Nearly 400 years after the first English ships arrived in Barbados, the sun has set on the British monarchy’s long reign over the Caribbean island, Guardian reports.
According to the report, as the clock struck midnight on Tuesday, the Royal Standard flag representing the Queen was lowered over a crowded Heroes Square in Bridgetown - marking the birth of the world’s newest republic.
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The South-East Amalgamated Markets Traders Association (SEAMATA), said it has rejected the recent increment in the import duty on cargoes charged by the Nigerian Customs Service, Premium Times reports, adding that the group described the increment as “astronomical and indiscriminate”.
SEAMATA is the umbrella union of traders in all the markets in Nigeria’s South-east and traders of South-east extraction doing business across the states in the country and in Diaspora.
According to the report, the group expressed their stance against the increment in a statement jointly signed by its President-General, Gozie Akudolu, and Secretary-General, Alex Okwudiri, in Enugu on Monday with the following pointers:
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports
that Sanusi, who was dethroned on March 9, 2020, had on March 12, 2020, sued
the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police and Director-General, Department of State
Services (DSS) over what he called “unlawful detention/confinement.”A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday,
declared that the banishment of deposed Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II from Kano
State was unlawful and unconstitutional.
Justice Anwuli Chikere, in a judgment, held
that the Emirate Council Law, 2019, used by the state government in banishing
Sanusi was in conflict with the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, as amended.
According to Chikere, the constitution of this country is supreme and any law that is inconsistent with it shall be null and void.
The video below shows the moment a five-storey building collapses in Cairo, Egypt’s capital. The building was sited in a busy neighborhood of the city.
Why do people flirt? Did I hear you say “if we didn’t have women in the world there would not be s*x in the first place and the issue of “flirtation” would not arise?
So, blame the “female gender”? No! Blame the “man”? Don’t even think about it!
Sincerely, no one is in this world to live up to anyone’s expectations. But one thing lovers should understand is that “timing” is very important in s*x and so is “two-timing”. If you ain’t got the former you had better not mess with the latter.
Rebecca Solnit, @guardianus columnist says there's still time to fix the climate crises “The Covid-19 pandemic is proof that if we take a crisis seriously, we can change how we live, almost overnight, dramatically, globally, digging up great piles of money from nowhere, like the $3tn the US initially threw at the pandemic. We must remake the world, and we can remake it better"
Get to know more about the eight ways to confront the climate crises without losing hope in this publication curtsey, the Guardian:
The Speaker of Oyo State House Of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin has wedded his lover, Olamidun Majekodunmi at the All Souls Anglican Church, Bodija on Saturday.
Some of the dignitaries at the church wedding were the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, governors of Ogun and Ondo States, Dapo Abiodun and Rotimi Akeredolu. The former Ogun governor, Gbenga Daniel was also present.
CYMI Dancers in Spain celebrated International Flamenco day on November 16, with both fine art institutions and local clubs joining in, NPR reports.
The art form, created in Spain was
celebrated November 16 in both the Prado Museum and in flamenco clubs like the
"Corral de la Moreira" in Madrid.
According to the report, at the "Corral," flamenco dancer Belen Lopez was centre of
attention during a specially prepared performance.
"It is a feeling, an international language: pain, happiness. It is something that hasn't words but anyone in the world can understand if they let themselves be enveloped in the moment," she told The Associated Press in an attempt to describe the dance.
A huge cloud of hundreds of thousands of birds, was spotted over farmland in Cumbria, UK, composed of a beautiful murmuration of starlings flies over a field at dusk before landing to roost. Ornithologists believe that murmurations offer safety in numbers from predators trying to target individuals.
Photos: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire
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| Bianca Ojukwu, former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain |
Former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, Bianca Ojukwu, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Mrs Ojukwu made the plea while speaking at
the 10th memorial anniversary of late Igbo leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu,
organised in Owerri on Friday.
She urged the President to consider the plea made by some Igbo leaders during their recent visit to the State House, Abuja, asking for Mr Kanu’s release.
Linda Ifeoma Ikeji, a Nigerian blogger, writer, entrepreneur and former model takes us fifteen years back when she made her first post on the “Linda Ikeji’s Blog”.
She dropped the message via her IG stating
that “Exactly 15 years ago today, 26th
of November 2006, I created a blog and wrote my first blog post … the best
decision of my life!
I started with introducing myself, then subsequent blog posts was me sharing personal stuff which was the order of the day back then but sometime in early 2007, I decided I wanted to stop talking about myself and start talking about other people...lol. And so, it became a gossip/news blog .. which was extremely rare in those days, making The Linda Ikeji Blog one of the pioneers of entertainment news online in Nigeria. A standing ovation please. 🙌😆
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday commissioned a 40 metric tons Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Refill Plant in Ikorodu division.
The gas plant according to the governor can
cater for 20,000 homes was built by IBILE Oil and Gas Corporation (IOGC), the
State-owned energy firm, in Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Council Development Area
(LCDA) to ramp up supply of LPG for domestic use and to cut down on the use of
dirty fuel, responsible for carbon emission and air pollution.
