Nigeria news today headlines update Friday 19th July 2019
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target=_blank>Krugersdorp Security Guard Killer Slapped With Life Sentence
A 32-year-old man who robbed and shot to death a security guard in 2017 in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Johannesburg High Court on Wednesday, According to Timeslive.co.za. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said it welcomed the sentencing of Mpho Kgopane, who faced additional charges of attempted murder and
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target=_blank>US Pledges $500,000 To Renovate Holiest Yezidi Site
Washington’s envoy to Iraq on Thursday announced that the United States will provide $500,000 in assistance as part of efforts to renovate the temple at Lalish, the Yezidi (Ezidi) religious minority’s holiest site, According to Kurdistan24.net. The announcement was made by US ambassador to Iraq Matthew Tueller, alongside Consul General in Erbil Steven Fagin, during
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target=_blank>Hundreds March In Sudan To Honour ‘Martyrs’ Of Protests
Sudanese police fired tear gas as hundreds of demonstrators marched in capital Khartoum towards a prominent square to honour dozens of people killed in the months-long protest movement that has rocked the northeast African country, According to Aljazeera.com. The rallies on Thursday came a day after protest leaders and the army rulers inked a power-sharing
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target=_blank>UK Announces ‘Ambitious’ Defence Space Programme
The UK government has announced what it describes to be an “ambitious” defence space programme that will see more than GBP30 million (USD37.25 million) invested in a number of separate but related efforts, According to Janes.com Speaking at the 2019 Chief of the Air Staff’s Air and Space Power Conference (ASPC) in London on 18
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target=_blank>World’s Silence On Trump’s Racism Is Deafening
The silence from other world leaders in condemning US President Donald Trump’s most recent racist comments has been deafening. There have been remarks from Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, who said: “That’s not how we do things in Canada,” and that a “Canadian is a Canadian.” The outgoing British Prime Minister, Theresa May, said that
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target=_blank>Iraqi Leader Voices Sympathy For Slain Turkish Diplomat
Iraq’s president on Thursday expressed sympathy with his Turkish counterpart after Wednesday’s armed attack in northern Iraq that left a Turkish diplomat martyred, According to Aa.com.tr. In a phone call, Barham Salih extended his condolences to Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a Turkish diplomat was martyred in an armed attack at a restaurant in Erbil, Iraq,
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target=_blank>Ebola Has Been Declared An International Public Health Emergency
Ebola should never have made it to Goma, the second biggest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It did because a pastor, who had been in Butembo apparently trying to cure patients by laying hands on them, then travelled back. At each of the three health checkpoints he passed through, he
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target=_blank>House Lawmakers Vote To Table Trump Impeachment Resolution
The House of Representatives voted 332 to 95 on Wednesday to table a resolution to impeach Donald Trump, as Democrats continued to fracture over whether to seek the removal of the president ahead of the 2020 election. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has resisted impeachment calls, focusing instead on congressional investigations. Wednesday’s vote came a day
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target=_blank>Trump Renews Racist Attacks On 4 Progressive Congresswomen
On Wednesday, President Trump doubled down in his racist attacks on the four progressive congresswomen of color, calling them “hate-filled extremists who are constantly trying to tear our country down.” Speaking at a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina, Trump singled out each of the four for verbal abuse, including Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar, According
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Mom, 3 Young Children Found Slain In Georgia Home
A mom and her three small children were killed in a possible stabbing inside their Georgia home overnight, according to a new report, According to Nypost.com. Jerrica Spellman, 29, and her children — who range in age from less than a year old to 3 years old — were killed in their South Columbus home […]
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