excitement. That’s why millions of Africans are glued to their television sets watching the show and contributing to the hype, excitement and hoopla.<br /> <br /> However, no matter who eventually wins the prize, it is a known fact that BBNaija Lockdown Season 5 presented many unforgettable and irrepressible characters. We had Ka3na, the lady who revealed so many things about herself, who boasted of having a mini-estate, married to a 65 year old Briton, had IVF and her ovaries frozen several times, but whose dream of winning the competition was aborted so early. We also had Praise who many believed made love with Ka3na under the duvet, although Ka3na denied it, claiming they only made up.<br /> <br /> We had Erica and Kiddwaya, two lovebirds whose time in the house was characterized by melodrama that would make a box-office hit any day, anytime. While Erica never hid her love for Kiddwaya, the son of a billionaire from Benue State wasn’t ready for a relationship. Erica was disqualified for consistently breaking house rules while Kidd’s eviction took many by surprise. We won’t forget in a hurry Erica’s confrontation with Laycon that ill-fated Saturday night, and her outburst, which eventually led to her disqualification.<br /> <br /> We had Dorathy – the irrepressible Dora – whose smiles, impressive chest and diplomacy made many glued to their TV sets. We also had Ozo and Nengi, two housemates whose Bollywood romance would also make for a bestseller any day anytime. Ozo’s and Nengi’s romance is the direct opposite of Kiddwaya’s and Erica’s. While Ozo never hid his love for Nengi, the Bayelsa State-born model and beauty queen wanted to take her time. Ozo was so all over Nengi that it got many embarrassed and concerned.<br /> <br /> We also had Eric and Lilo, two housemates who felt they were each other’s distractions. We will also not forget the two love triangles involving Ozo, Nengi and Dorathy on the one hand and Kiddwaya, Erica and Laycon on the other.<br /> <br /> We also had other memorable housemates such as Prince, Wathoni, Lucy, Tolanibaj, Trikytee, to mention a few. No matter who eventually becomes the winner, I will like to end with a statement commonly attributed to William Shakespeare: “All is fair in love and war.”

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTG7XQVl38Zlpto77SifjiIeyqof-keXbajwZds6_bMqHizDvKNTAa10R31InDflJ8JfMiYTqQQDSF1MQ7oGe_3Ilx0ikhFy4Gvd0ihHXsKZVaUX_-c9F8N-xP43WwSBo5OUVbPCdafQY/s414/A2C1A82C-B4FD-478F-A399-083FB99B8E42.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="414" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTG7XQVl38Zlpto77SifjiIeyqof-keXbajwZds6_bMqHizDvKNTAa10R31InDflJ8JfMiYTqQQDSF1MQ7oGe_3Ilx0ikhFy4Gvd0ihHXsKZVaUX_-c9F8N-xP43WwSBo5OUVbPCdafQY/w400-h224/A2C1A82C-B4FD-478F-A399-083FB99B8E42.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, is set to equal the club’s Premier League record when his side tackles Brighton on Saturday afternoon.</b></p> <p>Man United are looking for their first Premier League win of the 2020/21 season in their game against Brighton at the Falmer Stadium.</p> <p>The Red Devils lost 3-1 against Crystal Palace at Old Trafford last weekend.</p> <p>According to Manchester Evening News, Man United have not lost both of their opening games in a Premier League season since the inaugural campaign in 1992/1993 when they lost 2-1 against Sheffield United and 3-0 against Everton. They went on to lift the title that season.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>Despite that Solskjaer will be keen for his team to get a first league win against Brighton, and he will be feeling confident given how good Man United’s away form was towards the end of last season.</p> <p>Solskjaer’s side ended the previous league campaign unbeaten in seven away games from home, and now a victory against Brighton will see United equal their own impressive Premier League record.</p> <p>Man United have won their last four Premier League away matches by an aggregate score of 10-0, and have the opportunity to become the first team in the English top-flight league to win five consecutive away matches without conceding since they achieved that feat under former manager, Sir Alex Ferguson in December 2011.</p>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnvHvDDTGyoMvcP9hqCDCbfdaUaG88v1nPJGnTC3JP4kEnsrML_-UIEqXnLuSbV0qa4su-9NtmWYCMAWjzt5qX9fikKjRUpEWx1MGTR-kCnO1cUCsLdkQk0Fy20EyLlLluXu1iiJjPR4/s678/582F14E6-F3A6-4ECB-9254-7BDD8CF72927.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="678" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnvHvDDTGyoMvcP9hqCDCbfdaUaG88v1nPJGnTC3JP4kEnsrML_-UIEqXnLuSbV0qa4su-9NtmWYCMAWjzt5qX9fikKjRUpEWx1MGTR-kCnO1cUCsLdkQk0Fy20EyLlLluXu1iiJjPR4/w400-h266/582F14E6-F3A6-4ECB-9254-7BDD8CF72927.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <b><br /></b> <p><b>For some time, singer, Simi and her husband, Adekunle Gold, have been posting pictures of their daughter, Adejare, on social media to the delight of their fans. But, none of the pictures have shown her face.</b></p> <p>For those who have hopes that they would see Adejare’s face soon, they may be in for a long wait. In a recent Instagram Live chat, Simi maintained that she would only show her baby’s face whenever she wants.</p> <p>When a fan asked her when she would show her daughter’s face, Simi said, “When are you seeing my baby’s face? I don’t know. It will be when I feel like. You guys already know how I am with social media.”</p> <p>The singer also noted that she was open to working with YBNL boss, Olamide. She said, “Olamide is a leader in his own right. A collaboration with him won’t be a bad idea.”</p> <p>Correcting those who think her daughter’s name is ‘Duduke’, the ‘Jamb Question’ singer said, “My baby’s name is not ‘Duduke’. ‘Duduke’ is the name of the song I wrote for my child. ‘Duduke’ is the sound of a beat. That is where the title of the song came from. My baby’s name is Adejare, not ‘Duduke’. I love the fact that the song has become a trend and people can connect it.”</p> <p>Simi also urged budding artistes not to rest on their oars when they succeed.</p> <p> “Keep pushing. Steve Babaeko used to tell me, ‘Stay hungry’. That is how you get ahead. You have to keep going. Even when you have succeeded at something, act like you have nothing,” she said.</p>

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#BBNaija 2020: Neo can’t make me happy – Vee

