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THE TRUE CONCEPT OF MARRIAGE

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Osinbajo Welcomes Microsoft's Offer To support Nigeria's ESP

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STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OSINBAJO WELCOMES MICROSOFT'S OFFER TO SUPPORT NIGERIA'S ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY PLAN *Top US-based tech firm joins global giants Facebook, Google, HUAWEI others focusing more on the country *VP: We will use technology to engage our youths & address issues affecting our people *Microsoft: Nigeria's tech space would become most viable in Africa Just as global technology giants including Google Inc., HUAWEI, and top social networking company, Facebook, another international tech heavyweight, Microsoft Corporation, has disclosed plans to partner with the Federal Government for the benefit of the Nigerian people, especially young people. Specifically, Microsoft is now offering support for the Digital Transformation pillar of the Federal Government's Economic Sustainability Plan. This will be a continuation of the technology company's investment in Nigeria after the establishment of an African Technology De...

NNPC Shops For $1bn Loan To Revamp Port Harcourt Refinery

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Afreximbank backs financing deal The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is in talks to raise about $1 billion in a prepayment with trading firms to refurbish its largest refining complex at Port Harcourt. The Port Harcourt complex consists of two plants with a combined capacity of 210,000 bpd. In 2019, the Port Harcourt plants including other refineries lost some N167 billion ($439.47 million). Reuters, which reported this yesterday, quoted seven sources familiar with the discussions, including the spokesperson for Afreximbank. If the financing is concluded, the long overdue rehabilitation of the refinery should reduce Nigeria’s hefty fuel import bill. This would also mark Nigeria’s second oil-backed financing since the COVID-19 scourge that has added to the difficulty of finding investors as fuel demand is sapped by lockdowns and renewable energy is gaining ground over fossil fuels. The money would be repaid over seven years through deliveries of Nigerian crude and produc...

Disqualification: Set Aside High Court Judgement, Ize-Iyamu Tells Appeal Court

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The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 19 Edo 2020 Governorship election, Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has appealed a High Court ruling nullifying his candidacy alongside the running mate, Gani Audu. Igbere TV had reported how an Edo State High Court, Wednesday, disqualified both candidates from the tightly-contested guber race which remains subject of litigation over contended discrepancies in the academic credentials of the winner, Governor Godwin Obaseki. In an appeal against the judgement over alleged infractions contained in the documents submitted to INEC by the Deputy Governorship candidate, Gani Audu, Ize-Iyamu asked the court of appeal to set aside judgment of the trial court delivered in suit No. B/358/2020 on the 6th January 2021. The appeal, sighted by Igbere TV, expressed dissatisfaction with the decision of the Edo state high court sitting in Benin City contained in judgment of Honorable Justice Helen A. Courage-Ogbebor. Among numerous reasons for ...

THE OFFICIAL NEXIT NPOWER PORTAL FOR APPLICATION.

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Here is the official NEXIT Portal for application of CBN empowerment to exited npower volunteers, you can login and apply following the guide specified on this webpage. It’s no longer news that the ministry of Humanitarian affairs has created a portal for N-Power beneficiary to apply for CBN empowerment. Only exited beneficiaries i.e. 2016 npower beneficiaries are allowed to apply for the empowerment programme. Npower Nigeria under Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development in conjunction with the central bank of Nigeria launched the NEXIT Portal to allow exited N-Power beneficiaries (Beneficiaries that have completed their 2 years programme) to apply for various economic empowerment and entrepreneurship All About NEXIT Portal Npower Nexit website is open to all beneficiaries of npower programme who have completed their 2 years programme and have exited successfully. The portal will enable all the beneficiaries to apply and benefit from the CBN empowe...

Obaseki’s Certificate An Incomplete Photocopy, University Of Ibadan Tells Court

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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri— ABUJA The University of Ibadan, on Tuesday, confirmed to the Federal High Court in Abuja that it issued a Bachelor of Arts certificate to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State in 1979, but that the photocopy he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was incomplete. The University, which was summoned through a subpoena issued on it by the court, said it was not true that Obaseki forged the certificate he attached to Form EC9 (Nomination Form) he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the purpose of the gubernatorial election that held in Edo State on September 19, 2020. The institution, which appeared as the second witness on the day Obaseki opened his defence to the certificate forgery suit the All Progressives Congress, APC, instituted against him, was represented by its Deputy Registrar Legal, Mr. Abayomi Ajayi. Ajayi said he was in court on the strength of the subpoena that was served on the Registrar of...

