October 22, 2019

It Is A Criminal To Collect Money For Bail, AIG Warns

It Is A Crime To Collect Money For Bail, AIG Warns

October 22, 2019 6:25 pm

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone 2, Lagos, Lawal Shehu, has warned police officers who are involved in various forms of corrupt practices to desist hence they would be made to pay for their illicit acts. Lawal lamented that some officers were involved in corruption by collecting money for bail while it was crystal clear and written in all police stations that bail is free.

The AIG, who spoke at a training for police officers on human rights organised by the Crime Victims Foundation of Nigeria (CRIVIFON), however, mentioned that there were times police officers might not want to …

157 Dead In Iraq Protests: New Official Toll

157 Dead In Iraq Protests: New Official Toll

October 22, 2019 6:14 pm

The death toll from week-long anti-government protests that erupted in the Iraq capital and other cities at the start of the month totalled 157, an official inquiry found on Tuesday.

Baghdad accounted for 111 of the dead, nearly all of whom were protesters, the inquiry found.

Around 70 percent of the deaths were caused by bullet wounds “to the head or chest”, according to the findings, published as Iraq braces for fresh protests on Friday.

The official toll included 149 civilians and eight members of the security forces killed between October 1 and 6, during protests in Baghdad and across …

Mbappe’s Hat-Trick Puts PSG In Champions League Last 16

Mbappe’s Hat-Trick Puts PSG In Champions League Last 16

October 22, 2019 6:00 pm

Substitute Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick as Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) moved a step closer to the Champions League last 16 with a 5-0 victory over previously unbeaten Club Brugge on Tuesday.

The World Cup winner, who has only started four games this season due to thigh and hamstring injuries netted three time in the space of 20 minutes to help PSG go five points clear of Real Madrid, who beat Galatasaray 1-0, in second place in Group A.

Maurco Icardi netted the visitors’ other two goals as fellow Argentinian Angel Di Maria directly set-up three of his side’s efforts.

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Sterling Blasts 11-Minute Treble As Man City Run Riot

Sterling Blasts 11-Minute Treble As Man City Run Riot

October 22, 2019 5:45 pm

Raheem Sterling hit a brilliant 11-minute hat-trick as Manchester City inflicted a 5-1 thrashing on Atalanta in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Pep Guardiola’s side were rocked by Ruslan Malinovsky’s first-half penalty at the Etihad Stadium.

But City responded superbly as Sergio Aguero struck twice before the interval.

Sterling had provided the assists for both of Aguero’s goals, but the England winger was just getting warmed up.

After the interval, Sterling struck three times to complete a personal masterclass that underlined his rise in the Guardiola era from enigmatic playmaker to lethal finisher.

Sterling has emerged as City’s driving force …

Morata Makes His Point By Scoring Winner For Atletico

Morata Makes His Point By Scoring Winner For Atletico

October 22, 2019 5:14 pm
Alvaro Morata came off the bench and rescued Atletico Madrid when his late header gave Diego Simeone’s side a gritty 1-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Morata dropped after missing chances in Atletico’s draw with Valencia in La Liga on Saturday, played as if he had a point to prove in a match-winning cameo at the Wanda Metropolitano.

“He started on the bench,” said Simeone. “But came on with the motivation of a little boy.”

Victory leaves Atletico with seven points from their opening three games in Group D and on the brink of qualification,

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2,000 Traders Affected By Onitsha Fire, Says NEMA Official

2,000 Traders Affected By Onitsha Fire, Says NEMA Official

October 22, 2019 5:00 pm
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says that at least 2,000 traders suffered huge losses in the fuel tanker fire that destroyed major parts of the Ochanja Market in Onitsha.

The South-East Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Mr Fred Anusim, disclosed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu while speaking on the extent of damage by the fire.

Anusim said that from the “rapid assessment” conducted by the agency, over 50 storey buildings were affected.

