The cheques in varying amounts are non-refundable grants.
The government had in November engaged an independent insurance adjuster and empanelled an 11-person committee, including civic groups and representative of the business owners, to fact-check claims submitted by 342 businesses who filled an online form to benefit from a N500m SME Recovery Fund established to support the victims.
Security sources disclosed that Okungbowa was kidnapped at gunpoint on Saturday evening and whisked to an unknown destination, while the hoodlums are yet to reach members of the family of the victim or Governor Godwin Obaseki, on the payment of ransom.
Edo Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Chidi Nwabuzor, a Superintendent of Police (SP), could not be reached for comment, at press time.
The incident reportedly happened around 6pm, causing massive gridlock on the ever-busy expressway.
It was gathered that the tanker was fully loaded with 44,000 liters of AGO (diesel) and was moving toward the Berger axis of the expressway when one of its tyres suddenly burst into flames.
At the time of this report, the section of the road where the accident occurred had been cordoned off to allow emergency response agencies to put out the fire completely.
The Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium became the fourth fully operational FIFA World Cup 2022 tournament venue to be inaugurated and it will become the new home of Al Rayyan Sports Club.
The 40,000-capacity venue will host seven matches during Qatar 2022 up to the round-of-16 stage.
"Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium is a wonderful venue for football," said FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
He also spoke about how he would not love to beg but work towards becoming a successful industrialist. Read...
How did you become blind?
I am from Ariam Usaka, Ikwuano, Abia State, and a multi-talented motorcycle mechanic who had the full complement of my sight before tragedy struck on August 22, 2004. Fate played a cruel trick on me. A devil’s messenger bathed me with acid and instantly, I went blind. Till date, I have remained completely blind, but I am undeterred from my dream of being productive, instead of being a liability to society.
After emergency talks with his most senior officials, Johnson canceled plans to ease pandemic restrictions for five days during the holiday. Household mixing will be banned in London and the south-east and socializing restricted to just Christmas Day across the rest of England.
The premier announced a new Tier 4 will apply in the hot-spot areas around the capital from Sunday, with all non-essential shops closing, millions of people ordered to stay at home and all foreign travel banned except for essential purposes. Johnson urged people across England to “stay local” and not travel far. He promised the new rules will be reviewed on Dec. 30.
Devon Dalio, 42, was the son of Raymond Dalio, 71, the billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, a hedge fund he founded in 1975.
Dalio’s Audi crashed into the Verizon store at a shopping center Thursday afternoon and burst into flames. Police are still investigating the cause of the crash which almost destroyed the store.
Dalio apparently crossed over a parking strip and mounted a curb before hitting the doors and drove all the way into the store, police told the Greenwich Time.
An oxygen cylinder exploded in the ICU unit at Sanko University Hospital in Gaziantep, killing nine patients aged between 56 and 85. The fire was put out quickly and 10 other patients survived, the Associated Press reported.
Government figures show that Turkey ICU units currently have a 74 percent bed occupancy rate due to the pandemic, but medical officials say the number is higher and that Turkish hospitals are crowded with coronavirus patients.
And ahead of Christmas, Kim Kardashian showed off two of her children’s personal Christmas trees as well as their beautiful rooms in her sprawling mansion.
The mother of four, who turned 40 in October, took to her Instagram stories on Friday evening with several lovely snaps giving her 194 million Instagram followers a further peek into her busy life.
First, the Skims founder uploaded a hilarious snap from her car, in which her three Pomeranian puppies were seen crowded in the passenger seat.
This is coming 11 months after holding their traditional wedding in Anambra state.
The wedding ceremony of the couple was attended by family, friends and loved ones.
Here are photos from the wedding below..
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, dismissed the claim on Saturday when he spoke on NTA Good Morning Nigeria’ programme.
He said, “What precisely does government want to achieve? Is it to prove the deficiency of the military or what.
The economic capital of Nigeria was locked down for over five weeks between March and May this year as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. The lockdown had a tremendous effect on economic activities with the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry putting the loss at about N3bn in the period under review.
Many jobs were also lost as airlines, hotels, banks, amongst others cut their workforce due to the crushing effect of the lockdown.
Sanwo-Olu, in a statement on Saturday, said a fresh lockdown would be inimical to the state’s healing economy.
But the nine-time Grammy winner is continuing to churn out sizzling content for her 87.9million Instagram followers.
She put on a cheeky display Friday, as she took to Instagram in a sizzling cherry-printed bikini, while she showed off her sexy curves and her cutest little Chanel bags.
The 32-year-old draped the mini red handbags down her back, as she looked over her shoulder in some matching red shades, writing: 'Phuck a photo dump.'
Tunde Ednut just release the video for his latest track featuring Tiwa savage and Davido.
According to most users, Tunde Ednut is a terrible singer and despitefeaturing top-rated singers on his song, the music is still not palatable to the ears.
