June 14, 2019

US states in lawsuit against Trump’s new immigration policy

Trump announces exit of spokeswoman Sarah Sanders

June 14, 2019 9:21 am

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the surprise departure of his spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, after a combative tenure that saw her all-but kill off traditional White House briefings to journalists.

Sanders has been one of Trump’s most loyal foot soldiers, almost constantly at his side during his tumultuous two and a half years at the White House and during the campaign before.

Trump announced her exit in a tweet and did not name a replacement.

“After 3 1/2 years, our wonderful Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month and going home to …

Islamic State reports killing 20 Nigerian soldiers

Islamic State reports killing 20 Nigerian soldiers

June 14, 2019 9:07 am

Islamic State’s West African branch claimed responsibility for an attack on a Nigerian army base in northeastern Borno state and said its fighters had killed 20 soldiers.

The assault, which raised questions about government claims to have almost defeated the insurgents, took place in the town of Kareto on Wednesday.

The barracks were burnt and a tank destroyed, Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) said in a statement published on the SITE Intelligence website.

Read Also: Toll from Boko Haram attack in Cameroon rises to 37

Security sources had said earlier that the base, home to the from the Nigerian …

Court to rule on Sowore’s detention order August 8

Indian in-laws stab man for marrying their daughter

June 14, 2019 8:40 am

Four Indian in-laws were arrested in Hyderabad on Sunday, June 9, 2019, after they allegedly stabbed a man for marrying their daughter.

The victim was identified as 21-year-old Imtiaz and he got married to Fatima, aged 19.

The in-laws allegedly attacked the man after he got married to Fatima without informing her relatives before. The reason for the attack was also due to Imtiaz “maligning” their family name.

Imtiaz, Fatima and his family were returning home on June 7, 2019, when the incident took place.

Police officers explained that the couple had got married on June 5 after the woman …

Trader lands in trouble for enticing, wooing married woman

Trader lands in trouble for enticing, wooing married woman

June 14, 2019 8:04 am

A 38-year-old  trader, Aliyu Abubakar,  on Friday appeared in a Kubwa Grade I Area Court for allegedly enticing and wooing a married woman.

The police charged Abubakar, who resides in Dei-dei, with enticement of a married woman.

The Prosecution Counsel, John Okpa, told the court that the complainant, Malam Murtala Suleiman, reported the matter at the Dei-dei Police Station on June 13.

He said that the complainant alleged that the defendant usually calls this wife, Zainab on the phone late at night.

Read Also: Police arraign two for allegedly stealing bags of biscuits

Okpa also alleged that the defendant visited …

Bandits attack: 2,277 people displaced in Niger

Bandits attack: 2,277 people displaced in Niger

June 14, 2019 7:44 am

Three Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps are currently set up by the villagers displaced in the armed bandit attacks in Shiroro local government area of Niger state.

The Nation learnt that over 2,277 people were displaced in eight communities in Shiroro local government area.

The Nation also learnt that one of the pregnant women currently displaced gave birth to a baby last night in the IDP camp; the mother and the baby are doing fine while efforts are being made by fellow campers to get the necessary things needed by the mother and child.

The communities said to be affected …

Unfathomable Mercy: A full length TV drama series 18

Unfathomable Mercy: A full length TV drama series 18

June 14, 2019 2:28 am

By Nze Ujunwa MarkAnthony

(All Rights Reserved)

 

54. INT. COLLINS.RES.NIGHT.

LUCY and COLLINS in the LATTER’S LIVING ROOM; he seems very worried and the FORMER tries to FIND out what’s the MATTER is.

LUCY

Baby, for over an hour, I have been here, you’ve been like this; what’s the matter? Please talk to me I care.

COLLINS

It’s my problem; I shouldn’t bother you with it.

 LUCY

Baby, why are you talking like this? You should know that your problem is mine as well, please tell me what it is.

