Nigerian man, Kaycee Madu appointed Minister of Justice in Canada

 

A Nigerian man, Kaycee Madu has made history after being appointed a Minister of Justice in Alberta, Canada. 

 

Premier Jason Kenney on Tuesday August 25, elevated Madu to the justice portfolio from Municipal Affairs in a cabinet shuffle that saw Calgary-Elbow MLA Doug Schweitzer move from justice to an economic portfolio.

 

With the appointment, Madu is now the first Black Canadian to occupy either provincial or federal justice positions of the justice minister, attorney general or solicitor general.

 

Kenney said; 

 

“This effectively takes the Economic Development, Trade and Tourism portfolio (and) renames it. Additional functions will be added to the ministry over the weeks and months that come.

“This is a broadened and expanded ministry. Alberta is being hit especially hard with the double whammy of the global coronavirus recession, on top of that the collapse of energy prices which has clobbered our largest industry — oil and gas."

 

 

Madu on his own part tweeted; 

 

Thank you, everyone, for all the well wishes. I am beyond humbled to accept my new role as Minister of Justice and Solicitor General - where I will pursue fairness, equality, and justice for all with every ounce of strength I have.

 

 

Born and raised in southeastern Nigeria, Madu graduated from the University of Lagos with a law degree in 2001. He and his wife moved to Canada in 2005. They have three children. Madu, who has practised law in both Nigeria and Alberta, was first elected as an MLA in the April 2019 general election.

 

Dunia Nur, president of the Edmonton-based African Canadian Civic Engagement Council, said Madu has become a role model for the community.

Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos becomes the World’s first person to have a net worth of $200 billion

 

Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos has become the first person in the World to have a net worth of $200 billion.

 

Forbes reported that Bezos was worth $204.6 billion as of 1:50 pm ET on Wednesday, August 26, when Amazon stock gained 2%. The 56-year-old who is already the richest person in the world, saw his net worth increase to $204.6 billion from $74 billion during the span of 2020. 

 

According to Forbes' calculations, Amazon founder's fortune is the largest ever amassed even when taking inflation into account.

 

The report said Amazon’s stock price has been skyrocketing over the last few months, as millions of people have been forced to stay inside and order more products online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

 

The company’s share price has surged more than 100% since March 16, when it was trading for less than $1,700 per share.

 

Amazon is worth $1.72 trillion, making it the second most valuable company behind Apple, which is worth $2.16 trillion. 

221 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Nigeria

 

221 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Wednesday, August 26.

 

According to the Nigerian Center for Disease Control NCDC, Plateau recoded 60, FCT-33, Kaduna-26, Rivers-18, Lagos-17, Enugu-9, Kwara-9, Ondo-9, Nasarawa-6, Gombe-5, Anambra-5, Delta-4, Abia-4, Imo-3, Edo-2, Ogun-2, Oyo-2, Osun-2, Bauchi-1 and Kano-1.

 

Nigeria now has 53,021 confirmed cases of the viral disease. 40,281 patients have been treated and discharged while 1,010 deaths have been recorded.

 

See a breakdown of the number of cases per states below.

 

 

Mompha regains his freedom, drops N5m suit against EFCC

 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC today August 26, release internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha alias Mompha, about two weeks after he was re-arrested by the anti-graft agency in Lagos.

 

LIB had earlier reported that Mompha was re-arrested on Friday, August 14 when he went to the EFCC office in Ikoyi, Lagos to reclaim his five wristwatches, one Apple Air pod, one iPhone 8 mobile phone and one pair of sunglasses, seized by the EFCC operatives last October. Following an application by his lawyer, Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), Justice Mohammed Liman had on July 24 ordered the EFCC to release the items to Mompha.

 

Mompha had gone to the EFCC to pick up his item and had barely left the EFCC premises when the operatives accosted him and took him into custody. EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said Mompha’s re-arrest was connected to a fresh set of cyber fraud charges.

 

Confirming his release, his lawyer, Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), said Mompha has also withdrawn the N5 million fundamental rights suit he filed against the EFCC to challenge his re-arrest.

 

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom welcome their first child together, a baby girl

 

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have welcomed their first child together, a baby girl named Daisy Dove Bloom.

 

The singer, 35, and actor, 43, shared the good news with UNICEF, the organization they serve as Goodwill Ambassadors for, on Thursday, August 27. 

 

They included a black and white photo of them holding onto their newborn's hand. 

 

"Welcome to the world, Daisy Dove Bloom! We are honoured to introduce Goodwill Ambassadors @KatyPerry and Orlando Bloom's new bundle of joy."

 

"We are floating with love and wonder from the safe and healthy arrival of our daughter," they said in a statement. 

 

Welcome to the world, Daisy Dove Bloom! We are honoured to introduce Goodwill Ambassadors @KatyPerry and Orlando Bloom's new bundle of joy.

“We are floating with love and wonder from the safe and healthy arrival of our daughter."

— UNICEF (@UNICEF) August 27, 2020

 

The new bundle of joy is Katy's first child, and second for Orlando Bloom, who already has a son, nine-year-old Flynn, with supermodel ex-wife Miranda Kerr.

Cut off pen*s of rapists - Halima Abubakar suggests

 

Actress Halima Abubakar has suggested that all rapists should be castrated.

 

The mom-of-one said rape is on the rise despite fights to curb it. She added that it is up to us to protect our society by looking out for other people's kids and not turning a blind eye when it's someone else involved.

 

She added that "rapists are menace" and suggested that their male members be chopped off.

 

Boko Haram killed 75 Borno elders in one night - Senator Ali Ndume

 

Senator Ali Ndume has narrated how 75 elders in his community in Gwoza local government were slaughtered in one night by Boko Haram insurgents. 

 

Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by Senate Committee on Special Duties and the North East Development Commission (NEDC) in Maiduguri on Wednesday August 26, the Senator representing Borno South said the challenges faced by the people of Borno State is being underreported.

 

Senator Ndume averred that he can't go back to his hometown in Gwoza even as a Senator because it is not safe. He also recalled how Boko Haram members had in a single day lined up young men in same Gwoza, and summarily shot them dead.

 

He said; 

 

“If the Senate Committee would take time during their stay to go round some of the camps and even the nearby Konduga local government, we would all better appreciate what the people are facing. 

“Even as a serving senator, I still cannot go to Gwoza my home town because it is not safe. 

“Our security operatives are trying their bests, and we have to give it to them. But the situation is overwhelming. People are dying every day, either from attacks or by hunger. We have lost many lives here.

“There was a time in my home town Gwoza, that about 75 elders most of whom I know personally were dragged by Boko Haram to the town’s abattoir and slaughtered like animals. Only two persons survived because their bodies were covered with other people’s’ blood and the assailants thought they were dead.

“In the same Gwoza, Boko Haram had in a single day lined up young men and summarily shot them dead. These were just some stand out cases.”

 

Ndume also noted that the issue of hunger in Borno state would have been worse if there were no non-governmental organisations. He added that many other cases of insecurity pushed him to realise the need for the Northeast region to have a Development Commission.

 

He said; 

 

“We don’t know where we would have been or what would have happened to us in Borno State, had there not been the NGOs.

“People die every day here, and I can assure you that even today or this evening, someone may have died of hunger. I am not talking about children – I mean adults.

“NEDC was my idea, and I pushed for its formation, not for anything else but to see how our people could be helped out of this ugly situation. And so far, we are impressed with the kind of work they are dong.

“But sadly, the amount of money at the disposal of the commission is not adequate to solve the humanitarian challenges facing Borno state alone."