Kim Kardashian & Kanye West To Divorce As Kim Drops $1.3M Ring

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  Kim Kardashian's marriage to Kanye West is reportedly over and a "divorce is imminent" with the reality star hiring Laura Wasser, divorce lawyer to the stars Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are reportedly getting divorced, according to US media. The 40-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians star is said to be "done" with her rapper husband, who is staying at his ranch in Wyoming and has "no plans" to reunite with Kim in Los Angeles. Page Six has reported that a “divorce is imminent” for the Hollywood couple, with Kim hiring Laura Wasser, who has been a divorce lawyer for the stars. A source has told them: "They are keeping it low-key but they are done. Kim has hired Laura Wasser and they are in settlement talks.” It has been reported that Kim has stopped wearing her wedding ring while Kanye takes an extended break at his $14 million ranch. The source added: "Kim got Kanye to go up there [Wyoming] so they could live separate lives and quietl...

N10.9bn Fraud: Court Jails Ex-Finbank MD, Nwosu, Three Others

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Justice Lateefa A. Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, convicted and sentenced Okey Nwosu, a former Managing Director, Finbank Plc, to three years imprisonment for over 10bn fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had arraigned Nwosu alongside Dayo Famuroti, Agnes Ebubedike and Danjuma Ocholi on a 26-count amended charge bordering on stealing and illegal conversion to the tune of N10,934,704,402. The defendants, who perpetrated the fraud while they were directors of the bank, pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against them, thereby leading to their full trial. In the course of the trial, the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs , SAN, called witnesses and also tendered several documents that were admitted in evidence against the defendants. Delivering her judgment, the Judge found the defendants guilty and sentenced the first and second defendants, Nwosu and Famoroti, to three years imprisonment each. The Judge al...

Offa Robbery: SARS Tortured Us To Implicate Saraki, Petitioners Told Panel

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By Adekunle Jimoh, Two petitioners at the Judicial Panel of Enquiry on “EndSARS” sitting in Ilorin, Kwara state capital Wednesday narrated how officers and men of the disbanded Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) tortured them to implicate former Senate President Bukola Saraki in the April 5, 2018 Offa robbery incident. The petitioners alleged that the dreaded SARS personnel also forced them to lie against Saraki by saying he bought guns for them. The petitioners, Alhaji Kehinde Gobir and Alhaji Shuaib Jawando dubbed their petition as ‘the SARS officers of alleged high depth of impunity and human rights abuses.’ The people, who said they spent over 73 days in police detention in both Ilorin and Abuja, added that the police accused them of collecting guns from the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to allegedly participate in the robbery operation. In their separate testimonies, the duo said that SARS granted them ‘administrative bail’ with a stern warning to desist from associating ...

Ize-Iyamu To Appeal Court Judgement Disqualifying His Candidacy

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The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 19 Edo 2020 Governorship election, Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu, is appealing a High Court ruling nullifying his candidacy alongside the running mate, Gani Audu. Igbere TV had reported how the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City on Wednesday, disqualified the candidates of the APC over alleged infractions contained in the documents submitted to INEC by the Deputy Governorship candidate, Gani Audu. In a statement forwarded to Igbere TV by the Edo APC Campaign Organization in reaction to the judgement, Ize-Iyamu described the ruling as “unfortunate and utterly wrong”. “I have already instructed my Counsel to appeal against the judgment, as I am convinced that the Court of Appeal will dispassionately consider the facts presented before the Court and arrive at a just decision in accordance with the law,” he said. He also urged his supporters in the state and beyond to remain calm and law-abiding, while expressing confiden...

Linking NIN To SIM: Matters Arising

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One of the latest policies is to add (or harmonise) National Identity Number to our SIM card registrations. First, they gave an unrealistic deadline but extended it to March 2021. While this is good to curb insecurity and/or check crime and other things, the exercise is already raising more questions than answers are provided, which are: 1. What happens to Mr Ade Nwosu Hassan whose full name reflected on his NIN but whose SIM card was registered with Ade Nwosu? My neighbor is in this group of persons. He went to his network provider and he was asked to go back to NIMC to remove any name that is not in his SIM registration. Shouldn't it it be a case where since there is no error or incomplete name of the subscriber from NIN, the network providers, who seem to be clueless as to what to do, add the full name of the subscriber to his registration (an update), since his biometrics and picture can be verified? 2. SIM cards registered in Company lines. My friend has a business where they ...

