Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Friday 10th January 2020
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Arts and Craft Village: Powerful interests after me – Runsewe
Aidoghie Paulinus, Abuja The Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, has said he is being persecuted for not allowing some forces to take over the Arts and Craft Village, Abuja. Runsewe also said his tenacity to ensure that the Arts and Craft village was not taken over by
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Fish out recent Plateau killers Gyang, Maren task security agencies
Gyang Bere, Jos The Deputy Chairman Senate Committee on Defense and senator representing Plateau North, Barr Istifanus Gyang and member representing Mangu/Bokkos in the House of Representatives, Hon. Solomon Maren have urged security agencies to finish out those responsible for the killing of 13 persons in Kulben village in Kombun District of Mangu Local
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Breaking News: Chukwuemeka Ike is dead
First generation Nigerian novelist and traditional ruler of Ndikelionwu community in Orumba, Anambra State, Eze Chukwuemeka Ike, (the Ikelionwu IX) has died, aged 89. Born on 28th April, 1931, the famous writer died yesterday morning, Thursday, December 9, 2020, at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital , Nnewi, after a brief illness. In the Literary world,
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Tambuwal directs payment of N30,000 new minimum wage from January
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has directed that the new minimum wage of N30,000 be paid to the state civil servants from January 2020. He also ordered for the immediate verification of personnel to possibly weed out gost workers on the pay roll. The governor gave the directives when he received the report of
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Man,32, docked for allegedly stealing 2 boxers from ShopRite
A 32-year-old man, Olayinka Adeyemi, who allegedly stole two male boxers’ valued N1,500 from the Alausa branch of ShopRite Supermarkets, on Friday appeared at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The defendant, also a cleaner, of No.12, Unity Road, Aboru near Ipaja, Lagos State , is being tried for conspiracy, stealing and unlawful possession of live
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Army denies threat of mutiny by soldiers in Yobe
Molly Kilete, Abuja The Nigerian Army has described news making the rounds that its troops in Yobe State fighting the counter-insurgency war have abandon their duty post due to neglect by the authorities as fake. The Nigerian Army said the fake news was the handiwork of the both Boko Haram terrorists, ISWAP, and their collaborators
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7 human skeletons found in woman’s house in Vietnam
Authorities in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region have discovered seven skeletons inside a woman’s home, state media said on Friday. The case came to light on Thursday when Dinh Van Phong, a resident in Tay Ninh province, told authorities that he found two human skeletons wrapped in a cloth bag beneath a shallow pond behind his
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Doctors decry assault on health workers by patients’ relatives
Dr Roland Aigbovo, the President of FCT Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), has decried heightened assault and threat to life of medical doctors by relations of patients in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Aigbovo in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said that a female doctor at the Maitama District Hospital, FCT, was recently assaulted
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Teenager remanded for stabbing man to death
A 17-year-old teenager, who allegedly stabbed a man to death with an iron rod, has been remanded by an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Adeola Adedayo, did not take the teenager’s plea on Friday but ordered that the defendant should be kept at the Special Correctional Centre for Boys,
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Ohanaeze lauds ‘Operation Amotekun,’ maintains Fulani herdsmen licenced to kill without arrest
Magnus Eze, Enugu The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has alleged that Fulani herdsmen were licenced to mindlessly kill innocent people without being arrested and prosecuted. It also accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of running ethnic-controlled armed forces bent on satisfying the desire for ethnic hegemony. Reacting to the recent launch of Operation Amotekun, a regional security
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Suspected Islamists kill 25 soldiers in Niger
At least 25 soldiers have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack on a military camp along the western border with Mali, Niger’s army says. More than 60 militants were also killed when the army – supported by partners – responded with air power, it says. Last month, 71 soldiers were killed in an ambush claimed by an affiliate of the Islamic State group in the region. Along with its neighbours, Niger has been hit by an upsurge of violence by Islamist militants in West Africa, reports the BBC.…
Suspected Fulani militants kill two people in fresh Benue village attack