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIA9MSTs-tUujB6fL3z2cVnyt8XJwe6e9Lb-BDDDzCadlqwSwB1aOSMjhdcqVD5XHhmwLLGiu68GgbOlTEmOXGRLpHk-xw0z6MPJwZwLZv8BWqWQ712O_sH7brWRDHg0ZvB2RYlA7YVqk/s640/7250D6A4-DEF9-48B6-8079-07EF93CD1E4D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIA9MSTs-tUujB6fL3z2cVnyt8XJwe6e9Lb-BDDDzCadlqwSwB1aOSMjhdcqVD5XHhmwLLGiu68GgbOlTEmOXGRLpHk-xw0z6MPJwZwLZv8BWqWQ712O_sH7brWRDHg0ZvB2RYlA7YVqk/w400-h225/7250D6A4-DEF9-48B6-8079-07EF93CD1E4D.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>Vee, Big Brother Naija Lockdown housemate, last night, complained bitterly about her supposed boyfriend in the house, Neo.</b></p> <p>Last night, the two lovers were caught fighting again. Their relationship has been up and down.</p> <p>And last night, Vee told Laycon that Neo cannot handle her fame after the house, suggesting that both of them should go their separate ways.</p> <p>“He wouldn’t be able to handle the fame and attention I’ll get outside,” she said.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>“If Neo wants to be happy I am not the person for him and if I want to be happy, he is not the person for me.</p> <p>“We are two different people who want different things in a relationship,” she added.</p>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfjvQiTrdaw_Pi3LoIJe29axMO9p2s2kLxgIYPs-bi0QcOz5tGI0BqhJkgqMtdoeY177htcP8x-4Zvs0PIJtF-_109OHva4r11p2Jz_CkAzaVs9gOCOoH9pzJxO6UEyFpWhaWyTsbGes/s414/4B026722-BE18-4378-BC76-1E63EBAA343F.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="414" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfjvQiTrdaw_Pi3LoIJe29axMO9p2s2kLxgIYPs-bi0QcOz5tGI0BqhJkgqMtdoeY177htcP8x-4Zvs0PIJtF-_109OHva4r11p2Jz_CkAzaVs9gOCOoH9pzJxO6UEyFpWhaWyTsbGes/w400-h300/4B026722-BE18-4378-BC76-1E63EBAA343F.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>Former England striker, Michael Owen, has predicted Chelsea to beat West Brom in today’s Premier League fixture at the Hawthorns Stadium.</b></p> <p>Owen also backed Manchester United to defeat Brighton at the Falmer Stadium.</p> <p>Writing in his column for BetVictor, Owen said: “With heavy defeats against Leicester and Everton in their opening two games, there is no respite for newly promoted West Brom.</p> <p>“Frank Lampard will have been disappointed with his team’s lacklustre display against Liverpool on Sunday when they were well beaten in a 2-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>“It may take some time for him to bed in all his new signings, but he’ll be demanding a much-improved performance against the Baggies, and I fancy a comfortable 3-0 win for the Blues.”</p> <p>On the Brighton vs Man United game, Owen said: “Brighton were impressive in their 3-0 win away at Newcastle last weekend with a couple of Neal Maupay goals in the first seven minutes set them on their way to a comfortable victory.</p> <p>“On the other hand, Manchester United were very disappointing in their opening match of the new campaign and looked lethargic and distinctly off the pace in their 3-1 loss against Crystal Palace at Old Trafford.</p> <p>“Ole Gunnar Solskjaer can point to a lack of rest and preparation time between the end of last season and the start of this, but he’ll be expecting much more from his team, and I expect a fully-fired up Manchester United to come away from the South Coast with all three points.</p> <p>“I am going with a closely fought 1-0 victory to United.”</p> <p>The match kick-off time for West Brom vs Chelsea is 5:30 pm, while that of Brighton vs Man United is 12:30 pm</p>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc33AYAc9sBpWisC_qvHugIZBFvzRJhhOFYl2tYokGSRdHilLXvnr_dIeEuouCFEW2VKUabZXbojdbPdLCrQYmZOdBXTV1bPyxUTNNVPgCUMD9HCeYnjNb6bEiGnrwb8KvTm1UFR_h_8U/s414/98EE5D9C-A082-4BB3-91EB-2AF811F0D373.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="414" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc33AYAc9sBpWisC_qvHugIZBFvzRJhhOFYl2tYokGSRdHilLXvnr_dIeEuouCFEW2VKUabZXbojdbPdLCrQYmZOdBXTV1bPyxUTNNVPgCUMD9HCeYnjNb6bEiGnrwb8KvTm1UFR_h_8U/w400-h300/98EE5D9C-A082-4BB3-91EB-2AF811F0D373.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>Former Kaduna lawmaker, Shehu Sani has condemned the attack on Governor of Borno State’s convoy by Boko Haram.</b></p> <p>It was gathered that the governor’s convoy was ambushed shortly after leaving Monguno by suspected Boko Haram fighters at Kekano village.</p> <p>According to reports, 12 policemen, 13 civilians and 5 soldiers were confirmed dead from the attack.</p> <p>The incident occurred around 2pm while the convoy was heading to Baga town ahead of government’s plan to return internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Maiduguri to Baga</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>The terrorists also seized and carted away one police armoured car, one gun truck belonging to the military and six government vehicles.</p> <p>Reacting to the attack, Sani advised Gov. Zulum to exercise great caution in areas still under control by Boko Haram and be well protected.</p> <p>He condoled with the families of security agencies who died in the process.</p> <p>Sani on his Twitter page wrote: “The attacks on the convoy of Governor Zulum by the Insurgents again is condemnable.</p> <p>“The Governor must be well protected. In view of this, he should exercise greater caution in areas still controlled by the terror group.</p> <p>“My condolences to the families of the policemen lost.”</p>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQu9BB5U2T4JwuAGU6LeOzg87_IbhmfHlCVCjriNaRXpbgUnXyYHeZ44sO9pz2giu1TIqIGouhy40aB4kGGZaelFpJQf6t21iZffzEI3C-FdPgKg8dIeh-1vHkMI0IcDxfeeIGOv2U4BQ/s414/16275619-6B85-41EB-8718-58BF5040BEDE.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="414" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQu9BB5U2T4JwuAGU6LeOzg87_IbhmfHlCVCjriNaRXpbgUnXyYHeZ44sO9pz2giu1TIqIGouhy40aB4kGGZaelFpJQf6t21iZffzEI3C-FdPgKg8dIeh-1vHkMI0IcDxfeeIGOv2U4BQ/w400-h266/16275619-6B85-41EB-8718-58BF5040BEDE.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>China has announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) permitted the country to administer experimental coronavirus vaccines to people.</b></p> <p>They would continue until the conclusion of clinical trials.</p> <p>Zheng Zhongwei, a National Health Commission official, said this on Friday at a press briefing.</p> <p>China launched the emergency programme in July.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>Zhongwei said hundreds of thousands of essential workers and others considered at high risk of infection have been given the vaccine.</p> <p>“Even though its efficacy and safety had not been fully established as Phase III clinical trials were incomplete, at the end of June, China’s State Council approved a plan of COVID-19 vaccine emergency use programme.</p> <p>“After the approval, on June 29, we made a communication with the relevant representatives of the WHO Office in China, and obtained support and understanding from WHO,” Reuters quoted him as saying.</p> <p>WHO Chief Scientist, Soumya Swaminathan, had said regulatory authorities in countries could approve use of medical products in emergency situation.</p> <p>The United Nations health agency stressed that such measure is temporary.</p>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1r-rudCahgGJ5inec3ZmpBZKGp6Lr5yGIFdgWULQeJvnlePnfbSy5-Kqimn4C1mHTxf2Rcu5h1-qzOV_JLRwGUxCZDxArjj6IYRI12NzlnRItEoA0nSKXZ1ody1xjqLnKI3_0T9Pjts/s480/4051C49C-9964-4030-968F-1482E1B03FBA.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="480" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1r-rudCahgGJ5inec3ZmpBZKGp6Lr5yGIFdgWULQeJvnlePnfbSy5-Kqimn4C1mHTxf2Rcu5h1-qzOV_JLRwGUxCZDxArjj6IYRI12NzlnRItEoA0nSKXZ1ody1xjqLnKI3_0T9Pjts/w400-h194/4051C49C-9964-4030-968F-1482E1B03FBA.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>Gareth Bale says he “grew up” during his time with Real Madrid and has “no regrets” having departed the Spanish club to return to Tottenham.</b></p> <p>Bale joined Spurs on a season-long loan earlier this month seven years after having departed north London for a then world-record transfer fee.</p> <p>Despite having played a key role in Real winning four Champions League titles, Bale fell out of favour with manager Zinedine Zidane and made just 20 appearances last season as he was frozen out by the Frenchman.</p> <p>The 31-year-old also endured a strained relationship with the Spanish media, who were highly critical of him, particularly towards the end of his time in Spain.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>“No I don’t have any regrets, no,” Bale told Sky Sports. “I just try and play football, that’s all I can do and everything else that’s said externally is out of my control.</p> <p>“As I said, I have no regrets of what I’ve done, whatever anyone else has said, that’s up to them. I know my opinion of myself and my family know exactly what I am, so that’s all I’m worried about.</p> <p>“Obviously going into a different culture, a different country, I’ve had to grow up as a person, never mind a footballer.</p> <p>“You just learn how to deal with the situations that you’re in. Obviously I’ve been in immense pressure situations. I’ve had people on the pitch whistling in the stadium to me.</p> <p>“So yeah I’ve just learned how to deal with those type of things, to not take it to seriously, take it too much to heart, and yeah just get on with it. It’s football – something that you love doing and you just need to give your best and sometimes that’s all you can do.”</p> <p>Tottenham finished sixth in the Premier League last season, and with Bale’s arrival, the club will be aiming for a return to the top four and Champions League qualification.</p> <p>After a surprise defeat at home to Everton in their season opener, Spurs overcame a lacklustre first-half performance to thrash Southampton 5-2 on Sunday, giving them some much-needed momentum to take into this weekend’s match against Newcastle.</p> <p>“Of course when you come into any club you want to do well, you want to help the team as much as you can,” Bale said.</p> <p>“We have a great team here now with a great squad. They’ve been doing great. Obviously in the time that I’ve gone away they’ve gone on and on and obviously reached the Champions League final, the club’s got a new stadium, the club itself is better, they’re doing better in the Premier League every year.</p> <p>“So I just want to add to that. I want to try and bring a bit more to the team and try and progress even more and keep pushing in the right direction.”</p>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMV8T0TL_Tq8OFmbwQp8aDK21HHQG94ISOVCnpY71BcDMguWYtZyOF_5ZEREqLxR5jr3jsXCuzjXp3pGbcPsyxkSEJcGKPEjqv98jnfn1cv9wpnhdx1dFQ5GIrraGDFpdr8h-PSpNfFY/s414/4B2A2DC5-2A8B-4E81-9ABD-D41FFB0A3C39.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="414" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMV8T0TL_Tq8OFmbwQp8aDK21HHQG94ISOVCnpY71BcDMguWYtZyOF_5ZEREqLxR5jr3jsXCuzjXp3pGbcPsyxkSEJcGKPEjqv98jnfn1cv9wpnhdx1dFQ5GIrraGDFpdr8h-PSpNfFY/w400-h224/4B2A2DC5-2A8B-4E81-9ABD-D41FFB0A3C39.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>River State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has boasted that nobody can challenge the developmental strides of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, government in the state.</b></p> <p>The Governor said that anyone who decides to leave the PDP in the state would not do so because of his inability to fulfill campaign promises.</p> <p>Wike spoke when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunrise daily on Friday.</p> <p>“Tell me one reason anyone in Rivers State will say, ‘PDP, you made promises to us and did not fulfill it’ tell me one,’ he said.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>“Tell me one reason in Rivers State anybody will say, ‘We’re tired of promises.’ Tell me one. My tenure has not ended. I still have time and I’m fulfilling all the promises I made.</p> <p>“So it would be difficult for anyone to say ‘I’m leaving PDP based on the fact that the Governor made promises and cannot fulfill them.’</p> <p>“But you can leave PDP if the person has an ambition and cannot actualize such ambition in PDP and says ‘let me go to so so party and see if they’ll give me ticket,’ not that PDP is not doing well in Rivers State. Nobody can say that.</p> <p>“Even the opposition knows that they cannot in all sincerity come out to say that the PDP is not doing well in Rivers State, therefore, we must change the government of Rivers State, nobody can say that.”</p>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QYkWbSny3RZarUx6tS2mdxGt67Oaow8PVbgddOB_Cb2B7poVmDT6qOhQdA7cSiZ5Iam2x6eA4IxspuGXKNc3xoZdkPhyxIm1Z3KsrHbO68_kwqz50AUk-j7tYeNMOGUMg_6K4H1KdeU/s414/F7ABA570-489D-4BFA-8B0B-D9F7EAD0B5BB.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="414" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QYkWbSny3RZarUx6tS2mdxGt67Oaow8PVbgddOB_Cb2B7poVmDT6qOhQdA7cSiZ5Iam2x6eA4IxspuGXKNc3xoZdkPhyxIm1Z3KsrHbO68_kwqz50AUk-j7tYeNMOGUMg_6K4H1KdeU/w400-h285/F7ABA570-489D-4BFA-8B0B-D9F7EAD0B5BB.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>Sevilla midfielder, Ivan Rakitic, has singled out Bayern Munich goalkeeper, Manuel Neuer, for praise following his side’s UEFA Super Cup 2-1 defeat against the Bundesliga champions on Thursday night.</b></p> <p>Rakitic said Neuer was the difference between Sevilla and Bayern Munich in the UEFA Super Cup in Budapest, adding that the keeper made two incredible saves to deny the La Liga side a victory against the Champions League holders.</p> <p>Sevilla opened scoring through Lucas Ocampos’ penalty, but Bayern equalized before half-time through Leon Goretzka.</p> <p>The Europa League holders proved obdurate opponents in the second period, though, and substitute Youssef En-Nesyri came close to ending Bayern’s 22-match winning run when put through in the 87th minute, only for Neuer to turn his effort behind.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>Neuer even made a better save for Bayern when he flicked a right foot out to divert En-Nesyri’s effort on goal at the beginning of extra time, but the Sevilla forward did appear offside.</p> <p>However, Bayern substitute, Javi Martinez, then scored a 104th-minute winner to leave Rakitic praising the performance of Neuer.</p> <p>“It’s disappointing, but that’s football,” Rakitic told Sky Germany.</p> <p>“We saw tonight how important Neuer is for them. We had two great chances to go ahead, but he stopped them. Then we gave away a silly corner, and they scored.</p> <p>“Nevertheless, we can be proud of how we played against the best team in Europe, and we feel well prepared for the league season.”</p>

