Latest News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 21st January 2020
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Tuesday 21st January 2020 .
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Joaquin Phoenix idolizes Heath Ledger as he wins at SAG Awards
When Joaquin Phoenix picked up the SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for “Joker” on Sunday, the 45-year-old actor spent his entire acceptance speech complimenting his fellow nominees. Discussing Leonardo DiCaprio, he hilariously recounted that when he was auditioning as a young actor he would always lose outRead More
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5 killed as pipeline fire razes homes, vehicles in Lagos
Tragedy struck late Sunday night, when yet to be identified under aged girl, her mother and three men were burnt to death following raging fire from a vandalised petroleum pipeline of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, at Ile-Epo, Ekoro, Abule -Egba, Oke Odo Local Government Area, inward Baruwa, Alimosho area of Lagos State. About 150 residents were displaced, as 39 vehicles and 30 buildings were affected by the inferno.
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Trump rejects impeachment charges as an affront to U.S. Constitution
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday rejected the Democratic-led House of Representatives’ impeachment charges, describing the allegations that he had abused his power and obstructed Congress as affronts to the U.S. Constitution that must be rejected. “The Senate should speedily reject these deficient articles of impeachment and acquit the president,” an executive summary of theRead More
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Amaechi inspects Lagos-Ibadan rail project
Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday, embarked on routine tour/inspection of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project. Amaechi was accompanied on the inspection by the Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde. The minister noted that a large chunk of the rail line was in Oyo State. The inspection kicked off from the Railway Mega StationRead More
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E2%80%95-ex-speaker/ 3-hour documentary on Oshiomhole’s `dark side’ out Jan 30 ? Ex-speaker
The immediate past speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Alhaji Kabiru Adjoto, said on Monday he is set to release a three-hour documentary, “exposing the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole’s dark waters.’’ But the Oshiomhole camp said the former Edo governor has done no wrong. Speaking in anRead More
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Residents in Edo North applaud Obaseki’s Health Improvement Programme
With the Edo Health Improvement Programme (Edo-HIP) poised to improve the general wellbeing of Edo people, residents across the state have lauded the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration’s investment in attaining universal health coverage in the state, especially with the extensive work on Primary Healthcare Centres in rural communities. Commending the governor, residents and health workersRead More
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My resolve to survive enabled me beat breast cancer, says Atinuke Lawal
The fight against cancer is often unpredictable. Some people live to tell the story, others are not so privileged. One of those that survived is Atinuke Lawal. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014, it was as if her life had ended.
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NSCDC arrests 2 for allegedly vandalising transformer in Jigawa
The Jigawa Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) said it has arrested two suspects for allegedly vandalising a 150 KVA electricity transformer. Adamu Shehu, the spokesman of the command, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Monday that the suspects (names withheld), were arrested in Birnin Kudu Local GovernmentRead More
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We didn’t conduct in-depth probe into Maina’s case, EFCC witness
An EFCC Operative, Mohammed Goji, on Monday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that the commission did not conduct a thorough investigation into the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT) headed by Abdulrasheed Maina to unravel members of the team drawn from other ministries, departments or agencies (MDAs) of government. Goji, a member of theRead More
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Tambuwal attributes Supreme Court’s victory to God, people of Sokoto
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has said that his success at the Supreme Court on Monday is as a result of divine intervention and intense prayers by the people of the state for Allah to help them in protecting their mandate. Tambuwal spoke at a special prayer session inside the Government House mosqueRead More
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