He said that the assessment was not comprehensive but rapidly done due to the prevailing anger amongst residents of the

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Cataract, Main Cause Of Infant Blindness - Opthalmologist

Cataract, Main Cause Of Infant Blindness – Opthalmologist

October 22, 2019 4:47 pm

A Consultant Ophthalmologist, Dr Olubusayo Adejumo, says pediatric cataract is one of the common causes of blindness in children.

Adejumo of Marilyn Miller Centre for Child Eye Health, Eleta Eye Institute, made this disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ibadan.

The ophthalmologist said that the practice of early detection and intervention was important to protect children from permanent blindness.

“Childhood blindness is becoming increasingly common and one of the common causes is pediatric cataract.

“Cataract causes cloudy vision and when you leave the child like that for years without attending to …

Facebook probe by U.S. Expands To 47 Attorneys General

Facebook probe by U.S. Expands To 47 Attorneys General

October 22, 2019 4:34 pm
An antitrust investigation into Facebook ramped up on Tuesday with the announcement that 47 state attorneys general from across the U.S. have joined the New York-led probe.

The New York Attorney-General, Letitia James, said in a statement in New York.

Those chief legal officers of states and territories “are all concerned that Facebook may have put consumer data at risk, reduced the quality of consumers’ choices, and increased the price of advertising,’’ James said.

She added that the inquiry aims to “determine whether Facebook’s actions stifled competition and put users at risk.”

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NYSC Opens New Mobilisation Area Office In Enugu

NYSC Opens New Mobilisation Area Office In Enugu

October 22, 2019 3:03 pm

The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has opened an area office in Enugu to meet the needs of the increasing number of corps members mobilised annually in the South-East.

The Area Coordinator, Alhaji Ahmed Ikaka, at the inaugural meeting with members of staff of the scheme on Tuesday in Enugu, said the office would serve the five states in the South-East.

Ikaka said the management of the scheme had experimented with the area offices in the six geopolitical zones in the 1990s, but could not sustain them.

“However, the number of corps members mobilised annually which stands …

A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Setonji David has urged the Federal Government not to pay a lip service to the reconstruction of Lagos-Badagry Expressway, decrying the work pace.

Lagos-Badagry Expressway: David Sends SoS to Government

October 22, 2019 2:57 pm

A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Setonji David has urged the Federal Government not to pay lip service to the reconstruction of Lagos-Badagry Expressway, decrying the work pace.

David, representing Badagry Constituency II at the Lagos State House of Assembly, made the appeal in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos.

According to him, though the project has been approved by the Federal Government, the snail pace at which the work is going will elongate the sufferings and the agonies of the residents of the area.

“We are going through …

Russia Ready To Partner With Africa In Military Services

Russia Ready To Partner With Africa In Military Services

October 22, 2019 2:41 pm

Russia led by President Vladimir Putin has expressed his country’s readiness to strengthen military-technical and humanitarian cooperation and offer assistance to African countries.

Putin made this known in an interview with TASS, Russia’s leading news agency ahead of the forthcoming Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum scheduled to hold from Oct. 23 to Oct. 24, in the summer beach resort of Sochi, Russia.

The summit is meant to open a new chapter in relations between the Russian Federation and African countries.

The Russian leader, however, warned African countries of the risk of economic confrontation between major powers over the continent.

He …

38,000 People Die Of Tobacco, Alcohol In Sri Lanka Yearly

38,000 People Die Of Tobacco, Alcohol In Sri Lanka Yearly

October 22, 2019 2:29 pm

About 38,000 people have been reported dead from the excessive use of alcohol and tobacco in Sri Lanka yearly, local media reports, quoting medical experts from the Sri Lanka Medical Association.

According to statistics from the Sri Lanka Medical Association on Tuesday, an estimated 18,000 people died from the use of tobacco and an estimated 20,000 from the use of alcohol in the island country.

Head of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Anula Wijesundara, told the local Daily News that a person addicted to alcohol consumed at least an average of 3.5 litres of alcohol on a daily basis.

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