Nigeria news today headlines update Friday 21st June 2019
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target=_blank>Accused U.S. Spy Held In Russia Asks Trump For Help
Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who’s been held in Russia for six months, appealed for help Thursday to President Donald Trump after a Moscow court extended his detention, According to Upi.com. Whelan, who was arrested in his hotel room in December and charged with spying, faces up to 20 years in prison if he’s convicted.
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target=_blank>Journalist Co?kun Acquitted Of Insulting Turkey’s President
An ?stanbul on Thursday court ruled to acquit former Cumhuriyet daily court reporter Canan Co?kun of charges of insulting the president, the T24 news website reported on Thursday, According to Turkishminute.com. Co?kun was tried over her report on the arrest of journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül titled “Erdo?an ordered, journalists arrested,” which triggered her
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target=_blank>Iran Revolutionary Guard Shoots Down U.S. Drone Amid Tensions
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. drone on Thursday amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over the collapsing nuclear deal with world powers, American and Iranian officials said, though they disputed the circumstances of the incident, According to Pbs.org. The Guard said it shot down the RQ-4 Global Hawk drone over Iranian airspace,
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target=_blank>Iwo Communities Lay Claim To Dangote Quarry Site
OSOGBO – Fresh crisis is brewing between two communities laying claim on the vast expanse of land housing Dangote Group of Company’s Quarry site located at Gbokutaru. The communities are; Orile Owu in Ayedaade Local Government Council of Osun State and Ijebu-Igbo in Ogun State. The two communities share boundary between Osun and Ogun State and
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target=_blank>Integrate Cultural Values In Governance, Olota Of Ota Advises FG
LAGOS – Oba Abdulkabir Adeyanju Obalanlege, the Olota of Ota, Ogun state, has advised the federal government to inculcate and integrate cultural values in governance because it holds a strong influence on the people and the society. The monarch,who gave the advice at the Yoruba quiz competition organised by Ancestral Pride Foundation in Ota, Ogun, attributed
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target=_blank>Abiodun Commends NGO For Building Classrooms In Ogun
ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has reiterated the commitment of his administration to restore the lost glory of the state education system for efficient and effective performance. Abiodun, who was represented by a former chairman of Odeda local government, Alhaji Bola Lawal, made the promise while commissioning a block of two classrooms
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target=_blank>Exclusive Lions Club Gives Free Diabetes Test To Lagos Residents
LAGOS – Ikeja Exclusive Lions Club has tasked members of the public to maintain a healthy and balance diet in order to avoid the threatening scourge called diabetes. The call was made during the club’s senstisation walk and free diabetes test for member of the public at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in Ikeja last
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target=_blank>Osun Cautions Residents On Flooding
OSOGBO – Residents of Osun state have been admonished not to dispose their waste into drainages and streams to avert flood disaster during this rainy season. The Supervisor for Ministry of Environment and Sanitation, Dr. Adebisi Obawale stated this during an on-the-Spot visit to Onidawa Adura, Safejo community in Abiri Iwara, Ile-Ife to assess the level
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target=_blank>How Close Are US, Iran To War?
Tensions between the US and Iran are at risk of further escalation after Iranian forces shot down an American drone a few days after the Pentagon announced it was sending more troops to the region, According to Theweek.co.uk. Tehran said the unmanned plane was downed over the Strait of Hormuz this morning, accusing Washington of
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Belarus Counts On $500 Million Chinese Loan
In April, Belarusian envoy Kiryl Rudy and China Development Bank Chairman Zhao Huan signed an agreement on granting a $100 mln loan to our country, According to Belsat.eu. “A memorandum of raising a 3.5 billion yuan loan (over $500 mln) has already been signed. Now we are working on the borrowing terms,” state-run news agency […]
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