October 1, 2019

'Nigeria Is A Lawless Country', Sowore Fights For His Life

Video: ‘Nigeria Is A Lawless Country’, Sowore

October 1, 2019 1:21 pm

Omoyele Sowore; a Nigerian human rights activist and former presidential aspirant has declared Nigeria a lawless country.

Sowore was seen struggling for his life with security agents in their bid to hold him down and take him away from his fans.

“Nigeria is a lawless country, you can see they have kept me here for over six months. See the way they are dragging me around like a criminal even when I did nothing to them. I love my country and I will fight and die for this country”.

While Sowore and the security agents were having their fracas, …

Nigerian Man Died Of Immigration Hunger Strike - Japan

Nigerian Man Died Of Immigration Hunger Strike – Japan

October 1, 2019 11:52 am

Japanese immigration authorities said Tuesday a Nigerian man who died in detention in June starved to death while on hunger strike, in the first officially acknowledged case of its kind.

“An autopsy has found the man died of starvation,” an official at the Immigration Services Agency told AFP.

The man in his forties, whose name has been withheld, died on June 24 after falling unconscious at Omura Immigration Center and being taken to a hospital in southern Japan.

He had been on a hunger strike for at least three weeks to protest being detained by immigration authorities for over three …

Louie Rankin, Belly Actor And Grammy-Winning Star Is Dead

Louie Rankin, Belly Actor And Grammy-Winning Star Is Dead

October 1, 2019 11:26 am

Louie Rankin, famous for his role as Teddy Bruckshot in the Jamaican movie ‘Shottas’, has died after being involved in a horror car crash.

The Grammy-award winning reggae artist, who worked with stars such as DJ Khalid and DMX, was involved in the fatal car accident in Ontario, Canada on Monday.

A transport truck and another vehicle were said to be involved in the wreckage, according to TMZ.

Further details are yet to surface but he is thought to have died from injuries sustained in the crash.

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Hanna Yusuf - The ‘inspirational’ BBC Journalist Dies At 27

Hanna Yusuf – The ‘inspirational’ BBC Journalist Dies At 27

October 1, 2019 10:33 am

Hanna Yusuf, an ‘inspirational’ BBC Journalist who uncovered the working conditions at Costa Coffee stores among a string of investigations has died aged 27.

Hanna Yusuf worked as a researcher on the News at Six and Ten before moving to the BBC News Channel and writing for the BBC News website.

Her investigation into Costa Coffee working conditions revealed managers alleged refusal to pay sickness or annual leave and tips being withheld from staff.

Hanna’s family said they were “deeply saddened and heartbroken” by her death and hoped her legacy “would serve as an inspiration”.

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Police Shoot Hong Kong Protester At China's 70th Birthday

Protester Shot By Hong Kong Police At China’s 70th Birthday

October 1, 2019 9:30 am

Hong Kong police shot a pro-democracy protester on Tuesday as the city was lashed by its worst unrest of the year, hours after China celebrated 70 years of Communist Party rule with a massive military parade.

It was the first such shooting in nearly four months of increasingly violent protests and threatened to strip the spotlight from China’s carefully choreographed birthday party, designed to underscore its status as a global superpower.

While President Xi Jinping took salutes from some 15,000 troops in the capital, pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong threw eggs at his portrait, with tens of thousands of people …

President Trump Floundering With Impeachment Defense

President Trump Floundering With Impeachment Defense

October 1, 2019 7:59 am

Democrats aimed a fresh dagger at the inner circle of President Trump by subpoenaing documents from his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, as the President struggled to parry an aggressive impeachment gambit on a day of rapid developments.

The President seems to be reeling, waiting for the next blow to fall, defended only by his increasingly unhinged tirades, his tweets quoting supporters on cable news and confrontational and conspiracy-laden appearances by aides on TV.
The President’s unaccustomed struggle to control the narrative and to get his opponents to respond to his moves bodes ill for any hopes he has of avoiding a
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PM Boris Johnson To present EU With Brexit Blueprint

PM Boris Johnson To present EU With Brexit Blueprint

October 1, 2019 7:29 am

PM Boris Johnson is set to present detailed Brexit proposals in the next few days, but Ireland has already dismissed one border plan as a “non-starter.”

The prime minister will offer his blueprint for a Brexit deal to the EU following this week’s Conservative Party conference in Manchester.

He said some of the reported details so far were wrong and claimed Brussels was only rubbishing old proposals – not the full plan set to come.

Justice Secretary Robert Buckland also told Sky News what has been leaked is “not the be-all and end all” of ways to break the Brexit …

Thomas Cook Collapse: UK To Repatriate 16,000 People

Thomas Cook Collapse: UK To Repatriate 16,000 People

October 1, 2019 6:54 am

Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said more than 70 flights were scheduled for Thursday to bring back 16,000 people to the country following the collapse of Thomas Cook.

The authority also said more than 150 Thomas Cook crew and 30 percent of the total number of passengers, in the first three days of the operation, had already been flown back.

CAA said its flying programme would continue until Oct.ober 6, with more than 1,000 flights planned in total.

The aviation regulator launched the largest peacetime repatriation on Monday.

The aviation regulator launched the largest peacetime repatriation on Monday.

Similarly, Germany’s

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Nigerian Shippers' Council Restates Benefits of AfCFTA

Nigerian Shippers’ Council Restates Benefits of AfCFTA

October 1, 2019 6:03 am

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) had said the African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA) if well implemented, will boost intra-African trade to the tune of $35 billion annually.

The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Mr. Hassan Bello, said this at a conference with the theme: ‘Maximising Benefits of Intra-African Trade Under AfCFTA Regime,’ held in Lagos at the weekend.

Bello was represented by the Operations Officer, Consumer Affairs, Mr. James Chabulatuda.

According to him, the agreement protocols were adopted at a summit held in March 2018, following the deposit of the required 22 ratifications.

The agreement came …

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