Nigeria news today headlines : Wednesday 8th January 2020
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BREAKING: Iran Strikes Iraqi Air Bases Housing US Troops, Trump Consulting With National Security Team
Iranian media says Tehran has launched dozens of surface-to-surface missiles at Iraq’s Ain Assad airbase where U.S. troops are being housed. Iranian state TV says the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, “has hit U.S. Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq with tens of missiles.” And warned the US of more “crushing responses in case of new aggression.”
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Cairo Seeks Help
Turkey’s parliament passed a bill Jan. 2 to deploy troops to Libya in support of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli, headed by Fayez al-Sarraj, in the battle against the Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Gen. Khalifa Hifter. Egypt and many other countries, including the United States, reacted negatively. In an interview with CNN Turk on Jan.5, Turkish President Erdogan
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Nigerian Builds Yoruba Time-telling App
Moyinoluwa Adeyemi, a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Osun state, has received lots of commendations for developing ‘Yoruba Watch Faces’ — an Android app which tells time in the Yoruba dialect. Adeyemi, who obtained a degree in computer science and mathematics from the institution, built the app in 2016, after extensive research alongside her
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Emevor Kingdom Buries Monarch Amidst Eulogies
ISOKO – It was a carnival of sorts as the people of Emevor kingdom in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State gathered in their thousands to pay special tributes to their late monarch, HRM Francis Onovughakpo Ekama, the Odion of Emevor, who joined his ancestors at 115 years. The late Francis monarch was
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Group Urges Ejagham People To Unite, Build Strong Bond
Ejagam Tradition (EJT), a socio-cultural group has called on sons and daughters of Ejagham nation who dwell across the three senatorial districts of Cross River State to be identity conscious in order to attract positive development to Ejagham communities. The group made the call at its 2019 maiden edition talk show held at the Ndidem’s
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2020: Brace Up To Develop Igbanke Community – Gloria Adagbon
LAGOS – Barrtister Gloria Adagbon, a community development enthusiast, politician and lawyer has called on Igbanke people; both at home and in diaspora, to join hands together in developing the town as putting the communities that made up Igbanke on a strong infrastructural footing requires communal effort hinged on united and peaceful co-existence. Adagbon recalled
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Group Decries Neglect By A’Ibom Govt
UYO – An apex sociocultural organization in Ekid nation, Ekid Union has cried out to Governor Udom Emmanuel over the neglect of Eket and Esit Eket local government areas in the development agenda of the state government. The group laments that inspite of the fact that Eket and Esit Eket are core oil-producing areas contributing
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Community Faults University Lecturer Over Alledged Misrepresentation Of Facts
UYO – Leaders, elders and members of the traditional institution in Ikono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have issued a seven-day ultimatum to a University Lecturer, Dr. Uwem Akpan to apologise for misrepresentation of historical facts about the people and the area. The lecturer is also expected to apologise for willfully associating the
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Boy Tortured To Death By Parents
The Criminal Security Center in Qardaha obtained information that the 9-year-old child (Hamzah Al-Mu’alem), arrived dead in one of the city’s hospitals, with marks of intense torture and traumas on his body. A patrol of the security center headed immediately to the hospital and started investigation. At first, his father confirmed that the boy fell
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Republicans Out To Sabotage Obama
Republican Congressman Paul Gosar tweeted a doctored photo of former President Barack Obama appearing to shake hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani with the caption, “The world is a better place without these guys in power.” Mr. Obama and Rouhani never actually met in person. Rouhani still serves as president of Iran. The fake image, which was
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