Latest News in Nigeria Today Monday 9th December 2019
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Monday 9th December 2019 .
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Klopp ‘never doubted’ Keita as Liverpool boss predicts big impact from midfield star
Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool could be about to see the best of Naby Keita after the Guinean’s star performance at Bournemouth on Saturday.
Keita provided a goal and an assist as the Reds won 3-0 at the Vitality Stadium, marking his first Premier League start since April in style.
It has been a frustrating season so far for the former RB Leipzig midfielder, who has managed just five starts and four substitute appearances for the league leaders.
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Resurgent Iheanacho maintains Leicester City momentum with Aston Villa strike
Kelechi Iheanacho scored his fourth goal of the season to help Leicester City to a 4-1 victory against Aston Villa on Sunday.
Before his strike, the Nigerian had assisted Jammie Vardy to put the Foxes ahead in the 20th minute.
Four minutes before the half-time break, he doubled their advantage after converting James Maddison’s cross at the near post with the aid of Ezri Konsa’s deflection.
ALSO READ: Sadiq Umar scores 11th league goal of the season in Partizan win
It was a significant goal for Iheanacho, with the 23-year-old now scoring in all four his appearances for Brendan Rodgers’ side this term.
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Sadiq Umar scores 11th league goal of the season in Partizan win
Sadiq Umar scored his 11th goal in the Serbian Super Liga as Partizan defeated Rad Beograd 2-1.
Umar who is currently on a season-long loan from Roma opened the scoring for Partizan with his effort just after the half hour-mark on Sunday.
The strike made the Nigerian forward the joint-highest goalscorer in the Serbian top-flight with 11 goals after 16 matches.
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Later in the second half, Guinea’s Seydouba Soumah secured maximum points for Partizan with his match-winning goal in the 53rd minute which moved them to third on the league table with 41 points after 19 games.
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VIDEO: Woman pushed out of wheelchair by man trying to steal it
This is the moment a man allegedly tried to steal a disabled woman’s wheelchair from her on a train.
The woman was sitting on the train in Phoenix, Arizona, when she was tipped out of her seat.
The woman tried to hold on, but was thrown onto the floor by the suspect. Other rail users intervened and following a manhunt, Austin Shurbutt, 26, was taken into custody.
He was seen running from the scene wearing reindeer slippers after witnesses intervened and retrieved the wheelchair last Friday.
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The Battle against HIV/AIDS in Nigeria: Are we winning?
Ibrahim Abdulmumin Damilola
HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic. It was first reported clinically on June 5, 1981, in the United States. Ever since then, it has been one of the most serious and dangerous public health threat in the world. It is easily transmitted through various means, of which sexual intercourse is the most common. It does not discriminate between man and woman, boy and girl, child and adult or even the rich and the poor.
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Four things you should do when one swallows poison
By David O Royal
An award-winning Medical Doctor, Bobby Egemba popularly known as Aproko Doctor on Twitter has suggested a few ways one can prevent further harms on the body system when a person swallows poison.
Often times, people swallow poisons or eat poisonous foods unknowingly which results in serious body harm and most times leads to death if nothing is done immediately for prevention.
Family Doctor explains poison as “any substance that is harmful to your body”.
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Buhari’s $30bn loan request: Rising debt profile, cause for concern — MAN DG
Following the request of President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly for permission, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) bemoaned that the rising debt profile is now a “cause of concern.”
The Director-General of MAN, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, said: “In my opinion, the 39 emergency projects in the power, agriculture, transport & mining sectors of the Nigerian economy alluded to by Mr President should redress some of our infrastructure and sectoral performance/linkage deficits.
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Winning Jah: West Africa celebrates Nigeria’s most influential reggae superstar
According to reports, Youtube, Twitter, and Instagram were the first social media, where the Italian born Nigerian Reggae Superstar first uploaded videos and images of his 46th global anticipated birthday celebration all over Africa.
And for the very first time, he is in the history of Africa celebrities to have received this excess love from all over the continent.
Eno Osagie Kingsley or “Nigeria King of Reggae” a title he received from west African reggae fans, professionally known by his stage name Winning Jah, and born on 12th 12th 1973 in Kano State Nigeria, 5th of ten siblings, is known for his songs like “Deep Sea” that bagged Amnesty International Italy music “Voice For Freedom” award nomination, “Big Man” which sold over 650,000 units in the early 1990’s .
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Presidency gives reasons DSS is detaining Sowore
By David O Royal
The Presidency on Sunday gave reasons why the Department of State Services, DSS is detaining the convener of RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore.
While giving the reasons in a statement, the presidency noted that following Sowore’s actions, the DSS does not need the permission of President Muhammadu Buhari to do its work whenever it needs to act.
Read the full statement below:
The Presidency notes some of the insinuations in the media about the arrest by the Department of State Services (DSS) of the agitator, Omoyele Sowore.
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SERAP gives 36 states 7 days to disclose payments of pensions to ex-governors, others
Scio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information Act request to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Governors’ Forum, Ekiti state governor Dr Kayode Fayemi and Sokoto state governor Aminu Tambuwal, and other 34 governors urging them to use their “leadership position to urgently disclose details of payment of pensions to former governors and other ex-officials between 1999 and 2019 under your state’s pension law, and to provide a copy of the said pension law.”
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