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Nationwide strike: Bamgbose supports labour, says Buhari taking Nigerians for granted

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWxlZYtYqEBWdnWnDkE4xZBegqDod8vGSyVfdk4P3TErumF6MRmO_g2GXWKNweOMmUXLG3MU8BkaGL6pSBgduOaZSWUvL_dbZCCmw13-72M3doJdMUDa9C0YpG7NgwRZa2LIzqgnIlMSI/s414/235AE7C3-2AE0-464A-BE5B-F76C6CFC6980.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="414" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWxlZYtYqEBWdnWnDkE4xZBegqDod8vGSyVfdk4P3TErumF6MRmO_g2GXWKNweOMmUXLG3MU8BkaGL6pSBgduOaZSWUvL_dbZCCmw13-72M3doJdMUDa9C0YpG7NgwRZa2LIzqgnIlMSI/w400-h350/235AE7C3-2AE0-464A-BE5B-F76C6CFC6980.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>Olusegun Bamgbose, a chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, has backed labour groups in the country to embark on the proposed strike.</b></p> <p>According to him, the only effective answer to the insensitiveness of the government, to the plight of the masses, is organized labour.</p> <p>He said the proposed nationwide strike, to kick off on Monday, is timely and a welcome development.</p> <p>“This Buhari’s administration insensitiveness, to the plight of the masses, is becoming outrageous and unscrupulous,” he said.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>“There is no moral, political and legal justification for the hike in price of fuel and electricity tariff at this critical moment. Buhari’s statement that it was a coincidence is unfortunate.</p> <p>“Nigerians are yet to come out, of the crushing effect of COVID-19, and the government is now creating more hardship for his subjects. This is quite unfortunate.</p> <p>“It has become obvious that Buhari’s government does not have a sustainable economic plan to tackle the myriads of Nigeria’s problems,” he added.</p> <p>Bamgbose recalled that Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the current information minister in 2012, vociferously criticized then President, Goodluck Jonathan, for planning to deregulate the downward stream, but now justifying the cruel removal of subsidy.</p> <p>“It’s becoming obvious that APC government is a fraud. They never came prepared to serve the interest of the people, but to enrich themselves. The government is fast becoming burdensome,” he noted</p> <p>“There is nothing concrete on ground, to show that the government is committed to improving the lots of the poor masses.</p> <p>“It’s a government that thrive on excuses and propaganda. This government has failed to provide the needed dividends of democracy.</p> <p>“They have lost focus. The nationwide strike should be total and indefinite, until the government deem it to reverse the fuel price.</p> <p>“There should be no going back until the government backs down. Buhari should stop taking Nigerians for granted.”</p>

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‘Missing N10.8bn’: EFCC, others asked to probe ex-Zamfara Gov Yari

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrHfc8qSayQ1ytifAyZJHH9nqkMEr3lmNEtgM-ZNnDs8riTB7Fma1jPkOBSKfvwbM0zBQpAoRDUCQ_64LZOvhpwGpq_l8vNeuH5HVLyIGz6jkzqEDoHSwzEOuVBiRt0KHbzlVz6XVisY/s414/480825CF-9EF5-4D33-9124-29D5A932DDDE.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="414" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrHfc8qSayQ1ytifAyZJHH9nqkMEr3lmNEtgM-ZNnDs8riTB7Fma1jPkOBSKfvwbM0zBQpAoRDUCQ_64LZOvhpwGpq_l8vNeuH5HVLyIGz6jkzqEDoHSwzEOuVBiRt0KHbzlVz6XVisY/w400-h224/480825CF-9EF5-4D33-9124-29D5A932DDDE.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and others to investigate former Zamfara Governor, Abdulaziz Yari.</b></p> <p>The State government recently alleged the diversion of N10.8billion meant for the state’s university project.</p> <p>The money was allegedly stolen from the N37.4billion refund from the federal government for reconstruction and rehabilitation of 14 federal roads in Zamfara.</p> <p>On Friday, Tola Oresanwo, CACOL Director of Administration and Programmes, in a statement, warned that the allegation must not be ignored.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>Oresanwo said it was despicable that some governors run the affairs of their states with flagrant abuse of the confidence reposed in them by the electorate.</p> <p>“The amount in question can conveniently and comfortably provide basic amenities for the people. It can be used to advance literacy as the state is one of the educationally less developed in Nigeria. If judiciously utilized, the money would have positively affected lives.</p> <p>“We commend the Zamfara State government for coming out with this revelation. We hope this allegation will not be seen as an opportunity to settle political scores and that a political solution will not be sought by either party in a bid to foreclose an investigation.</p> <p>“We therefore call on the anti-corruption agencies to take this case up and carry out diligent and meticulous investigation in order to bring all culprits to book,” he said.</p> <p>CACOL demanded that persons found guilty face the full wrath of the law to serve as deterrent to others.</p>

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Tory Lanez breaks silence, denies shooting Megan Thee Stallion

