Latest News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 17th September 2019
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target=_blank>Xenophobia: 320 Nigerians to return from S.Africa on Tuesday
Nigeria Consul-General in Johannesburg, Godwin Adama, says 320 Nigerians have been registered to be evacuated from South Africa on Tuesday, September 17.
Adama disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja while giving an update on plans to evacuate the second batch of Nigerians.
The consul-general, who said that the flight would be leaving South Africa around 6 p.m on Tuesday, added that the number of Nigerians willing to come back home following the attacks had increased to over 1000.
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target=_blank>Why Kwara govt rejects Saraki’s donations to schools
The Kwara State Government has said that personalising constituency project was responsible for Kwara public schools’ rejection of instructional materials donated by the former President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki.
A statement from the Press Secretary of Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Yakub Aliagan on Monday, said the ministry was not aware of the donation initially.
”The State Government wasn’t aware of the distribution of these instructional materials in the first instance.
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target=_blank>Gbajabiamila visits Katsina State over security challenges
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has visited Katsina State to access the level of insecurity with a view to finding lasting solutions.
Gbajabiamila disclosed this on Monday when he visited Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari.
“We are here to see what is happening on the ground, discuss with the governor and proffer possible solutions to the problems.
“Nigeria is one country, a state alone cannot deal with this, there must be something which we can do to assist.
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target=_blank>Nigeria’s Muhammad-Bande takes over as president UN General Assembly
Ms Maria Espinosa, the President of the 73rd UN General Assembly, on Monday handed over to Nigeria’s Muhammad-Bande, who will lead the 74th session of the assembly in the next one year.
The ceremony, held inside the General Assembly Hall of the UN headquarters in New York, marked the end of the 73rd session .
The 74th session will formally begin on Tuesday with the inauguration of Muhammad-Bande, who is the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN.
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target=_blank>Xenophobia: Dabiri-Erewa urges state govts help returnees from SA
Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Executive Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), has urged state governments to ensure proper reintegration of returnees from South Africa into the society.
Dabiri-Erewa made the appeal at a World News Conference in Abuja on Monday.
She said that the second batch of 319 returnees would be leaving South Africa for Nigeria on Tuesday.
Dabiri-Erewa said that the number of returnees would depend on those who registered to return, adding that the process would be continuous.
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target=_blank>Ebonyi governor announces plan to appoint 800 new aides
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has announced his plan to appoint 800 aides, in addition to the 4,000 appointments already made by his administration.
Umahi said this on Monday in Abakaliki when he met with members of the State Executive Council (EXCO), state House of Assembly, Local Government Area (LGA) Chairmen and all the new appointees, among other stakeholders.
The governor said that, in spite of an initial 185 Executive Assistants (EAs), Senior Technical Assistants (STAs) and Technical Assistants (TAs), he made an additional 200 similar appointments on Monday.
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target=_blank>China’s industrial growth plunges to weakest in over 17 years
Growth in China’s industrial production slumped last month to its weakest rate in more than 17 years as US import tariffs and softening domestic demand took their toll on factory owners.
Measures of retail sales and investment also reinforced concerns that the world’s second-largest economy would need to make further cuts to interest rates to boost growth after moves last week by its central bank to ease lending restrictions were criticised by some analysts as “too little, too late”.
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E2%80%95trump/ target=_blank>US certainly will like to avoid war with Iran ?Trump
United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that it looked like Iran was responsible for attacks over the weekend on Saudi Arabian oil plants, but he wants to avoid war.
“It is certainly looking that way at this moment,” Trump told reporters when asked if he believes Iran carried out the attack.
“With all that being said, we’d certainly will like to avoid war”, he said. “I don’t want war with anybody but we’re prepared more than anybody.”
Aljazeera reported that Washington has blamed Tehran for the attacks, which cut five per cent of world crude oil production.
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target=_blank>Presidential Amnesty: Avoid faceless individuals against Otuaro’s selection, group tells Buhari
Egbema Peace and Security Group, EPSG, has condemned statement credited to the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, threatening to destroy oil installations across the region if Chief Dennis Otuaro emerges as the new coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
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Putin proposes Russian missile defence for Saudi after oil attack
The tensions in the Middle East have escalated following drone attacks on two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. While the United States has said there is evidence Iran is linked to the attack. Russian President Vladimir Putin, however, has recommended Russian missile defence for purchase by Saudi Arabia.
Putin said Russia is ready to help Saudi Arabia following attacks on the Saudi oil industry if needed after talks with leaders of Turkey and Iran in Ankara, and proposed Russian weapons for purchase.
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