Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Saturday 4th January 2020
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China replaces top Hong Kong representative after months of unrest
China replaced its top representative in Hong Kong on Saturday in a major reshuffle for the semi-autonomous Chinese city following six months of political unrest. Luo Huining, the former Communist Party Secretary of Shanxi Province, will replace the outgoing Wang Zhimin as the head of the Hong Kong Liaison Office, according to the state-run Xinhua
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How Trump made decision to kill Soleimani
When President Donald Trump’s national security team came to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday, they weren’t expecting him to approve an operation to kill General Qassem Soleimani. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defence Secretary Mark Esper, and General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had gone to Palm Beach, Florida,
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Kebbi: N500,000 in federal loans disbursed to 50 women
Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin Kebbi The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) Kebbi State has disbursed N500,000 loans to 50 women in the state as a measure to empower them on their various entrepreneurship. The Kebbi State Coordinator, Alhaji Abdullahi Danjuma Machina, who represented the Director-General of the NDE, Dr Nasiru Mohammed Ladan, while disbursing the loans
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Militaries suspend training of Iraqi forces after U.S. strike
Members of the coalition fighting the Islamic State are suspending the training of Iraqi security forces as fears of a new conflict rise following the U.S. drone strike on a top Iranian commander. The U.S.-led international coalition combating Islamic State made the decision, the German deployment command told ombudsmen on the defense committee in the
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Iraq holds massive funeral for top Iranian general Soleimani
Thousands of Iraqis, including senior politicians, attended the funeral of a top Iranian general and Iraqi militiamen in Baghdad on Saturday, following a U.S. airstrike that sharply escalated tensions across the region. The attack near Baghdad airport killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, the deputy head of Iraq’s
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NAF neutralises scores of insurgents in Sambisa Forest
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has neutralised scores of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) in the Sambisa Forest area of Borno. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibukunle Daramola, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said the operation
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Alumni group partners with Enugu Govt, donates e-library
Felix Ikem, Nsukka Worried by the declining quality of education in Nigeria, Saint Teresa Old Boys Association, (STOBA), 1994 set, has donated an e-library to their alma mater. Speaking to Sunday Sun during their annual conference held in Nsukka on Saturday, the Chairman, Board of Trustee of the group, Mr Nicodemus Ugwu, said that “it
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Niger Police Command recovers N16.6 million from crime suspects in 2019
John Adams, Minna The Niger State Police Command says it recovered over N16.6 million from different crime suspects across the state in 2019. The Command also said that no fewer than 213 suspected criminals involved in various crimes were arrested across the state within the same period. The state Commissioner of Police, Adamu Usman, who
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Police promote 19 Officers in Ondo
The Commissioner of Police in Ondo state, CP Undie Adie, on Friday decorated 19 newly promoted officers in the state. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that two Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) were promoted to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) while 17 Superintendent of Police (SP) were promoted to CSP. Adie charged the promoted
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E2%80%AAwe-killed-soleimani-to-stop-a-war-trump%E2%80%AC/ ?We killed Soleimani to stop a war — Trump?