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvieYWvRJYjbwyWbLxEtsS0XfZ_MSa_ENKYit_b_IqHv2JAB8M710Ki8730j4oNecD8ujkjFa5IVVhLBmP8D0sZwbThqLXDS5J1BnxcG_-1plI3wq3N6vctrSN_Y_ewUwRF_KNok0AuUU/s414/BAAD81E5-6FC6-48C2-B7CF-7250EDCEDCF1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="414" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvieYWvRJYjbwyWbLxEtsS0XfZ_MSa_ENKYit_b_IqHv2JAB8M710Ki8730j4oNecD8ujkjFa5IVVhLBmP8D0sZwbThqLXDS5J1BnxcG_-1plI3wq3N6vctrSN_Y_ewUwRF_KNok0AuUU/w400-h266/BAAD81E5-6FC6-48C2-B7CF-7250EDCEDCF1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>Tory Lanez has finally broken his silence on shooting popular rapper, Megan Thee Stallion’s feet.</b></p> <p>Recall that Megan Thee Stallion in August confirmed that Tory shot her in both feet after a night out in the Hollywood Hills.</p> <p>However, the former Quarantine Radio host in a new album called DAYSTAR released on Thursday night, narrated his side of the shooting incident.</p> <p>In the Album opener “Money Over Fallouts” around the 2-minute mark, Lanez denies he shot Megan.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>His lyrics: “Can’t cry now, I’m gonna laugh later. Girl you had the nerve to write that statement on that affidavit, knowing I don’t do it. But I’m coming at my truest, trying to keep this shit 200 with you.</p> <p>“Shorty I can’t prove it but the people in your ear, they are the true ones that I feel that really got you thinking Tory Lanez would do you in for real.</p> <p>“Don’t forget you was my bitch, I held it down and kept it real, I would never paint no fake picture of you just for some mills and I thought that you were solid too, but look at how you doing me/Look at you doing me, people tryin’ to ruin me.”</p> <p>Tory later in the song also quizzed Megan’s injuries, rapping, “How the fuck you get shot in your foot, don’t hit no bones or tendons?”</p> <p>Before the release of the album, Tory had posted an announcement on his Instagram page which read: “To my fans, I’m sorry for my silence but respectfully I have time today.</p> <p>“There is a time to stay silent, a time to speak and I said all I could say on this PLATFORMS in five minutes.”</p>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREELJSwnnX37QhQ30orL1OrFusMO_67E6BGyq5XM5g54kWmgq3RYrNcBPbxbFqrKttGdHGEDsfPCQ9_DNqMFVWVh2o3f7zU_k2AGD3XBV4ppNLl3Wyy2kp8wOI5QLcetc8ZcmWA2ITcw/s414/68D014B9-1878-4185-B286-41C15FFEF020.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="207" data-original-width="414" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREELJSwnnX37QhQ30orL1OrFusMO_67E6BGyq5XM5g54kWmgq3RYrNcBPbxbFqrKttGdHGEDsfPCQ9_DNqMFVWVh2o3f7zU_k2AGD3XBV4ppNLl3Wyy2kp8wOI5QLcetc8ZcmWA2ITcw/w400-h200/68D014B9-1878-4185-B286-41C15FFEF020.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>The United Nations (UN) says the coronavirus pandemic threatens the lives of millions of children worldwide.</b></p> <p>The body said a decade of progress in women and children’s health was at risk.</p> <p>UNICEF sounded the alarm in a report released on Friday, Dpa reports.</p> <p>The body listed achievements made since the launch of Every Woman Every Child movement in 2010.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>The UN said more than one billion children have been vaccinated, and deaths of under-fives reached an all-time low in 2019.</p> <p>In the same year, 5.2 million children died of preventable causes before age 5. 82 percent were in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.</p> <p>The report warned that without more efforts to tackle preventable child deaths, 48 million children under five could die between 2020 and 2030.</p> <p>UNICEF Executive Director, Henrietta Fore, in a statement, said even before COVID-19, a child under the age of five died every six seconds somewhere around the world.</p> <p>“Millions of children living in conflict zones and fragile settings face even greater hardship with the onset of the pandemic”, Fore added.</p>

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Labour unions vow to go ahead with strike despite court ruling

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="400" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3OwsDkB7VcfB7b36YacZUPP0TPk6F2e4Tv7cYCPmwxObrMz-vfoFwzDYTXMYd6EYvlHdM6YahjPvy5Zu1lb41vlca7Gyo8LJ63F5fbn-cvcHyIyBzgzM54JLPykFccHMODVS6Yrs0SjP/s400/nlc+v.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> <br /> The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, on Thursday, dismissed the ruling of the National Industrial Court restraining them from going on strike beginning from Monday.<br /> <br /> The NLC and the TUC stated this after a meeting between the Federal Government and the workers ended in a deadlock on Thursday evening.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Following the hike in electricity tariffs and fuel pump price, the government and the labour unions had met penultimate Tuesday, but the dialogue ended in a deadlock following the failure of the government to reverse the price increase or offer palliatives to cushion the effects on the workers.<br /> <br /> The NLC and TUC subsequently declared a strike and protest scheduled to commence on Monday. Both unions said they would collaborate to execute the industrial action for maximum effect.<br /> <br /> Rising from a meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, the National Executive Council of the NLC comprising the chairpersons of the 36 state chapters and the Federal Capital Territory endorsed the decision earlier taken by the Central Working Committee of the Congress on the strike last Wednesday.<br /> <b><br /></b><b>Court stops strike</b><br /> <br /> But the industrial court in Abuja, on Thursday, issued an interim order restraining the unions from embarking on the strike.<br /> <br /> Justice Ibrahim Galadima issued the interim order following an ex-parte application filed by a group, Peace and Unity Ambassadors Association through their counsel, Sunusi Musa.<br /> <br /> Justice Galadima ordered the labour unions, their officers and affiliate groups to halt the plan to embark on the strike pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed by the applicant.<br /> <br /> The judge also granted an order of interim injunction restraining the unions from disrupting, restraining, picketing or preventing the workers or ordinary Nigerians from accessing their offices to carry out their legitimate duties on September 28, 2020 or any other date.<br /> <br /> The court also granted an order compelling the Inspector-General of Police and the Director-General, Department of State Services, to provide protection for workers engaged in their legitimate duties from any form of harassment, intimidation and bullying by the officers, agents or privies of the unions pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.<br /> <b><br /></b><b>Those who obtained order not our employers –NLC</b><br /> <br /> Reacting to the court injunction, the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, dismissed it, saying he had not been served, adding that the group that filed the suit was not his employers.<br /> <br /> He asked, “How does that (injunction) affect me if I have not been served? Have I been served? Are they our employers? What relationship do I have with any group?”<br /> <br /> The meeting between the Federal Government and organised labour meant to avert the planned strike and protest ended in a deadlock.<br /> <br /> The meeting, which started at 4.16pm at the Presidential Villa’s Banquet Hall, Abuja, on Thursday, dragged till 9.22pm without a resolution.<br /> <br /> But speaking to journalists after the dialogue, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said the parties had a fruitful discussion, adding that it was shifted till Monday to conclude the discussions.<br /> <br /> He expressed the belief that the unions would heed the government’s plea to suspend their planned strike.<br /> <br /> However, the TUC President, Quadri Olaleye, told journalists that the mobilisation of workers for the strike would not be halted, noting that the government failed to reverse or suspend the fuel price hike and electricity tariff adjustment.<br /> <br /> He stated, “We were not the one that adjourned the meeting; the government adjourned it till Monday. Monday is the expiration of the ultimatum and we are still very much focused on that. It is a deadlock now.<br /> <br /> “Of course, that (adjournment) will not stop the action that has been put in place. We have told them to reverse or to suspend, while the discussion goes on Monday. So, labour is left with no option but to go our way.”<br /> <br /> Asked about the offers or concessions made by the government’s team, the union leader said, “We are coming with an open mind to find a solution to the problems in the country, especially on the price hike. They have made their proposal, but we are saying let us suspend or reverse, then we can now continue to discuss but they have adjourned. But labour will continue with the mobilisation of workers.”<br /> <br /> Speaking earlier before the closed-door technical session, Ngige said attendance at the dialogue was expanded to include the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, and others following the declaration of strike and protest by the labour centres.<br /> <br /> Other officials in attendance included the Minister of Power, Mamman Saleh; Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva; Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed; and the Minister of State, Labour, Festus Keyamo (SAN).<br /> <b><br /></b><b>Ngige, TUC leader in altercation</b><br /> <br /> There was a mild drama as Ngige got into an altercation with the TUC president, who accused him of using “divide and rule tactics” to create a breach within the labour unions.<br /> <br /> Ngige in his welcome address had reiterated that he has not received TUC’s letter whose notice of industrial action was addressed to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). He explained that his attention was drawn to the letter on social media by an aide.<br /> <br /> The minister stated, “I want to reiterate that the country belongs to all of us, it is not Buhari’s country. Whatever we want to discuss, we will discuss dispassionately in furtherance of the welfare of Nigerians.<br /> <br /> “I will even assume my role as a conciliator: if the government side did not play ball, I will tell them, and if labour also crosses into a lane that will lead to the collapse of the entire economy, I will also bridge the gap.”<br /> <br /> But Olaleye in his remark dismissed Ngige’s claims that the country belonged to all Nigerians, stressing that the workers were being used as sacrificial animals by the political elite.<br /> <br /> He said, “I heard when the minister mentioned that the country belongs to all of us. I, as a person, except you change my impression, I believe the country belongs to the few politicians that take decisions and make policies that are very hard for us to live in this country.<br /> <br /> “If the country belongs to all of us, the question is, why are people running out of this country? Our youths are running out of this country despite all the dangerous obstacles on the road, many have lost their lives.<br /> <br /> “Can somebody run out of his father’s house when nothing is pursuing him? So, definitely, the answer is no. Let’s make the country to belong to all of us so that we can be a bona fide owner of our country.”<br /> <br /> He asked the labour minister to withdraw his comment over the letter, pointing out that the issues were beyond Ngige, hence the decision to address it to the President.<br /> <br /> He noted,” I want to disagree with you; with due respect to your office, we honour your office and we will not do anything to undermine your office.<br /> <br /> “But the issue is issue that Mr President himself has to handle, we are not talking about the minimum wage, increase or any price with the government. We are talking about economic issues and we have elected Mr President to lead and that is why we have addressed that issue to him.<br /> <br /> “But if you want to insist sir, that because the letter is not referred to you, then TUC can excuse you. I know it’s a statement of divide and rule which will not be acceptable to this congress sir.<br /> <br /> “I will prefer that you withdraw the statement and let us continue the meeting. If the letter is not addressed to you and you invited us here, I don’t know how we can reconcile this statement.”<br /> <br /> An obviously indignant Ngige took time to lecture Olaleye on his knowledge of International Labour Organisation’s practices, stating that he had attended all ILO sessions, governing board meetings and general assembly, insisting that the ‘competent authority’ for labour issues in any country is the minister of labour.<br /> <br /> He stated, “My friend, the new president of TUC, I don’t want to start altercations before we start the technical session but I want to put the records straight for you so that if your general secretary has not educated you properly, then, he better go home and do so.<br /> <br /> “You have no business with the President of Nigeria. Your place of business is the Ministry of Labour. You have said the issue is not labour dispute or wages negotiation, but in the same breath, you said your earnings are being eroded.<br /> <br /> “If you want to address social issues, the civil societies are there, the political parties are there and you can write or castigate Mr President, but when you talk about the working class of Nigeria, erosion of their wages and anything that has to do with their welfare, you are dealing with the ministry of labour. So, there is nothing to withdraw from my earlier statement and I still stand by it.”<br /> <br /> But the SGF, Mustapha, said no government decision was intended to hurt the citizens, arguing that the price hike “was taken in the interest of the people and the country.”

