Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Friday 18th September 2020
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Rivers, Shell inaugurate cluster development board for Assa North Gas project
TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt The Rivers State government and energy company, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), in Port Harcourt, has inaugurated the Egi/Igburu Cluster Development Board (CDB) for pipeline communities to SPDC’s Assa North Gas project. The project has a capacity for 300 million standard cubic feet of gas per day and …
The Sun Nigeria.
Reject violent politicians with your votes, Jegede tells Ondo people
Bamigbola Gbolagunte, Akure The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ondo State, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede has appealed to his teeming supporters across the state not to allow unprovoked attacks from the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) to deter them from voting come October 10. He made the appeal in Oba-Akoko in Akoko South-West Local …
The Sun Nigeria.
Borno’s IDPs say malaria cases dropped after preventive drugs
Timothy Olanrewaju Maiduguri Dozens of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri,Borno State capital said they experienced drop in malaria cases in their camps following the use of preventive drugs given to them by the state government and World Health Organisation (WHO). The IDPs who mostly live in make-shift shelter and unprotected from mosquitoes’ bite, said …
The Sun Nigeria.
Edo guber: Transition Monitoring Group makes case for Mobil Court to try electoral offenders
Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), in collaboration with the Edo State Civil Society Organisations (EDOCSO), yesterday, called on the federal government to set up Electoral Malpractices Mobile Court to deal with electoral offenders. TMG chairman, Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, made the call in Benin while briefing journalists on its observation during the electioneering …
The Sun Nigeria.
POP: Only one guest per cadet will be allowed into parade ground – NDA
Sola Ojo, Kaduna The Commandant, Nigerian Defense Academy (NDA) Major General Jamil Sarhm on Friday announced the decision of the Academy to allow each of the 779 officer cadets of 67 regular course and short service course 46 (Army) to come with only one guest during their passing out parade slated for October 10. The …
The Sun Nigeria.
Horror as 47-year-old man kills own 2 children, mother in Anambra
Obinna Odogwu, Awka Tragedy struck in Okpuneze Uruagu Nnewi in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State on Thursday when a 47-year-old man went berserk and killed his two biological children and his aged mother. The suspect, whose name police gave as Emeka Ezimadu, also allegedly inflicted injuries on three of his other children with cutlass. …
The Sun Nigeria.
Traditional ruler, others beg IG over police harassment
Fred Itua, Abuja A traditional ruler in Enugu State, Igwe Mike Nnukwu, and concerned kindred families of Amechi Awkunanaw and Obeagu communities of Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State, have begged the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammad Adamu, to save them from alleged police harassment. Lawyer to the traditional ruler and other aggrieved …
The Sun Nigeria.
Insecurity: Life in Nigeria is nasty, brutish and short, Anglican Bishop laments
Noah Ebije, Kaduna Bishop of Anglican Communion, diocese of Kaduna, Timothy Yahaya has said that life in the country has become nasty, brutish, and short owing to increasing rate of insecurity across the nation. The theme of the Synod was titled, “Peace Be Still”. Bishop Yahaya in an address delivered on Friday at the 3rd …
The Sun Nigeria.
Succour for Lagos schools as foundation provides boreholes
By Sunday Ani Two schools, LEA Primary School near Amukoko and Ebenezer Nursery and Primary School and their neighbouring communities in Ajegunle, Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State, went into wild jubilation as a non-governmental organisation, Champions of Life Fellowship Foundation (CLFF), gave them a lifeline by providing boreholes. On Wednesday, September 2, …
The Sun Nigeria.
Strike: Group urges FG to address health workers’ demands for masses’ interests
The Network of Adamawa Non Governmental Organisation (NANGO) has appealed to the Federal Government to negotiate with the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) to call off their strike in the interest of the masses. Mr Peter Egwudah, the Chairman of the network, made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria …
The Sun Nigeria.
Kwara: Private teachers, parents protest non reopening of schools
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Teachers and parents of private schools in Kwara State have staged a peaceful protest to press home their demand for reopening of their schools across the state. They were seen carrying placards with different inscriptions asking the state government to come to their aid and save them from hunger. Addressing …
FG apologises over ‘misleading tweet’ ordering banks, account holders to re-register
The Federal Government has apologised for its tweet ordering all account holders in the country to obtain and fill self-certification forms. In a directive contained in a series of tweets (now deleted) on Thursday, the Federal Government said each account holder must submit the filled forms in their respective financial institutions. In another tweet …
Lawyer petitions IGP over unlawful detention of estate trustee
Akeem Nafiu A Lagos-based lawyer, Kayode Bankole, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, over alleged unlawful detention of an estate trustee, Taiwo Oyewunmi, by policemen attached to WEMABOD Estate, Ikeja, without a court order. In the petition, the lawyer described the arrest of Oyewunmi, a legal Trustee of Estate of the late …
Mourinho warns he has ‘too many players’ as Bale, Reguilón fly in
José Mourinho has said his Tottenham squad is overstocked and that he has “too many players” to manage comfortably as he prepares to bring in Gareth Bale and Sergio Reguilón from Real Madrid. Spurs squeezed past a nine-man Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the Europa League second qualifying round on Thursday and Mourinho left eight first-teamers at home, including Dele …
Former Sydney stock trader jailed for 1970s bank robberies
A former Sydney floor trader who robbed banks after getting “boozed at lunch time” more than four decades ago will spend at least one year and nine months behind bars. The now 71-year-old Ross Oliver McCarty admitted leading a double life when he carried out a string of hold-ups in 1977 and 1978, reports The Associated …
Economic diversification: A’Ibom commissioner harps on improved oil palm yields
With the priority placed by government on agriculture in its economy diversification-drive, oil palm farmers in Akwa Ibom State have been urged to increase their yeilds through improved production methods. Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong gave the charge Thursday, in Ikot Ekpene during the 3rd Oil Palm Submit, …
Bruno Fernandes voted Man United’s Player of the Year
Bruno Fernandes has been crowned as the winner of the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award for 2019/20, following a brilliant start to his Manchester United career. Thousands of fans voted in our Official App to determine the victor, and they decided in favour of the Portuguese playmaker, who just edged out Anthony Martial, …
Bayelsa youths disrupt, shut down SPDC’s Clough Creek flow-station
Pauline Onyibe, Yenagoa Members of Agbidiama Community Youth Council, host of Opukushi, Tunu and Clough Creek Flow-stations in Ekeremnewsmen Local Government Area in Bayelsa, have disrupted activities at Opukushi flow-station. Torke Ekpetun, Youth President of the aggrieved Ekeremor community youths, however, said, shortly after the action on Friday, that the youths were yearning for …
Dollar steadies after falling overnight on downbeat US data
The dollar was steady in early Asia trading on Friday after falling overnight as downbeat U.S. data cast a shadow over the economic outlook, while the Japanese yen stabilised after rising against the greenback and the euro the previous day. The dollar =USD gave up gains made after the Federal Reserve upgraded its 2020 …
Wealth of US billionaires rises during pandemic
The already vast fortunes of America’s 643 billionaires have soared by an average of 29% since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, which has at the same time laid waste to tens of millions of jobs around the world. The richest of the superrich have benefited by $845bn, according to a report by a US progressive …
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