Latest News in Nigeria Today Sunday 11th August 2019
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target=_blank>We have made commitment reverse illegal migration – Obaseki
Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said that his administration is creating more economic opportunities for residents of the state to reverse illegal migration and human trafficking.
According to the governor, creating such opportunities in areas most prone to irregular migration and human trafficking, would discourage people from undertaking risky journeys and provide the needed incentives for them to realise their dreams at home.
Obaseki said this when he received the Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, Steiner George, who paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, in Benin City, the state capital.
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target=_blank>Pray for Nigeria’s progress, Obaseki urges Muslims at Eid-el-Kabir
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has felicitated with Muslim faithful on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir, urging them to deepen their relationship with Allah and promote a life of sacrifice and love.
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target=_blank>England’s World Cup plans hit by player spat claims, injuries
England’s World Cup build-up has been disrupted by claims of a spat between Ben Te’o and Mike Brown and a clutch of injury withdrawals before Sunday’s Test against Six Nations champions Wales.
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target=_blank>Students shutdown Shoprite in Ogun over Xenophobia
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Saturday shutdown South Africa’s grocery chain, Shoprite at Ota in Ogun State.
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target=_blank>A Nigeria President of Igbo stock will favour the North… – Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has said that ‘a Nigeria President of Igbo stock will largely favour the North with huge dividends of democracy.’
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target=_blank>NCDC, Ebonyi Govt responding to yellow fever outbreak — Official
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Ebonyi Government are responding to the outbreak of yellow fever in the state, an official says.
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target=_blank>Group demands prosecution of soldiers involved in alleged police killing
The Centre for Change Initiative has told the Federal Government to commence prosecution of soldiers involved in the alleged killing of three policemen and a civilian.
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target=_blank>Woman killed by stray bullet during Police, kidnappers fracas in Lagos
By Evelyn Usman
Ijegun, a Lagos suburb was thrown into pandemonium Saturday, after some persons suspected to be kidnappers, attacked a team of policemen, injuring three of them.
However, in the resultant melee, a woman identified as Busayo Owoodun, 30, was hit by a stray bullet. She died on the spot.
Explaining what occurred, spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, DSP Elkana Bala, said, ” On August 10, 2019, at about 2.55 pm, a team of policemen from the Anti kidnapping Unit attached to Area ‘M’ Command Idimu, tracked some kidnap suspects to Ijegun – Isolo road, Ijegun bus stop but came under attack by members of the deadly gang.
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target=_blank>Shaibu, Ehanire, others tee-off Oyegun’s 80th birthday Golf Tourney
Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, Minister designate, Dr. Osagie Ehanire and Senator Domingo Obende, were on Saturday morning joined by other golfers to tee-off a golf tournament organised as part of activities to mark the 80th birthday of the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, in Benin City.
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More than two million Muslims on hajj pilgrimage
More than two million Muslims began the annual hajj Friday under sweltering conditions, as the Saudi hosts sought to deter politicisation of the pilgrimage against a backdrop of simmering Gulf tensions.
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