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59he5lR1R9ZPf3w7Bsideepb8TkD5EXg3oROXTitS7AD7vyxWCv6PNN4dl7R5xCSBtcopq41MoQAfMZ3KsOhIm9lQysDApZeCij2KXChE0pJOm29nUjErYb3U7uZu0_2EENUYRJcfAGM/s414/EB56DA7E-7886-4D32-95E1-91F15F014A8F.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="221" data-original-width="414" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59he5lR1R9ZPf3w7Bsideepb8TkD5EXg3oROXTitS7AD7vyxWCv6PNN4dl7R5xCSBtcopq41MoQAfMZ3KsOhIm9lQysDApZeCij2KXChE0pJOm29nUjErYb3U7uZu0_2EENUYRJcfAGM/w400-h214/EB56DA7E-7886-4D32-95E1-91F15F014A8F.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take proactive action over the bloodletting in Zamfara and other parts of the North.</b></p> <p>The Coalition of Northern Groups, through its spokesman, Suleiman Abdul-Azeez, while presenting the petition to the Speaker, Zamfara State House of Assembly, Nasiru Magarya, expressed dismay at the ugly security scenario in the State despite the several measures being taken by the government.</p> <p>The groups noted that the situation in Zamfara was becoming worse due to the activities of some selfish and heartless individuals whom they described as the enemies of the people.</p> <p>The groups called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that all those figured to be supporting or collaborating with bandits in Zamfara State are arrested and prosecuted no matter how big or influential, stressing that they are the greatest threat to peace and tranquility in the country.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>The CNG spokesperson noted that the disturbing reports of bandits and internal collaborators is creating a fearful society, noting that there is the need by relevant authorities to take drastic measures to nib it in the bud.</p> <p>The groups explained, “We are here to condemn what happened in the State recently when some politicians attacked the State’s police command to rescue some of their members arrested by the police. We condemn their action and want appropriate lawful action taken.”</p> <p>The Coalition said that Zamfara State has for long faced problems with armed groups stealing cattle, kidnapping for ransom and attacking communities.</p> <p>More recently, the groups noted that there has been a growth in informal mining activity in the mineral-rich region that has attracted people from outside the State, thereby, further fuelling instability in the State.</p> <p>Responding, the Speaker, Zamfara State House of Assembly, Alhaji Nasiru Magarya, reiterated the commitments to promote security in the State.</p> <p>He said that the State government is aware that despite the peace achieved, some elements are trying to disabuse the efforts of government towards ensuring peace.</p>

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We want our own country – Yoruba leader, Akintoye tells Buhari

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT9xbMD0Xc-Ky0ZWTqBszcjaOC1YeVBEJrHZgRkfdJFeB5dEUaF8eLY6b3EXqt7fkX7Cjrsv8Tavwz-_sZjjb2Nld4UlEAWuVzy1yZc97FsYBarjxbh_TyimL1-K-qHY0gHyvIJ3HG1oY/s414/CD0AC9F6-3DF6-4064-8716-2659B709781C.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="414" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT9xbMD0Xc-Ky0ZWTqBszcjaOC1YeVBEJrHZgRkfdJFeB5dEUaF8eLY6b3EXqt7fkX7Cjrsv8Tavwz-_sZjjb2Nld4UlEAWuVzy1yZc97FsYBarjxbh_TyimL1-K-qHY0gHyvIJ3HG1oY/w400-h266/CD0AC9F6-3DF6-4064-8716-2659B709781C.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><br /></p> <p><b>The leader of Yoruba ethnic group, Professor Banji Akintoye has said that Yoruba ethnic group is in dire need of its own country out of the present Nigeria.</b></p> <p>Akintoye said that over 55 million people of Yoruba extraction, will get their freedom without breaking the law of the country or shedding blood.</p> <p>The renowned historian made these declarations during the celebration of Kiriji war held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Wednesday.</p> <p>It was gathered that Kiriji war happened in Yoruba land many decades ago.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>Present at the celebration included Otun Olubadan, High Chief Lekan Balogun who represented the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, Otunba Deji Osibogun, Wale Alabi, Comrade Olu Omotosho, Opeoluwa Elisha Ademoyegun and Iyanda Wasiu.</p> <p>Akintoye while insisting that nothing would stop the liberation of Yoruba from its enemies, awakened the youths, who he said, were very important in the fight for struggle.</p> <p>He said, “We have been saying we will have a Yoruba nation of our own. Yoruba World Congress is committed to helping Yoruba nation to secure its position in the comity of nations.</p> <p>“They do say I don’t compromise. It is not every time. But once we say, we will take a common stance, I don’t know how to betray. We will get Yoruba nation free without violence, we will not break the laws of Nigeria. If there is anyone who wants to be violent, we will tell them, no.</p> <p>“If you are violent and there are dead bodies on the streets, you are circumventing our purpose. We are telling the world that we want our own country. We have the rights to demand for our rights. When we launched Amotekun, was there any arrest, violence? If you want to stage a rally, do so. It’s your rights but no violence.</p> <p>“I have passion for the youths. If you don’t have people who can take after you, no matter the amount of wealth you have it’s nothing. These youths are important. We elders can only guide and lead you. We can write letters but it is you who will do it. It must succeed. Anybody saying contrary, I’m not part of that idea.</p> <p>“In the past of 30 and 40 years ago, the youths have not been the same again. I graduated from the University College Ibadan in the morning and by evening my wife and I were employed. I can’t do the things I’m doing now if I don’t have the youths around me.</p> <p>“We are hurting our future in a very vicious way. Yoruba are 55 million, 74 percent are 40 years and. Step forward and. They have the authority of the land to say you can’t do it. Go back home. No violence. Go to market places, mechanic workshop, farmers on their way to the farms. If you can do this, getting our resolve done will not be difficult.”</p> <p>“We don’t force our will on people. Explain to those organizations who don’t understand what you want. Yoruba will not suffer. We are the most populous in Africa. We want to take our own country and begin to build it. Nothing more,” he concluded.</p> <p>In his own contribution, the leader of Movement for Oduduwa Republic, Architect Akin George explained how they had mobilised other people in Yorubaland.</p> <p>“We went to Okemesi where the Kiriji war started. We saw the king. From there, we went to Imesi Ile and Igbajo. At Igbajo, we noticed disunity between Imesi Ile and Oke Imesi, between Igbajo and Ibadan people there.</p> <p>“We reconciled them. We can’t fight the enemies if home front is divided. We may have misunderstanding but should not lead to quarrel,” he revealed.</p>