Buhari Sympathizes With Niger Republic Over Terrorist Attack That Killed 70

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Sfi   Buhari Sympathizes With Niger Republic Over Terrorist Attack That Killed 70  PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of 70 people in Zaroumdareye, a border town between Niger Republic and Mali by militants, describing the incident as another clarion call for united action by African leaders against terrorism. President Buhari, while reacting to the incident on Sunday in Abuja, said, “I am profoundly shocked by the large scale death of innocent people at the hands of these callous militants who have no regard for the sanctity of human life.” The President in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja last night said, “We are facing grave security challenges on account of the evil campaign of indiscriminate violence by terrorists in the Sahel and only united action can help us defeat these vicious enemies of humanity.” He stated that “terrorism has now become like a contagion of evil that can spread a...

Intels: Atiku Abubakar No Longer Our Shareholder

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•Ex-VP sells shares for $100m, may be ready for another presidential bid  Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has divested from Integrated Logistic Services (INTELS) Nigeria Limited, the country’s largest logistics company that provides comprehensive integrated services for the nation’s oil and gas industry, THISDAY learnt at the weekend. Intels spokesman, Mr. Tommaso Ruffinoni, said Atiku exited the company with his family as at December last year. The former vice president was said to have sold his interests through a series of transactions executed by his family Guernsey Trust, in deals that began in December 2018 and concluded last year. Atiku was said to have sold his shares in Intels to Orleal Investment Group, the parents company of Intels, for various amounts totalling over $100 million in the deal that spanned two years. It was learnt that Atiku was paid $60 million, $29 million $24.1 million in three instalments. Analysts believed that with that amount of cash, Atiku may...

Prophet Wale Olagunju 2021 Prophecies: Buhari Terminally Sick, Coup If....

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 Prophet Wale Olagunju 2021 Prophecies: Buhari Terminally Sick, Coup If.... I Foresee Nigeria’s Break Up, Coup If… – Prophet Olagunju The man of God in charge of Divine Seed of God Chapel Ministries, Sasa, Ojoo, Ibadan, Prophet Wale Olagunju has revealed that Nigeria risks a break up and military coup just as he warned the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to prepare for a fate worse than that which the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, suffered in recent elections in the country. The popular seer made this known in a 45-point prophecy for Year 2021 and beyond. He called on Nigerians to put on the armour of prayers, describing what the nation is currently experiencing under the Buhari administration as child’s play compared to what lies ahead. According to Prophet Olagunju, God’s wrath awaits those who specialised in rigging and manipulating election results in Nigeria, as “God’s judgment will begin to visit them as from this year and surely many of them will neither witness nor ...

Delta Politician's Police Guards Beat Another Politician To Coma To Retrieve Car Gift

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 Samuel Askia's Police Guards Beat Victor Eterigho To Coma To Retrieve Car Gift Delta Politician's Police Guards Beat Another Politician To Coma To Retrieve Car Gift Victor Eterigho, ex-councillor from Uzere community, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, was beaten to coma on Wednesday last week by security aides attached to Samuel Askia, son to the Managing Director, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Ogieh Asikia. SaharaReporters reliably gathered that the former councillor's attack followed an alleged invasion of his house by Askia's mobile policemen to retrieve a car gift given to him two years ago by Askia. Impeccable sources familiar with the matter told our correspondent that in 2018, Askia, a People's Democratic Party House of Assembly aspirant for Isoko South constituency 2, made the former councillor, Eterigho, the director-general of his campaign organisation. He was said to have gifted him a car with all doc...

Femi Adesina Insists Security Has Improved Despite Sultan’s Claim

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The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, says the security in the North has improved despite a claim by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, that the North had been overrun by bandits. Adesina said the Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum, would attest to the fact that security had drastically improved. The President’s aide said this on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’. Adesina had boasted that the Federal Government had been able to tackle insecurity. When confronted with the Sultan’s statement, and if it was not proof that Buhari had failed, Adesina said, “You are using that failure too broadly. You don’t take one, two, three events and then you conclude that it is all failure. “You will get to some other parts of the North and they will tell you that things are a lot better. Even Governor Zulum who is in Borno State, which is like the epicentre of the insurgency, will tell you that the situation in that state is far bette...

Anambra: Christian Madubuko Resigns Over "Threat To His Life And Sabotage"

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A Commissioner with the Anambra State Government, Dr Christian Madubuko has resigned his appointment, alleging threat to life and sabotage. Madubuko who last worked as the Commissioner for Art, Culture and Tourism turned in his resignation letter, saying that the sabotage he has seen while working as Commissioner in Anambra is the reason it is difficult for Nigeria to develop. Madubuko, a Canadian-trained Nigerian was first appointed as Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Commerce, the Commissioner for Road, Rail and Water Transportation and finally as Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, Indigenous Artworks, Culture and Tourism. He was known to have had a running battle with a fellow Commissioner, Mr Uche Okafor of the transport ministry, a battle which many believed he was bound to lose as Okafor was related to the wife of the governor, who is believed to be in charge of the state. In his resignation letter, Madubuko charged Governor Obiano to quickly wake up and take charge of the go...

