Nigeria news today headlines : Tuesday 11th February 2020
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Two Foreign Nationals Diagnosed With Coronavirus Dies
China on Monday confirmed that two foreigners – a US citizen and a Japanese national diagnosed with new coronavirus pneumonia passed away in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of the epidemic which spread across China. “As of 8.00, February 10, altogether 27 foreign citizens in China have been diagnosed with the coronavirus pneumonia. Among them,
450 Civilians Killed In Central Mali
Islamic militants and ethnic-based militias killed more than 450 civilians in central Mali last year, making it the deadliest year in the region since the country’s crisis began in 2012, Human Rights Watch said in a new report Monday. Militants have even begun pulling men off of public transport based on their ethnicity and killing
Ex-Police Chief Jailed For Sexual Harassment, Fraud
Ex-Jerusalem police chief, Nissan Shaham, was today sentenced to ten months in jail on charges of fraud, breach of trust and sexual harassment of female officers under his command. In his opening remarks, Judge Shmuel Melamed said that Shaham had harmed “protected values…there was harm to the public, harm to public servants and harm to
Mysterious Rain Pulls Down Make-Shift Structure For Udom’s Father’s Burial
UYO – A mysterious rain on Monday morning pulled down a make-shift structure erected in preparation for the funeral of the Akwa Ibom State Governor’s father, Late Emmanuel Gabriel Nkanang, scheduled for February 15, 2020. The structure which was recently constructed to accommodate dignitaries expected to grace the burial of the 90-year-old patriarch was completely
EFCC Arrests Another Suspect On FBI Wanted List Over Alleged $2.5m Internet Fraud
The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Office, has arrested a 38-year-old man, Festus Akinyemi Abiona, who was indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) over his alleged involvement in Internet fraud. Tony Orilade, Acting Head, Media and Publicity of the EFCC, said Abiona had been on
NBA Ikeja Branch Gets Legal Resource Centre
The CLEEN Foundation, a Non-Government Organisation, has established a Legal Resource Centre at the Nigerian Bar Association Ikeja Bar. Benson Olugbuo, Executive Director of the foundation, in his welcome remarks at the official launch of Lagos State Resource Centre for hosting corruption judgments, said the centre was being sponsored by the foundation with support from
USADF Invests Over $10m USD In Kebbi
The President, U. S. African Development Foundation (USADF), Mr. C. D. Glin, has disclosed that the agency has invested over 100 dollars within 10 years of its operation in the country. He also disclosed that the agency also invested 10 million dollars in Kebbi. Glin, who stated this on Monday during an official launching of Enterprise Investment Programme
CITAD records 319 hate speeches on social media in January
Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), said it recorded 319 hate speeches on social media between Jan.1 and Jan.31. Its Director Programmes, Malam Hamza Ibrahim, disclosed this at a news conference in Kano on Monday. He said about 27 per cent of the hate speeches recorded was ethnicity based while 59 per cent was
Preach Tenets Of Your Faith, Bishop Advises Religious Leaders
Rt. Rev. Samuel Nortey, the Bishop of Lagos Central Methodist Church, has advised religious leaders to continue to preach the tenets of their faith in spite of recent attacks. The bishop, who condemned the attacks while speaking with journalists at a news conference at the church auditorium in Lagos, said the killings were not only
NATO’s Image Worsens Sharply In France, U.S.
NATO’s public image in the U.S. and France worsened sharply in 2019, according to a Pew Research Centre study, after U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron questioned the value of the Western alliance. Positive views of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, which relies on the commitment of its allies to collective defence,
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