Nigeria news today headlines : Thursday 11th June 2020
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I Won’t Get Justice With Oshiomhole In Charge, Obaseki Fears
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki emerged from the APC Governorship Screening exercise and declared that he will does not expect to get justice with Comrade Adams Oshiomhole incharge of the APC Governorship Screening process. He said he has to undergo the Screening process as a party man since that is the only way open to …
Abduction In Kogi: Police Rescue Six Victims
The kogi state command of the Nigeria Police disclosed that it has rescued six persons abducted this morning along Acheni -Gegu area of Kotonkarfe on Abuja expressway. The Command Public Relations Officer Dsp William Aya in a statement made available to Journalists Wednesday said the suspected kidnappers had in the early hours of Wednesday shot …
Goldman Sachs Generates $1bn After Oil Price Collapse
Goldman Sachs’ commodities business reportedly generated more than $1bn in revenue this year after the collapse in oil prices in April. The unit benefited from the turbulent market and generated more than $1bn to May, its best start in a decade, according to Bloomberg. Most of the boost reportedly came from oil trading overseen by …
Abu Dhabi Researchers Observe 11,000-Year-Old Space Ceremony
Extraordinary details of an event that happened in space 11,000 years ago have been observed fully for the first time by Abu Dhabi researchers. They have detailed, in a new study, how an object called a neutron star pulled in material from another star and then emitted a burst of X-rays thousands of times brighter …
Seibel Named New Reddit Board Member
Reddit has named Y Combinator partner Michael Seibel to its board of directors after Alexis Ohanian, Reddit’s cofounder, quit last week and called on the company to fill his seat with a Black candidate. Seibel has been a partner at Y Combinator since 2014 and he currently serves as CEO of its accelerator program, which …
Cops TV Show Cancelled After 32 Seasons
After 31 years and more than 1,000 episodes, Paramount Network has axed reality TV show Cops. The decision comes in the wake of worldwide protests following the death of George Floyd, who died after a police officer knelt on his neck in Minnesota last month. A network spokesperson announced in a statement: “Cops is not on the …
BREAKING COVID-19: 409 New Cases Reported In Nigeria
Nigeria reported another rise in the number of COVID-19 infections across the country with 409 new cases from the daily updates as total figure reached 13,873, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). After a record high in number of new cases yesterday, Tuesday, the NCDC, via its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, gave the breakdown …
Christopher Columbus Statue Set On Fire By Protesters
A statue of Christopher Columbus in Virginia has been torn down by protesters, who then set it on fire and threw it into a lake, in the latest action against monuments in the wake of George Floyd’s death. The statue, in the city of Richmond, was toppled on Tuesday night less than two hours after protesters gathered in the …
FEC Approves N115.5bn For Road Projects In Adamawa, Plateau, Taraba
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved N115.5 billion for the construction of various road projects in Adamawa, Plateau and Taraba States.. The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of Wednesday’s virtual cabinet meeting …
COVID-19: Rayo Vallecano Win Suspended 2nd Half Match Against Albacete As La Liga Returns
Rayo Vallecano beat Albacete 1-0 on Wednesday as Spanish football returned in bizarre circumstances from its COVID-19 hiatus. They won the second half of a match which first kicked off six months ago but was suspended due to offensive chanting. The second division encounter, played without fans in attendance, was the first Spanish football match …
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