June 2019

Fulani Dominance: Yoruba elders in diaspora take case to UN

Suspected herdsmen rob commuters, kill one on highway

June 13, 2019 2:04 am

Suspected herdsmen yesterday went on the prowl again on the dreaded Ife-Ibadan expressway, killing a civil servant, Mr. Adenipekun Ademiju.

Ademiju, popularly called Okere, a member of staff of Atakunmosa West Local Government Area of Osun State, boarded a private vehicle at Osu, on his way to Ibadan before the unfortunate incident occurred at Ikire. The assailants robbed commuters before they murdered Ademiju.

An eyewitness said Ademiju was shot dead when the robbers shot indiscriminately at vehicles to forcefully stop them. “The man was killed by Fulani herdsmen who normally rob on this road. Two of them were in the …

CBN signals end to official rate regime for naira

June 13, 2019 1:40 am

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may soon allow the naira to freely find its value, with a possible depreciation on the official rate, usually pegged at about N305/$, an update on its website has indicated.

The development is signaling an end to the most criticised foreign exchange rate window, which has been used mostly for government’s critical businesses that affect the public, particularly the importation of petroleum products.

If the move sees light of day, it will mean that the value of the naira at the official window is depreciated with its concomitant closure of the peg.

Yesterday, the …

U.S. joins diplomatic push to salvage agreement in Sudan

U.S. joins diplomatic push to salvage agreement in Sudan

June 13, 2019 12:55 am

An Ethiopian envoy has said that the military and opposition groups have agreed to resume talks on the formation of a transitional council that collapsed after the violent dispersal of a protest sit-in on June 3.

Tibor Nagy, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for Africa, met on Wednesday with the main opposition coalition and held talks with Sudan’s acting Deputy Foreign Minister Ilham Ibrahim.

Before the meetings, the State Department said Nagy was going to urge the parties to work toward an environment conducive to the resumption of negotiations. The United States also on Wednesday named veteran diplomat Donald …

Air Force’s helicopter crashes in Katsina

Air Force’s helicopter crashes in Katsina

June 13, 2019 12:31 am

The  Air Force has confirmed the crash of its helicopter that was returning from a combat mission in Katsina State.

It, however, said no life was lost in the crash, which occurred at about 3.30pm yesterday.

NAF spokesman Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola said in a statement that the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has ordered a probe of the incident.

Daramola said: “A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) helicopter has crashed in the process of landing while returning from an anti-armed banditry combat mission in the Northwest Theatre under Operation Hadaran Daji.

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Kingibe: Obasanjo, among those behind June 12 annulment

Kingibe: Obasanjo, among those behind June 12 annulment

June 13, 2019 12:09 am

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, yesterday said ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo was one of the architects of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, which was won by the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola.

Kingibe was Abiola’s running mate on the platform of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP).

He said although Obasanjo attempted to convene a meeting of statesmen to address the aftermath of the June 12 crisis, President Muhammadu Buhari only attended the inaugural meeting and stopped because of the direction of the session.

Kingibe said Buhari’s position was …

Unfathomable Mercy: A full length TV drama series 17

Unfathomable Mercy: A full length TV drama series 17

June 12, 2019 10:36 am

By Nze Ujunwa MarkAnthony

(All Rights Reserved)

 

50. INT. RAY’S RES. DAY.

RAY still in BED as his GUEST sits in front of the MIRROR dressing up to LEAVE.

 

PRISCA

Sleepy! Sleepy! Wakie! wakie!

 RAY

Oh! It’s morning already.

 PRISCA

Yea! Good morning.

 RAY

Good morning dear, how your night?

 PRISCA

Fine and yours?

 RAY

Splendid! You really took me to cloud nine.

 PRISCA

You can say that again, I’m ready to leave right now; can I have my money?

 RAY

Here! Fifty thousand naira!

