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On Jan 8, a Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft belonging to Ukraine International Airlines had all 176 persons on board killed after it crashed few minutes after take-off.
Three days later, Iranian officials admitted to accidentally shooting down the passenger jet, claiming it was ‘human error’ that misled it’s military into firing missiles at the plane.
No. It isn’t. However, many quarters have tipped him to be nursing the ambition to run for presidency on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) even as he happens to be the current National Leader.
Though Tinubu has not declared presidential ambition, there are several reports claiming that the former governor of Lagos state is eyeing the Aso Villa seat.
Parents were. As the most popular messaging app across Africa, Whatsapp has been flagged as a major medium of choice for spreading fake news.
A recent report by the Center for Democracy and Development and the University of Birmingham on WhatsApp’s role during Nigeria’s February elections showed that parents and grandparents as the “biggest sharers” of misinformation.
However, the platform plans to fight the spread of fake news with a new feature called the reverse image search tool. This lets you figure out the original sender of any image.
Yes. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, December 17 signed the 2020 appropriation bill of N10,594,362,364,830 into law in Abuja.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the budget was increased from N10.33 trillion to N10.594 billion by the National Assembly.
NAN observed that N560.47 billion of the total budget is for statutory transfers while N2.7 trillion is for debt service.
Other breakdown of the budget include N4,842,974,600,640 for Recurrent Expenditure; Capital expenditure N2,465,418,006,955; Fiscal Deficit N2.28 trillion and Deficit/GDP N1.52 per cent.
No, at least tentatively. But Jack Dorsey did mention that he will be relocating to Africa for 3-6months in 2020 but has not decided which country yet. Earlier this year he visited Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, and South Africa.
In a tweet dated November 27, Dorsey said “sad to be leaving the continent for now. Africa will define the future (especially the bitcoin one!). Not sure where yet, but I’ll be living here for 3-6 months mid-2020. Grateful I was able to experience a small part.”
Sowore is the publisher of Sahara Reporters, an online news publication that focuses on uncovering political scandal and corruption in Nigeria. He was also a presidential candidate in Nigeria’s last elections in February.
He was first arrested on Aug. 3 on charges of treason with the government claiming the activist planned to overthrow the current administration after he called for a protest dubbed “Revolution Now.” He was granted bail in October but was still kept in DSS custody.
On December 5, Sowore, a Nigerian-American, was finally released on bail following a court order, but was detained yet again in controversial circumstances. In dramatic scenes in court on Dec. 6, agents of Nigeria’s Department for State Security (DSS) attempted to arrest Sowore, resulting in a scuffle involving his lawyers. Following the incident, Femi Falana, one of Nigeria’s most prominent lawyers and lead of Sowore’s legal team, confirmed the activist was back in DSS custody.
No. Sade Adu, British-American singer, born on January 16, 1959, in Ibadan, Nigeria and raised in London has been nominated for the award nine times and won four Grammy awards.
She won her first Grammy in 1986 in the Best New Artist category. She also won the Best R&B Performance by a duo or group with vocals in 1994 for the song, “No Ordinary Love.”
Sade Adu also won another Grammy in 2002 in the category of the Best Pop Vocal Album, with the song “Lovers Rock,” while in 2011, she won the Best R&B Performance by a group with vocals in 2011 for “Soldier of Live.”
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that President Muhammadu Buhari was “eminently qualified” to contest the February 23 presidential election.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, prepared the full judgment of the apex court which is being read by Justice John Okoro.
The full judgment delivered on Friday was to provide explanations for the apex court’s summary decision of October 30 which dismissed the appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar challenging the victory of Buhari at the February 23 presidential poll.
In the full judgment of the apex court delivered on Friday, the court affirmed the decision of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which held that Buhari possessed the requisite educational qualification to contest the poll.
It held that the Nigerian Constitution only required a candidate contesting the presidential election to be educated up to secondary education even when the candidate does not possess the certificate.
It added that by virtue of the provisions of the Constitution, a candidate who possesses a primary school certificate and has worked in the public or private service for a period not less than 10 years, and can read, write and communicate in the English language to the satisfaction of INEC is qualified to contest.
It also held that contrary to the contention of the appellants, Buhari did not submit false information about his educational qualification to the Independent National Electoral Commission.
It also ruled that the appellants failed to prove that the www.factsdontlie.ng from which the appellants downloaded the results of the election which they relied on, belonged to INEC.
The Supreme Court also said the appellants failed to prove the alleged irregularities including overvoting.
It added that the appellants merely dumped documents on the lower court without calling witnesses to demonstrate them.
It ruled that it was alarming that the appellants only called five polling unit agents across the entire polling units in the country in their attempt to prove the alleged non-compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act.
The judgment is still being delivered.
Source: PunchNG
Yes he did. According to a report by BBC,Wenger accepted the role from FIFA after he was tipped to be the manager of Bayern Munich football club. His new role at the world governing body will help to develop men’s and women’s football, as well as technical aspects of the sport.
He will now be a member of the technical panel of the International Football Association Board, and chairman of Fifa’s technical study group.
The Nigerian Government has totally banned the importation of goods through any of its land borders.
The government had on August 20 announced the partial closure of its border to importation of goods.
Addressing journalists in Abuja, Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Retd), who spoke for the joint border security exercise along Nigeria’s borders, said goods could only come into the country through the seaports and airports.
He added that the preference for foreign goods especially food items like rice has continuously impoverished our farmers and adversely affected domestic government policies supporting the agricultural sector to enhance food security.
He also lauded the partial border closure, saying it had so far curbed the smuggling of foreign rice into the country in addition to other prohibited items.
He said, “The border closure has impacted positively on revenue generation of the government which in turn will be used to build more infrastructures and develop critical sectors of the nation’s economy.
“In addition, the National Assembly has supported the executive directive on the border closure and the efforts of security agencies in executing the task.
“Goods that are on the prohibition list to Nigeria such as rice, used clothing, poultry products and vegetable oil should not be imported into the country.
“Let’s understand that all perishable items are on prohibition whether on export or import.
“Therefore, nobody can carry tomato to the border to import or export. So it makes it easier for us to close and ensure that all goods for now are banned from being exported or imported through our land borders.
“That is to ensure that we have total control over what comes in and what we do. We are strategizing on how best the goods can be handled when we get to when this operation will relax.
