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US Embassy Denies Bishop Oyedepo Visa
Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church Worldwide also known as Winners Chapel has been denied visa by the Lagos office of the United States of America. This happened on Thursday 30th January
The reason Bishop Oyedepo was not given the US visa was not clear but he was told he was not qualified for visa renewal and was advised to try again.
Recall that comedian Bovi was also denied the US visa a few weeks ago but was fortunate when he tried again, as he was issued the visa. On the other hand, his wife, Kris Asimonye was not lucky as she was denied.
Reports said the clergy created a scene at the office as he insisted that he has never violated any rules or done anything wrong to have warranted this denial. He requested for his phone so he can make calls, he was denied making the calls within the precincts of the visa office.
However, Bishop Oyedepo has not made any comment on the incident. ThisDay disclosed that the bishop told the embassy authorities that he has been traveling to the US since the 1980s
Also, recall that President Donald Trump confirmed his intention to impose a travel ban on some countries which Nigeria is part of.
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