 

COLLINS

You see, the rent of this apartment has …

Oil theft: Shell records loss of 11,000bpd

Oil theft: Shell records loss of 11,000bpd

June 14, 2019 2:04 am

Oil theft from Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) joint venture (JV) pipeline network averaged 11,000 barrels per day (bpd) last year, its General Manager, External Relations Mr. Igo Weli, said on Thursday.

He said this is an increase of about 20 per cent over previous year. The number of sabotage-related spills increased during the same period to 111 compared to 62 in 2017 and, since 2012, SPDC has removed more than 1,160 illegal theft points.

The oil giant has called for stakeholders’ efforts to curb the incessant vandalism, highlighting the danger of continuous sabotage to people and environment. He said …

Customs confiscates rice, other goods worth ₦47m in Lagos

Customs confiscates rice, other goods worth ₦47m in Lagos

June 14, 2019 1:42 am

The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Strike Force Zone ‘A’ has intercepted 2,494 bags of 50kg parboiled rice, 1288 jerrycans of vegetable oil and assorted cars with Duty Paid Value of N47million in one month.

The Officer in Charge of CGC strike force Zone ‘A’ Deputy Comptroller (DC)  Yahaya Biu, made the disclosure to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos.

Biu said the goods were intercepted in various locations in the zone.

“The seized items were conveyed in different vehicles ranging from Mazda to Toyota vehicles numbering six cars, five buses and two trucks.

“The vehicles were fully loaded with the seizures …

Flood ruins over ₦15m worth of goods in Aba

Flood ruins over ₦15m worth of goods in Aba

June 14, 2019 1:24 am

A heavy downpour on Wednesday night in Aba, the commercial city of Abia, has left many homes, shops and markets submerged by flood.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that goods estimated at over N15 million were also destroyed by the flood.

At Ahia Ohuru (New Market), over 25 shops on Lines 10, 16, 20, 43, 44 and 47 were all submerged.

Mr Obinna Ogugua, a trader in the market, was said to have lost 32 bales of clothes, worth about N2.9 million.

NAN reports that the more than six hours rain also flooded the Ahuronye, Nwaogu and Mathew streets

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Google earns $4.7b from news industry

Google earns $4.7b from news industry

June 14, 2019 12:59 am

Search engine giant, Google, made a whopping $4.7 billion from the work of reporters last year via search and Google News.

This took a huge cut from the online ad revenue of media houses which lost a crucial source of income, resulting in many of them getting shrunk or closed, a report said yesterday.

News is a significant part of Google’s business, according to a study to be released next week by the News Media Alliance (NMA) which represents more than 2,000 newspapers across the US.

The journalists who create that content deserve a cut of that $4.7 billion, president …

Police arraign two for allegedly stealing bags of biscuits

Police arraign two for allegedly stealing bags of biscuits

June 14, 2019 12:39 am

An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Thursday arraigned two persons for allegedly stealing bags of biscuits valued at N108,000.

Olayiwola Segun, 27 (M) and Musa Rasidat, 22 (F), were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Adesoji Adegboye.

The defendants, whose addresses were unknown, are facing a charge of stealing.

The police prosecutor Inspector Johnson Okunade told the court that the defendants and two others on the run committed the offence between June 4 and 6 at 1500 hrs (3pm) at Ronak Biscuits factory at Oke-Ureje in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.

The prosecutor alleged that the defendants, a sales representative in the factory, …

IPOB, bishop cleric trade words over RUGA in South East

IPOB seeks release of members arrested in Akwa Ibom State

June 14, 2019 12:21 am
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday demanded the release of its members allegedly arrested by the police in Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday.The group, in a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, in Enugu yesterday, said that 122 of its members, including a three-year-old child, were arrested by the police and Department of State Services (DSS) officials during a peaceful gathering in the state.

Read Also: IPOB sit-at-home order shuts down South-East of Nigeria

He said that no amount of arrest would deter the harmless members from continuing with their peaceful agitation for the realisation

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