Vanguard Latest News Wednesday 1st January 2020
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 01/01/20
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2020: Omo Agege’s call for peace and its importance to national development
Leadership, history has proved is the difference between great nations and the ones struggling to achieve progress and development.
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47-yr-old opposition leader wins Guinea-Bissau presidential election
Opposition leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo has won presidential elections in the volatile West African state of Guinea-Bissau, picking up 53.55 per cent of votes, the National Electoral Commission (CNE) announced Wednesday. His rival Domingos Simoes Pereira, head of the country’s historic ruling party PAIGC, took 46.45 percent in Sunday’s runoff. “I declare Umaro Sissoco EmbaloRead More
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E2%80%95-obaseki/ In 2020, yearnings of majority will supersede the avarice of few ? Obaseki
…announces commencement of new minimum wage …assures peace, security during guber elections The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has reassured that his government will continue to deliver on the mandate of building a total society that caters to the collective needs for the greatest number of people, noting that the yearnings of majority of EdoRead More
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Civil servants throng ATMs, commend FG over payment of new minimum wage arrears
Bank Customers, especially civil servants have continued to throng ATMs and Point of Sale (PoS) areas around the FCT and environs to withdraw money for their last minute shopping and outings for the yuletide. The Federal civil servants commended the Federal Government for keeping to its promise to pay the arrears of the new minimumRead More
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China to cut reserve requirement for banks as economy slows
China’s central bank announced Wednesday it was cutting the reserve requirements for banks, freeing up about $114 billion to boost lending and spur the slowing economy. The People’s Bank of China will cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) on January 6 by 50 basis points, it said in a statement, reducing the amount of cashRead More
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Pope Francis says ‘lost patience’ with exuberant admirer
Pope Francis confessed Wednesday he had “lost patience” with an exuberant admirer who had grabbed his hand on Saint Peter’s Square, prompting a swift pair of slaps. “We lose patience many times. It happens to me too. I apologise for the bad example given yesterday,” the head of the Catholic church said before celebrating MassRead More
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PIB to be passed mid-2020 – Sylva
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said on Wednesday the review of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is now at an advanced stage and the bill would be passed by the middle of this year. Sylva stated this in a New Year message released in Lagos. The minister, who reviewed the performanceRead More
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Africa’s wealthiest woman denies corruption allegations
The daughter of former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos has denied allegations of financial irregularities after a court froze her bank accounts, calling the claims “politically motivated”. Isabel dos Santos — nicknamed Africa’s wealthiest woman — is under investigation for alleged irregularities involving state companies including the OPEC nation’s giant state oil company Sonangol.Read More
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2020: Osun Speaker urges Nigerians to patronise local products
Mr Timothy Owoeye, the Speaker , Osun House of Assembly has called on Nigerians to focus more on locally made products for the sustainability of the country’s economy in 2020. Owoeye, in a new year message released by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Kunle Alabi on Wednesday, also called on them to look inward andRead More
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Video: Disgruntled Pope Francis pulls himself free from woman’s grasp
The head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, Pope Francis, had to pull himself away from a woman in a crowd in St Peter’s Square on Tuesday after she grabbed his hand and yanked him toward her. The pope was on Tuesday was greeting pilgrims on his way to see theRead More
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