Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Friday 19th November 2021
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Bandits invade Benue community, kill 7, injure five
From Rose Ejembi Makurdi Blood flowed on Thursday evening at Tor Donga in Katsina-Ala Local Government area of Benue State after some unknown gunmen reportedly stormed the area and killed seven people while also leaving five others injured. Among the deceased were four members of the recently formed Benue Community Volunteer Guards as well
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Don’t plagiarize sermons online, catholic Bishop warns newly ordained priests
From Abel Leonard, Lafia Catholic Bishop of Lafia Diocese Most Rev. David Ajang, has warned the newly ordained priests into the Diocese not plagiarize sermons online for presentation to their congregations. He gave the charge in his message during the eucharist celebration, priestly and diacanote ordination of eight new priests and three new deacons into the Diocese
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Resist temptations from drug barons, Marwa charges 2,000 new NDLEA officers
From Godwin Tsa, Abuja The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa (Retd) has charged 2,000 newly trained officers of the anti-narcotics body to resist every temptation that will make them compromise their duties and responsibilities. Gen. Marwa gave the charge at the passing out
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OML 29 Oil spill: Diri talks tough, warns Aiteo of consequences
From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government has broken its silence over the oil spill at the Oil Mining License (OML) 29, Santa Babara operated by the Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company. Governor of the state, Senator Douye Diri has expressed displeasure with AITEO over its failure to curtail the oil spill
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Abia RRS arrests 3 kidnap suspects, rescue mother, child
From Okey Sampson, Umuahia The Abia State Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Nigeria police has arrested three kidnap suspects and rescued their victims, a mother and her child. It was gathered that on November 12, at about 9.15pm, a 3-man kidnap gang abducted one Mrs. Chinwe Anayo (28) and her seven year old daughter,
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Security Agents Prevent Another Attack By Bandits On Zagaga Community In Niger ,
From John Adams, Minna With barely three days after armed bandits invaded Zagzaga community in Munya local government area of Niger state and abducted 64 people which the villagers now said the number has rising to 70 after taken census of the people, security agents on Thursday night prevented another possible attack on the community
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Nigeria’s Paul Adalikwu elected Secretary General of MOWCA
By Zika Bobby Nigeria’s Dr Paul Adalikwu has been elected Secretary General of the Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) at the 16th Extra Ordinary Session of the organisation in Accra, Ghana. Adalikwu who was unanimously accepted by transport ministers of MOWCA member countries will run the organisation’s affairs for four years from
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Japan to recruit new astronauts for first time in 13 years
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Friday announced the recruitment of new astronauts the first intake in 13 years. JAXA said the recruitment was part of the nation’s ambitious plan to participate in the United States lunar exploration project. “The working area is Earth and space. A business trip without a family to the International
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Lawmaker urges INEC to open voters registration centres in tertiary institutions
Mr Wale Raji, a member of the House of Representatives, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to open voters registration centres in tertiary institutions. Raji, who represents Epe Federal Constituency, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Epe, Lagos State. He said that the
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Gas to power huge opportunity for Nigeria – Minister’s aide
Mr Justice Derefaka ,Technical Adviser, Gas Business and Policy Implementation to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, says Nigeria gas reserves will drag 120 million Nigerians out of energy poverty. Derefaka said with gas becoming dominant fuel for power generation globally, it presented a huge opportunity for Nigeria with its over 206TCF of proven
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Bandits kill two police officers in Katsina
Two officers of the Katsina State Police Command lost their lives in a gun duel with bandits on Thursday. ASP Yakubu Joshua, attached to 27 Police Mobile Force (PMF) Katsina and Sgt Zaharadeen Yuguda attached to Safana Division were killed by the hoodlums in a crossfire at their hideout at Baure village in Safana
UK moves to ban Hamas as ‘terrorist organisation’
Supporters of Hamas could face up to 14 years in prison if the British government succeeds in banning the group as a terrorist organisation, the Home Office said on Friday. Home Secretary Priti Patel will push for the change in Parliament next week, arguing that it was not possible to distinguish between Hamas’s political
JUST IN: Borno LGA under attack by ISWAP
Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, is under heavy attack by terrorists of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). This attack is coming less than a week after deadly attack in neighbouring Chibok/Askira Uba LGA in southern Borno that killed a general and three other officers of the Nigerian Army. Though reports are
JUST IN: Delta guber aspirant, Kenneth Okpara, is dead
A governorship aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 guber election in Delta State, Olorogun Kenneth Okpara is dead. Olorogun Okpara, who was a former Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning in Delta, was confirmed dead in the early hours of Friday. Okpara died at Capital Hill Hospital,
Oil rises as investors look past possible reserve releases
Oil prices rose on Friday, after wild swings the day before, as investor bet that potential coordinated releases by major economies of their official crude reserves may have less of an impact on markets than expected. Brent crude was up 73 cents, or 0.9%, at $81.97 a barrel by 0703 GMT, after falling to
India: Modi to repeal controversial farm laws
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he has decided to repeal three controversial farm laws against which farmers have protested for more than a year. “Today I have come to tell you, the whole country, that we have decided to withdraw all three agricultural laws,” Modi said in an address to the nation on
Market in China’s Wuhan likely origin of COVID-19 outbreak – Study
The first known COVID-19 case was a market vendor in the Chinese city of Wuhan, not an accountant who appeared to have no link to the market but whose case contributed to speculation the virus could have leaked from a lab, according to a U.S. study. The origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes
US prosecutors seek 4 years prison for wife of Mexican drug lord, El Chapo
U.S. Prosecutors on Thursday asked a judge to sentence the wife of the imprisoned Mexican drug kingpin known as “El Chapo” to four years behind bars after she pleaded guilty to drug distribution and money laundering charges. Emma Coronel Aispuro, a former teenage beauty queen who married Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera at 17,
WTA threatens to pull out of tournaments in China over missing player
An outcry over the whereabouts of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai escalated on Friday as the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) said it was prepared to pull its tournaments out of China if they were not satisfied with the response to her sexual assault allegation. Former doubles world number one Peng has not been seen
Premier League, NBC agree new £2bn deal
The Premier League has announced a new £2bn deal with American broadcaster NBC Universal to show live games for the next six years. The deal dwarfs the £740m NBC agreed in 2015 for six years, reports the BBC. The new US agreement covers all Premier League matches in seasons 2022-23 to 2027-28. “It’s an
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