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March, 2020

  • 12 March

    UN appoints Dethroned Emir of Kano, Sanusi, 16 others SDG advocates

    The United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has named the deposed Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness Muhammadu Sanusi II, and 16 other influential figures around the globe as Sustainable Development Goals Advocates to push the agenda of the global development drive to a new height. The appointments, which were released today, have Mr. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of ...

  • 12 March

    Court okays request to begin suit seeking Okorocha’s trial

    Okorocha is accused of money laundering, inflated contract, unlawful award and execution of contract without due process and breach of the Procurement Act, criminal over-inflation of contract sum and non-execution and completion of contracts fully paid for with public fund.

  • 12 March

    Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein jailed 23 yrs for rape, sexual assault

    Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, a sight the Hollywood mogul’s multitude of accusers thought they would never see. Weinstein, who has been accused of violating scores of women, was convicted last month of raping a woman in a New York City hotel room in 2013 and forcibly performing oral sex ...

  • 12 March

    8 revealing pix of Sanusi’s New Home In Awe, Nasarawa State (interior & exterior)

    The dethroned Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi 11, who was taken to Loko town in Nasarawa State on Monday, has been moved from that town. Alhaji Abubakar Ahmed Sabo, the traditional ruler of Loko, declared on Tuesday that Sanusi “has been relocated from my domain”. “The Emir of Kano left my domain around 1:40 p.m. I don’t know where ...

  • 11 March

    Unilag ASUU bars Babalakin from Campus over cancelled Convocation

    Kola Inusokan, Education. The joy of victory, gotten by Babalakin earlier  today, when University Council blamed Ogundipe ,the VC, has received a rude shock from ASUU. The University of Lagos branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday passed a vote of no confidence on the Pro Chancellor of the institution, Mr Wale Babalakin. At an emergency ...

  • 11 March

    2nd Appointment on 2nd day :El-Rufai Names Deposed Emir Sanusi New Chancellor of Kaduna State University

    The Kaduna State Government has named the deposed emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, as the Chancellor of the Kaduna State University, KASU. He succeeds the pioneer Chancellor, His Highness, Tagwai Sambo, the Chief of Moro’a, who was appointed to the role in 2005. A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House announced the new appointment. “On behalf of the government ...

  • 11 March

    Lagos AMMBAN set for 2nd symposium

      Adams Kokori, Financial correspondent. The Association of Mobile Money & Banks Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN), Lagos State chapter is set for a capacity building symposium. It is slated for Thursday April 30th, 2020, by 9.00 a.m at LCCI Conference & Exhibition Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos. The event, YOU NEWS gathered is already generating positive reactions from bankers, financial experts,share ...

  • 11 March

    List of Top 20 Traditional Rulers Dethroned in Nigerian History

    Reasons for dethronement often ranges from being at loggerheads with the power that be, particularly the government which often leads to official pronouncements of dethronement, self exiled to avoid abduction or sometimes removal by court injunctions that eventually order the king to vacate the throne. Sometimes, dethronement might be caused by uprisings and revolts among subjects as a result of ...

  • 11 March

    Council blames UNILAG VC, not Babalakin, for suspension of convocation

    The verdict is out! Ogundipe, the VC of Unilag is at fault, not Wale Babalakin. The VC breached important rules by plotting to carry on with the programmes without getting approvals. The Governing Council of the University of Lagos, Akoka, blamed the varsity’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, for the suspension of the 56th convocation ceremonies of the institution. Ogundipe sideline ...

  • 11 March

    Lagosians should prepare for over 200 days Rainfall in 2020

    The Lagos State government has asked residents to prepare for the rainy season as the state is expected to witness between 240 to 270 days of rainfall in 2020. According to the Commissioner for the Environment, Mr Tunji Bello, who stated this during a press briefing on the Year 2020 Seasonal Rainfall Predictions and prevention of flooding in the State ...