Day: November 12, 2020

Conference of Igbo Youth Professionals (CIYP) worldwide has distanced itself from one Mr Kenechukwu Okeke over his lawsuit against the Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, Sam Adeyemi and 49 others allegedly identified as promoters of the #EndSARS protests, which shook the nation. The youth conference also disowned the acclaimed activist, saying that the claimer was not known in their fold or in the South East geopolitical zones. In their statement on Wednesday, the conference President General, Maduabuchi Nwodo, said the body appealed to Nigerians to disregard the antics of…

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Late former President of Ghana Mr Jerry Rawlings Former President of Ghana Mr Jerry Rawlings is dead. Reports coming from Ghana said the former President died on Thursday during an illness suspected to be the dreaded coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra, Ghana. He was aged 73 years. According to Ghanaweb, an authoritative news agency in Ghana, disclosed the death of Rawlings, although it said details of the former president’s death are still sketchy but his death is already making headlines among to news mediums…

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According to reports by the AFP, South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to 30.8 per cent between July and September 2020. This is the highest level since 2008, according to government figures released on Thursday and made available to the media. The statement said, “In the 3rd quarter of 2020, there were significant movements in the South African labour market… which resulted in a significant increase of 7.5 percentage points in the unemployment rate to 30.8%,” the national statistics agency StatsSA said. “This is the highest unemployment rate recorded since the…

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The real reason the removed Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, was reinstated has crystalised. Information reaching our newsroom has it that the Prof did not commit any financial infraction that warranted his being removed from office in the first place and this is according to the report of a Special Visitation Panel to the university. The Director of Press and Public Relations in the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben-Bem Goong, said in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday that the panel’s report was submitted…

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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla sold $5.6 million of his stock in the US pharmaceutical company on the same day it announced promising results for its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine candidate, filings showed Wednesday. The company, however, has reportedly said the sale was part of a pre-arranged periodic divestment plan when the stock reaches a certain price. According to a disclosure with US market regulator SEC, Bourla sold 132,508 shares at $41.94 each on Monday. An executive vice president at the company, Sally Susman, also sold around $1.8 million in stock, or…

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