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The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has this evening finally nominated Amy Coney Barrett as to the supreme court of America.

In a speech delivered by president Donald Trump, he advised her to discharge her job with the highest standard , humility and also be nice.

Whike delivering her acceptance speech, she thanked the president for nominating her and briefly spoke about her family of nine, stating that she never expected to attain this height in her career and promised to discharge her duty with humility and diligent in her duty.

https://dambela.com/2020/09/26/breakingtrump-nominates-amy-coney-barret-to-supreme-court/

Politics the say is a dirty game, but not so many will agree to this popular saying.
The politics and elections in Edo state is a food for thought to all well meaning Nigerians and true Democrats including Progressives.

Today is Sunday, many of us Christians must have gone to church, but the question is , what do we learn from the preachers who stand at the pulpit? The underlying factor of this article is all about forgiveness. It’s all about fighting with bitterness , anger and an unforgiving spirit. If we as Christians would learn and imbibe this attitude of letting go and forgiving our adversaries, many unnecessary battles would be jettisoned.
Some months ago, Adams Oshiomhole was the National chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Nigeria, the chairman of the ruling party of the most populous country in Africa, what a lofty height to attain after becoming the president of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and two term governor of Edo state, and single handedly sponsored his now estranged political godson Godwin Obaseki to become the governor of Edo state as a result of his popularity in his state.

Over time, one thing led to the other , misunderstanding crept in, disagreement erupted between Oshiomhole and his political godson Godwin Obaseki and the battle line was drawn. Adams Oshiomhole was later suspended from his ward in his party while he was still the party National Chairman , at this point wisdom and understanding would have played a major role here and Adams would have seen the handwriting on the wall.
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Reports reaching us tonight have it that there is a heavy explosion in Lokoja Kogi State caused by a full loaded tanker in motion killing about 33 people including children and also burning down no less than five vehicles close to the tanker with its occupants burnt to death.

Although reports are still sketchy but residents around that area have complained of similar incidents of accidents happening around that area and causing alot of death.

Meanwhile, the first lady of Kogi State has visited the site to access the situation and also sympathise with the victims of the accidents.

https://dambela.com/2020/09/23/breaking-tanker-explosion-in-kogi/

Shocking: Crystal Palace defeats Man.United 3-1

In a surprised move in today's match between Crystal Palace and Manchester United, which many believed the odds would have favoured the Red Devils, Crystal Palace seemed to have turned the table against Manchester United as it came out victorious in the match defeating Manchester United 3 goals to .

Crystal Palace striker Zaha sealed the deal for his club with a second goal penalty and a hard shot from the penalty box to finish up the game for his club.

While Van De Beek gave Manchester United the only goal for his club.

https://dambela.com/2020/09/19/shocking-crystal-palace-defeats-man-united-3-1/

a. An easy cash flow:

Ordinarily, what we prefer on issues concerning our finance is an easy way out of it, where the charges will be eroded, low interest rate for loans, increased interest rate on savings like the banks have brainwashed us over the years to enable us save our money. The fear of the banks now is low or no charges on transfer of money anywhere in the world free movement of money without restrictions, no government and bank regulation controlling any form of transaction but over the years these expectations have not really become a reality while the banks keeps your money the intention is to make all transaction a way of milking the little reserve in the account while few of the executives are parasitic on these accounts the masses are left with almost an empty account and noting to show for it for years of depositing money in the account, these are the challenges that the world is facing and some countries like Japan, China, US have endorsed the crypto-currency as part of their exchange for the purchase of goods and services.

b. One world one currency:

A legal tender is an official currency or medium by which payment is made, a fiat currency is also a forced way of making people use a particular mode or payment system for transacting business. Crypto has to do with secret code analysis where money can be transferred without deciphering or disclosing the source, the world’s known and used currency are backed by also strong economy like the pounds, US dollars, euro, yen are all competing for dominance based on their advancement.
Being in your bedroom and within seconds emails are sent to a box the recipient acknowledges it that is the level of transaction that cypto and the bitcoin are heading. The world is getting global everyday this also will definitely affect how business is executed, within seconds you move money into another account similar to email movement but the world will agree or by nature accept what and how we are to define a new legal tender, which may be a particular coin, cowries, currency, chip on a coin or legal tender devoid of government and bank control including the mode and means of transfer.

c. The robots taking over banking:

The current state of affairs in the world enable us to know that the status quo will always be change, as mini machine banks are being created everyday using automated services to transfer cash and receive cash within our borders this will definitely affect how international financial transactions are executed across borders.

