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Oshiomole’s Mother Rejects Edo-State Governor, Obaseki’s Christmas Gift
The mother of the National Chairman Of All Progressives Congress (APC), Hajiya Aishetu Oshiomole, has rejected the Christmas Gifts sent to her son, Adams Oshiomole by the Governor of Edo State.
The Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communication, Crusoe Osagie, while speaking in Benin on Christmas day disclosed that the conventional Christmas Gifts meant for past Governors of the state that were sent to Oshiomole’s home were returned.
He disclosed that the act is usually an annual ritual by the state government which serves as an expression of love, further strengthening the relationship between the people and the government.
Osagie said that messengers from the state government were sent to dispatch the gifts on Christmas Eve. “The messengers said they met the mother of the former governor who rejected the gifts, stating that her son would not accept the Christmas gifts. These gifts include four cows and ten bags of rice”
So, he said these same gifts were also distributed to political appointees, government functionaries, traditional rulers, heads of security agencies, religious leaders, heads of the institution of higher learning, among other prominent people in the society.
Recall that both Obaseki and Oshiomole had been locked in a political tussle over the policies of the governor. Osagie said the governor has set aside the political rift to carry out this yearly ritual.
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
