Nigeria news today headlines : Saturday 4th January 2020
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You Betrayed Me, Gbemi Saraki, Tells Kwara APC
LAGOS – Gbemi Saraki, Minister of State for Transportation and daughter of Oloye Olusola Saraki, has lamented the injustice done her, when she cried out that Kwara State, All Progressives Congress (APC), has betrayed her by demolishing her father’s house. The APC chieftain decried the demolition of her father’s house by the same political party
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Three Nigerian Children Killed In New Year Day Accident In Canada
Three Nigerian children have been killed in a car crash in Northeastern Ontario, Canada on New Year’s Day. The children, according to the police on Thursday, were siblings under the age of 12. Destiny Osagie, 11, and his brother Flourish, 10, were pronounced dead at the scene. Their six-year-old sister, Britney Osagie, was taken to
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How We Robbed ATM Machine Users In Abuja, Enugu, Port Harcourt -Graduate, Youth Corp Member
LAGOS – In a case of conspiracy and robbery, the operatives of the Inspector General of Police IGP Abubakar Adamu’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT), led by Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) has smashed a robbery syndicate and arrested a graduate and a youth corp member over series of robberies involving Automated Teller
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13 Rescued From Collapsed Cambodian Building
No fewer than 13 people have been rescued from a building that collapsed on Friday while under construction in southern Cambodia. Around 20 to 30 other workers remain trapped under the rubble of the seven-story building located in the southern Cambodian province of Kep, media outlet Fresh News Asia said, citing the Kep police Chief
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NSCDC Arrests 2 Over Alleged Vandalism In Bayelsa
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Bayelsa Command said that two people were arrested during the attempted vandalism of a telecommunications facility in Yenagoa during the yuletide. Mrs. Christiana Abiakam-Omanu, Bayelsa Commandant of the NSCDC made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Yenagoa. The
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Zambia To Help Families Affected By Floods
The Zambian Government, on Friday, said it had stepped up efforts to help more than 250 families, displaced by flash floods, in the eastern district of Mambwe. The government said it had mobilised resources such as food, tents and medical supplies to help the families, NAN reports. Flash floods, following heavy rains in recent days,
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70 Former Air Force Cadets Handed Life Terms In Turkey Coup Trial
An Istanbul court on Friday sentenced 70 former Turkish Air Force cadets to life for their role in a 2016 coup attempt. “However, 55 of the cadets were tried in absentia as they are believed to have fled abroad,’’ state news agency Anadolu reported, NAN reports via Xinhua. According to Anadolu, the trial involves a
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Arsenal Defender, Chambers Out For Months After Knee Surgery
Arsenal defender Calum Chambers is expected to be out for six to nine months after he underwent surgery on Thursday for a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, the English Premier League side said. Chambers suffered the injury to his left knee in the 2-1 defeat to Chelsea on Sunday, NAN reports via Reuters. Arsenal said the
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Olumakaiye Charges Christians On Godly Virtues
The Rt. Revd Humphrey Olumkaiye, Bishop of the Diocese of Lagos, Anglican Communion, has tasked Nigerian Christians to promote godly virtues as well as make life worth living for themselves and the people around them. Olumakaiye who gave this charge at the new year service held at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos also
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ECOWAS To Focus On Regional Integration Programmes In 2020 – Official
The ECOWAS Commission says its focus in 2020 will be on the implementation of regional integration programmes and monetary policies. Dr Aderemi Ajibewa, the commission’s Director of Political Affairs said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. He noted that focus on the implementation of the regional
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