Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Friday 15th April 2022
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JUST IN: We weren’t behind attack, murder of INEC staff in Imo – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Friday, said its members were not the gunmen who attacked and killed an ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo State. IPOB said enemies of Biafra are responsible for the attack that killed an INEC official. Gunmen numbering 12, had disrupted a voter registration
JUST IN: Burnley sack manager Dyche with eight games left
Burnley have sacked manager Sean Dyche with eight games left of their season in the Premier League. The Clarets, who have lost five of their last six top-flight games, are 18th and four points from safety, reports the BBC. There most recent outing saw them lose 2-0 to Norwich City, who are bottom of
JUST IN: Highlife legend, Orlando Julius, is dead
Iconic highlife musician, Orlando Julius, has passed on. The ‘A dara, a dara’ singer, among many other acclaimed songs, died Friday morning, at the age of 79. The passage was relayed by his widow, Latoya, through music promoter and Evergreen Music boss, Bimbo Esho. Esho noted in an early Friday Facebook post thus:
Zelensky praises Ukrainians for withstanding 50 days of war
President Zelensky’s latest address to the nation marks the 50th day of war and pays respects to Ukraine’s defenders. “Unbreakable people of the bravest country,” his speech begins. “We have withstood 50 days already. Fifty days of Russian invasion, although the occupiers gave us a maximum of five.” “This period, these 50 days have
Coca-Cola Enterprises boss admits taking £1.5m in bribes
A former Coca-Cola Enterprises manager has admitted taking more than £1.5m in bribes in exchange for helping favoured companies win lucrative contracts. Noel Corry, 56, provided Boulting Group, Tritec Systems, and Electron Systems with confidential and sensitive data from 2004 to 2013. It gave them an advantage over rivals in contract bids, reports
Frankfurt stun Barca as West Ham, Rangers reach Europa League semis
Favourites Barcelona were dumped out of the Europa League by Eintracht Frankfurt in the quarterfinals on Thursday, while West Ham United and Rangers joined RB Leipzig in qualifying for the last four. Serbian international Filip Kostic scored twice either side of a Rafael Santos Borre strike at the Camp Nou for Frankfurt, who survived
Britain hand back Olympic 4x100m relay silver medals
The British men’s 4x100m relay team have handed back their silver medals from the Tokyo Olympics after Chijindu Ujah tested positive for a banned substance, the British Olympic Association (BOA) said on Thursday. Ujah’s test was found to have the prohibited substances ostarine and S-23, commonly used to build muscle, in a sample he
Insecurity: US approves $1bn arms sale to Nigeria
United States President Joe Biden administration has given the green light for Nigeria to buy advanced attack helicopters worth nearly $1 billion despite concerns about the country’s human rights record as it battles threats from criminal gangs and extremists in the north. The State Department yesterday announced the approval of the $997 million sale of
RT200: CBN releases N3.5bn to 150 exporters
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released N3.5 billion to be disbursed to a total of 150 non-oil exporters in fulfilment of promise made in February at the launch of RT200 Programme. The RT 200 is an initiative meant to boost non-oil export with value addition. It has attracted an inflow of $ 60
One INEC official killed, two missing as gunmen storm voters registration centre in Imo
Gunmen numbering more than eight yesterday stormed a centre for the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise in the Ihitte Uboma Council area of Imo State, dispersed the electorates, shot and killed an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This is also as two other INEC officials involved in the exercise were still missing
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