The peer to peer transaction using crypto-currency will have its way making our transactions a door step away and we would likely take advice from an automated machine Based on its decentralization, there is a substantial level of security, access to fund and the fear of devaluation and inflation will be eroded. It is a cheap mode of transferring money since there are no intermediaries.
It is natural that hackers would find it difficult to break codes and access funds unlike the traditional fiat currency. The fake currency payment will be a thing of the past.

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US President Donald Trump has come after the Democratic Vice President nominee, Kamala Harris stating clearly to his supporters in Winston Salem, North Carolina campaign that having her as president would be an insult to the country.

It was not too clear to Trump’s supporters (who booed Kamala Harris in support of Trump’s assertion) what he actually meant by that and what evidence does he have to have reached that conclusion if it is based on her gender or colour as a black American emphasising racial discrimination.

“Remember Kamala, she started at 15, trump mocked. She was supposed to win , problem was she went from 15 to 14 to 12 to 10 to 7 to 4, it’s like a freefall. You know what? People don’t like her,nobody likes her. She could never be the first woman President. She could never be. That would be an insult to our country .”

https://dambela.com/2020/09/09/trump-goes-after-kamala-harris-chides-democratic-vp-nominee/

As the event of the big brother gets thicker and the game becomes even more competitive, the unbelievable happened today as big brother announced the immediate disqualification of one of the most popular house mates Erica.

After getting two strikes previously , Erica was made head of the house, and according to the big brother’s rules and regulations, she was not meant to use abusive and insulting words against fellow house mates which she did and also left her room as the head of the big brother house to stay with Kiddwaya.

This was considered as a breach of the house rules and as such attracted another strike making it the 3rd strike amounting to a disqualification.

So as it stands now, Erica is gone for good.

https://dambela.com/2020/09/06/bbnaija-update-erica-disqualified-from-show/

As speculators continue to await CBN intervention in the Forex market as promised last week to begin the sale of dollars to BDC @ official rate of $1/#386 which actually caused alot of panic buy within the week and saw the dollar dropping drastically from $1/#480 to $1/#435 as at Wednesday 2nd of September, 2020 the dollar seems to be regaining its strength against the naira moving up to $1/#440 against the naira as at today.

Fears around the FX market is that, if the CBN fails to keep up to its promise, the dollar might continue to rise even as petroleum prices and electricity tariffs are going up.
The exchange rate between the naira and the British pound sterling stands at ₦580/₤1 on Friday, 4th September, same as recorded on Thursday, 3rd September 2020.

https://dambela.com/2020/09/04/dollar-regains-strength-against-naira-moves-up-to-1-440/

It is yet another harsh conditions for the poor masses in Nigeria as they have been hit by the sad news of an increase in pump price of petrol and electricity tariffs bill at almost the same time which is coming at a time the average Nigerian least expected it.

The Pipelines and Product Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC), issued a memo on Wednesday stating that effective immediately, the price of fuel would increase from N148 to N151.56k. No sooner had this memo was made known to the public than the retailers had hijacked the prices to various alarming rates to the detriment of the masses.
This is coming at a time when many jobs have been lost due to the economic situation as caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and most schools are shut down with teachers out of jobs without salaries.

Not too long the data for unemployment was released with high inflation rate , many Nigerians have condemned this increase and are calling for a nation wide mass protest against the APC led government.
ice from April 1, 2020, to take full effect on September 1, 2020. This, according to the government, is in the best interest of all.

We would recall that in some few months back the government had increased the pump price from N121.50 to N138.60, N143.80 and N145 per litre at different times, on the advice of the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), after reviewing market fundamentals and operating costs.

Meanwhile, the Federal Government had come out openly to assure Nigerians that the increase is for the best interest of Nigeria.

https://dambela.com/2020/09/03/nigerians-groan-under-the-pains-of-increase-fuel-price-electricity-tariffs/

Chaiiii....this is not a good one for the poor masses.

The nation's Apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria has officially announced the resumption of sales of forex to Bureau De Change starting from August 31, 2020.
This decision to commence forex sales according to the Central Bank of Nigeria was at the instance of the resumption of international flights to the country.

According to the circular seen by dambela.com, forex sales will resume on Mondays and Wednesdays.

https://dambela.com/2020/08/27/apex-bank-cbn-to-resume-sales-of-forex-to-bdc/

Reports reaching us have it that a good number of Nigerian medical doctors are warming up for a mass exodus out of the country as the lift of the ban on international travels draws closer.

From the data from the United Kingdom shows that Kingdom’s Medical Council that the number of Nigerian doctors migrating to the UK increased by almost 100 between July and August despite the restriction on international flights.

