Latest News in Nigeria Today Friday 20th September 2019
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target=_blank>US military presenting range of options to Trump on Iran
United States officials were unwilling to predict what kind of response Trump will choose. In June, after Iran shot down an American surveillance drone,
Trump initially endorsed a retaliatory military strike then abruptly called it off because he said it would have killed dozens of Iranians.
The decision underscores the president’s long-held reluctance to embroil the country in another war in the Middle East.
Instead, Trump opted to have U.S.
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target=_blank>West Africa Automotive parts exhibition holds in Lagos
WEST Africa Automotive Show, WAAS, a new international trade exhibition, is set to bring the region’s automotive parts industry together under one roof come next month. According to WAAS, “for three days, an estimated 100 exhibitors from Nigeria and other countries will be gathering together to network, forge new business ties and show off the latest developments and products in the spare parts and services sector. Suppliers, dealers and manufacturers will also be able to discuss best practice for the industry and find out more about the developing local motor manufacturing industry. “With free admission, more than 3,000 visitors are expected to attend WAAS which opens its doors from November 6 to 8, 2019 at the Landmark Centre on Victoria Island, Lagos.”
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E2%80%95police/ target=_blank>Mother left child in car while working at strip club ?Police
United States Police say they found a 3-year-old girl wandering in a parking lot while her mother worked inside a South Florida strip club.
Lauderhill police Lt. Michael Santiago says in a news release that someone called 911 early Tuesday after seeing a child roaming around.
Santiago says the child-led officers to a vehicle that wasn’t running and had the back window cracked for ventilation.
Police deny 25 children are missing in FCT
Police Inspector killed during shootout with herdsmen in Delta
Police say about 30 minutes later 23-year-old Manouchika Daniels walked up and identified herself at the child’s mother.
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target=_blank>US Senator to Zuckerberg: Sell WhatsApp, Instagram to prove privacy commitment
The Senate’s most vocal critic of the tech industry offered a challenge Thursday to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Sell your WhatsApp and Instagram properties to prove you’re serious about protecting data privacy.
It may have been more than Zuckerberg expected from his private meeting with Sen. Josh Hawley, a conservative Republican from Missouri, in his Capitol Hill office.
Zuckerberg left the hourlong meeting one of several with lawmakers on Capitol Hill — without answering questions from a throng of reporters and photographers pursuing him down a hallway.
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target=_blank>Kano govt. orders Police to shut down O’Pay office
The Kano state government on Thursday ordered the police to shut down a branch of Opay office in Kano state. Opay is an online payment outlet for commercial tricycle operators.
The outlet was closed down during a raid carried out by the Kano state police command over alleged non-compliance with the government rules and directives.
According to an eyewitness, the armed security personnel stormed the state office at Lodge road in Kano at about 11:00am on Thursday.
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target=_blank>CBN spends N146bn to support 849,480 rice farmers — Emefiele
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it spent N146 billion to support 849,480 wet and dry seasons rice farmers across the country.
The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, gave the details at a meeting with some state Governors in Abuja on Thursday.
Emefiele said that the bank was working with other stakeholders to wage war against smuggling of rice into the country.
He explained that CBN had financed the construction of rice mills to support food self-sufficiency and security.
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target=_blank>Osun to create 25,000 new jobs through dairy project
The Osun Government is to create 25,000 new direct and indirect jobs through the dairy project development activities of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Mudasiru Toogun, the former Osun Commissioner for Special Duties, has said.
In a statement issued by Mrs Segilola Babalola, the Information Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Toogun was quoted as saying on Thursday during the project’s stakeholders meeting in Osogbo that Osun was a beneficiary of the Federal Government project.
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target=_blank>CBN committed N30bn to boost oil-palm production — Emefiele
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has committed about N30 billion to enhance Oil-palm production in the country.
The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this in a meeting with some state Governors in Abuja on Thursday.
Emefiele explained that the fund was disbursed through deposit money banks to six oil palm companies to support their expansion programmes.
He said that the companies were PZ Wimar, Biase oil company ltd, Eyop, Okomu Oil company, Presco oil company and SIAT ltd adding that application for Ada Palm Imo State, was being expected.
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target=_blank>Unlearn Attitude of Civil Service, Minister charges NIGCOMSAT, others
… says no room for negligence
By Emmanuel Elebeke & marvelous Anthony
Minister of Communications, Dr. Isa Ibrahim has warned staff and managements of agencies under his watch to stop behaving like civil servants for optimal performance and service delivery.
He also warned them to come up with innovative ways of enhancing their service delivery to woo more customers and investors into the sector, saying that failure to perform would lead to sanctions.
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Creating interpersonal influence every leader needs
Do you understand the daily impact of your influence on the people around you?
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