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Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo Explain Why He Was Absent At The Wole Soyinka Awards
Vice president, Yemi Osinbajo released a copy of the letter he sent to Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) through his spokesman Laolu Akande.
In his letter, he claimed that in the light of the travails of Omoyele Sowore, it will be insensitive for him to attend the ceremony (where he was to receive an integrity award)
His letter reads;
I appreciate the recognition and the award of the "integrity specialty" of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism's anti-corruption defender award of 2019 which I note is for justice reform in Lagos State.
The award is accepted by me on behalf of the excellent justice sector team. But for some reason, I was absent. First, I am in Abu-Dhabi for an international meeting where I am the main speaker.
Also, in line with the new development that took place on Friday regarding Sowore's case, I feel it would be inappropriate to be present at the ceremony. Kindly accept my apologies, extending the same to other members of the organizing team.
The NBA All-Star game has now to be called The Kobe Bryant MVP Award. NBA commissioner, Adam Silver made this announcement on Saturday 15th February.
The Kobe Bryant MVP Award will be given this Sunday at the closing of this year’s All-Star Game in Chicago. Both teams will be captained by Giannis Antetokounmpo and Lebron James respectively. Team Lebron will put on No 2 and team Giannis will put on No 24. These two numbers were worn by Gianna, Kobe’s daughter and Kobe Bryant.
Recall that Kobe won the All-Star Game MVP in 2002, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Also, he played as the youngest player to feature in the All-Star Game at 19 in 1998.
Modibbo Kawu, the DG of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has been put on suspension by President Buhari. This came following his corruption charges by the Independent Corrupt Practices, ICPC.
This development was confirmed by Armstrong Idachaba, NBC’s Director of Broadcast Monitoring. Further, the most senior director in the commission has been directed to take over from Modibbo Kawu.
Modibbo Kawu is currently facing a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering, abuse of office, and misleading a public officer with the intent of defrauding the government.
So, this contravenes Section 26 (1) (c) of the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Act 2000 and punishable under Section 19 of the same Act.
Beisdes, Modibbo was first arraigned in May 2019 over the alleged misappropriation of N 2.5 billion for the digital switch-over (DSO) program of the government.
The Health Ministry in Egypt has confirmed the first case of the deadly Coronavirus. The authorities made this disclosure on Friday 14th February in a press release. They said the World Health Organization has been informed and the patient is in isolation for monitoring and treatment.
The patient’s nationality was not given. However, Egypt is the 28th country in the world to record Coronavirus and the first in Africa.
So, over 64,000 cases of the Coronavirus have been diagnosed around the world and 1,363 persons have been confirmed dead since its outbreak in Wuhan, China
