Nigeria news today headlines : Friday 22nd November 2019
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Impeachment Drama Stoked As Trump-Blocked Witnesses Loom Larger
Gordon Sondland testified that “everyone was in the loop” about his months-long push for a quid pro quo from Ukraine. Democrats must now decide if they’ve gathered enough evidence to justify impeaching President Donald Trump quickly or press for more. In more than six hours of testimony on Wednesday, the hotelier-turned-envoy to the European Union
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Pakistan Rejects Indian Tourism Plans In Siachen
pakistan on Thursday said the Siachen area, the world’s highest battlefield, was a disputed territory and could not be opened for tourism by India. Responding to media reports that India was starting tourism in the Siachen area, Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Muhammad Faisal said, “India forcibly occupied Siachen Glacier and it is a disputed area.
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China’s Unruly Periphery Resents Communist Party’s Heavy Hand
Afew days ago hundreds of young people, some teenagers, turned the redbrick campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University into a fortress. Clad in black, their faces masked in black too, most of them remained defiant as they came under siege. Police shot rubber bullets and jets of blue-dyed water at them. Defenders crouched over
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Jeremy Corbyn Accused Of Playing Up Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Jewishness’
UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn is being accused of playing up Jeffrey Epstein’s “Jewishness” after mispronouncing the dead pedophile’s name during an election debate. Corbyn’s on-air flub came Tuesday when he was asked about Prince Andrew’s disastrous interview about his ties to Epstein, who committed suicide in August while awaiting trial on s** trafficking charges.
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CRC@30: Artistes Unite With UNICEF, Call For Respect Of Child’s Rights
Lagos – Nigerian artistes on Wednesday joined in the commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child worldwide with the release of a song entitled, “For Every Child.” The artistes, among whom were Niniola, TuBaba, Chidinma, Timi Dakolo, Umar M. Sheriff and Cobhams Asuquo, sang for the children calling
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Judge Temporarily Stops 1st Federal Execution In 16 Years
A federal judge has temporarily halted the first federal execution in 16 years as a lawsuit on how the government intends to carry it out continues. U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutka said in a Wednesday evening ruling that the public is not served by “short-circuiting” legitimate judicial process. “It is greatly served by attempting
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Hundreds Of Chile Protesters Suffer ‘Severe Eye Trauma’
Brandon Gonzalez marched with a group of protesters down the main artery of this Andean capital on 28 October when riot police barricading the way to the presidential palace opened fire with tear gas and hardened rubber bullets. Mr Gonzalez, who had come from his hospital job equipped with bandages and gauze to treat injured
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Ilaje Holds Development Summit Nov 23
The illustrious sons and daughters of Ilaje land and Ondo state will converge in Akure on November 23, 2019 for the inaugural Ilaje Development Summit. The Ondo State Governor HE Rotimi Akeredolu SAN is the Special Guest of Honour and keynote speaker at the summit. The summit is organized by Ilaje Development Summit Group (IDSG),
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Alleged Illegal Detention: Mompha Drags EFCC To Court, Demands N5m Damages
LAGOS – Ismaila Mustapha, a businessman, has instituted a fundamental rights enforcement suit before a Lagos State High Court against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for detaining him beyond the constitutionally stipulated days. Ismaila popularly called Morphe, in the suit filed by his lawyers, who include Mr. Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), Ademola Adefolaju, Kolawole
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16 People Found In Sealed Trailer On Ferry From France To Ireland
16 people have been found in a sealed trailer on a ferry sailing from France to Ireland. The group, who are in good health, were discovered on the Stena Line crossing from Cherbourg to Rosslare on Thursday. In a statement, the ferry operator said the people had been moved to a private passenger lounge on
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