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Edo 2020: Electoral victory strategies hatched in Rivers — Obaseki

<div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizpgHq8FuISGTA4SuIMk_QLrGCxU56NzuFIPq7cKg2chkYIRLogSCMSblpxQ7fpME5HvcGQ2iAkcrqMDcDxUyOc8muoN_Mv_gDc6YHnlhXOS-OqitJhqi2jMoi6ivzxhVom6fs3K7oQ-Q/s480/AE9D5709-E85E-4392-A973-D84F4B2B1CF9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="480" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizpgHq8FuISGTA4SuIMk_QLrGCxU56NzuFIPq7cKg2chkYIRLogSCMSblpxQ7fpME5HvcGQ2iAkcrqMDcDxUyOc8muoN_Mv_gDc6YHnlhXOS-OqitJhqi2jMoi6ivzxhVom6fs3K7oQ-Q/w400-h208/AE9D5709-E85E-4392-A973-D84F4B2B1CF9.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <b><br /></b></div> <div><b>The winner of the just concluded Edo State gubernatorial election, governor Godwin Obaseki yesterday described the consolation he got from the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike as the second pivot for his electoral victory.</b></div> <div><br /></div> <div>The first pillar, he said, is God who crowned the efforts of all his supporters.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Governor Obaseki was speaking when he led some political leaders of Edo State on a thank-you visit to Governor Wike at the Rivers State Government House, Port Harcourt.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>He noted the commitment of Governor Wike in ensuring electoral victory for him by relocating to Edo State despite the needless attacks from the opposition.<span><a name='more' id="more"></a></span></div> <div><br /></div> <div>“After I was pushed out of my former Party, this house was the first place I sought solace. You took me in as a brother, out of the storm, changed my clothes and gave me food to eat.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>“It was in this house, the Campaign Council met to work out the key strategies that led us to victory.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>” You mobilised people across the country. You moved to Benin, went through the humiliation and attacks. You supported us and we won.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>“It will be a sin against God if we do not come to say thank you. Even if the victory we are celebrating is from God. He has used people like you to make it happen,” he said.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>In his response, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike said his support was informed by the fact that Governor Obaseki was courageous and fearless.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>According to him, standing against forces of godfatherism was not easy but Governor Obaseki made himself available to protect the interest of Edo State.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>“Our work would have been difficult if he did not make himself available. I cannot support a lily hearted person. Governor Obaseki was firm.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>“It is not easy to fight godfatherism. But he has the interest of Edo people at heart. Together, we have conquered it, ” he said.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Governor Wike also clarified that he had advocated unity within the party.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>He explained that when Governor Obaseki joined the PDP, he pushed for all interests to be considered.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>That position, he said, paid off because the Party went into the electoral battle as a united family and clinched the victory.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>“I did not want division. I insisted that it will be good we are all together. This will make it easy to go into the electoral battle and win.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>“I thank you, my brother, Obaseki for carrying everybody along in the Party. Edo people are also looking up to you to forgive everybody.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>“Forgive your political opponents. I am happy that today, South-South is under one political party. This will make for integration. We can speak with one voice in moving Nigeria forward.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>“This is the sweetest electoral victory I have ever witnessed,” he added.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Wife of the Edo State Governor, Betsy Bene Obaseki presented Souvenirs to Governor Wike and his wife, Justice Suzzette Eberechi Wike.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>The items, she said, will serve as symbols that will strengthen the existing friendship.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>According to her, we have to remain as one to attain the desired plans of God.</div>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9WN5wkmSItr7SIp0R6P8a4wHrYOMxrMz_pQUnfLwtqdmTM1_dgS4EzeSQd3HAIqf20TEdtTd-JfjuYHo5Lxv_iC1qjfotJicz_Try3nR25WAgcKEXLwFSGMKe228f0Kq-_iW0erXIzo/s635/5E34BAA7-E8BD-43CD-8E99-079015C4AF3E.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="635" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9WN5wkmSItr7SIp0R6P8a4wHrYOMxrMz_pQUnfLwtqdmTM1_dgS4EzeSQd3HAIqf20TEdtTd-JfjuYHo5Lxv_iC1qjfotJicz_Try3nR25WAgcKEXLwFSGMKe228f0Kq-_iW0erXIzo/w400-h264/5E34BAA7-E8BD-43CD-8E99-079015C4AF3E.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>A study on the use of weed among pregnant women has revealed that such a habit may increase the possibility of psychotic-like behaviors in children when they are born.</b></p> <p>Published on Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, the study analyzed data on 11,489 children who were followed as part of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study.</p> <p>ABCD is said to be the “largest long-term study of brain development and child health” in the US. Children’s cognitive and behaviour patterns were evaluated in middle childhood, around age nine.</p> <p>Among the partakers, 655 children were exposed to cannabis in utero, according to statements from the mothers unlike the 10,834 children, whose mothers reported no exposure.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>Children whose mothers had used weed during pregnancy were more likely to have psychotic-like behaviors and more attention, social, and sleep problems, as well as weaker cognitive abilities.</p> <p>In their findings, the specialists stated that prenatal cannabis exposure and its correlated factors are associated with greater risk for psychopathology during the middle childhood of infants involved.</p> <p>“Use of cannabis despite knowledge of pregnancy might represent a preexisting and more severe form of cannabis use,” the authors wrote.</p> <p>According to the scholars, if the woman continued to use cannabis after she discovered her pregnancy, the effects became more pronounced and stayed after adjusting for confounding variables.</p> <p>They added that cannabis use during pregnancy should be discouraged.</p>

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Ondo 2020: PDP writes Buhari, ask President to caution Gov Akeredolu

