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Buhari appoints Salihijo Ahmad Rural Electrification Agency MD
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the appointment of Mr Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency. Special Adviser, Media and Communication to the Minister of Power, Mr Aaron Artimas, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Artimas said Ahmad,
I won’t demolish buildings for road expansion –Abiodun
Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has said the state government will not demolish any buildings as it embarks on road expansion in the state. Abiodun said this on Monday while inspecting Ikola-Navy-Osi-AIT road in the Ado-Odo/Otta Local Government Area of the state. The governor said the state government had decided to prioritise
Mexico arrests seven suspects in family massacre
Mexican authorities have arrested seven suspects in connection with last month’s massacre of nine Mormon women and children in the country’s north, the attorney general’s office said. A local police chief suspected of links to organized crime was among those taken into custody, according to local media. The victims — six of them children —
Five terror suspects arrested following raids in England
The British police arrested a total of five men in various parts of England on suspicion of terrorism on Monday. The arrests occurred in Manchester in the north-west, in Peterborough in eastern England and in London, police said. Several flats were searched. Some of the suspects, aged between 19 and 23, are accused of preparing
Interpol arrests Edo commissioner for alleged $2m laundering
Sola Shittu, Benin Operatives of Interpol have arrested the Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Tourism, Mr Osaze Osemwingie-Ero, for alleged money laundering just as the Edo State Government denied having anything to do with the arrest. Osemwingie-Ero was reportedly arrested and detained by INTERPOL in France in November for being in possession of
Facebook fined $1.65m by Brazil
Brazil on Monday fined Facebook $1.65 million for improperly sharing users’ data in a case linked to the global Cambridge Analytica scandal. Facebook engaged in an “abusive practice” by allowing data from 443,000 users in Brazil to be unduly available to developers of the application “This is Your Digital Life,” according to the Ministry of
At least 10 killed in Iran bus crash
At least 10 people were killed in Iran on Tuesday when the bus they were travelling in careened into a canyon west of Tehran, state news agency IRNA reported. “Ten people died in the incident and 11 were transferred to the nearest hospital,” emergency services spokesman Mojtaba Khaledi. The accident occurred at 5:00 am (0130
New Year: Hong Kong’s fireworks scrapped over safety concerns
New Year’s Eve midnight fireworks display, famously known for lighting up Hong Hong’s iconic skyline, has been cancelled amid safety concerns. After months of planning, the Hong Kong Tourism Board announced on Tuesday that it had made a last-minute decision to scrap the event and instead create a special New Year’s themed version of its
Borno Christians panic as Boko Haram increases attacks
Kayode Idowu, Maiduguri Fear has gripped Christian communities in Borno State as Boko Haram insurgents have continued to attack areas dominated by Christians in the state. For the past two weeks, attacks have been continually launched by the terrorist group on communities in the Askira-Uba Local Government Area of the state, which has a large
Wild leopard kills two-year-old boy in Nepal
A wild leopard has killed a two-year-old boy outside his home in a village in central Nepal, a local official said on Tuesday. The boy was left alone outside his home on Monday when the animal pounced on him, said Rudra Prasad Pangani, chief district officer of Tanahu district. READ ALSO: You risk being jailed, ex-AG
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