Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Monday 16th May 2022
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Gunmen engage military in late night shootout at 3-3 Estate, Onitsha
Echezona Okafor, Nnewi Unknown gunmen on Sunday night allegedly engaged the military in a shoot out at 3-3 Estate, Nkwelle Ezunaka, near Onitsha. Sources said the shooting, which started at about 10pm, lasted late into the night, with bullets flying in all directions, while expended shells dropped on rooftops of residents in the vicinity.
India 2022: Flamingos off to Addis Ababa on Wednesday
Head Coach Bankole Olowookere has picked 22 players for Friday’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup qualification final round, first leg match between Nigeria and Ethiopia in Addis Ababa. The delegation will travel to Addis Ababa on Wednesday. After home-and-away victories over the Democratic Republic of Congo and Egypt, the Flamingos have a final
WAFU B TOURNEY: Flying Eagles seek Egypt 2023 ticket against Cote d’Ivoire
Group B winners Nigeria will on Tuesday confront the second –placed team in Group A, Cote d’Ivoire in the second semi final of the ongoing WAFU B U20 Championship in Niamey, Niger Republic. At stake is a ticket to next year’s Africa U20 Cup of Nations in Egypt, already scheduled for February 18 –
AFCON 2023: Mauritius win appeal against Sao Tomé & Príncipe, now to play Nigeria
The Director of Competitions of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Mr Samson Adamu has confirmed to thenff.com that Mauritius won a case it filed against Sao Tomé and Príncipe concerning their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations preliminary qualifying fixture, and will therefore join the combatants in Group A of the qualification series starting next
Gunmen wreak havoc in Anambra, abduct lawmaker, kill vigilante, burn Idemili North Council HQ
The Police Command in Anambra State has confirmed the kidnapping of Mr Okechukwu Okoye, a lawmaker representing Aguata Constituency 1 in the State House of Assembly. Okoye, an indigene of Isuofia, Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo’s community, was kidnapped in Aguata on Sunday. DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, the Police Public Relations Officer of the
Court re-schedules hearing in PDP’S suit against Buhari on Electoral Act till May 24
Tunde Oyesina, Abuja The Federal High Court in sitting Abuja Monday fixed May 24 for definite hearing in a suit instituted against President Muhammadu Buhari by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the controversial section 84 (11) and (12) of the Electoral Act 2022. The trial Judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the new date
Court voids restriction of estate residents’ movement
A Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, has nullified a movement restriction order placed on homeowners in Pearl Garden Estate at Sangotedo in Eti-Osan Local Government Area of the state by CMB Building Maintenance and Investment Company Limited. The trial judge, Mufutau Olokoba, declared the restriction illegal while delivering verdict in the suit
Global wheat prices jump after India export ban
The price of wheat on international markets has spiked after Indian banned the export of the cereal staple, the highest it has been in two months. Wheat prices have soared by around 60% on world markets this year, pushing up the cost of everything from bread to noodles, reports the BBC. India is the world’s
US gunman deliberately sought black victims – Mayor
The man suspected of shooting dead 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, deliberately sought a site with a high black population, authorities say. The suspect, Payton Gendron, 18, drove more than 320km (200 miles) to carry out the attack, police say. The attack is being investigated as an act of racially
Over a million Covid cases feared in N’Korea
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has lambasted health officials and ordered the army to help distribute medicine, as a wave of Covid cases sweeps through the country. More than a million people have now been sickened by what Pyongyang is calling a “fever”, state media said. Some 50 people have died, but it’s unclear
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