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjbOZXUupBaiRd2WxL4sshkTQOV7-N-L6PQ61m7KeWE22ma8y24xI83Gl7OMXNVhUihxzIiZLT50WIYbAOfctLRDGj_6zcQOa0ZrA0qx2p50odH394Hg-nB2LHRYPGnYlIeSNAZUe4a0/s480/3F815437-45A6-4BC3-9CA2-C093C7BC4D81.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjbOZXUupBaiRd2WxL4sshkTQOV7-N-L6PQ61m7KeWE22ma8y24xI83Gl7OMXNVhUihxzIiZLT50WIYbAOfctLRDGj_6zcQOa0ZrA0qx2p50odH394Hg-nB2LHRYPGnYlIeSNAZUe4a0/w400-h240/3F815437-45A6-4BC3-9CA2-C093C7BC4D81.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to caution Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for allegedly causing violence across the state.</b></p> <p>The main opposition party in the state also accused security agencies in the state of complicity.</p> <p>This was contained in an open letter addressed to the President which was signed by the state PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kennedy Peretei, on Wednesday.</p> <p>The letter read in part, “We believe that there is complicity involving even the Inspector General of Police and some service chiefs. Anywhere Akeredolu goes to campaign, about five or six buses loaded with political thugs, wielding guns accompany him. Only on Tuesday, September 22, these thugs unleashed violence on the people during Akeredolu’s campaign in Idanre.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>“The story has been the same anywhere he goes, be it Akure or Ondo town. If care is not taken, there will be genocide in Ondo State.”</p> <p>However, the state APC Publicity Secretary, Mr. Alex Kalejaiye, denied the allegations.</p> <p>Kalejaiye said,. “The APC wishes to say that it has no reason whatsoever to engage in, or encourage thuggery. Violence and thuggery are not in the character of the ruling party. It is astonishing to hear the PDP accusing the ruling party of promoting a do-or-die approach to election, which is actually their second name.</p> <p>“The desperation of PDP leaders is responsible for the bulk of crises recorded so far in the state. The so-called ‘Akure Agenda’, because its candidate is from Akure, explains why the members from the capital have severally launched unprovoked attacks on our members.”</p> <div><br /></div>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1vQlnntkhLDDFWLmYI5EpGBvDCx3o4etDao_J3lCrHavGlmfpBHYQKDTO9TOaSc_sttuFNownStaI9cGxR31xmQETBqVwXtDD1ZY1oL007ydzHHgYDW2LMDrH6Km9A3vAL_p3E_tLpg/s414/46C0A2F4-5463-4E30-AEAC-B7DBADC8E917.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="414" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1vQlnntkhLDDFWLmYI5EpGBvDCx3o4etDao_J3lCrHavGlmfpBHYQKDTO9TOaSc_sttuFNownStaI9cGxR31xmQETBqVwXtDD1ZY1oL007ydzHHgYDW2LMDrH6Km9A3vAL_p3E_tLpg/w400-h224/46C0A2F4-5463-4E30-AEAC-B7DBADC8E917.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>Nigerian music star, Zlatan Ibile, has attacked most recently evicted Big Brother Naija Lockdown housemate, Ozo.</b></p> <p>Zlatan said that Ozo is foolish for totally diverting his attention from the N85 million grand prize because of a woman.</p> <p>Ozo, who was evicted from the Big Brother Naija Lockdown house last Sunday, spent most of his time in the reality TV show chasing the Bayelsa-born fair-skinned housemate, Nengi.</p> <p>While his attitude angered many, others applauded him for being real, but Zlatan believes he was actually foolish.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>“Ozo is ‘mumu’ (foolish), he followed woman and forgot N85 million Naira,” Zlatan rapped in a new song.</p> <p>Recall that during the Big Brother Naija season 4, Zlatan had a line in his song where he described a female housemate as being a dirty girl and later apologised for the comment after a series of backlash on social media.</p> <p>WACTH VIDEO BELOW:</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/Zlatan_Ibile?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Zlatan_Ibile</a> says evicted BBN housemate, Ozo is 'Mumu' for following woman Instead of N85m <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BBNaijia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BBNaijia</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VOTENengi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VOTENengi</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NengiTheMovement?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NengiTheMovement</a> # <a href="https://t.co/qg5mfp5QqE">pic.twitter.com/qg5mfp5QqE</a></p> — Nwachukwu John Owen (@johnowen99) <a href="https://twitter.com/johnowen99/status/1308971742040334344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="async" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgsiC6Jfgk5koRvRyWWTeu7bzhRMTzGDqwn1kWBA64CcWJx_RwxZBwQbcWWukNVBeqhyEi5erUvkriSZ9Oj2B_6nXioU1OdJ5h7vvCH0_NEXapVZpFHfXqyqOO9Gr-NeY-EvFuRPObVg/s414/3E74FBA5-1F59-42A1-829A-374FDB533248.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="414" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgsiC6Jfgk5koRvRyWWTeu7bzhRMTzGDqwn1kWBA64CcWJx_RwxZBwQbcWWukNVBeqhyEi5erUvkriSZ9Oj2B_6nXioU1OdJ5h7vvCH0_NEXapVZpFHfXqyqOO9Gr-NeY-EvFuRPObVg/w400-h266/3E74FBA5-1F59-42A1-829A-374FDB533248.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <p><b>Alex Iwobi is hoping to give Everton manager, Carlo Ancelotti, ‘a migraine’ as he seeks regular playing time this season.</b></p> <p>The Super Eagles star started his first game of the season, as the Toffees crushed Fleetwood Town 5-2 in a Carabao Cup third round game on Wednesday night.</p> <p>Iwobi played the entire 90 minutes, scoring once and providing an assist.</p> <p>After the game at Highbury Stadium, the 24-year-old assessed Everton’s overall performance as he targets more opportunities in Carlo Ancelotti’s team this term.</p> <a name='more' id="more"></a> <p>“It was good experience for me to get 90 minutes under my belt as I’m trying to get fit for all competitions so it was good for the manager to give me the opportunity today.</p> <p>“Everyone wants to play so hopefully I can give the manager a migraine and get involved as much as I can,” Iwobi told Sky Sports.</p>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpfxVHJgA9B1AKMdibRet6EAw76Zvauoe7WHdbPTsMiDrwesJDZFugjTVAH4dWolGxlNkfKU_4v7zGx0jAhcZumuasWYWqSoBepZcO5YwYFhoSioTG0Q7FwUX4lwuaQjEWW-K7sWm-d9y/s1600/buhari+a+PDP.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpfxVHJgA9B1AKMdibRet6EAw76Zvauoe7WHdbPTsMiDrwesJDZFugjTVAH4dWolGxlNkfKU_4v7zGx0jAhcZumuasWYWqSoBepZcO5YwYFhoSioTG0Q7FwUX4lwuaQjEWW-K7sWm-d9y/s1600/buhari+a+PDP.jpeg" /></a></div> <br /> <b>The Federal Government on Wednesday approved a $1,959,744,723.71 contract for a rail line that would link Nigeria to Niger Republic.</b><br /> <br /> The approval was given at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, told State House correspondents at the end of the meeting that the money approved for the development of the proposed rail line linking Kano-Dutse-Katsina-Jibia and to Maradi in Niger Republic was inclusive of Value Added Tax.<br /> <br /> The rail line is designed to connect three Northern states – Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states – as well as seven senatorial districts.<br /> <br /> The 248-kilometre line is expected to aid the transportation of crude oil.<br /> <br /> But the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and some civil rights groups took a swipe at the Buhari regime, saying the project was a misplacement of priority in a country facing intractable problems of insecurity and harsh economic conditions arising from hikes in fuel price and electricity tariff.<br /> <br /> Besides the rail project, Amaechi disclosed the council also approved the award of contract worth N3.049bn for the design, manufacture, supply, testing and inauguration of one railway crane for the purposes of clearing rail tracks during accidents.<br /> <br /> The minister said, “The first approval for our ministry is the award of contract for the design, manufacture, supply, testing and inauguration of one railway crane of 150-ton capacity for emergency and recovery of rolling stocks.<br /> <br /> “This is to sort out situations of accident on the track. It is for a total cost of N3,049,544,000.<br /> <br /> “The second one is the award of contract for the development of the proposed Kano-Katsina-Jibia to Matadi rail line in Niger Republic and to Dutse, the capital of Jigawa, for a total cost of $1,959,744,723.71, inclusive of 7.5% VAT.”<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, said the council also approved N745.2m to be spent on engaging additional forensic auditors for the Niger Delta Development Commission.<br /> <br /> The minister said the approval brought the total number of forensic auditors engaged for the commission to 16.<br /> <br /> He explained that they would be working with the lead forensic auditor in nine states of the Niger Delta which he said had been divided into 16 lots.<br /> <br /> “The council also considered and approved the need to attach relevant investigative security agencies to each of the team to ensure transparency and also to be sure that whatever comes out is acceptable to not just in Nigeria but to the international community,” the minister added.<br /> <br /> The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said the council approved N12.088bn for the construction of Section II of the Ohafia-Arochukwu Road.<br /> <br /> “This section comprises Umuahia/Bende/Ohafia Road in Abia State and it was approved for the construction at N12.088bn comprising a distance of 45 kilometres to complement Section I which was previously awarded in 2018, that is the section from Bende/Arochukwu to Ohafia which is 19.27 kilometres,” he said.<br /> <br /> The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said the council approved the augmentation of the contract for the construction of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund’s headquarters in Abuja in the sum of N3.773bn, therefore raising the initial approval for the contract to about N14bn.<br /> <br /> Mohammed added that FEC also approved the procurement of 1,800 units of laptop computers for three Nigeria Customs Service’s training schools at the cost of N351,540,000.<br /> <br /> He disclosed that the council also approved N197million for the expansion of the NCS’ cash management’s software in compliance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards.<br /> <br /> He said the software, when installed, would enhance the efficiency of the Department of Customs.<br /> <br /> The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said FEC approved the contract for the procurement of 52 Green Maria vehicles for the Nigeria Correctional Service.<br /> <br /> He said the vehicles would complement the about 451 already acquired between 2016 and 2019. The minister did not disclose the cost of the contract.<br /> <b><br /></b><b>Buhari’s regime has never got his priorities right – PDP</b><br /> <br /> The Federal Government’s decision to approve $1.96bn for the construction of a rail line linking Nigeria to Niger Republic attracted criticisms on Wednesday.<br /> <br /> The PDP described the decision as another proof of the misplacement of priorities by the President.<br /> <br /> The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbindiyan, in a telephone interview with newsmen , in Abuja, stated, “The problem of this regime is that it has never got its priorities right and at the end of the day, Nigerians are the ones who suffer from these poor choices by these people.<br /> <br /> “Let’s even look at it from the point of view of the economy. What is the economic benefit of this project to Nigeria. The Nigerian economy, as it is today, is not in a state to contain this kind of wasteful spending.”<br /> <br /> Attempts to get a response from the spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress, Yekini Nabena were unsuccessful. Calls to his mobile telephone indicated the he was unreachable. A response to a text message sent to him was still being awaited as of the time of filing this report. 8:11pm.<br /> <br /> But a former President of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Malachy Ugwummadu, said the project was a misplacement of priority.<br /> <br /> In an interview with one of our correspondents, Ugwummadu said, “It is a misplacement of priority and insensitivity to the needs and plight of the people by a government that faces imminent and impending strike action by the organised labour centres and civil society partners in response to their illegal and obnoxious increases in the prices of petroleum commodities, the hike in electricity tariff and VAT, all within the devastating COVID-19 period.”<br /> <br /> The Convener of the Concerned Nigerians Group, Deji Adeyanju, reveled that the project was meant to loot the resources of Nigeria.<br /> <br /> Adding that the project was not economically viable he asked, “What is the Kaduna-Abuja rail project generating? Imagine we take a loan from China to construct rail line that passes through Katsina State to another country; for what purpose?<br /> <br /> “Lagos that has been battling gridlock for many years. Imagine what would happen if there isan intra-city rail. You can imagine its impact and monthly billions it will generate.”