Apostle Suleman's 38 Prophecies For 2021

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Power Leaves The North - Apostle Johnsons Suleman's 38 Prophecies For 2021 During a live church service on the 30th December 2020, God's Servant, Apostle Johnson Suleman released a Prophecy about Nigeria and the Government. As revealed by God, Apostle Johnson Suleman also released 38 Prophecies for the year 2021. "Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets." - Amos 3:7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLGnEzfNMkE I. Fire outbreak in the eastern part of Nigeria.  2. Covid 19 casualties not as worse as expected.  3. 1 sec police protesting against police.  4. Black day in Aso Rock.  5. Foreign Society intervening in National crisis.  6. Serious conspiracy against Prof, Osinbajo. 7. 1 saw a liquor company losing staff. S. Saudi Arabia will experience an attack.  9. New faction of Terrorist breaking out of Boko I taram.  10.House of horror (Where kidnappers' victims are kept) expose.  I I. Terrorism ...

Charlie’s Angels actress and Bond girl, Tanya Roberts Dies At 65

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Charlie’s Angels actress and Bond girl, Tanya Roberts, has died on Sunday at the age of 65. TMZ reports that Tanya collapsed on returning from walking her dogs on Christmas Eve. She was rushed to a hospital where she was placed on a ventilator before she died. The cause of her death has not been revealed, however, it is said to be non-COVID-19 related. “I’m devastated. She was brilliant and beautiful and I feel like a light has been taken away. To say she was an angel would be at the top of the list. She was the sweetest person you’d ever meet and had a huge heart. She loved her fans, and I don’t think she realized how much she meant to them,” her longtime friend Mike Pingel told The Hollywood Reporter. Tanya who starred as Stacey Sutton in the James Bond movie ‘A View to a Kill,’ recently opened up about the fear she had about starring as a Bond girl. “I sort of felt like every girl who’d ever been a Bond girl had seen their career go nowhere, so I was a little cautious,” Roberts told...

Portuguese, Sonia Acevedo Dies 2 Days After Getting COVID-19 Pfizer Vaccine

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A Portuguese health worker has died two days after getting the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. Sonia Acevedo, 41, suffered a 'sudden death' at home on New Year's Day 48 hours after receiving the jab. An autopsy is expected to take place later today or tomorrow. The mother-of-two, who worked in paediatrics at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology in Porto, is not said to have suffered any adverse side-effects after being vaccinated. Ms Acevedo's father Abilio Acevedo told Portuguese daily Correio da Manha: 'She was okay. She hadn't had any health problems.  'She had the Covid-19 vaccine but she didn't have any symptoms. I don't know what happened. I just want answers. 'I want to know what led to my daughter's death.' Ms Acevedo's employers confirmed the dead woman had been vaccinated against coronavirus on December 30 and said they had not been notified of any 'undesirable effect' when she was jabbed or in the hours afterwards. The ...

Boris Johnson Announces Full National COVID-19 Lockdown For England

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England will follow Scotland and go back into full national lockdown, Boris Johnson has confirmed. Schools will remain closed with the public told to stay at home until at least mid-February.  The UK Prime Minister made the televised announcement amid an explosion in cases and hospitalizations in the country. Case numbers have rocketed following the identification of a new faster-spreading variant of the virus in the country in December. England will go back into full national coronavirus lockdown with schools closed and the public required to stay at home until at least mid-February, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday evening. Johnson used a televised statement to announce that the entire country will be placed into full lockdown, with household mixing banned indoors and only essential shops remaining open. Schools will be closed to all but the vulnerable children and the children of essential workers from Tuesday, just one day after many primary schools re-opened...

Second Wave: No Fresh Lockdown, Lai Mohammed Insists

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Monday, insisted that the Federal Government has no plan to impose a fresh lockdown on Nigeria as the country battles the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Mohammed, who spoke at a conference in Lagos, however, appealed to Nigerians to adhere to all protocols outlined by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. The minister said, “On the issue of lockdown, I don’t think there is any time when the Federal Government has said it is going to have a second lockdown. However, the Federal Government is very unhappy that Nigerians are not adhering to the basic Covid-19 protocols of wearing face masks, or practicising social distancing, of washing hands, of ensuring that they do gather in large numbers. “If we do not do these, the surge will continue and with the new strain of Covid-19 which is becoming much more difficult to handle than the old strain, the Federal Government will continue to insist and encourage Nigerians to ple...