Latest News in Nigeria Today Sunday 9th August 2020
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Sunday 9th August 2020 .
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Alert on al-Qaeda, ISIS: Establish security outfit now, NDC charges Niger Delta govs
The Niger Delta Congress (NDC) has called upon the Niger Delta (South-South) governors to set up its own security outfit immediately following a warning from the United State on the imminent invasion of terrorist groups (ISIS and al-Qaeda) in the southern part of Nigeria. The Niger Delta group also queried the long silence of theRead More
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Bishop who defended indigenous people dies in Brazil aged 92
The Spanish bishop Pedro Casaldaliga, a fervent defender of the indigenous people of the Amazon, died Saturday at the age of 92 in Brazil, where he had been living since 1968, his office said. The Prelature of Sao Felix do Araguaia, in the central-western state of Mato Grosso, where Casaldaliga was bishop emeritus, announced inRead More
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How Beirut blast briefly handed foreign ministry to protesters
The explosion that ripped through Beirut this week handed a resurgent protest movement an unexpected and brief victory Saturday, almost literally breaking down the doors of the foreign ministry. The famed imperial staircase at the ministry’s entrance was packed with some 200 demonstrators and retired army officers, who called the ministry the new headquarters ofRead More
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Monarch, Immigration Officer’s killers arrested in Nasarawa
By David Odama THE Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has said that killers of a traditional ruler, Amos Ubere, and an Immigration Officer, Salisu Usman Maku, killed by suspected kidnappers in Nasarawa State have been arrested and have since made confessional statements. The governor disclosed this Saturday while Fielding questions from journalists shortly after inspectingRead More
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Chilling account of Southern Kaduna killing: They killed people, removed their eyes, other body parts — Survivor
The person that led the attack was the Ardo, Fulani word for a community leader, in our area, who left the community. He was staying in the community before. Those who were hiding in maize farms during the attack saw him. He has a younger brother, who came with him.
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Osun deity: Palace Chiefs resist priest’s attempt to takeover temple
By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo An attempt by an Osun priest, Chief Olayiwola Adigun to take control of the deity’s temple was on Saturday resisted by devotees and palace chiefs. Osun temple which is located inside Ataoja of Osogbo’s palace, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji, has been a subject of litigation after the monarch appointed another priestRead More
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E2%80%95-obasanjo-mourns-kashamu/ He manoeuvred law and politics to evade justice, but not death ― Obasanjo mourns Kashamu
By Rasheed Sobowale Nigerian former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday condoled with the Ogun State Governor on the demise of Senator Esho Jinadu (popularly known as Buruji Kashamu). In his letter of condolence dated August 8 and addressed to the Ogun governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, Obasanjo described late Kashamu as a significant citizen of theRead More
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killers of Nasarawa Monarch, immigration officer arrested ― Sule
By David Odama LAFIA — THE Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has said that the suspected kidnappers and killers of a Traditional ruler, Amos Ubere and the Immigration Officer, Salisu Usman Maku in the state have been arrested and have since made confessional statements. The governor disclosed this Saturday while Fielding questions from journalists shortlyRead More
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LOW NUMBERS OF INFECTIONS: Covid-19 curve not flattening yet, NCDC warns
Amid consistent reduction in the number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the country in the last two weeks, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, warns it is too early to say Nigeria was at the end of the pandemic.
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FG engages Chinese firm to build shipyard in Bayelsa
…NCDMB, NLNG to drive project By Michael Eboh The Federal Government has engaged China Harbour Engineering Company for the construction of a shipyard in Brass Island, Bayelsa State. In a statement in Abuja, Saturday, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, said the feasibility study for the project had commenced, adding that when completed,Read More
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