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I have never received any bribe all my life – Suspended EFCC boss, Magu

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-A7DQhUxiiTNoH8I7qpoXl5f_D6yfH8aajSvvO1QESelvAWoU9LwgA6Jwwvp8gHy2jPZfG8CgUanX3Racf8Xw4sya8XyggXUToP-L3IsZ1R2AtBZvREHfREo6l2raCDHOo4rW0Q_muzhD/s1600/Ibrahim-Magu+efcc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="600" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-A7DQhUxiiTNoH8I7qpoXl5f_D6yfH8aajSvvO1QESelvAWoU9LwgA6Jwwvp8gHy2jPZfG8CgUanX3Racf8Xw4sya8XyggXUToP-L3IsZ1R2AtBZvREHfREo6l2raCDHOo4rW0Q_muzhD/s320/Ibrahim-Magu+efcc.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> Suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on Wednesday said he has never received bribe all his life.<br /> <br /> Magu was testifying before the Justice Ayo Salami panel probing allegations of corruption against him.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The suspended EFCC boss said anyone who claim he had ever given him bribe should come forward before the panel to testify against him.<br /> <br /> He was responding to allegations that he allowed a suspect Hima Aboubakar, a Nigerien National to escape from justice.<br /> <br /> The suspended EFCC boss had opened his defense on Monday to clear corruption allegations against him.<br /> <br />

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Life is not all about winning all the time - Oshiomole

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qEwtWbqEz1Dqf1HM_JZOlsjkmk4ThXli_6Y7mlJnfslxfhogmYJBHDRT4ZlAyFgJAiAd_A3ZtNVHxF-R5tEwIMp42vHfb3LX_dN_TwNk_t0oE5hpmbcYQFqAhnKS4FLFtQPAXmSYogkj/s1600/Adams-Oshiomole-Edo-Governor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="780" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qEwtWbqEz1Dqf1HM_JZOlsjkmk4ThXli_6Y7mlJnfslxfhogmYJBHDRT4ZlAyFgJAiAd_A3ZtNVHxF-R5tEwIMp42vHfb3LX_dN_TwNk_t0oE5hpmbcYQFqAhnKS4FLFtQPAXmSYogkj/s400/Adams-Oshiomole-Edo-Governor.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <b><br /></b><b>The national chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday night said life was not all about winning.</b><br /> <br /> The former labour leader, who spoke for the first time on the outcome of last Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, which his party lost to the Peoples Democratic Party, said that losing was also part of life.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> In a video recorded in his personal gymnasium, the former governor of Edo State was philosophical as he posited that life was about winning some and losing some.<br /> <br /> “In life, you work hard and leave God for the outcome. You do your best and trust God to bless your efforts. I feel good, I feel strong, thank God. In life, you win some and you lose some but life goes on,” he said<br /> <br /> Oshiomhole added that he was aware that “a lot of people will be thinking now, ‘oh, Comrade must be down’. But I’m not down. When God says you are not down, you are not down and I am not down.”

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I used to be a plumber - Lagos governor

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidgb1fwLjisunIcqBIKrj3VgXvEVxynoWdPoj944fWwjNOXnFOx4gJR2Zc8LTI9KFOTO5gJb1cjKiwTUQr2T_PYctOt1gXSGs6cgchuBDbgJqJm3U1dePsdwID1QZ2sWc95ZW_riR8V0kW/s1600/sanwo+olu+lagos+thumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidgb1fwLjisunIcqBIKrj3VgXvEVxynoWdPoj944fWwjNOXnFOx4gJR2Zc8LTI9KFOTO5gJb1cjKiwTUQr2T_PYctOt1gXSGs6cgchuBDbgJqJm3U1dePsdwID1QZ2sWc95ZW_riR8V0kW/s320/sanwo+olu+lagos+thumb.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday said he worked as a plumber about 30 years ago.<br /> <br /> He made the revelation during the graduation of 6,252 students of the 18 skill acquisition centres in the state.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Sanwo-Olu advised youths and women to engage in vocational skills and become employers of labour rather than depending solely on government and private organisations for job opportunities.<br /> <br /> He also urged the graduands to use the skills they had acquired to create platforms for themselves to be employers of labour.<br /> <br /> The governor, while assuring the graduating students of support, urged them to do all they could to make learning a life-long venture, by constantly seeking ways to improve their skills and grow their businesses.<br /> <br /> The students were trained in 15 different skills, including hairdressing and cosmetology, catering and hotel management, computer training, barbing, textile design, hat making and bead stringing, shoe making/leather works, fashion design and dress making.<br /> <br /> The state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Cecilia Dada, said the graduands would receive the Lagos State Technical and Vocational Education Board certificates which could grant them transition into any of the state technical colleges for further training.

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EDO 2020: Ize-Iyamu begs Obaseki - "Please return to APC"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBXZKB4ZuBDx9UTjYFZJt-5L45yaKhTl8AtksCKlw-B8zNgbAF-sI-248gJ8tn-lyj0r0yuQIGV6uhKKPjSrZllVdiq0_bz4amhyphenhyphen5nY8-7zU6DuP3n5hhtLRXPSlQcKabPUrLPbQxxG0tn/s400/Osagie+Ize-Iyamu+and+Godwin+Obaseki.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> The All Progressives Congress flagbearer in last Saturday Governorship election, Pastor Ize-Iyamu, has called on Governor Godwin Obaseki who defeated him at the polls to return to the APC.<br /> <br /> In a television broadcast on Wednesday night, Ize-iyamu said, “We are going to talk to everybody; we are going to bring everybody back. I want to salute my brother, the governor. I will like to appeal to him to return to the party. In every family, we have disagreement.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “Let it not be said that it was this disagreement that pushed him out. I made that mistake before and I have come to realise that it was a grievous error and I will not want him as a senior brother to make the same mistake.<br /> <br /> “I will like to appeal to him to set aside his anger and come back. In APC, he is recognised as a leader and it would be difficult for him to be recognised as a leader in the new party he is going.”

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Female workers stripped stripped on former minister’s order demand N1 Billion compensation

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimpVF3K7p6uRw7xvEcwqPTtGo1-3yGnnBEL3cH-KcQQeBf0swDU-5lKdQLehWV2Sc6IxRRG5X2cIkxz0APNK8k5W_lbW4a1PFvopyyR9t43ccskJ4IIJXXRBvAtHwXI5Gnhy3gZKKr3GhC/s400/Kenneth-Gbagi.jpg" width="395" /></div> <br /> <br /> Ex-employees of Signatious Hotel, Warri, Delta State, who were reportedly stripped on the order of the chairman of the hotel and former Minister of State for Education, Mr Kenneth Gbagi, have demanded N1bn compensation and public apology from him.<br /> <br /> The victims’ legal team, led by Mr Kunle Edun of Tri-Lex Partners law firm, made the demands, among others in a September 23, 2020 letter sent to Gbagi, who is also a lawyer, on Wednesday.<br /> <br /> The letter was titled, ‘Trial by ordeal, torture, stripping naked and bestial conduct of Signatious Hotel and yourself in an organised show of shame and animalism: Notice of intention to seek full legal redress’.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Edun stated that their clients, Mr Victor Ephraim, Gloria Oguzie, Mrs. Precious Achibong, Roselyn Okiemute Diaghwarhe, because of the tips a guest who lodged at the hotel for four days gave to them on his departure on August 20, 2020.<br /> <br /> The letter read in part, “That after the guest’s stay, he gave our clients the sum of N105, 000 as tips for the good time that he had at the hotel.<br /> <br /> “This again, is not unusual in the hospitality business. That the hotel did not lose any money neither was any alleged to have been stolen.<br /> <br /> “You told our clients menacingly that they are not entitled to tips, as all tips belong to you. As a matter of fact, you categorically stated that they were not supposed to have monies in their accounts as long as they were working for you.”<br /> <br /> The letter added that on September 17, 2020, Gbagi allegedly forcibly took the victims, one of whom was a married woman to the hotel warehouse in the presence and assistance of the armed mobile policemen and at gunpoint ordered them “to pull off their clothes”.<br /> <br /> The letter stated that with “the threatening presence of the armed policemen who willingly did your bidding, you directed your son of 15 years old (a minor) Master Egba Gbagi, to film and take photos of our clients’ nakedness” and then “summoned the other staff of the hotel to see the nakedness of our clients”.<br /> <br /> The lawyers gave the ex-minister five days to among others, pay their clients N1bn “as modest damages and compensation for the unmitigated actions of yours.”

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