South-East Traders Reject Increment On Import Duties

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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:

Banishment of deposed emir Sanusi unlawful, unconstitutional – Court

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.

VIDEO: A Moment when a building Collapses in Cairo

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.

Curtesy: Aljazeera

WHY DO PEOPLE FLIRT in a love relationship?

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.

Eight Ways To Confront The Climate Crises Without Losing Hope

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:

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Texas’ new abortion law is complicating care for risky pregnancies

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Speaker of Oyo State House Of Assembly Ties the Knot

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 CELEBRATE FLAMENCO DAY IN MADRID

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.

Thousands of birds spotted over a farmland in a defensive flight

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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Please release Kanu, Bianca Ojukwu begs Buhari

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 IKEJI TAKES US BACK IN TIME WITH HER FIRST BLOG POST

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, 26^th 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. 🙌😆

Sanwo-Olu commissions 40-metric tons LPG Refill Plant

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.

Davido on CNN

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: