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Why North should retain Presidency for another 4 years after Buhari – Sen. Owie
Tony Osauzo, Benin Former Senate Chief Whip, Senator Roland Owie, has brought a new dimension to the debate over which part of the country should produce the next President when President Muhammadu Buhari finishes his second term in 2023, saying that power should remain in the North at least for another four years to
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Gunmen abduct two women in Bwari, demand N10 million ransom
Molly Kilete, Abuja The kidnappers who abducted two women at Tokolo, Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are demanding N10 million in ransom for their release. The kidnappers, numbering over fifteen, had reportedly mounted a roadblock on New Year’s Day where they kidnapped the two women who were travelling to Tokolo village,
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AIB commences investigation on Turkish Airlines accident in P/Harcourt
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has started investigation into an incident involving an A330-300 aircraft, with registration number TC-LOL, operated by the Turkish Airlines. The General Manager, Public Affairs, AIB, Mr Tunji Oketunbi, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday. The statement noted that the bureau was notified that at about
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Ile Arugbo: Allow court to do justice, former Speaker urges Saraki loyalists
Layi Olanrewaju, Ilorin The immediate past Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr Ali Ahmad, has appealed to Kwarans and loyalists of late Abubakar Olusola Saraki to maintain peace and keep calm on the demolition of Ile Arugbo, the family property of the Sarakis, saying the court of law will do justice to the
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DPR blames Kaduna gas explosion on illegal transfer of LPG to cylinders
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says preliminary investigations have revealed that the Kaduna gas explosion was caused by illegal decanting (transfer) of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) into another cylinder by operators of the facility. DPR Head, Public Affairs Mr Paul Osu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. “In line with our
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Imo records zero casualty during yuletide – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said there was no casualty recorded in Imo during the yuletide. Mr Evans Ugoh, NEMA Head of Imo/Abia operations, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Owerri. According to him, the milestone was achieved through diligent collaboration among disaster stakeholders. He
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Our role in Ile Arugbo demolition – Kwara Police
Layi Olanrewaju, Ilorin The Kwara State Police Command has denied taking an “active part in demolition and use of tear gas and live ammunition on protesters” during the demolition of Ile Arugbo (‘home of the aged’), a property owned by the family of Senator Bukola Saraki, in Ilorin. The Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, DSP
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Trump vows to hit 52 Iranian targets if Iran retaliates after drone strike
Trump vows to hit 52 Iranian targets if Iran retaliates after drone strike Baghdad and Washington, Jan. 5, 2020 (Reuters/NAN) U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites “very hard” if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia
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C/River Govt. assures on tacking ecological challenges
The Cross River Government has reiterated its commitment towards addressing ecological challenges in the state. Mr Mfon Bassey, the state’s Commissioner for Environment stated this on Sunday while inspecting some flood-prone areas in Bayside area of Calabar South Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Speaking to the residents, Bassey said government was ready to
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US-Iran Crisis: Iraq parliament to vote on expelling American troops from country
(Reuters) Iraqi lawmakers said they would use a special parliamentary session on Sunday to push for a vote on a resolution requiring the government to ask Washington to withdraw U.S. troops from the country. The session was called after a U.S. drone strike on Friday on a convoy at Baghdad airport that killed Iranian military
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Boko Haram kills soldier, injures 4 others in battles – Army
Emmanuel Onani, Abuja Suspected Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) have injured an unnamed Army officer and three soldiers in separate fierce encounters with troops, in Adamawa and Borno states, respectively. A soldier lost his life in one of the battles, even as many suspected terrorists were killed. The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, who made the disclosure in a statement Sunday, said an attempt by fighters to infiltrate Michika town in Adamawa State, was repelled by troops. According to him, the BHTs, who rode in gun trucks and…
Kano: Hisbah officials arrest 50 suspected homosexuals
