Nigeria news today headlines update Thursday 24th October 2019
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50 Million Nigerians Suffer From Mental Disorder – CMD
Ibrahim Wakawa, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, Maiduguri, has said that at least 50 million Nigerians are believed to be suffering from mental disorders. Wakawa raised the alarm on Wednesday at the unveiling of the Borno State Government Mental Health Strategic Implementation Plan in Maiduguri. Represented by Dr. Ibrahim Mshelia, a
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Alleged Fake Forex Trader Arraigned Over $2m Scam
An alleged illegal forex trader, Titilayo Eboh, has been arraigned before Justice M. L. Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. She was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, on a five- counts charges bordering on running a banking business without a licence and obtaining
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Woman In Court For Allegedly ‘Sending’ Snake To Neighbour’s
The police on Wednesday arraigned a 28-year-old business woman, Sadiya Abdullahi, in a Mararaba Upper Area Court for allegedly “sending” a snake to her neighbour’s room to harm his family. The police charged Abdullahi, who resides at New Orange Market, Mararaba, Nasarawa State with intentional insult and criminal conspiracy. The Prosecution Counsel, Sergeant Daniel Torkangu,
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Grinding Machine Cuts Testicles Of 14-Year-Old Student In Bauchi
Tragedy befell a 14-year-old Junior Secondary School Student in Bauchi, Bashir Salisu, when the belt of a grinding machine cut off his two testicles. It was gathered that Bashir, a student of Government Day Secondary School, Tudun Salmanu area of Bauchi metropolis, who had sat for his JSS examination, preparatory to seeking admission to Senior
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Police Arraign Man, Girlfriend Over Alleged Theft Of N1.5m From ATM In Ebonyi
Abakaliki – The Ebonyi State Police Command, Thursday, arraigned one Uchenna Elom, 34, and his girlfriend, Chinaza Ituma, 24, for alleged conspiracy and stealing. They were arraigned before an Abakaliki Magistrates’ Court on two count charges bordering on conspiracy and stealing. The suspect and his girlfriend hail from Ovudulagu village, Umuogudu Akpu-Ngbo community, in the Ohaukwu
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Honda Announces Green Plan
Honda has announced plans to stop producing gasoline-only cars by 2022. The carmaker said it will “electrify” all of its models sold in Europe within the next three years – which includes making many models hybrid, Sky News reports. Hybrid vehicles carry a traditional internal combustion engine as well as a battery pack. The Japanese
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Zuckerberg Under Fire Over Facebook’s Digital Currency Plans
Facebook Inc (FB.O) chief executive Mark Zuckerberg will be grilled by lawmakers over the company’s plan to launch a digital currency and efforts to prevent foreign election interference when he appears before a Congressional panel on Wednesday. Libra, Facebook’s digital currency project, has faltered in recent weeks amid sustained criticism from lawmakers and regulators over
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Google Claims To Have Solved Quantum Computing
Google (GOOGL.O) said on Wednesday it had achieved a breakthrough in computer research, by solving a complex problem in minutes with a so-called quantum computer that would take today’s most powerful supercomputer thousands of years to crack, REUTERS reports. Official confirmation of the breakthrough in quantum computing came in a paper published in science journal Nature, after
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Botswana Votes In Democratic Shake-Up
Botswana voted on Wednesday in a general election that is expected to provide the first genuine challenge to the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in its five decades of dominance over southern Africa’s wealthiest and most stable nation. Whichever party wins will have to move swiftly to transform the economy, which since independence from Britain
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Boeing Removes Airliner Chief
The company named veteran Boeing executive Stan Deal to succeed McAllister effective immediately as president and chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA). Deal had led Boeing’s recently formed Global Services division. The world’s largest plane maker faces a growing crisis over the eight-month safety ban on its best-selling single-aisle jet prompted by crashes in […]
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