October 31, 2019

Impeachment: Trump's Top Russia Adviser To Depart

Impeachment: Trump’s Top Russia Adviser To Depart

October 31, 2019 7:14 am

Bolton has been asked to testify on 7 November but it is unclear how he will respond to the invitation. His former deputy Charles Kupperman has asked a court to decide whether he should respond to a congressional subpoena to testify or obey a White House order not to appear.

The acting ambassador to Ukraine, Bill Taylor, has testified that Morrison had told him about a conversation between Gordon Sondland, the US envoy to the European Union, and a Zelenskiy aide, Andriy Yermak, in which Sondland said Ukraine would not receive security assistance until an investigation of Burisma was launched. …

Fans Accuse Ronaldo Of Diving Against Genoa

Fans Accuse Ronaldo Of Diving Against Genoa

October 31, 2019 7:09 am
Cristiano Ronaldo was on hand to help Juventus triumph over Genoa after scoring a stoppage-time goal from the spot. However, Ronaldo has been accused of “blatant” and “disgraceful” diving to secure the penalty for Juventus after Genoa had two of their players sent off.

The Portugal star, 34, went down when Antonio Sanabria tried to shepherd him away from goal deep into injury time.

Ronaldo left his leg dangling and went tumbling to the ground as soon as he felt contact and the referee chose to award a penalty
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Ramos Nets For 16th Straight Season As Real Thrash Leganes

Ramos Nets For 16th Straight Season As Real Thrash Leganes

October 31, 2019 7:06 am
Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos scored for the 16th La Liga season in a row as his side coasted to a 5-0 win at home to basement club Leganes in La Liga on Wednesday.

The result meant Real Madrid moved up to second in the standings.

The defender became only the second player after Barcelona’s Lionel Messi to score in 16 consecutive Spanish league campaigns.

This was when he slotted home from the penalty spot at the second time of asking for Real’s third goal in the 24th minute.

Ramos had initially seen his shot saved but was given a

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Roma Holocaust: Amid Rising Hate, Victims Remembered

October 31, 2019 7:05 am

Margarethe Kraus was just a teenager in 1943 when she was deported from her home in Czechoslovakia to Auschwitz.

While imprisoned in the concentration camp, she endured extreme maltreatment and was subject to medical experiments.

She survived the Holocaust. Her parents did not.

They were among the 250,000 to 500,000 Roma and Sinti people – between 25 and 50 percent of the minority’s entire population in Europe at the time – murdered by Nazis and their collaborators during the second world war. 

Kraus’s story features in a new exhibition at London’s Wiener Holocaust Library.

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Ortom Warns Livestock Owners Infringing On Grazing Law

Ortom Warns Livestock Owners Infringing On Grazing Law

October 31, 2019 7:03 am
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue on Thursday warned livestock owners in the state against infringements on the state’s Anti Open Grazing Law.
Ortom gave the warning in a statement issued by Mr Terver Akase, the Chief Press Secretary to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi.

He cautioned livestock owners in the state to abide by the requirements of the law by properly ranching their animals and warned that defaulters of the law would be sanctioned.

The governor was irked by the sight of herds of cattle roaming Makurdi metropolis and ordered the livestock guards to immediately swing to

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Gunmen Abduct Appeal Court Justice in Edo

Gunmen Abduct Appeal Court Justice in Edo

October 31, 2019 6:25 am

Few days after Justice Abdul Dogo of the Federal High Court, Akure, Ondo State, regained his freedom from Kidnappers, suspected gunmen yesterday in Benin City, abducted Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme of the Court of Appeal, Benin Division.

The gunmen also killed her police orderly before taking her away to an unknown destination.

This incident is also coming barely a month after gunmen kidnapped the Chief Medical Director of Irrua Specialist Hospital, Prof. Sylvanus Okogbeini, on his way to Benin City to board a flight to Abuja for a meeting, killing two of his police orderlies.
According to an eye witness report, …

Lebanese Protesters Celebrate Hariri's Resignation

Lebanese Protesters Celebrate Hariri’s Resignation

October 31, 2019 6:23 am

Cries of celebration went up across Lebanon on Tuesday as protesters demanding the fall of the government celebrated Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s resignation – though most said this was merely an initial victory in a long-term battle.

“It’s a good first step but we’re still going to stay in the streets,” Pierre Mouzannar, a 21-year old filmmaker told Al Jazeera in central Beirut. “Hariri is part of the problem but he’s not all of the problem … I don’t think anyone thinks we’re done.”

For many demonstrators in the capital, the news of Hariri’s resignation was an important boost in

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APC Sweeps Kebbi State LG Poll

APC Sweeps Kebbi State LG Poll

October 31, 2019 6:21 am

The Kebbi State Independent National Electoral Commission (KESIEC), has declared All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of Oct. 26, Local Government Election in the state.
KESIEC Chairman, Alhaji Aliyu Mera, made this known while addressing newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday.

“KESIEC wishes to release the official results of the State Local Government Election held on Saturday, as already declared by the various wards and local government Returning Officers in 223 wards of the 21 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.

“The APC candidates won the election in all the 21 LGAs.

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Twitter To Ban All Political Advertising

Twitter To Ban All Political Advertising

October 31, 2019 3:32 am

Twitter is to ban all political advertising worldwide, saying that the reach of such messages “should be earned, not bought”.

“While internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politics,” company CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted.

Social media rival Facebook recently ruled out a ban on political ads.

News of the ban divided America’s political camps for the 2020 election.

Brad Parscale, manager of President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, said the ban was “yet another attempt by the left to silence Trump and conservatives”.

But Bill Russo, spokesman for the campaign to …

Belgian Police Find 12 People In Refrigerated Lorry

Belgian Police Find 12 People In Refrigerated Lorry

October 31, 2019 3:31 am

Belgian police say they have found 12 people “safe and well” in a refrigerated lorry, one week after 39 people lost their lives in a similar vehicle that had travelled to Essex via continental Europe.

The migrants were discovered in the back of a fruit and vegetable lorry on the motorway, near the Flemish town of Oud-Turnhout, in the early hours of Wednesday. Police said they found 12 adult men: 11 Syrians and one Sudanese citizen.

“Yesterday evening we received a call from a lorry driver near Oud-Turnhout who suspected that there were people in his refrigerated lorry,” Sarah Frederickx, …

Samsung Profits Plunge 56%

Samsung Profits Plunge 56% In Third Quarter

October 31, 2019 3:26 am

Samsung’s operating profit plunged 56% in the third quarter compared to last year as the company continues to struggle with sluggish demand for memory chips. But the company said chip sales should pick up in 2020, drawing a line under the prolonged industry downturn.

The South Korean technology giant on Thursday reported operating profit of 7.8 trillion Korean won ($6.7 billion) for the quarter ending September.
That’s down from 17.57 trillion Korean won ($15.1 billion) for the same period a year ago. Sales fell 5% to 62 trillion won ($53 billion) from the same period last year but improved 10%
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UNICEF: Every Nigerian Should Have Legal Identity by 2030

UNICEF: Every Nigerian Should Have Legal Identity by 2030

October 31, 2019 3:22 am

The United Nations is working assiduously with the federal government towards ensuring that come 2030, every Nigerian is captured and have a legal identity.

This was announced in Abuja recently by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in an official open letter by its Nigeria representative, Peter Hawkins, to every Nigerian child in commemoration of the 30 years of existence of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The letter stated that Nigeria has made a lot of progress even though so much more needs to be done towards ensuring that all children have rights that are realised and …

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