From: Cephas Iorhemen, Makurdi Gunmen believed to be Fulani herdsmen, armed with sophisticated weapons on Friday invaded Logo Local Government Area of Benue State killing at least two persons. A resident of Anyiin, headquarters of the local government who simply identified himself as Mr. Mngutor, told New Telegraph that the suspected Fulani militants, who were said to be many, blocked the road along Anyiin-Kente and Tseke-Wukari road in the dusk hours and killed one Mr. Emmanuel Torkule and his friend and collected five motorcycles from other victims whose whereabouts reports…
French League Cup: Osimhen’s Lille avoid PSG, to face Lyon in semis
Victor Osimhen’s Lille have been drawn to face Olympique Lyon in the semi-final of the French League Cup. The draw which was held on Thursday night, will see Lyon host the game billed for 21 or 22 January 21 or 22. In the other semi-final, Reim will welcome Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain. Lille will be hoping to make it a second final appearance in the League Cup. Their only appearance in the final was in 2016 when they lost 2-1 to Paris Saint-Germain. Lyon last played in the final…
Florida man charged with threatening to kill Trump to avenge Soleimani
A Florida security guard is accused of threatening to kill President Trump in retaliation for a U.S. airstrike that killed Iran’s top military general last Friday. Chauncy Lump, 26, from the Fort Lauderdale area, faces federal charges of threatening to kill the president and remained jailed Thursday with bond set at $100,000, according to court documents filed Wednesday by the Secret Service. Agent Lucas White wrote that shortly after Trump announced last week that a U.S. airstrike had killed Qassem Soleimani in Iraq in retaliation for plotting numerous terrorist attacks,…
Gunman kills three, including boy, in bloodbath during shopping mall robbery
A gunman opened fire during a terrifying armed robbery in a shopping mall in Thailand killing three people including a young boy. Five people, a tourist amongst them, were also seriously hurt in the shooting in Lopburi and police are hunting the gunman, reports mirror.co.uk. Terrifying footage shows the moment the armed robber entered the Robinson’s store before opening fire on the shoppers inside. Among them was a two-year-old boy who was walking hand-in-hand with his mother when the the incident took place. The distraught woman was seen by witnesses…
US Democrats to press for impeachment witnesses throughout trial
U.S. Democrats on Thursday vowed to keep fighting to hear witnesses at President Donald Trump’s pending impeachment trial in the Republican-controlled Senate, even as their drive to exact a guarantee ahead of the proceedings appeared futile. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said he will press Republicans to accept four witnesses, including John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser, even if the Senate rejects testimony at the start of the trial to determine whether Trump should be convicted of abusing his power and obstructing Congress over Ukraine. “Those votes at the…
Williams, Wozniacki reach Auckland semifinals
Top-seed Serena Williams struggled with a swirling breeze before beating Germany’s Laura Siegemund 6-4, 6-3 Friday to reach the semifinals of the ASB Classic. As was the case with her three-set win over Christina McHale in the second round, Williams was never fully in control of the match. She came from a break down in the second set to win in just under 90 minutes. But she was able to step up at crucial times. Williams had five break point chances and converted three. Siegemund had seven and converted one,…
House passes measure seeking to limit Trump’s military actions against Iran
The House adopted a war powers resolution Thursday with the aim of limiting President Donald Trump’s military actions against Iran. The adoption of the measure on a largely party-line vote of 224-194 came amid heightened tension between the two countries after the United States killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Iran retaliated with a ballistic missile attack against Iraqi air bases housing U.S. forces. Republicans Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Matt Gaetz and Francis Rooney, both of Florida, voted for the measure, while eight Democrats voted against it: Joe…
Rape: I deserve to die, says suspect
She would have wished to live to tell her story, also thank God for surviving it, unfortunately she couldn’t. UCHENNA INYA reports on the tragic end of 56 year old Mrs. Mary Okereke, a native of Ugwulangwu in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State who was raped to death by a a0-year-old herder, Isa Laulo, which rattled her community T he night was very dark and Mrs. Mary Okereke Arisi was moving along Ugwulangwu road alone, it was already 7: pm. Isa, a 20 year…
Nigerians to pay more as Saudi alters Hajj fares dynamism
Riyadh adds insurance, sacrificial lamps’ fee to e-Hajj payments REVIEW Hajj affairs analyst, Ibrahim Muhammed, underscores implications of Saudi’s new policy to Hajj fares Adeola Yusuf N igerians who are billed for the 2020 Hajj operations may pay more as Saudi alters fares dynamism for the rites. Riyadh, checks by this newspaper showed, had through a new policy, added insurance fee and sacrificial lamps fee to its e-Hajj payments for intending pilgrims. Stating that the new hajj policy introduced by Saudi Arabia Ministry of…
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