Latest News in Nigeria Today Sunday 6th October 2019
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target=_blank>OCTOBER 1 MURDER: Heartless people took my joy away
Where will I start from? What will I do? Who do I call and tell my problems to? This world is wicked o! Why my son? They have taken my joy away. Heartless people took my joy away. Those who killed you will not see joy. Tears will continue to be their portion”.
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target=_blank>Wesley strikes twice as Villa rout Norwich
Brazilian striker Wesley scored twice and missed a penalty as Aston Villa thumped injury-hit Norwich City 5-1 at Carrow Road for their biggest Premier League away win in 11 years.
Jack Grealish, Conor Hourihane and Douglas Luiz completed the rout for Aston Villa, with Josip Drmic scoring a late consolation for injury-hit Norwich, who looked a shadow of the side who had beaten Manchester City in their previous home game.
Wesley, who doubled his Villa goal tally, was criticized for a slipshod performance against Burnley last weekend but justified manager Dean Smith’s faith with his first-half strikes.
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target=_blank>Tiwa Savage, MI Abaga, Patoranking to perform at grand finale of BBNaija
Nigerian afropop singer, Tiwa Savage, hip-hop recording artist MI Abaga and reggae-dancehalls singer Patoranking will perform at the grand finale of the ongoing Big Brother Nigeria (#BBNaija) reality show.
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target=_blank>3,406 MWH of electricity released to national grid
Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos), comprising gas-fired and hydro stations, said they released an average of 3,406 MegaWatts/Hour of electricity into the national grid on Friday.
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target=_blank>Oyetola seeks collaborative efforts to tackle Nigeria’s challenges
By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has stressed the need for a collaborative effort among stakeholders to tackle the myriad of challenges facing Nigeria.
Identifying five major issues as defining factors for Nigeria’s economic woes, including youth unemployment, poverty, corruption, weak institutions and insecurity, he said the challenges must be tackled for the country’s economy to be on good standing.
Providing lasting solution to the economic challenges confronting Nigeria, on Friday night at the 2019 Independence Dance of the Island Club, where he was honoured and inducted as member of the club, the governor said collaborative effort among the states, individuals, corporate bodies and federal government would be required to tackle the economic challenges in Nigeria.
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target=_blank>Industrialisation should take centre stage in Nigeria, says expert
An expert in international relations, Prof. David Aworawo, on Saturday called for rapid industrialisation of the Nigerian economy to boost its gross domestic product (GDP).
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target=_blank>Six elephants die trying to save each other in Thailand
Six elephants have fallen to their deaths in Thailand while trying to save each other from a notorious waterfall.
Officials said the incident occurred after a baby elephant slipped over the waterfall in central Thailand’s Khao Yai National Park.
Two other elephants were also found struggling on a cliff edge nearby, and have been moved by Thai authorities.
The waterfall, known as Haew Narok (Hell’s Fall), has a history of similar incidents.
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target=_blank>Cameroon’s military court frees opposition leader. Maurice Kamto from jail
A military court in Cameroon has freed opposition leader Maurice Kamto, who had been in prison for nine months and facing charges of insurrection.
His release, along with that of dozens of his supporters, comes as President Paul Biya is aiming to strike a more conciliatory tone.
Mr Kamto was detained after organising protests in January against the result of last year’s presidential election.
Key separatist commander killed in Cameroon’s troubled region
National dialogue aims to end separatist crisis in Cameroon
The president, in power for 37 years, is trying to quell a separatist revolt.
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target=_blank>BBNaija: Tiwa Savage, MI Abaga, Patoranking set to perform at grand finale
Nigerian Afropop singer, Tiwa Savage, hip-hop recording artist MI Abaga and reggae-dancehalls singer Patoranking will perform at the grand finale of the ongoing Big Brother Nigeria (#BBNaija) reality show.
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WAFU Cup: Super Eagles crash out, lose on penalties to Cape Verde
Nigeria’s Super Eagles team B on Saturday crashed out of the ongoing West African Football Union (WAFU) Cup of Nations in Senegal.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the team lost all their games so far in the tournament.
In Saturday’s encounter, the home-based Eagles lost 2-3 on penalties to Cape Verde, after the game ended 1-1 at regulation time in their classification match.
The Eagles failed to win a game in the competition having lost 2-1 to Togo in their opening game.
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