ELECTION DAY COVERAGE: Continuous updates from the polls in Oakland
While most of the attention on Election Day will focus on Vice President and East Bay native Kamala Harris’ attempt to make history and become the nation’s first woman president, Oakland North will focus on the races that will change the makeup of the Oakland City CouncilFive council seats are up for reelection and only two incumbents are asking voters to return them, which means the council will have at least three fresh faces in January.
Appeal court affirms Ifeanyi Ubah as Anambra south senator
THE court of appeal in Abuja on Thursday has affirmed Ifeanyi Ubah as the senator representing Anambra south senatorial district, voiding the previous judgement of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), which had sacked him.
How bill to ban electricity generators will affect small businesses in Abuja
IT was the second time the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) was interrupting power supply that hot afternoon -an action that produced murmurs and sighs from the customers at a photocopy shop in Sky Memorial, Wuse zone 5, Abuja. Charles Anamichakwe hurriedly went to start the Thermocool diesel generator set, a few feet away from the shop entrance.
Economic council raises alarm, says Nigeria might slip into recession again
THE Presidential Economic Advisory Council, PEAC on Tuesday raised warnings about grim economic consequences that Nigeria might experience if the Coronavirus outbreak is not contained soon. President Muhammadu Buhari met with the council in a closed-door meeting chaired by Prof Doyin Salami at the statehouse. Salami told Buhari that one of the immediate consequences, as determined in the crash of crude oil prices, was slower economic growth, that might affect confidence in the economy.
Deposed Sanusi departs Nasarawa for Abuja with El-Rufia after court ordered his release
FORMER emir of Kano, Mohammad Sanusi II has departed Awe town in Nasarawa State with Nasir El- Rufai, Kaduna State Governor for Abuja after a court order mandating the police and State Security Services to release him. A picture of him and El-Rufai sitting in a car leaving the town was shared on Twitter by the Kaduna State Governor on his official Twitter handle.
Ghana, Gabon and Kenya confirm first cases of coronavirus despite travel restrictions
GHANA, Gabon and Kenya have all confirmed they have recorded first cases of coronavirus despite imposing travel restrictions within the week. Kwaku Agyemang Manu, Ghana’s Health Minister said two people who had arrived from Norway and Turkey tested positive for the virus. In Gabon, Edgard Anicet Mboumbou Miyakou, a government spokesman said the patient was a Gabonese man who had arrived from France.
#METOO: Former Hollywod producer, Weinstein kicks as he bags 23 years prison term for rape, sexual assault
FORMERLY recognised as one of Hollywood top producers, Harvey Weinstein who has been accused of violating scores of women, was sentenced to 23 years imprisonment on Wednesday. The Miami Herald reported that the entertainment mogul was convicted last month of raping a woman in a New York City hotel room in 2013 and forcibly performing oral sex on another woman at his apartment in 2006.
El-Rufai appoints deposed Sanusi as Chancellor of Kaduna State Varsity
LESS than 24 hours after Nasir El-rufai, Governor of Kaduna State named Muhammadu Sanusi Il the Vice Chairman of Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency (KADIPA), the Governor has again named the deposed Emir of Kano as the Chancellor of Kaduna State University (KASU).
COVID-19: South Africa repatriates citizens from China as Ghana and Gabon implement travel ban
THE South African Government has sent a plane to Wuhan, China’s epicentre of coronavirus to repatriate over 120 of it’s citizens still in the city since the outbreak of the virus in December 2019. News24 reported that the SA plane which would make a stop in the Phillippines before heading to China is scheduled to arrive in the African country on Friday with passengers and cargoes.
Finance Minister, Sylva, Emefiele make up committee to assess impact of coronavirus on economy
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Monday has set up a committee mandated to make a quick assessment of the impact of coronavirus on the Nigerian economy. Since the outbreak of the virus in Wuhan, China that has spread to over 100 countries, the global market has been experiencing economic hiccups evident in the stock value and market exchange rates.