It was observed that even during the lockdown period, some doctors were still applying for visas and travelling out of the country for greener country even as the Covid-19 pandemic hits hard.
It was, however, learnt that following the re-opening of the British High Commission a month ago, many of these doctors had obtained visas and had left even though the restriction on international flights had not been lifted.
International flights will resume in the country on Saturday. The UK recently introduced a ‘Health and Care Visa’ policy, which aims to make it cheaper, quicker and easier for healthcare professionals to migrate to the UK.
A doctor in Abuja who spoke in anonymity said some Nigerian doctors have been offered jobs in Saudi Arabia and the offer is worth about $10,000 and they will be leaving immediately after the lockdown.
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https://dambela.com/2020/08/27/busted-nigerian-doctors-plan-mass-exit-as-international-flight-resumes/

It's yet another sad situation for the Nigerian economy with recent report released on Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows that GDP took a deep turn as it declined in real terms by 6.10% in real terms year-on- year in Q2 2020.

According to the numbers contained in the GDP report, the performance recorded in Q2 2020 represents a drop of 8.22% points when compared to Q2 2019 (2.12%), and 7.97% points decline when compared to Q1 2020 (1.87%). Apparently, the significant drop reflects the negative impacts of the disruption caused by COVID-19 pandemic and crash in oil price on the Nigerian economy.

https://dambela.com/2020/08/24/nigerias-economy-worsens-gdp-plunges-deep-by-6-0/

Ethereum is among the new age digital currency popular known as a cryptocurrency designed for decentralized applications and deployment of smart contracts, which are created and operated without any fraud, interruption, control or interference from a third party.

Check more here;
https://dambela.com/2020/08/23/things-you-need-to-know-about-ethereum/

Following President Trump's ban against the Chinese tech giant Tiktok some couple of weeks back, the firm has threatened it would take legal action against President Trump's executive order that ban transactions with the fast-growing video app and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance in a report credited to Reuters.
The Chinese firm lamented that it had tried to engage in dialogue with the Trump administration but such move had suffered a set back and faced "a lack of due process" and to ensure that the rule of law is not discarded and that our company and customers are fairly treated, we have no choice but to challenge the executive order through the judicial system, says the company spokesman.

Recall that dambela reported the news of Trump's executive order against Tiktok some weeks ago and also stated Chinese retaliatory measures against such action.

The Tiktok App is becoming more popular among the youths for short trending videos for singing, talking and dancing. Meanwhile the Trump administration has accused the Chinese firm data compromise and capable of allowing the Chinese government access to American's personal and proprietary information.

https://dambela.com/2020/08/23/tiktok-vs-trump-tiktok-fights-back-threatens-legal-action-against-trump/

There is wide fears in Bamako, the capital city of Mali, as residents are in panic mood as reports seems to indicate that President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been allegedly arrested and detained after several gunshots were heard at an army base in Kati, which is 15 kilometres from the capital.
This was disclosed by some security sources ,according to Reuters today.

Earlier today, Ex President Goodluck Jonathan met with President Buhari at the state house in the villa for briefing on the current situation. It would be recalled that Ex President Jonathan led a team of ECOWAS Envoy to Mali to resolve the crisis brewing up.

Meanwhile, the United States, France and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have all condemned the mutiny.

https://dambela.com/2020/08/18/mutiny-fear-grips-mali-as-soldiers-allegedly-seize-president-keita/

In line with the gradual but continuous easing of the lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic which has brought a total shutdown of the entire economy, the federal government has announced the resumption of international flights operations from August 29, 2020.

This was revealed through a post by the the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika via his Twitter handle today.

Hadi Sirika, in his tweet post, stated, ‘’Glad to announce the resumption of international flights from the 29th of August 2020. Beginning with Lagos and Abuja as we did with the domestic flight resumption. Protocols and procedures will be announced in due course. We thank you for your patience.’’
So flights are expected to begin in Lagos and Abuja airports for now.

https://dambela.com/2020/08/17/breaking-fg-announces-resumption-of-international-flight/

The tribunal has dismissed the election that ushered in governor Diri Douye of Bayelsa state and ordered INEC to conduct a fresh election within 90 days.

In a divided judgement of two -one , the three -man panel ruled that INEC does not have the powers to disqualify any candidate in any election.

This judgement is coming after the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party filed a petition challenging the victory of Governor Diri in the November 19 governorship election after the party claimed INEC unlawfully excluded it from the election.

But INEC in its argument had challenged that the party’s Deputy Governorship candidate was 34 years old as at the time of nomination and therefore did not qualify to contest the election.

https://dambela.com/2020/08/17/breaking-court-nullifies-bayelsa-state-governorship-election/

As the surge for Covid-19 case continues, more prominent people are still contracting the infection, latest on the list is popular actress Omotola Ekeinde.