Recall that Tunde trashed Wizkid’s Made in Lagos album while glorifying Davido’s ABT album.
In an ominous sign for the challengers hoping to dethrone Jurgen Klopp’s men as English champions, the Reds built on the momentum of a last-minute winner that beat second-placed Tottenham in midweek.
Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah scored twice at Selhurst Park, while Takumi Minamino, Sadio Mane and Jordan Henderson also netted.
Klopp has repeatedly bemoaned having to play Saturday lunchtime kick-offs after Wednesday night games, but his side suffered no hangover from their exertions against Spurs.
The KUWTK star, 41, showed off her sensational figure as she posed in front of her Christmas tree in a green velvet mini dress.
Kourtney accentuated her slender legs as she sat on a stool and modelled the revealing ensemble with a pair of red thigh-high boots.
Kourtney's festive attire had a plunging neckline that showed off a generous glimpse of her cleavage and had a white faux-fur trim.
Like most families across the United States, the Obamas quarantined as the coronavirus pandemic began to rage in mid-March.
In comments made on The Bill Simmons Podcast on Thursday, Barack Obama noted that Farquharson was part of the family's early quarantining.
'There was this whole visa thing, he had a job set up, and so we took him in,' Obama said on the podcast. 'And I didn’t want to like him, but he’s a good kid.'
Alhaji Usman was abducted while entering the mosque around 5.30 am.
In its reaction on Friday, the Kogi State Police Command said it would not rest until the monarch’s release was secured.
The police said his abductors were yet to contact his family.
Ezekiel Bamgbala, the counsel to the victim, said this Friday at the judicial panel hearing cases of police brutality in Lagos when the matter was called for mention.
Mr Bamgbala said his client suffered serious injuries as a consequence of the October 20 Lekki shooting and became an amputee as a result – with his left leg amputated.
The lawyer told the panel that the victim was willing to give his testimony if permitted by the panel.
He wrote a short post on IG with the letters in all caps ''TEMS IS SO SO SO FIRE''.
See outcome of Uganda? Lol. His full post below...
The titanic planets “will appear just a tenth of a degree apart,” which is equivalent to the thickness of a dime, according to NASA.
NASA added that sky watchers could get a glimpse of the two planets and their moons through binoculars or a small telescope.
The event, called the “Great Conjuncture” will occur on the winter solstice, the longest night of the year.
The last time Jupiter and Saturn had such a close pairing was in July 1623.
Samuel Ajibola and his wife Sandra Adanna held their traditional wedding held on January 6 in Awka, Anambra state. They are now set for the last lap of their wedding ceremony.
The Comic actor better known as Spiff, took to Instagram to share pre-wedding photos of himself and his bride-to-be and congratulatory messages are already pouring in.
Pictures below:
Camera crews were invited to the University Medical Center of El Paso to capture five of its front-line workers get the coveted coronavirus vaccine.
Videos on social media showing paramedic Ricardo Martinez getting the supposed shot raised concerns among skeptical viewers who noticed that the syringe was already pushed down.
“Clearly that syringe was EMPTY and the plunger was already down. Where’s the bandaid? Yeah, nice try! We are not fooled!” Facebook user Barbara Siira wrote.
Damola Olatunji (De-Emperor) took to his instagram page to celebrate his wife.
Damola shared a happy family photo and wrote:
“Someone is +1 today and we can’t just keep quiet. Despite the fact that we respect your decision to keep it low this year, looking back at how loving, caring, and wonderful you are. We want you to know that you are worth been celebrated every day, every hour.
The protesters comprising mainly widows and children of deceased retired primary school teachers said the gratuities and the 7.5% contributory pensions of their deceased fathers/husbands which have been bequeathed onto them by virtue of being the next of kin, has remained unpaid over five years of getting clearance and undergoing various screenings.
The protesters displayed various placards with inscriptions such as: “empty promises are too much, pay entitlements of widows/next of kin of late primary school teachers, don’t take from widows etc.”
Addressing the Press, the Vice Chairman of the group, Godwin Usoh alleged that since the inception of the current administration, no primary school teacher in the State, both the living and the dead had been paid gratuity despite their efforts.
This was contained in a statement issued by Head, Public Relations and Protocol Unit of the institution, Uredo Omale.
At a meeting held on Thursday, the management considered reports of various committees and approved the expulsion of the 34 students. The expelled students were from different schools and departments of the institution.
Some of the expelled students were part of the “Examination Magic Centre” syndicate, recently uncovered by the Institution at the Sarkin Noma area in Lokoja metropolis.
She made this known in a post on instagram.
The artist manager said she met Wizkid in the year 2012. That same period, she was managing American based singer, Chris Brown.
She added that it has been an incredible journey and she is blessed to be working with him.
Master Nicholas Ogunji, is a 17-year-old student of Adventist Technical Secondary School, Ohafia and according to the state governor, the One-Day-Governor during his official outing helped free some inmates after paying off their fines at Afaraukwu Correctional Centre.
