Nigeria news today headlines update Thursday 27th December 2018
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target=_blank>Iran Slams Terrorist Attack In Libya
In a statement on Wednesday, the Iranian diplomat Bahram Ghasemi voiced sympathy with the victims of the terrorist attack, voicing hope for more stability and security in Libya in the near future, according to En.nehrnews.com reports. “The Libyan people can overcome the remnants of terrorism with unity, collective efforts and national resolve,” he added.
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target=_blank>Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Testifies In Court
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is giving his testimony in court on a prison break in January 2011 in which hundreds of people escaped, according to Thenational.ae reports. It is the first time the former president Mubarak and the former president Mohamed Morsi have appeared in court together. The court case accuses ousted
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target=_blank>AFCON: Nigeria Doesn’t Need Lookman, Tammy Abraham – Victor Agali
Over the couple of years, Eagles Head Coach Gernot Rohr has scouted Europe for players of Nigerian origin, as he builds a team for the future, according to Footballlive.ng reports. The process has since seen the introduction of Bryan Idowu, Tyronne Ebuehi and Ola Aina, all of whom have now earned international caps with
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target=_blank>Iran In Talks With Afghan Taliban – Iranian State Media Report
Iran has been holding talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban with the knowledge of the Afghan government, a senior Iranian security official was quoted by the official news agency IRNA as saying on Wednesday during a visit to Kabul. The news came days after reports last week of talks between U.S. and Taliban officials over proposals
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target=_blank>Nearly 40 Hurt In New DRC Plane Accident
Thirty eight people, mostly Congolese soldiers, were hurt on Monday when an Antonov transport plane missed its landing at Beni in eastern Democratic Republic Congo, military officials said, according to News24.com reports. The plane was carrying 68 passengers and four crew, they said. There were no fatalities. “There are 38 injured, including the four
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target=_blank>Mother Returns Home After ‘Drinking Spree’ To Find 5yr-Old Daughter Burnt To Death
The mother of a five-year-old girl returned home from an alleged drinking spree on Wednesday morning to find her daughter had been burnt beyond recognition in a fire in Obunga slums, Kisumu county, according to The.star.co.ke reports. The cause of the fire is yet to be established. County police commander Job Boronjo said the
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target=_blank>France Drops Charges Against Rwandan Officials
Investigative magistrates in France have dropped charges against nine Rwandan officials investigated over the death of the country’s president in 1998, an event that led to a genocide that killed more than 800,000 people, a judicial source said, according to Uk.reuters.com reports. France launched the investigation that also targeted Rwanda’s former defence minister James
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target=_blank>S’Africa: Self-Confessed Cannibal ‘Tired Of Eating Human Flesh,’ Jailed For Life
South African man, who is a self-confessed cannibal, has been sentenced to a life term in prison, according to Ibtines.com reports. The man had walked into a police station to confess his crimes. He told police officers that he is “tired of eating human flesh” and wanted to turn himself in. According to a
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target=_blank>FCT-IRS Generates N58bn In 2018, Projects N130bn For 2019
ABUJA – Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has generated N59billion from January to November 2018 and hoped to generate five to six billion Naira in December, just as the agency also projected 130 billion Naira IGR for 2019. The Executive Chairman, Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS), Mr Abdullahi Attah stated that this
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FG To Install CAT-3 Landing System At Abuja Airport, Others
The Federal Government has hinted that Category 3 (CAT-3) Landing System, a landing system at zero visibility level by airplanes, will be installed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NAIA), and Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) in Lagos by January 2019. Capt. Fola Akinkuotu, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), said […]
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