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Jimoh Ibrahim The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria has taken over 12 assets belonging to Chairman of Global Fleet Group, Jimoh Ibrahim, over N69.4bn debt. The seizure of the assets is pursuant to an order by Justice R.M. Aikawa of a Federal High Court in Lagos. Jimoh Ibrahim All bank accounts, which had Ibrahim as a signatory, either alone or with any other person were also frozen. Following the court order, the AMCON debt recovery team on Wednesday immediately swung into action and took over Ibrahim’s assets in both Abuja and Lagos. AMCON’s spokesperson, Jude Nwauzor, in a statement on Wednesday, said the court order equally directed the agency to take over the businessman’s Nigeria Re-Insurance Company Plc, NICON Insurance Company Plc, Nigeria Stockbrokers Limited and NICON Trustees Limited. The statement reads, “AMCON on Wednesday took effective possession of all 12 properties through its Debt Recovery Agent – Pinheiro Legal Partners, which include the following:...

DJ Switch Obianuju Catherine Udeh better known as DJ Switch has described Nigeria as a dictatorship pretending to be a democracy. Udeh live-streamed the shooting of peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos and has since had to go into hiding after the Nigerian Government started to crackdown on witnesses and those, who promoted the anti-police-brutality demonstrations. DJ Switch See Also #EndSARS #ENDSARS: Buratai Reacts To CNN Report On Lekki Massacre, Insists Nigerian Army Observed Rules Of Engagement 0 Comments 7 Hours Ago Speaking with CNN’s Becky Anderson, she asked Lagos governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to tell Nigerians the truth of what really happened because families are looking for their loved ones. She said, “I do not hold what the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria says to heart. Nigeria is a dictatorship with a democratic face. I think that is primarily to please the international community. It is our right to protest for the change th...

INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu Inside details of how Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, secured reappointment for a second term in office have emerged. Yakubu, who was first appointed as head of the electoral umpire on October 21, 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari, had his first tenure come to an end in October this year. INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu Getty Images But like many public officials favoured by the power blocs in Aso Rock Villa, Nigeria’s seat of power, he was immediately rewarded with another term of five years. However, findings by SaharaReporters have revealed that securing a second tenure in office didn’t come cheap for Prof Yakubu as he had to part ways with huge sums of money to facilitate his reappointment. According to a top insider, Yakubu paid at least N3bn in bribes to have his tenure as INEC Chairman extended by another five years. “He paid a princely sum of N2bn to a group led by Senat...

Moving to all-remote instruction will disrupt the education of many of the roughly 300,000 children who have been attending in-person classes in the city. The entirety of New York City’s public school system will close on Thursday as the city battles a second wave of Coronavirus. Chancellor Richard A. Carranza made the announcement to school principals in an email on Wednesday. Moving to all-remote instruction will disrupt the education of many of the roughly 300,000 children who have been attending in-person classes in the city. Anna Watts for The New York Times The shutdown was decided upon after the city hit a three per cent positivity rate over a seven-day rolling average. Schools within the system will now move classes online — no less 300,000 children are expected to be affected. So far, New York City has recorded 290,000 cases of the virus while 24,146 have died from it. PUBLIC HEALTH United States of America News AddThis :  Original Author :  Sahar...

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File Photo Three members of the Kaduna Vigilante Service were on Tuesday night killed during a clash with bandits in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The security personnel were ambushed by the bandits on their way from Damba-Kasaya in the Buruku area of the state. File Photo Two others were also injured in the attack. The state Commissioner for Internal Security, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. The statement reads, “The Kaduna State Vigilance Service has informed the Kaduna State Government that the service lost three personnel on Tuesday night in Chikun Local Government Area. “According to the service, bandits ambushed the personnel at Dande Village on their way from Damba-Kasaya in the Buruku general area. “The identities of the slain personnel are Alison Musa, Dauda Audu and Ishaya Sarki. Those injured are Ayuba Tanko and Doza Adamu. “Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai has sent condolences to their families and prayed for the repose of...

President Buhari The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, the umbrella association of all registered political parties and political associations in the country, has called for the immediate resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari, Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, and Director-General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, Prof Armstrong Idachaba, over their roles in the October 20, 2020 Lekki massacre. The group urged the International Criminal Court to investigate, arrest and prosecute Buhari, Buratai, Idachaba and others for crimes against humanity. President Buhari AP Chief Willy Ezugwu, Secretary-General of CNPP, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday while reacting to CNN’s investigative report that indicted the Nigerian Army in the Lekki massacre. The statement reads, “Nigerian democracy is in danger as the voice of opposition is being silenced by the Federal Government of Nigeria, using all arms of government and instrumentalities of the office of the...

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai. Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, has insisted that the Nigerian Army acted professionally and kept to the rules of engagement in the handling the #ENDSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos on October 20, 2020. He disclosed this while reacting to a report by CNN on Wednesday, which revealed how soldiers of the Nigerian Army killed several peaceful demonstators at Lekki Toll Gate . Buratai spoke while receiving members of the House of Representatives Committee on Army on Wednesday in Abuja. Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai. He said, “Let me assure you and all Nigerians that the Nigerian Army is professional. We follow our rules of engagement. Nigerians should feel safe. “We abide by rules of engagement and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.” While speaking on the issue of kidnapping and banditry along Abuja– Kaduna Road, Buratai said, “The issues of kidnapping an...

Some gunmen on Wednesday murdered Engr. Mufutau Olayemi, a lecturer at D.S Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori, Ogun State. Olayemi, who is Head, Department of Electrical Engineering at the polytechnic, was shot dead by the suspected assassins on his way home from a conference. He was shot several times while his assailants left without removing any item from his car. Abimbola Oyeyemi, Ogun State Police Command spokesperson, confirmed the incident. Oyeyemi said the command was treating it as a case of assassination, stressing that detectives from the homicide section had been dispatched to the area to investigate the matter and unravel those behind it. CRIME Education News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3fb0Juk via EDUPEDIA

Nigeria's Sports Minister, Sunday Dare. Sports Minister Sunday Dare and his SA Media John-Joshua Akanji responded to my article Sunday Dare’s list of sports icons smacks of nepotism, rewards drug cheats with a phantom name. The duo, instead of countering my assertions with superior arguments, responded with insults, false claims, and subtle blackmail OLUKAYODE THOMAS reports. Introduction  The Pharisees and Sadducees never had an answer whenever they were confronted with facts by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, instead they resort to lying, intimidations, insults and all manners of shenanigans.  Sports Minister Sunday Dare and his SA Media, John Joshua-Akanji’s, response to my article Sunday Dare’s list of sports icons smacks of nepotism, rewards drug cheats titled Kayode Thomas piece on Sports Icons: pot pouri of half-truths, deceit, ignorance and hatchet work by Oyewole Owolabi fits perfectly into the way the Pharisees and the Sadducees reacted to Jesus when c...