Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Saturday 22nd February 2020
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Bayelsa: Lawyer raises alarm over safety of Judges in Nigeria
Fred Itua, Abuja Human rights lawyer and gender activist based in Abuja, Esther Uzoma, has raised the alarm over the safety of judges in Nigeria. She said they’re no longer safe, given the tendency of people in power to politicise decisions of the court, especially those of the Supreme Court. Uzoma, founder of Proactive Gender
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Power crisis: Niger Council Chairman wants FG to revoke licenses of DISCOs
John Adams, Minna Worried by the dismal performance of the Electricity Distribution Company of Nigeria (DISCO), the Chairman of Chanchaga local government council in Niger state, Mallam Ibrahim Abubakar Bosso has joined other Nigerians to call on the federal government to revoke the license of the power distribution companies in the country. The council Boss
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School Feeding Programme: DPR donates LPG cylinders to food vendors in Ogun
Laide Raheem, Abeokuta Determined to improve the penetration of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in Ogun State, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Abeokuta Field Office, has donated 40 LPG 12.5kg cylinders to the accredited food vendors of the Federal government Home Grown School Feeding Programme in the state. The cylinders were donated to the food
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No cause for alarm says Wilson Nigeria over site of Nsukka gas plant
Felix Ikem, Nsukka There is unease at the university town of Nsukka following the citing of a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plant at the city centre by Wilson Nigeria Limited. Located strategically at the heart of the town and surrounded by mega petroleum filling stations like Total, Oando and Mobil, residents and the public, in
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Aso Rock murder: NCWS calls on FG to bring killers to book
The National Council of Women’s Societies (NCWS), on Saturday called on the Federal Government to ensure that killers of Ms. Laetitia Dagan, were fished out and made to face the full wrath of the law. The National President of NCWS, Mrs Gloria Shoda, said in a statement in Abuja, that the murder of Dagan, the
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warns of reducing opportunities to contain spread, pledges support for Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the increasing signs of transmission of COVID-19 outside China indicates a narrowing of the window of opportunity to contain the virus outbreak globally. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, gave the warning on Saturday during the Emergency Ministerial meeting on COVID-19 organised by the African Union and the
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Kebbi govt. restates commitment to creating more jobs, wealth
Kebbi State Government has restated its commitment to creating more jobs and wealth through partnership, investment and industrialisation in the state. The State Commissioner of Information and Culture, Alhaji Mamuda Mahmud-Warra, stated this when he led journalists on an inspection visit to GB Food Tomato Factory, Gafara Village in Ngaski Local Government Area (LGA), of
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Yauri Rigata festival will boosts Kebbi’s economy through tourism-Kebbi Govt
Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin Kebbi The Kebbi State Commissioner of Information and Culture, Alhaji Mamuda Muhammad Warra has noted that the Rigata festival has the potential of boosting Kebbi state economy through the tourism sector. The Commissioner stated this while delivering a keynote address at the opening of cultural entertainment at the ongoing 2020 Yauri Rigata
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Adamawa: Boko Haram kills 2 soldiers, burns NEDC boss’ home, 5 churches, others
Billy Graham Abel, Yola Details emerging from Friday night’s attack on Garkida, a town in Gombi local government of Adamawa State, reveal that two military personnel have been killed. The insurgents also burnt down the house of Northeast Development Commission boss, Paul Tarfa and the house of the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party,
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Buhari mourns first NDA Cadet, Col. Ogbebor
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family and friends of retired Col. Paul Ogbebor, saying ”it’s the end of a life well spent, with footprints indelibly printed in the sands of time”. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, disclosed that Ogbebor, who passed on
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Cameroonian student shares experience of recovering from novel coronavirus in China
As the first African to contract the novel coronavirus in China, Kem Senou Pavel Daryl, a 20-year-old Cameroonian student living in Jingzhou, central China’s Hubei Province, had an unforgettable experience after he was hospitalized on January 30. After 12 days of treatment in a local hospital, he recovered from the virus and was discharged on February 10.“So long as we make joint efforts, the Chinese and foreigners, we can defeat any disease in the world,” he told People’s Daily.Daryl speaks fluent Chinese and has a Chinese name, Dong Qichen. He is…
People scooping diesel from fallen tanker in Lagos
Some residents around the Bonny Camp area of Lagos State are currently scrambling to scoop diesel from a tanker which fell Saturday morning at the roundabout of the military base on Victoria Island.According to an eyewitness there were no first responders or security officials on ground as at the time the report was sent in.
