Nigeria news today headlines : Saturday 18th January 2020
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Tokyo Olympics: Home-Based Athletes To Train In Europe
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, said that home-based athletes who will represent Nigeria in this year’s Olympics in Tokyo would be camped in Europe to prepare for the Games. The minister disclosed this while speaking to newsmen on Nigeria’s preparations for the Olympics. He said that the foreign based athletes will
South African Airways Director Kingston Quits
Martin Kingston resigned as a director of South African Airways on Friday as the state-owned airline’s administrator scrambles for cash to keep it going. “There is no need for me to be on the board given the appointment of the Business Rescue Practioners,” Kingston, the executive chairman of Rothschild & Co.’s South African unit, said
Jamaica On Track For Successful Regional Platform
Jamaica is on track for a successful hosting of the Seventh Regional Platform (RP20) for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean in July 2020. This is the word from Chief of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, Raul Salazar. Speaking with
Kenyans Hold Protest Against Inequality
Kenyan citizens on Friday took to the streets of the capital Nairobi against inequality in the country. Traffic along the busy Uhuru Highway came to a standstill as the placards-holding protesters marched. The marchers were protesting against inequality in income, education, unemployment rates, gender-based bias, healthcare and access to clean water for drinking among many
Sri Lanka Lifts Ban On Drones
Sri Lanka’s Civil Aviation Authority, on Friday, said it lifted a ban imposed on drones within the island country, local media reports said. The CAA, in a statement, said drones can now be operated in conformity with civil aviation regulations. The CAA suspended the operation of all pilotless aircraft, including drones last May, soon after
IMF Says Investment Programme In Crisis
Hundreds of mismanaged infrastructure projects have stalled in Kenya and it will cost around $10 billion to revive them, the IMF said in a report whose findings point to a growing power struggle at the heart of government. Amid mounting public anger over ballooning state debt and a series of graft scandals, President Uhuru Kenyatta
Debt Office Says Nigeria To Talk To Concessionary Lenders About $2.8 Bln Borrowing
Nigeria plans to talk to concessionary lenders about 850 billion naira ($2.8 billion) in external borrowings earmarked in its 2020 budget, the head of the debt office said on Friday. “The 850 billion naira does not mean Eurobonds. We will still talk with concessionary lenders,” Debt Management Office Director General Patience Oniha told reporters. Nigeria
France Deploys Radar System In Saudi Arabia To ‘Reassure’ Kingdom
France has deployed a radar system on the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia to beef up its ally’s defences after missile attacks on the kingdom’s oil infrastructure in September, French officials said. Paris has blamed Iran for carrying out the drone and missile attack, which crippled the world’s biggest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia,
Erdogan Says Turkey Starting Troop Deployment To Libya
Turkey is beginning to send troops into Libya in support of the internationally recognised government in Tripoli, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, days before a summit in Berlin which will address the Libyan conflict. Last week, Turkey and Russia urged Libya’s warring parties to declare a ceasefire. However, despite talks in Moscow aimed at
ScavengerArraigned Over Alleged Theft Of Generator
A 55-year-old Scavenger, Ubong Akpabio, was on Friday brought before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over alleged theft of generator valued N25,000. The defendant, who has no fixed address is facing a count charge of stealing. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Godwin Oriabure, told the court that the
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