Latest News in Nigeria Today Saturday 28th September 2019
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target=_blank>China donates security equipment worth $4.2m to Sri Lanka
China on Friday donated security equipment worth 4.2 million dollars to the Sri Lankan government on their request, following the Easter Sunday terror attacks, which killed more than 250 people on April 21.
In a statement, China’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka Cheng Xueyuan said the equipment were handed over to the Sri Lankan government at a ceremony held at the Presidential Secretariat in capital Colombo.
The statement said the equipment worth an estimated 4.2 million dollars were donated after a request from the Sri Lankan government.
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target=_blank>UN expert urges South Africa to end discrimination against people with albinism
The South African government must act urgently to end the dangers faced by people with albinism who face discrimination based on colour, a prohibited ground of racial discrimination, a UN expert said on Friday.
“Although apartheid ended 25 years ago and an inclusive constitution was introduced, people with albinism continue to suffer abuses on a number of grounds including colour and disability,” Ikponwosa Ero said in a statement.
Ero, an expert on the rights of persons with albinism, presented a preliminary statement at the end of her 10-day visit to South Africa.
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target=_blank>British PM, Johnson says will obey the law, confident of Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday his government will obey the law and remains confident the country can leave the European Union with a deal.
Johnson has vowed that Britain will leave the bloc on Oct. 31 with or without a divorce agreement, but parliament has passed a law to compel him to seek an extension if he has not got an agreement by Oct. 19, Reuters reported.
He was asked on Friday if he was looking for ways to delay or get around the new law, which he has dubbed a “surrender act”.
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E2%80%95-metuh/ target=_blank>REVEALED: How I shared N400m from Dasuki ? Metuh
Kema Chikwe got N5 m
Tony Anenih – N21.7 m
Kenayo/Olisa Metuh – N50 m
Richard Ehidioha – N31.5 m
$2m paid into ARM
Soni Daniel – Abuja
The trial of the former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, continued yesterday with his personal narration of how the sum of N400 million given to him from the Office of the former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki was shared for what he called ‘a special national assignment given to him by former President Goodluck Jonathan in the run-up to the 2015 Presidential election.
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target=_blank>Boris Johnson to unveil ‘new Brexit’ deal before looming deadline
Boris Johnson is expected to unveil plans for a new Brexit deal next week to ensure the UK leaves the European Union before the looming October 31 deadline.
Talks with the EU have shown little sign of progress with both sides refusing to change their position on the Irish backstop. And Boris Johnson faces a race against time to rush through an agreement with Brussels and get it approved by Parliament.
ALSO READ: EU gives Britain ’12 days’ to decide on Brexit
Today, Sky News’ Adam Parsons has tweeted that Boris Johnson’s negotiating team will have ‘concrete Brexit proposals’ next week.
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target=_blank>Real reason Tacha was disqualified from Big Brother House
Sequel to breaking one of the house rules regarding violence on Friday, 27 September, Tacha, a Big Brother Naija housemate, was Friday night, disqualified from the show, while Mercy, a fellow housemate on whom the violence was perpetrated, received a double strike for provocation.
During their altercation earlier in the day, Big Brother had invited both housemates to the Diary Room, where he cautioned them.
ALSO READ: Five things you may not know about Tacha of BBNaija
However, in spite of his caution, the duo continued to exhibit violent behaviour, with Tacha acting out violently against Mercy, while Mercy visibly restrained herself and was also prevented from being physically violent.
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E2%80%95-edo-hos-ehiozuwa/ target=_blank>Why Obaseki is focused on human capital devt ? Edo HoS, Ehiozuwa
The Edo State Head of Service (HoS), Mr Isaac Ehiozuwa, has said public service reforms initiated by the Governor Godwin Obaseki led-administration are repositioning the state’s workforce to address contemporary trends in governance.
Ehiozuwa said this in a welcome address at a one-day seminar organised for Permanent Secretaries in Edo State Public Service with the theme: “Building a Virile and Efficient Public Service.”
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He noted that the reforms, which include training and re-training of the workforce and improved welfare package for workers, are geared towards ensuring efficient and effective service delivery.
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target=_blank>3 die as UN helicopter crashes in CAR
A Senegalese combat helicopter from the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has crashed, killing three people, the mission head said on Friday.
The crash occurred as the helicopter was landing in the western town of Bouar and also resulted in one injury, MINUSCA chief Mankeur Ndiaye wrote in a tweet.
ALSO READ: UN condemns murder of aid worker in Borno
MINUSCA has more than 12,000 uniformed personnel trying to restore stability to the Central African Republic (CAR), where mainly Muslim Selaka rebels overthrew the president in 2013, prompting reprisals from mostly Christian militia, Reuters reported.
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target=_blank>Five things you may not know about Tacha of BBNaija
Tacha of Big Brother Naija was disqualified on Friday night following physical violence she indulged into with a fellow housemate, Mercy on Friday morning, 27 September.
According to Pulse.ng the spunky 23-year-old Rivers State native lives her life like her favourite musician Cardi B does; “Do no harm but take no mess”. Talented at making strategic money moves,
Here are five things you may know about Tacha
Her full name is Anita Natacha Akide but popularly known as Symply Tacha
She was born on 23rd December, 1995 (23 years)
BREAKING: Tacha disqualified from BBNaija for physical violence
She is a graduate of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education in Rumuolumeni Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
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VIDEO: Why I stopped being Fatoyinbo’s spiritual father 5 years ago ? Pastor Oset
Emmanuel Oset, Presiding pastor of Champions’ Church, Ilorin has opened up on why he ‘disowned’ one-time spiritual son, Biodun Fatoyinbo, Presiding Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) some five years ago.
Pastor Oset narrated how he tried to get Fatoyinbo’s reaction when a similar rape case to Busola Dakolo’s rented the air on August 2013. He stated that getting him was not quite easy, but “I eventually got him through his pastor in Ilorin.
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