From Muhammad Kabir, Kano Hisbah officials in Kano have busted a commemoration party allegedly organised by homosexuals. The Sharia Law enforcement operatives invaded a compound located at Sabuwar-Gandu quarters in Kano metropolis, where the suspected homosexuals were apprehended, prior to the commencement of the planned event. Our Correspondent learnt that the organisers of the party were new grandaunts who planned the grove to commemorate their graduation from a tertiary institution. Each of them was said to have invited their same s** partners to the event. A senior Hisbah commander, Mallam…
JUST IN: PDP slams Buhari over medical treatment abroad comments
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday criticised President Muhammadu Buhari over his statement on medical treatment abroad. The opposition party asked Buhari to lead by example, stressing that he should make provisions for healthcare services in the country. On Friday, Buhari had said that Nigerians must stop going to UK, US and other foreign countries for medical treatments. Responding to this in a statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP described Buhari’s comments, as self-indicting and raising public apprehensions on high-level deceits in governance.…
Netanyahu, in apparent stumble, calls Israel ‘nuclear power’
In an apparent slip of the tongue on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Israel as a nuclear power before correcting himself with a bashful nod and an embarrassed smile. Israel is widely believed to have an atomic arsenal but has never confirmed or denied that it has nuclear weapons, maintaining a so-called policy of ambiguity on the issue for decades. Netanyahu stumbled at the weekly cabinet meeting while reading in Hebrew prepared remarks on a deal with Greece and Cyprus on a subsea gas pipeline, reports Reuters. “The significance…
Adamawa attack: CAN Chairman still missing, says District Head
The District Head of Michika in Adamawa State, Mr Ngida Zakawa, has said that the Michika branch Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Mr Lawan Andimi, is still missing after he was last seen boarding an unidentified van on Thursday. The district head made this known to a delegation of Adamawa Government led by the Deputy Governor, Chief Crowther Seth, on Saturday, during a visit to sympathise with the people over Thursday night attack by insurgents. Also, the Village Head of Kopa in Madagali Local Government, Lawan Luka,…
JUST IN: US military confirms terror attack on US base in Kenya
The U.S. military has confirmed to ABC News that there has been a terror attack on a military base in Kenya that houses some U.S. military personnel. The Somali terror group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack that Kenyan authorities said had been repelled with four militants killed in the fighting. “U.S. Africa Command acknowledges there was an attack at Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya and is monitoring the situation,” said a spokesperson for U.S. Africa Command in a statement provided to ABC News. “As facts and details emerge, we…
Lack of funds delaying population census – NPC official
*No substantive head to push case for enumeration exercise *Owes over N70 billion in unpaid rents Johnson Ayantunji Indications that Nigerians will have to wait for a little longer before another census is conducted have emerged with zero allocation for the enumeration exercise in the approved 2020 Budget, Sunday Telegraph has learnt. A senior official of the National Population Commission (NCP), who confided in the weekly, also said that enumeration is the last thing on the minds of the big guns of the Commission, as Acting Chairman Ms. Bimbola…
Soleimani funeral under way in Iran: All the latest updates
Funeral processions to honour Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran’s elite Quds Force who was killed in a US air strike in Baghdad, have begun in the Iranian city of Ahvaz early on Sunday, hours after his remains arrived from Iraq. Soleimani was killed along with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF, or Hashd al-Shaabi), an Iran-backed umbrella organisation comprising several militias. Several other people were also killed in Friday’s attack. The move by the US has drawn worldwide condemnation from leaders and officials who fear…
Ancelotti: Klopp beat me to Liverpool job
Carlo Ancelotti has revealed he lost out to Jurgen Klopp in the race to become Liverpool manager in 2015, and admits the club’s owners made the right decision in picking the German. Following Brendan Rodgers’ sacking in October, 2015, Ancelotti held talks about succeeding him, before Liverpool opted to hire Klopp. Two months later, it was announced Ancelotti was to succeed Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich at the conclusion of the 2015/16 season reports Sky Sports. “It was after I left Real Madrid, I had a chat with the owner,”…
Qatar 2022: US cancels training camp over killing of Iranian general
The men’s US national team has called off plans to go to Qatar for a winter training camp following unrest in the Middle East, U.S. Soccer said on Friday. “Due to the developing situation in the region, U.S. Soccer has decided to postpone traveling to Qatar for the Men’s National Team’s scheduled January training camp,” U.S. Soccer said in a short statement. Iran’s clerical and military rulers have threatened revenge for an American air strike at Baghdad airport on Friday that killed Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards…
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