President Donald Trump on Friday said the United States killed top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani to stop a war. Addressing newsmen in Florida, Trump alleged that Soleimani was “plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel, but we caught him in the act and terminated him”. Blaming Soleimani for the death
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Alarms raised in China as pneumonia outbreak infects dozens
China’s health authorities are trying to identify what is causing an outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan, officials said, as the number of its cases rose to 44 and Singapore said it would screen arrivals at the airport from there. Authorities this week said they were investigating 27 cases of infection after rumours on social media suggested the outbreak could be linked to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it was aware of the reports on Friday, and was monitoring the situation.…
Australian PM calls up 3,000 military reserves to tackle bushfire crisis
Australia’s prime minister called up about 3,000 reservists as the threat of wildfires escalated Saturday in at least three states with two more deaths, and strong winds and high temperatures were forecast to bring flames to populated areas including the suburbs of Sydney. Scott Morrison said 23 deaths have been confirmed so far this summer, including the two in a blaze on a highway on Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia. “We are facing another extremely difficult next 24 hours,” he told a televised news conference. “In recent…
Monfils secures France’s first victory at new ATP Cup
Gael Monfils secured France’s first victory at the ATP Cup, rallying from a break down in the second set and saving three breakpoints as he served for the match in a 6-3, 7-5 win over Cristian Garin. Benoite Paire opened the Group A encounter against Chile with a 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3 win over Nicolas Jarry and Monfils clinched the best-of-three match encounter ahead of the doubles on Saturday in Brisbane. Novak Djokovic’s Serbia team takes on Kevin Anderson’s South Africans in the night match at Brisbane’s Pat Rafter Arena.…
PLASTIC WASTES Silently killing Nigerians by installment (2)
YEKEEN AKINWALE N392m recycling plants in ruins –Investigation Plastic wastes, which have been found to contain a chemical substance, dioxin, appear to be killing Nigerians in piecemeal. YEKEEN AKINWALE, who was in Kano, Lagos and Aba, where human scavengers eke out a living from dumpsites, concludes the series As more and more pet bottles and other forms of plastic waste are finding their way into gutters, waterways and rivers in Kano – often time clogging the waterways and causing flooding, the state government struggles with no…
I don’t follow trends –Makoji
Rose Eleojo Makoji is a certified environmentalist that found pleasure in fashion designing. The award-winning employee of CNDaniels Couture speaks with DEBORAH OCHENI about her fashion philosophy, outfits that will trend in 2020 and sundry issues Why did you drop your certificate as an environmentalist for fashion designing? I was smart enough to know that I don’t need only certificate to survive in life but that is not to say the certificate is not useful. I have admired fashion designing right from when I was much younger. …
Osimhen must think twice before a move –Lawal
…rates football high in 2019 Ex-international, Garba Lawal, has advised Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, to think twice before making a move to a new club as the winter transfer approaches. Osimhen has been linked with several clubs with Liverpool the recent club to have shown interest in signing the former junior international. Speaking with our correspondent, Lawal said the player should consider the oppositions where he was going and see if he could fit into the team. It was reported that English Premier League champions-in-waiting Liverpool have…
LMC improve on festive period games
It was a great moment seeing the Nigeria Professional Football League taking centre stage during the festive period, something that never happened in recent years since the coming of the League Management Company. It was common thing for the league to go on break after festive period, be it the Christmas, New Year, the Eid-Fitril, Eid-Kabir and the Easter period, however, it was different this time around as games were played the weekend after Christmas and matches expected to be played on Sunday, January 5. However, the LMC must…
DSS arrests man over fake video of Buhari’s engagement to two ministers
…suspect claims membership of Kano political movement Emmanuel Onani Abuja The Department of State Services (DSS), has arrested the initiator of the fake video of President Muhammadu Buhari’s engagement to two female ministers in his cabinet. The graphic video, which enjoyed wide circulation on social media sometime in October 2019, showed the president purportedly engaging the Ministers of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zaibab Ahmed; and that of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Ms. Sadiya Umar Farouq. Saturday Telegraph recalls that the development…
X-raying Obaseki’s battles ahead of Edo guber race
X-raying Obaseki’s guber battles Ahead of the governorship election in Edo State, CAJETAN MMUTA x-rays the political tussle between Governor Godwin Obaseki and his estranged godfather, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, as the final battle nears. Can Governor Godwin Obaseki overcome the landmines placed on his way to Osadebay Avenue? This is the most potent question on the lips of every Edo indigene today as the battle for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) thickens. For Obaseki, the stage is set and there are signs of what…
I’m not in hurry to withdraw troops in troubled spots –Buhari
Anule Emmanuel Abuja P resident Muhammadu Buhari has declared that his government is not a hurry to withdraw military personnel operating in troubled spots across the country. Chief of Naval Staff Vice Marshall Ibok Ekwe-Ibas has announced recently after a security meeting with President Buhari that beginning second quarter 2020, the military will be withdrawn in less volatile internal areas of security challenge. In a statement yesterday by the Senior Special Assistant on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, the President reassured Nigerians that withdrawal of the military…
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