Nigeria news today headlines : Thursday 28th November 2019
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Hate Altercation: Northern Youths Pray President Buhari To Caution Yari
In an effort to halt the raging war of words between Hon Bello Mohammed Mattawalle the current governor of Zamfara State and his predecessor, Abdulaziz Yari, the Northern Youth Frontiers (NYF) after its two-day meeting in Kaduna has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to call the immediate past governor (Yari) to caution him on his
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Botswana’s GDP To Slow To 3.5% In 2019 – IMF
Botswana’s economic growth will slow to about 3.5% in 2019 from 4.5% in 2018, before speeding up to around 4.2% in 2020 if the southern African nation can shake-off the effects of weak diamond exports and drought, the IMF said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. “The outlook is subject to significant downside risks, including a global
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EU Lawmakers To Vote On Commission In Final Hurdle For Von Der Leyen
European Union (EU) lawmakers are expected to sign off on the new European Commission with a final vote on Wednesday in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Incoming commission president Ursula von der Leyen, herself elected in July, has faced an uphill struggle in recent weeks to finalise her team of top officials, each to take
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More Than 1m Malawians Need Food Aid, Official Says
More than one million Malawians will need food aid till March 2020, the government of Malawi has recently said. Wilson Moleni, the Secretary to the Vice President and Commissioner for Disaster Management, said this during a news conference on Tuesday. According to a government report, up to 1,062,674 people may be at risk of food
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Scores Killed After Heavy Rainfalls In DR Congo’s Capital
More than 40 people died in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa as the city was battered by torrential rains and landslides, a top city official said on Tuesday. “The loss, in terms of property and lives, is really huge,” Kinshasa vice-governor Neron Mbungu told AFP, stressing that the death toll was preliminary, France 24. He said
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U.S. Travel Warning On Burkina Faso
The U.S. has raised its travel advisory for Burkina Faso to level 4, advising citizens not to travel to the country “due to terrorism, crime, and kidnapping”. In an advisory, the State Department said it had ordered all family members of U.S. government employees not of age to leave the West African country and said
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UN, Iraq Work To Ensure Daesh Is Prosecute For Genocide
Members of the United Nations Security Council sat in silence listening to the harrowing account of Kachi Amo Saloh, as he explained how his entire family was killed before his eyes by Daesh terrorists in Iraq five years ago. Kachi addressed the UN chamber via teleconference on Tuesday sharing his story and expressing his community’s
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CIBN Holds 54th Annual Bankers Dinner
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria will hold its 54th Annual Bankers Dinner on Friday, November 29, 2019 at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos at 5.00 p.m. The governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, will deliver a keynote address cum assessment of the current year realities as
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RAINOIL Boosts Youth, Sports Development With Tennis
Rainoil Limited in partnership with the Nigerian Tennis Federation (NTF) will begin its 2019 Rainoil Tennis Open Tournament from November 29th to December 8th, 2019 at the Lagos Country Club, Ikeja, Lagos. The tournament will feature the 64 men and top 32 women that will begin their campaign from the qualifying draws and another 64
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Abuja’s Windy, Endless Taxi Schemes…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration says it has begun new transport scheme that incorporates the private sector. Are there cause for worries over the planned scheme, asks NICHOLAS UWERUNONYE. Elsewhere but in Abuja, the new taxi service scheme envisioned by MTI Taxi, a transport service firm currently being promoted by the nation’s capital administrators, should
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