Nigeria news today headlines : Friday 17th July 2020
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Playtech Offloads Casual Games Subsidiaries
Playtech Plc has offloaded its casual games subsidiaries FTX Games and Plamee Studios to US games publisher Tilting Point, following an undisclosed agreement. Games news sources report that Tilting Point has agreed to take over all major IPs and key employees of FTX Games and Plamee. In 2014, Playtech launched its Plamee casual games studio, a subsidiary division formed by its $20 …
Onyibe Launches Book On Public Administration In Nigeria
T he book, Abba Kyari: Portrait of a Loyalist, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Sides of Public Administration in Nigeria edited by Magnus Onyibe was launched via zoom on Tuesday July 14, 2020. The event which started at 2:00 p.m. attracted many dignitaries across the broad spectrum of Nigerian society who joined virtually …
Ambassador Kwande Chides FG On Rising Insecurity
JOS – Former Nigeria Envoy to Switzerland, Ambassador Yahaya Kwande has called on the federal government to live up to its constitutional responsibilities in protecting lives and properties to instil confidence in the minds of the people of Nigeria under the current dispensation. Kwande made this appeal in Jos when he received a delegation of …
Azerbaijan Fires Foreign Minister
Azerbaijan has fired its longtime foreign minister in the wake of the renewed conflict with Armenia. President Ilham Aliyev fired his top diplomat, Elmar Mammadyarov, on July 16 and replaced him with Jeyhun Bayramov, who had been Azerbaijan’s minister of education. The firing came the day after Aliyev issued a brutal public attack on Mammadyarov, who had been in the post …
Tinubu Condoles Father Kukah Over Mother’s Passage
LAGOS – Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commiserated with the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, over the recent passing of his mother, Madam Abashen Hauwa Kukah. In a condolence message by his Media Office, Asiwaju Tinubu described the late Madam Kukah as a deeply …
FG Special Public Work Committee Assures Free, Fair Selection In Enugu
ENUGU – The Federal Government Special Public Work Selection Committee has assured Enugu State residents of a rancour-free selection of unemployed youths in the state. Nweke Gbazueagu, the Chairman of the Selection Committee in Enugu State, stated this during the inaugural meeting of the selection committee in Enugu on Thursday. He said the members of …
Russian Mercenaries Withdraw From Sirte
Sources in Libya have confirmed that Russian mercenaries belonging to the Wagner Group paramilitary organization have withdrawn from Sirte, Al-Quds Al-Arabi has reported. The indications are that the Government of National Accord (GNA) may soon launch an operation to retake control of the city from the forces loyal to renegade Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar despite the “red …
Ekeopara Makes Case For Umuowa, Imo Community, To Produce Eze
CBC Ekeopara of Nguru/ Umuowa Progress Movement Worldwide on Thursday said that it is now the turn of Umuowa to produce the next Eze of Nguru/Umuowa Autonomous Community in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State. In a statement made available to Daily Independent in Lagos, Ekeopara called on Umuowa indigenes, home and abroad, to …
FG Pledges Financial Support To Indigenous Inventors
ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology to take full inventory of all indigenous inventions and innovations for possible Federal Government’s financial assistance in the bid to reposition the Nigerian economy. The President, who is the Chairman of the Presidential Standing Committee on Inventions and Innovation (PSCII), further …
AFCON 2023 To Begin June/July
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will take place in June and July, says the acting Secretary General of Confederation of African Football (CAF), Abdel Bah. The timing of the competition has been the subject of speculation after President Ahmad stated in June that it would take place in 2023 while saying he ‘did …
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