The actress in her tweet @Realomosexy stated that she has contracted covid. According to her ” I have been I’ll and now getting better.” And has been in isolation receiving treatment.

Hello All, I know Mist if you Have been Wondering where I’ve been.
Well, i Contracted Covid. I have been ill and Now getting better. More on this details of this soon.
However, I have been Reading on the… https:///mre9hv5N9z

https://dambela.com/2020/08/16/omotola-ekeinde-tests-positive-for-covid-19/

It’s quite an amazing feat for the global community and Russia in particular as it announced its successful production of the first batch of its newly approved vaccine, Sputnik V, some hours after health ministry reported the commencement of its production. This was disclosed in a statement made by the Russian Health Ministry and quoted by Russian news agencies.
It would be recalled that the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, some few days ago announced the registration of the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine in what could be described as a step ahead of other vaccine developments.
But this announcement of its approval was met with caution from world scientists and World Health Organisation (WHO) who expressed non approval and demanded a rigorous safety review, and some fear Russia could be doing this just for it’s own political gains ahead of other developed nations thereby putting national prestige safety ahead of safety.

https://dambela.com/2020/08/15/covid-19-russia-moves-ahead-of-other-nationsgets-approval-of-vaccine/

A letter of assumption of office as the Acting Vice Chancellor has been purportedly issued to Prof. Theophilus Omotunde, a prof of sociology by the Governing Council of the University of Lagos headed by Dr Wale Babalakin stating he assumes office as acting vice chancellor with immediate effect.

Speaking via a telephone conversation, the prof of sociology stated that he has resumed office and now in charge because the letter of appointment given to him notified him to do so with immediate effect.

But many feel he could resume officially at the 11th floor of the senate building where the Vice Chancellor's office is situated. This is based on the removal of Prof. Ogundipe just this week by the Governing Council.

https://dambela.com/2020/08/14/unilag-prof-soyombo-to-assume-office-as-acting-vc-on-monday/

The former US ambassador to Nigeria Mr Walter Carrington is dead. He died on Tuesday 11 August, 2020 at age 90 in the United States of America.

He was appointed as an ambassador to Nigeria shortly after the annulment of the June 12 election. His love for Nigerian is by no means in doubt as he later got married to a Nigerian beautiful lady Dr Arese Carrington.

He was a lover of democracy, very vocal against the Military regime in Nigeria and always lent his voice and support for the black race and black nations all over the world

https://dambela.com/2020/08/12/former-us-ambassador-walter-carrington-dies-1930-2020/

The University of Lagos popularly known as UNILAG has reportedly fired its Vice Chancellor Prof. Olawatoyin Ogundipe Sacked.

His removal was announced by the the institution's Governing Council presided by Pro-Chancellor Dr. Wale Babala,in (SAN) on Wednesday during a meeting held at the National Universities Commission (NUC) building in Abuja.

It was reported that a panel made up of 12 members voted. 7 voted for his removal while 4 voted for his stay and 1 voted for his suspension.

Reports are still sketchy about the cause of his removal. But will shall keep an update on it.

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Now the real battle has begun as US presidential hopeful Joe Biden finally picks Senator Kamala Harris as his VP running mate.

This selection is really strategic as analysts see it as a great challenge for President Trump who is being regarded as a racist and white supremacist and anti-women?

Will she do the magic? Especially as regards black votes and women votes? Can Joe Biden win with this strategy of chosen a black woman and a senator from a popular state? Many more questions begging for answer. Only time will tell.

https://dambela.com/2020/08/12/us-election-finally-joe-biden-picks-kamala-harris-as-vp/

The Pan African Bank, Ecobank has unveiled its branded card-less Automated Teller Machines (ATMs).
This is done through the bank’s Xpress Cash which enables users to withdraw cash from ATMs using only a mobile phone without the physical card.
This process is simple, convenient, fast, seamless and above all very secured and it is driven by the use of the bank’s USSD code *326# or mobile app, Ecobank Mobile.
An e-token will be sent to customers mobile phone which would be used on the ATM nationwide and one good thing about this product is both customers and non customers including those without a bank account can receive the e-token and make withdrawal at any Ecobank’s ATMs nationwide.
According to the Nations Newspapers, the Head, Consumer Banking , Olukorede Demola-Adeniyi said “Digital payments are fast evolving. Customers want seamless experience across channels. We are committed to providing suitable options for our customers. Forgetting your card at home should not be a showstopper when you need cash.”
https://dambela.com/2020/08/12/ecobank-introduces-card-less-atms/

