Nigeria news today headlines : Friday 20th December 2019
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GM Issues Two Recalls For More Than 900,000
General Motors Co (GM.N) said Thursday it is issuing recalls for more than 900,000 vehicles worldwide in two separate campaigns to address brake software and fire risks. The largest U.S. automaker is recalling more than 550,000 2019 light-duty Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Cadillac CT6 and GMC Sierra 1500 vehicles due to potential software issues related to
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Minimum Wage Will Increase To €10.10 In February
The 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) report says 20 percent of Nigerian children between ages 6 and 59 months are living with sickle cell traits. Mrs. Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, Acting Chairman, National Population Commission (NPC), disclosed this at the launching of the Taraba State report of NDHS in Jalingo on Thursday. Salu-Hundeyin, who was
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Officer Arrested For Stealing From Grieving Families’ Homes During Funerals
After his longtime girlfriend passed away in February 2018, an elderly man in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, came home from the funeral to find a perplexing note stuck inside his front door. “I was here to pick up the stuff through Facebook,” it said. “I came in to the house and the items weren’t by the
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Hong Kong Police Freeze HK$70 Million In Protest Fund
Hong Kong police today said they had frozen HK$70 million (US$10 million) from a major fund for donations to help pro-democracy protesters, and arrested its four members for money laundering. Police said their investigation focused on Spark Alliance, a non-profit online platform formed in 2016 that collects donations to provide support to political critics of
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German Parliament Passes Motion Urging Total Ban On Hezbollah
The German parliament on Thursday approved a motion urging Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to ban all activities by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group on German soil, citing its “terrorist activities” especially in Syria. The motion was backed by Merkel’s conservatives, their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners and the opposition Free Democrats. It is not binding but
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Philippine Court Finds Key Members Of Political Clan Guilty Of 2009 Massacre
The masterminds of the Philippines’ worst political massacre were on Thursday found guilty of murder, a decade after the slaughter in which gunmen killed 58 people in the conflict-plagued south of the country. Leaders of the Ampatuan family, a powerful political dynasty, had been accused of orchestrating the killings in a bid to quash an
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Rouhani Invites Islamic States To Cooperate To Create Powerful Islamic World
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on the Islamic state to boost cooperation among themselves to create an improved Islamic society. “Today is the day of deciding to contribute to the progress of the Muslim world through cooperation, and we have to work together and alongside each other. There are many fields for synergy in the
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Bolsonaro Says Bill To Allow Mining On Native Reserves Ready
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that a bill authorizing mining on protected indigenous reserves was ready and only needed to be sent to Congress for consideration. Bolsonaro told supporters that indigenous people should also be allowed to commercially farm on their land and that native populations should be involved in a drive to
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Erdogan Says 50,000 Syrians Fleeing Idlib To Turkey
About 50,000 people are fleeing Syria’s northwest region of Idlib to Turkey, its president has said, denouncing Muslim nations for not supporting his plan to resettle refugees in other parts of northern Syria. Turkey currently hosts some 3.7 million Syrian refugees, the largest refugee population in the world, and fears another influx from the Idlib
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Saudi Theater Stabbing Was ‘Ordered By Al-Qaeda,’ State TV Says
The suspect in a stabbing of performers during a live show in a Saudi theater last month acted on the orders of an Al-Qaeda leader in Yemen, Saudi state TV reported, without saying where it got the information. Al Ekhbariya on Thursday posted on its Twitter account footage appearing to show a man storm a
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