Nigeria news today headlines : Saturday 19th September 2020
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Germany To Send Observers For Georgia’s Parliamentary Elections
Germany will send 37 observers for Georgia’s October 31 parliamentary elections in the coming days, said German Ambassador to Georgia Hubert Knirsch, Trend reports via Georgian media. According to him, the rest will visit the country by the end of September “These elections are very important as it follows the constitutional amendments that changed the electoral system …
Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
Beijing Promises More Troops For UN Peacekeeping Missions
China says it will increase the number of troops it provides for United Nations peacekeeping missions, as the People’s Liberation Army marks 30 years of involvement in such operations. The PLA would “continue to build the 8,000-troop peacekeeping standby force and maintain a high level of preparedness,” according to a white paper released on Friday titled: “China’s Armed Forces: …
Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
China To Operate Regular Space Flights By 2045 – Report
China aims to set up a space programme operating thousands of flights a year and carrying tens of thousands of tons of cargo and passengers by 2045, state news agency Xinhua quoted an official as saying on Friday. China is trying to catch up with Russia and the United States to become a major space …
Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
Ex-Diplomat Warns Switzerland About UN Security Council Bid
“I am not a fan of running for the Security Council,” he told the Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper. Staehlin, now retired, was the first Swiss Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 2002 to 2004. Since 2011, Switzerland has been campaigning to get a non-permanent council seat for 2023-2024. Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis …
Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
US Announces New Sanctions On Companies, Linked To Hezbollah
The US has announced a new set of sanctions on two companies and one individual over links to Hezbollah. The US has long designated the Iranian-backed Shia group a terrorist organisation and has frequently targeted officials with links to it with sanctions. The new sanctions target the companies Arch Consulting and Meamar Construction “for being …
Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
COVID-19: Syria Reports 3,691 Cases
The number of Covid-19 cases in Syria reached 3,691, after some 37 infected persons were reported in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health informed.Some 889 patients have recovered from the disease, while the death toll reached 165 since the pandemic was detected in this nation on March 22. The city of Aleppo, 350 …
Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
U.S. Treasury Designates Iran Regime’s ‘Cyber Threat Group’
The United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in a statement on Thursday announced it has imposed sanctions on the Iranian regime’s cyber threat group Advanced Persistent Threat 39 (APT39), 45 associated individuals, and one front company. “Masked behind its front company, Rana Intelligence Computing Company (Rana), the Government of Iran (GOI) employed a years-long malware campaign that targeted Iranian …
Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
6 Workers Kidnapped In Libya Returned To Egypt
Six Egyptian workers kidnapped in Libya have been returned to Egypt, reports the state-run Al-Ahram. Governor of Marsa Matrouh, Khaled Shoaib, said that they were construction workers who had been detained by human traffickers in the Bani Walid region in Libya. The traffickers demanded a 30,000 Libyan dinars ($21,817) ransom for each of the men. According …
Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
Rice Is Both Culture And Comfort At FieldTrip
Each of the restaurant’s multicultural rice bowls features a different iteration of rice, paired with a protein and sundry toppings.Photograph by Lelanie Foster for The New YorkerAnd so jollof is, naturally, the centerpiece of one of FieldTrip’s multicultural rice bowls—each featuring a different, carefully sourced variety, scooped with a wooden paddle from an enormous rice …
Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
Group Urges NASS To Pass PIB, Electoral Act, Others
A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), has called on the National Assembly to urgently pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) in view of the full deregulation of the petroleum sector by the Federal Government. This is even as the management of the National Assembly said it plans to create a forum of serving and former clerks to …
Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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