Mr Sanwo-Olu, in company of his Deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, opened the gas plant built by IBILE Oil and Gas Corporation (IOGC), the State-owned energy firm, in Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) to ramp up supply of LPG for domestic use.
Nigeria's super star singer, David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido speaks with Zain Asher on CNN in view of his recent financial donations to orphanages in Nigeria. See the video below, curtsey of CNN:
Nigerian Actress Doris Ogala puts the record straight on N500 gift to pregnant women who deliver at primary health care facilities in Abia state.
In her message captioned “To put the
records straight !”, posted on her IG she states that “At inception in 2015, the Governor set
out to intervene at the 2 extremes of the healthcare loop. The aged to improve
our average life expectancy statitics and child birth to reduce infant
mortality. In 2016, Abia State Government introduced under the leadership of a
US based geriatric expert a state wide geriatric care unit to visit the homes
of the elderly to provide personalised health care services through that way,
save the lives of many aged and sometimes abandoned old people in mostly rural
communities.
“On the other extreme, since 2015, Abia has invested heavily to improve primary health care centres across the state with a view to providing basic health care services to citizens especially those in rural communities. One of the strategies adopted was to provide incentives that will encourage pregnant women to deliver at these improved primary health care centres and by so doing reduce patronage of traditional birth attendants, hence reduce infant mortality
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Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said the state gives N500 to pregnant women who deliver at primary health care facilities in the state.
The governor spoke during Channels TV’s
Sunrise Daily on Wednesday.
According to him, the move became important since access to quality healthcare is not cheap.
Travis McMichael, the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia in 2020, has been found guilty on all charges. His father Gregory McMichael and neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan were convicted of felony murder and other charges, CBS News reports.
The jury returned guilty verdicts against all three defendants in the murder of the 25-year-old Black man who was fatally shot while jogging in the neighborhood in February 2020.
Sweden's first female Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson on Wednesday tendered her resignation just hours after her appointment by parliament after her budget failed to pass and the junior Greens Party left the coalition government, AFP reports.
"There is a constitutional practice that a coalition government should resign when one party quits," Andersson, a Social Democrat, told reporters.
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the crushing of 482 motorcycles impounded for various traffic offences at different areas in the state, Punch reports.
According to the report, the state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, said in a statement on Saturday that the crushing of the impounded motorcycles was an ongoing exercise, adding that the decision to publicly crush them was to dispel insinuations that they were sold and recycled into the society.
Only about a day ago Nigeria’s super star Musician, Davido donated M250 naira to orphanages across Nigeria, a kind gesture from the guy who only turned 29 years yesterday, some persons are already discrediting his actions and among these ones is Babafryo, a fellow Nigerian brother and musician.
Sending his video message via Instagram, Baba Babafryo lamented on how he had been neglected by his colleagues in the entertainment industry when he needed their financial support.
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In his remark at the 2021 edition of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation's Democracy Dialogue, former Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan says there is an urgent need for leadership mentoring in Africa for the continent to sustain and develop its democracy. See the video below to find out more curtesy, Arise News:
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has stated that Nigerian singer, Davido, is wiser than those who gave him money.
Omokri said this in his social media post as his reaction to the singer’s donation of N250m to orphanages across Nigeria, after fans and colleagues gifted him over N200m for his birthday.
Recall Wednesday, David asked his friends
and fans to donate N1m each to him for his birthday.
Though he added that the goal was to get N100m, the singer received over N53m in cash transfers in less than fifty five minutes.
The National Youth Service Corps says it would continue to harness the potentials of Corps Members to enhance their empowerment and also contribute to national development.
NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General
Shuaibu Ibrahim stated this today in Abuja while addressing the media on the
preparations for the forthcoming 2021 Batch ‘C’ Stream Two Orientation Course
slated to commence on Wednesday 24th November 2021.
He disclosed that the Scheme has rejiged its garment factories in Niger and Anambra States for maximum productivity while the bread and water factories in Abuja have also been overhauled.
Nigeria’s Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Monday reminded his country’s leaders to think of their deeds and consequences for the future of the country.
Tambuwal gave the task at the 8th Sheikh
Usmanu Bn Fodiyo Week and unveiling of the Sokoto Caliphate Special Edition in
commemoration of 15th year on throne of Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III.
The occasion has as its theme: “Promoting unity, development and peaceful coexistence in Nigeria and West Africa: Lessons from the life of Sheikh Usmanu Bn Fodiyo.”
American billionaire and founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, on Monday in Glasgow, Scotland commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership role in restoring degraded lands in the country, NAN reports.
A statement released by the President’s
spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Monday in Abuja, quoted Bezos as describing
the commitment of the Nigerian leader to restore 4 million hectares as
exemplary.
Bezos joined President Buhari, French President Emmanuel Macron, Prince Charles and the Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, at a COP26 side event entitled, “Accelerating land restoration in Africa, the case of the Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative.”
