Latest News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 15th January 2020
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Wednesday 15th January 2020 .
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El-Zakzaky: Your day of reckoning at hand, Shi’ites tell el-Rufai
By Luminous Jannamike – Abuja Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, otherwise known as Shi’ites has rebuked Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai over the continuous detention of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife in a Kaduna Correctional Centre. In a press release on Sunday, the group’s spokesman Ibrahim Musa slammedRead More
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Pressure on Pepe, Lacazette with Aubameyang suspended, says Arteta
The pressure is on record signing Nicolas Pepe and Alexandre Lacazette to score goals with Arsenal’s leading scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang suspended for three matches, according to manager Mikel Arteta. Aubameyang took his tally to 16 goals in all competitions this season in the 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace on Saturday but was also sent off,Read More
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Today In History: Tafawa Balewa, Ahmadu Bello, Okotie-Eboh assassinated in Nigeria’s first military coup
A military coup deposed the government of the First Republic. Tafawa Balewa, Premier of Northern Nigeria Ahmadu Bello, and Finance Minister Festus Okotie-Eboh were assassinated. 1966 The First Nigerian Republic is overthrown in a military coup d’etat 1966 Kaduna Nzeogwu and Emmanuel Ifeajuna lead a coup d’état in Nigeria, the Prime Minister of Nigeria andRead More
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How to make it in Bollywood, or die trying
It took a minute for Malhaar Rathod, then an aspiring teenage actress, to realise what the 65-year-old Indian film producer was asking her to do — and to make the decision to walk away. “He claimed he had a part for me and then asked me to lift my top. I got so scared, IRead More
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E2%80%95-abiodun/ Soldiers who died in service are martyrs ? Abiodun
James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, Sunday, said those military officers who died in active service should be regarded as martyrs. He enjoined the people of the state not to wait until the next Remembrance Day to support wives and families of fallen soldiers. Like the early Christians, who diedRead More
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Senegal’s remote cannabis growers evade crackdown
Most Senegalese farmers sell peanuts and vegetables, but in one hamlet lost in a mangrove swamp in the West African country’s south, only one crop is commercially viable — cannabis. Kouba, a village deep in the mangroves of Casmance and inaccessible by road, teems with caiman crocodiles and rare birds. Locals say no police officerRead More
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Olomu Traditional Council put off Ohworode 103 years birthday
The Olomu Traditional Council has called off events to celebrate the 103 years birthday/32nd Coronation anniversary of the Ohworode of Olomu Kingdom slated for 18 and 19 January 2020 owing to the Wednesday evening murder of Mr Paul Onomuakpokpo, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olomu Ward 1 in Ughelli South Local Government AreaRead More
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Amotekun: Hunters want personnel to meet for easy identification
Ola Ajayi – Ibadan As six governors in the South-West zone of the country launched a joint security outfit tagged Western Nigeria Security Network (Operation Amotekun) last Thursday, the Soludero Hunters’ Association has called on the initiators to organise a parley where all the personnel would meet to identify themselves. Speaking through its National President,Read More
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E2%80%95ogun-govt/ Expect our position on Prof Sidi Osho eligibility soon ?Ogun Govt
James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta Following series of reactions that trailed the appointment of Prof Sidi Osho by the Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun and her purported clearance by the Ogun State House of Assembly, as a commissioner, the State government has said it will soon make public its stands on her eligibility. Speaking toRead More
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Shock waves, as Supreme Court sacks Ihedioha in Imo
ABUJA—The Supreme Court, yesterday, sacked Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State and declared Senator Hope Uzodinma of All Progressives Congress, APC, valid winner of the governorship election that held in the state on March 9, 2019.
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