In a thread of tweets, Ikpeazu in his announcement of the development said; “We currently have 17 years old Master Nicholas Ogunji of Adventist Technical Secondary School, Ohafia, as our One-Day-Governor.
“He is the 3rd One-Day-Governor under my administration. Part of his first official outing was a visit to the Afaraukwu Correctional Centre where he helped free some inmates after paying off their fines.
Ayinde, who spoke at the maiden edition of ‘Fuji: A Opera’, said, “I am speaking on behalf of the forefathers that did graciously well to the formation of ‘Ajisare Ajiwere’ before the late Ayinde Barrister turned it into a mega success that we are seeing today.
God used Barrister to make a turnaround for fuji music to the standard we are seeing now. I stand here to affirm that he is truly the creator of it.
Barrister is our own Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed because he was responsible for the turnaround of fuji music. I am a direct beneficiary because I started with him. He graciously accepted me and gave me the tutelage I needed. I served him very well and learnt the rudiments of that genre of music from him.”
The pupils were kidnapped last Friday from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara. Boko Haram had on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the kidnapping though some government officials had refuted the claim that the terrorist group was involved in the mass abduction.
Following their release, the pupils looked dirty and tired when they arrived in Katsina on Friday morning where they narrated their ordeals in the hands of the bandits.
They said shortly after their abduction, the abductors divided them into groups and marched them into a forest with thorny plants, where they slept in the cold.
Fayose spoke in reaction to the release of Kankara Government Science Secondary School students by Boko Haram.
The former governor, after watching a video of the boys’ release, said he grieved with the victims who are the future of the nation.
“I saw this video and I grief for these young boys and the future Nigerians.
In a series of tweets, Tems warned Bebe Cool to stay off Nigeria for the rest of his life because she might be forced to attack him if she ever sees him.
She also advised him to get rid of his d!ck saying she is sure it's too small to be useful.
Her series of tweets below...
Abubakar said this while she was being paraded alongside 34 suspects of other crimes, by the Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Salami Bolaji, on Friday, in Akure.
The other suspects were paraded for offences ranging from armed robbery, arson, fraud, killing, theft, to unlawful possession of firearms among others.
Abubakar said that she did not know that Usman will die and that she carried out the action out of frustration and because she was being maltreated by her stepmother.
The US government-funded Radio Free Asia claims the mariner was put to death after admitting he had listened to its broadcasts for more than 15 years.
Aged in his 40s, the man had reportedly been picking up the foreign airwaves while out at sea and listening to news broadcasts and radio programming.
A source told RFA that the boat captain, known as Choi, had been executed by firing squad in front of 100 other fisheries workers.
Devastated parents Maria, 20, and Dmitry, 25, returned home to find only the clothes of their son Dima, 2. They discovered his remains dumped outside the house in the snow, according to law enforcement in Russia.
The grandparents, aged 52 and 48, were both ‘heavily drunk’ as they became irritated with the little boy’s tears, Plohie Novosti reports.
The accused couple, who have not been named in Russian media, was arrested on suspicion of murder after the tragedy in the Kuybyshevsky district of Novokuznetsk.
Eminem and Rihanna, 32, have been longtime collaborators through the years, even jointly landing the No. 1 spot on the Billboard rap singles chart in 2010 for their smash hit, "Love the Way You Lie." The dynamic duo are also one-time tour mates, after successfully completing their 2014 Monster tour.
But in 2019, a previously unreleased verse by Eminem was leaked, in which he was heard saying, "Of course I side with Chris Brown / I'd beat a bitch down too," Entertainment Weekly reports. (Brown pleaded guilty to felony assault and was sentenced to five years probation and community service following the 2009 altercation with then-girlfriend Rihanna.)
New mother Kate is said to have given birth to their baby son on Friday 18 December, a source told Ok! Online.
Rio and Kate are already father and stepmother to children Lorenz, 13, Tate, 11, and Tia, nine, from his marriage to his late wife Rebecca Ellison.
Kate Ferdinand gives birth to first child with husband Rio Ferdinand
Uti took to his Instagram page to share some photos of his new look. According to him, he changes his look every December and decided to go blonde this year.
Captioning the photos, he wrote;
“Every December I change my look/ style. When your best friend of 21 years Bullies you to Go 360 color and all, You Obey 💪🏾 You’ll like my New Look??😁😁 I give it a 9/10👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾. Shoutout to @a107salon for this transformation 🙌🏾”.
She disclosed that achieving the ISO 9001 in June 2019, which is the world’s most recognised Quality Management System (QMS) standard, places the country in good standing to strive to get to maturity level three, which enables the country manufacture its own vaccines.
Adeyeye also noted that the Agency is leveraging technology to trace vaccines, especially when the covid-19 vaccines arrives the country. She explained that this will enable it track and trace vaccines received, to ensure that they are safe and monitored for adverse reactions on patients.
