Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Wednesday 22nd January 2020
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Police foil B’Haram attack on Borno town
Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri Men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of Borno State Command have successfully repelled Boko Haram insurgents in a Borno town. Boko Haram operating in five 4-wheel drive vehicles painted in military colour, laid siege to Mainok, a community along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway on Tuesday afternoon, were intercepted by some SARS personnel. Some commuters
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LAGESC goes tough on pedestrians, crossing highways
As part of its efforts at ensuring the free flow of vehicular movement in the state, which is mostly hindered as a result of pedestrians crossing major highways where bridges are erected for usage, the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) has stepped up its operation to arrest the defiant crossing the highway indiscriminately. According
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Money rituals: Court convicts woman, herbalist, student, others with 11 human skulls, 29 bones in Kwara
LAYI OLANREWAJU, Ilorin A High Court, sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State has convicted one local herb seller (alagbo), herbalist/ritualist, student and four others for trafficking, selling, buying and possessing human parts for money ritual. The offence was reportedly committed in March 2017 in Ilorin. The convicts were found guilty of criminal conspiracy, trafficking, and possession of
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We are not recruiting-NAF alerts public
Molly Kilete, Abuja The Nigerian Air Force(NAF), has alerted the public over the activities of some criminals who are extorting money from unsuspecting Nigerians for recruitment into the NAF. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who made this known said the NAF is not conducting any recruitment exercise at
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VIDEO: Wild jubilation in front of Benue Govt. House following Ortom’s victory at S’Court
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Iran says to launch new home-made satellite
New Iranian satellite Zafar will be sent into orbit in a few weeks, the Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, announced on Wednesday. Jahromi said Zafar would be launched before Feb. 11, Tasnim news agency reported. “Two versions of Zafar have been manufactured so that if the first launch fails, the
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Ghana takes measures to prevent 2019-nCoV
Ghana on Wednesday introduced an enhanced health screening procedure for passengers coming into the country, Minister for Health Kwaku Agyeman-Manu announced. These measures were being introduced to prevent the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that has been noticed in other parts of the world. In a statement, the minister said an alert had been sent to 16
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How partisan schisms defined first full day of Trump impeachment trial
The U.S. Senate began the first substantive day of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Tuesday with partisan rancour over how the trial will proceed. In a lengthy debate that extended well past midnight, the Senate sparred over how the trial would be conducted as the Democrats proposed a flurry of amendments that
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Commission establishes shoe factory to empower displaced persons in Borno
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), has established a cottage shoe and an ICT center to fast track livelihood support for displaced persons in Borno. Mr Alkasim Abdulkadir, the Commission’s Head of Media and Communication Strategy disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Maiduguri. Abdulkadir said that the Federal
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Manager.40, docked for allegedly stealing computer equipment worth N15m
Chidi James,40, a manager with Paragons Technologies Limited, was docked on Wednesday at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing computer equipment worth N15 million. James, whose house address was not provided, is facing charges of conspiracy and stealing, but pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Insp. Christopher John, told the court that
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Amotekun: Nigeria not at risk with security outfit — Tinubu
The All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has called for private discussion between the Governors of the South West and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami, over Amotekun. Tinubu said the foundation of the country had not been put at risk with the South West regional security outfit launched by the governors of the zone in a bid to confront the insecurity in their states. The former Lagos State Governor, however, warned that the fabric could be torn by what he called…
Saudi involved in hacking of Amazon boss Bezos’ phone, UN report will say
*Saudi Arabia’s U.S. embassy dismisses report Two UN officials will report on Wednesday that there is enough evidence suggesting that Saudi Arabia had hacked Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos’ phone and both the kingdom and the United States should investigate, a person familiar with the matter said. The United Nations’ officials plan a public statement asserting that they found credible a forensic report commissioned by Bezos’ security team which concluded that his phone probably had been hacked with a tainted video sent from a WhatsApp account belonging to Saudi’s crown…
Trump includes Nigeria in expanded US travel ban
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to slam travel ban on more countries, including Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria. American political opinion company, ‘Politico’ reported that an announcement was expected on Monday January 27, exactly three years after Trump signed the original travel ban on January 27, 2017, just a week into his tenure. Incidentally, the ban was upheld by the US Supreme Court in June 26, 2018. The first ban affected such countries like Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, Venezuela and North Korea. For the new restrictions, countries…
China virus: FAAN issues travel advisory
Wole Shadare In an effort to protect passengers from the epidemic ravaging some countries and to prevent the spread of such communicable diseases into the country, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has advised passengers and other airport users to comply with all quarantine procedures at the nation’s airports. Spokeswoman for FAAN, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu in a statement said all the equipment and personnel used in combatting the deadly ebola virus in 2014 are still very much in place at the airports. She said FAAN had always had thermal…
Mother arrested on suspicion of killing her three children
Police arrested a young mother on Tuesday on suspicion of smothering her three young children to death, one at a time, in the family’s Phoenix home, then propping their bodies on a sofa as if they were napping, authorities and court records said. Rachel Henry, 22, was booked into the Maricopa County jail on three counts of first-degree murder after admitting she had harmed the children, Phoenix Police Sergeant Mercedes Fortune said. Court records later showed she was being held in lieu of bail of $3 million. The 30-year-old father…
Alleged forgery: I’ve been vindicated by court, says Abiodun’s aide
Kunle Olayeni, Abeokuta Hon. Adebiyi Adeleye, the Special Adviser on Political Matters to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Tuesday debunked allegations of certificate forgery levelled against him. The governor’s aide said it was laughable that some of his opponents were trying to exhume a “dead” case and present it as pending before the court. Adeleye, a former local government chairman and member of the state House of Assembly, spoke in Abeokuta amid raging controversy over alleged certificate forgery involving some aides of the governor. An online medium had reported…
Trump: Senate passes McConnell impeachment rules after nearly 13 hours of debate
The Senate passed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s resolution laying out a blueprint for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial along party lines early Wednesday after a daylong back-and-forth between House prosecutors and lawyers for the White House. The Republican majority had earlier voted down several amendments proposed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to subpoena documents and call witnesses. The vote came just before 2 a.m. Wednesday and after Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., suggested senators were voting for a “cover-up,” something that drew sharp responses from the president’s legal counsel,…
China virus scare sends shudder through European luxury goods sector
European luxury stocks slumped across the board on Tuesday on fears that the coronavirus virus outbreak in China could hurt sales of high-end brands that had managed to weather months of protests in Hong Kong. Chinese shoppers account for 35% of global luxury goods sales and 90% of last year’s growth in the market, according to consultancy Bain & Company, which produces closely followed forecasts for the sector. Such statistics illustrate the damage that could be done to luxury goods companies if health fears deter Chinese consumers from traveling or…
Trump impeachment trial: Parties clash over rules on day one of Senate hearing
Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate was dominated on its opening day by arguments about how the hearing should be conducted. In an early sign of partisanship, the Republican-controlled Senate rejected a Democrat bid to force the White House to produce extra documents and evidence. The president, who is 4,000 miles away from Washington in Davos, Switzerland, is charged with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress after investigations by the lower House of Representatives, which the Democrats control, reports Sky News. The case has now moved to the…
China: Coronavirus cases rise to 440, with nine deaths
China’s National Health Commission said on Wednesday that nine people had died from a new coronavirus and 440 people across 13 Chinese provinces had been confirmed to be infected and warned that the still-unidentified virus could mutate. The number of cases of the infection, known by its technical name 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), is greater than the total of more than 300 reported earlier on Tuesday. The illness is transmitted via the respiratory tract and there “is the possibility of viral mutation and further spread of the disease,” National Health…
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