Good fortune seems to be smiling the way of Nigeria as the country is set to commence the production of gold in 2021 after the launch of the Segilola Gold Project in Osun state.
This was stated by the Honourable Minister of Mines and Steel Development Olalekan Adegbite in a statement signed by his special adviser on Media , Ayodeji Adeyemi who stated that the project is going to create about 400 jobs directly and about 1000 jobs indirectly through its value chain.
Once this project kicks off, it will place Nigerian on the centre stage as one of the gold producing countries and would enable the diversification of the economy and create massive job employment and also increase our foreign reserves.
It would be interesting to note that the Federal government had already licensed two gold refineries to refine gold to the London Bullion Market Association, LBMA, standard.
On the Ajaokuta Steel Plant, Adegbite stated that the global travel restriction caused by the Covid-19 pandemic had prevented technical experts from Russia to conduct an audit on the steel plant and as soon as travel restriction is relaxed, hope of reviving the plant.

https://dambela.com/2020/08/10/nigeria-set-to-commence-gold-production-with-segilola-project/

Tonight witnessed yet another eviction in the big brother naija show as two housemates Eric and Tochi were evicted from the house thereby bringing their stay in the show to an end.
They were evicted after they were put up for eviction along two other housemates Kaisha and Trickytee. They had the least votes and other housemates had to decide their fates.

Eric stated that he feels blessed leaving the house and will continue his pursuit of love with Lilo.
For Tochi, he stated he feels disappointed leaving the house so soon. He confessed his desire to date Nengi but because there were many guys going after her he had to let her go and maintain his friendship with her.
Meanwhile, the host Ebuka accused Erica of playing games with Kiddwaya and Laycon by eating her cake and having it.
https://dambela.com/2020/08/09/bbnaija-tochi-and-eric-finally-evicted/

Tragedy struck in Serbia on August 7, 2020 as a popular Nigerian basketball player Michael Ojo, was pronounced dead by his last club on Friday.

The Lagos born basketballer who played for KK Crvenazvezda Basketball club died at the age of 27years in the capital city of Belgrade in Serbia. He was 216 centimetres tall and weighed 147 kilograms wore the Red Star Jersey with number 50 for the first time before the start of the management of KK Crvena zvezda.

The club stated that his sudden death was a great shock and deeply affected everyone, the players coaches , management and board of the club in which he was accepted from day one and has won many trophies for the club were shocked and has won the hearts of many Zveda players and well-meaning basketball fans in Serbia.

https://dambela.com/2020/08/08/top-nigerian-basketballer-michael-ojo-dies-in-serbia/

The global supermarket and shopping mall brand known as shoprite which has its roots from South Africa and has many outlets in many African countries are set for a shutdown and massive layoffs of its workers amidst global economic crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The firm had announced a planned divestment from its Nigerian operations barely three days ago, while in Kenya it stated it will be laying off 115 staff effective 31 August, 2020.

The retail big store announced on Monday that it will be divesting from its business operations in countries located outside South Africa as a result of low profitability. An internal memo released to its Nigerian staffs stated that the new owners wil work with the management to drive the expansion plans in the Nigerian market.
https://dambela.com/2020/08/05/shoprite-plans-shut-downto-sack-workers/

Inspite of the potential bad image done by some few unscrupulous Nigerians like Hushpuppi, Woodbery and the likes in the UAE, many Nigerians were shocked and taken aback by the show of love and generosity done by the crown prince of Dubai Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to the Nigerian couple wah were stranded in Dubai after giving birth to quadruplet.


The father of the quadruplet Tijani Abdulkarim had expressed shock over the payment of the medical bills which is about a whooping $11,500 too much for him to handle. His wife Suliyat Abdulkarim , a 29 year old gave birth to two boys and two girls at the Latifa Hospital for Women and Children.

Their initial plan was to travel back to Nigerian and give birth since they did not have enough money to foot the bills but the travel ban placed across the globe due to the Corona-Virus pandemic forced them to remain in the country. News went viral that a couple had given birth to a set of beautiful quadruplet but were unable to pay the bills, the news dominated most media headlines which attracted and caught the eyes of the crown Prince, thereafter , the crown prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, immediately ordered his office and directed that the bills should be taken care of and other expenses relating to that.

Both couple had been stranded and being helped by some Nigerians in Dubai before now . Their story seems to have changed for good now and it was all joy when the news was broken to them.

https://dambela.com/2020/08/02/how-dubai-crown-prince-paid-hospital-bills-of-stranded-nigerian-couple/