 PRISCA

Wow! You’re such a darling; you gave me real value for my body.…

Forbes lists Messi as sports world’s highest earner

Forbes lists Messi as sports world’s highest earner

June 12, 2019 10:18 am

Lionel Messi was the world’s highest-paid athlete over the past year, Forbes reported on Tuesday in its annual sporting rich list.

Barcelona and Argentina star Messi dethroned retired boxer Floyd Mayweather as the sports world’s highest earner, raking in $127 million via salary and endorsement deals.

That put Messi ahead of long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo, the Juventus and Portugal star who was second with earnings of $109 million.

Brazil and Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar completed a sweep of the top three positions by footballers, coming in third with earnings of $105 million.

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Toll from Boko Haram attack in Cameroon rises to 37

Toll from Boko Haram attack in Cameroon rises to 37

June 12, 2019 10:07 am

An attack by Boko Haram jihadists in northern Cameroon last weekend left 37 dead, a security official in the region said Wednesday, revising the toll upward.

“As of today, we have 21 military and 16 civilian fatalities,” the source said.

An earlier toll said at least 26 people — 17 soldiers and nine civilians — had died, in one of the deadliest attacks in Cameroon by the Nigerian-based group.

The jihadists, armed with rocket launchers, attacked military positions on Darak, an island near Lake Chad in Cameroon’s Far North region.

Fierce fighting broke out with the soldiers, which included the …

France’s Le Pen to go on trial for tweeting awful IS images

France’s Le Pen to go on trial for tweeting awful IS images

June 12, 2019 9:54 am

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been ordered to stand trial for tweeting pictures of Islamic State atrocities, a judicial source told AFP on Wednesday.

Le Pen shared the gruesome images in December 2015, a few weeks after IS jihadists killed 130 people in attacks in Paris.

A judge in the western Paris suburb of Nanterre ordered that the National Rally leader stand trial on charges of circulating “violent messages that incite terrorism or pornography or seriously harm human dignity” and that can be viewed by a minor.

The charges carry a maximum sentence of three years in prison …

Yemen rebel attack injures 26 at Saudi airport

Yemen rebel attack injures 26 at Saudi airport

June 12, 2019 9:14 am

A Yemeni rebel missile attack on an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia wounded 26 civilians on Wednesday, the Saudi-led coalition fighting the rebels said.

Yemen’s Huthi rebels, who have faced persistent coalition bombing since March 2015 that has exacted a heavy civilian death toll, have stepped up missile and drone attacks across the border in recent weeks.

Eight of those wounded at Abha airport were admitted to hospital, coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki said.

The other 18 were discharged after receiving first aid, he added in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.

The Huthi rebels said earlier that …

Nigeria’s ex-presidents, heads of state shun June 12

Nigeria’s ex-presidents, heads of state shun June 12

June 12, 2019 9:02 am

All Nigeria’s former Presidents including Olusegun Obasanjo, failed to attend the June 12 Democracy Day celebration which held on Wednesday at the Eagle Square, Abuja.

The former presidents and Heads of state were scheduled to be seated at the venue of the event at 9:35 a.m., but they were conspicuously absent at about 10:06 when Jubril (President Muhammadu Buhari) arrived the venue.

The event is the first since Jubril (Buhari) approved June 12 as Democracy Day in honour MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the 1993 presidential election.

It would be recalled that May 29 had been observed as

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Anthony Joshua is ‘finished’ says Tyson Fury

Anthony Joshua is ‘finished’ says Tyson Fury

June 12, 2019 8:45 am
Tyson Fury believes former world champion Anthony Joshua is “finished” after the British heavyweight’s shock defeat to Andy Ruiz Jr in New York.Joshua lost his IBF, WBA and WBO titles on June 1 in one of the biggest upsets in the history of the division.

After the fight, Fury sent a message on Twitter that urged his fellow Briton to “rest up, recover, regroup and come again”.

But this week he told BBC Sport: “When a man doesn’t want to be there once, he will always do it and it’s hard to come back from.

“It’s been done many different

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