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New Lagos police commissioner pledges to prioritise traffic management
The new Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu has said that managing the menace of traffic in the metropolis would be his top priority. Odumosu disclosed this during a press briefing Monday in Ikeja. News Agency of Nigeria reports that Odumosu took over from AIG Zubairu Muazu, who was recently promoted from Commissioner of
Measles death toll in Samoa rises to 15 —UNICEF
The death toll from a measles outbreak raging in the Pacific nation of Samoa has risen to 15, with most of the victim’s young children, UNICEF said Tuesday. The UN children’s agency said that suspected measles cases had topped 1,000 in the island nation, which has declared a state of emergency and launched a compulsory
Trump had no chest pain, doctor debunks speculation
Donald Trump’s doctor issued a report Monday on the US president’s health after a “routine, planned” check-up, saying that contrary to some reports he had not suffered any chest pain. Trump, 73, spent just over an hour on Saturday having “examinations, labs and discussions” at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington, presidential
15 killed in China mine blast
A coal mine explosion killed 15 people in north China’s Shanxi province, state media reported Tuesday. Nine other people were injured by the gas explosion on Monday afternoon, which took place in a mine owned by Shanxi Pingyao Fengyan Coal & Coke Group Co, according to official news agency Xinhua. Xinhua reported that 35 miners
Troops repel Boko Haram attack in Borno
The Nigerian Army says its troops have repelled an attack by Boko Haram terrorists in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State. The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Iliyasu said that the encounter took place on Monday when troops of 153 Task Force
Three Iran security personnel killed by ‘rioters’ – Reports
Three members of the Iranian security forces have been stabbed to death by “rioters” near Tehran, the ISNA and Fars news agencies reported late Monday. The assailants wielding knives and machetes ambushed the three — a Revolutionary Guard and two members of the Basij militia — west of the capital, the news agencies reported. The
Eagles are a very good team –Senong
’Tosin Oluwalowo Lesotho coach Thabo Senong has hailed the Super Eagles after they defeated his team 4-2 in their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier clash on Sunday in Maseru. Nigeria came from a goal down, to defeat the South African side 4-2 in the encounter. Alex Iwobi, drew Nigeria level in the 26th minute,
N6.3bn: Jang granted leave to file no-case submission
James Abraham, Jos A Plateau State High Court in Jos on Monday granted a former governor of the state, Jonah Jang, a 14-day leave to file his no-case submission. Jang and a former cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, Yusuf Pam, are being tried on 17 counts bordering on corruption
SoulTrain: Wizkid wins songwriting award for‘Brown Skin Girl’
Afropop superstar, Ayodeji Balogun aka Wizkid has won SoulTrain’s Ashford and Simpson Songwriters’ award. News Agency of Nigeria reports that he won the award at the 2019 ceremony held on Sunday in Las Vegas. The ‘Ojuelegba’ singer earned the award for his collaboration with Beyonce, Blue Ivy Carter and SaiNt Jhn on the sensational song
Bayelsa: Dickson made APC’s victory much easier – Sylva
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipreye Sylva has `thanked’ Gov. Serike Dickson of Bayelsa for making it much easier for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, David Lyon, to win the Nov. 16 election. He disclosed this after presenting the Bayelsa governor-elect, David Lyon, to President Muhammadu Buhari at the
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