Togo votes as Gnassingbe seeks to extend dynasty’s half-century rule
Polling stations opened in Togo on Saturday for a presidential election expected to extend incumbent Faure Gnassingbe’s 15-year hold on power, and his family’s rule of more than half a century.Many people in the West African country of around 8 million say they are fed up with the dynasty of Gnassingbe and his father Eyadema Gnassingbe, who seized power in a 1967 coup, and the persistent poverty during their tenures.But the family has fended off various challenges to its rule, including protests that were met with deadly crackdowns in 2005…
Presidency: Repatriated funds’ll be utilised as agreed
The Presidency, on Friday, said that all the repatriated funds to the country have been earmarked for identified critical projects across the country in accordance with the agreement.The Presidency, in a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said it would be willing to give the needed clarification on any matter around a recent tripartite repatriation agreement signed among Nigeria, the United States of America and the Island of Jersey.Recall that recent reports claimed that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration…
Stay out of US presidential campaign,Sanders warns Russia
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has warned Russia to stay out of the 2020 presidential elections after US officials had told him Moscow was trying to aid his campaign.“The intelligence community is telling us they are interfering in this campaign, right now, in 2020. And what I say to Mr Putin, if elected president, trust me you are not going to be interfering in American elections,” Sanders told reporters on Friday in Bakersfield, California.Sanders, 78, a self-described democratic socialist senator from Vermont, is considered the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination and is favoured…
Coronavirus cases soar in South Korea as foreign fears rise
Fears mounted Saturday over the rise of new cases and fatalities outside China from the new coronavirus outbreak, as the World Health Organisation warned of a shrinking window to stem the spread of the deadly disease. The warning came as the first European died from the new COVID-19 strain, which first emerged in December in central China but has now spread to over 25 countries and caused more than a dozen deaths outside the country.A 78-year old Italian man died after testing positive for the virus, with the death toll reaching…
Man’s painful 12-hour erection possibly caused by too much weed
He toked up. And then couldn’t get it down.Last week, a 32-year-old Georgia man whose identity was spared was rushed to the emergency room not once, but twice, for painful erections. Doctors believe that his unfortunate conditions may have been caused by marijuana use, reports The New York Post.The man went to the hospital the first time after his boner lasted 12 hours. The medical team treated the hard-tissue issue — but two weeks later, the man returned with another persistent stiffy that had lasted for six hours, according to a…
Players free to say what they think – Pep Guardiola
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola insists he has no problem with England forward Raheem Sterling discussing the possibility of a move to Real Madrid.Sterling was quizzed by Spanish outlet AS about joining Real, given City’s two-year ban from European competition.The 25-year-old re-iterated that he was “really happy at City” but admitted: “I am always open to challenges.”Guardiola said his players were “free to say what they think. We’re not here to tell them what they have to say”. Sterling has developed into one of City’s most influential players since joining from…
Oluwo mocks Osun monarchs over suspension
The Oluwo of Iwo, Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has mocked the Osun State Council of Traditional Rulers over his suspension.The Oluwo, in a 58 seconds video uploaded on his WhatsApp status in the late hours of Friday, disclosed that the kings who claimed to have suspended him were just joking.The video was shot from his throne at his palace in Iwo, reports online newspaper, PREMIUM TIMES.He said: “Good evening, you can see that I’m still in the palace. This is the palace of Oluwo of Iwo land. There was no suspension, there…
APC LEADERSHIP CRISIS: GROUPS AT WAR OVER OSHIOMHOLE
The leadership crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a dangerous dimension yesterday as the hitherto cold war was blown open when supporters and antagonists of the party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, stormed the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja to show their solidarity and opposition respectively. There had been calls for Oshiomhole to resign in some quarters but those who want him to remain in office had been urging him on. Demanding for the sustenance of Oshiomhole’s stay in office, the supporters, under the platform…
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