Latest News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 18th September 2019
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target=_blank>Patient safety: FG tasked to curb healthcare errors, preventable deaths
As the World marks Patient Safety Day, some Nigerians in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called on the Federal Government to ensure that healthcare errors that cause unwarranted deaths are curbed.
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target=_blank>UNGA: Nigeria to seek global support to combat terrorism
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has said that the Nigerian Government would use the Forum of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to seek global support fighting terrorism and increasing Foreign Direct Investments (FDI).
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E2%80%95saudi-king/ target=_blank>Saudi Arabia capable of responding to raids ?Saudi king
The Saudi King in response to the drone attacks on two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia has said they are capable to respond. The drone attacks on two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia has raised serious concern around the world with the crude oil price rising by over 15 per cent.
The pre-dawn attacks on Saturday knocked out more than half of crude output from the world’s top exporter five per cent of the global oil supply and cut output by 5.7 million barrels per day, Reuters reported.
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target=_blank>Full oil production to resume by end of month, says Saudi oil minister
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Abdulaziz bin Salman said that half of the crude oil production that was disrupted due to the weekend attack on Aramco’s oil facilities had been restored.
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target=_blank>Spanish king declines to grant gov’t mandate as elections loom
Spain’s King Felipe VI has decided not to grant acting Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez or any other politician a mandate to form a government, increasing the likelihood of fresh elections.
Neither Sanchez nor any of the other party leaders currently enjoy the parliamentary support required for such an effort, the royal family said in a statement released late Tuesday after two days of consultations with political leaders.
If Sanchez fails to form a government by a Sept.
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target=_blank>Taliban suicide attacks kill at least 48 before Afghan elections
At least 48 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in two separate attacks in Afghanistan – one at a campaign rally by President Ashraf Ghani and the other in the capital, Kabul.
In the first blast on Tuesday, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle targeted the rally by Ghani, who is reported to be safe and unharmed.
The suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden motorcycle into the entrance of the venue hosting Ghani’s rally.
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target=_blank>Liverpool get off to nightmare Champions League defence against Napoli
Dries Mertens and Fernando Llorente scored late as holders Liverpool fell 2-0 at Napoli in the opening match of their Champions League title defence on Tuesday.
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target=_blank>Cagliari escape sanctions over Lukaku abuse
Serie A club Cagliari again escaped sanctions over alleged racist behaviour by their fans.
This was after the league’s disciplinary tribunal decided on Tuesday not to take action over monkey noises aimed at Inter Milan’s Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku.
The tribunal said in a statement on Tuesday that “in terms of dimension and real perception”, the chants could not be considered discriminatory under the league’s disciplinary code.
“The tribunal has decided not to apply sanctions to Cagliari,” it said, referring to the incidents in the match on Sept 1.
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E2%80%95us-officials/ target=_blank>Saudi Arabia’s oil attack from South Iran ?US officials
The United States believes the attacks that crippled Saudi Arabian oil facilities last weekend originated in southwestern Iran, a United States official told Reuters on Tuesday, an assessment that further increases tension in the Middle East.
Three officials, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said the attacks involved both cruise missiles and drones, indicating that they involved a higher degree of complexity and sophistication than initially thought.
The officials did not provide evidence or explain what US intelligence they were using for the evaluations.
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Defeated Again!: Adrian miracle saves not enough to save Liverpool
The Reds may be defending European champions, but they have yet to solve the puzzle of playing at Stadio San Paolo.
For the second season in a row, Jurgen Klopp’s side leave Stadio San Paolo with a Champions League group stage defeat. They won’t want to return in a hurry. This year, as last, they ended up on the wrong end of a tight game, though this time the loss was 2-0 rather than 1-0, Goal.com reported.
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