October 2019

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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Presidency Claims Using Old Vehicles Despite Yearly Budget

Presidency Claims Using Old Vehicles Despite Yearly Budget

October 22, 2019 2:15 pm

• Senate rejects ₦23b vote for Niger Delta Ministry
• Panel quizzes commission over secret recruitment

Despite a yearly allocation for new vehicles, the presidency has claimed that some of them being used for daily operations in the State House are old since they were purchased as far back as 1999.

The Permanent Secretary, Mr. Jalal Arabi, who led a team of officials to appear before the House of Representatives Committee on Special Duties to defend the 2020 budget proposals of the State House said there was an urgent need to replace those vehicles which he claimed had become …

Indomie Maker, Tolaram, To Build Regional Port In Lagos

Indomie Maker, Tolaram, To Build Regional Port In Lagos

October 22, 2019 1:55 pm

The Tolaram Group, maker of Indomie Noodles, is building the biggest port in West Africa on the east side of Lagos with $1bn facility from China, according to the Financial Times.

A report in Financial Times on Tuesday said the Singapore-based company was set to close financing this week for what could be the busiest port in West Africa sub-region, which would help transform Africa’s largest economy.

The port, the biggest development ever undertaken by Tolaram, the report said, “is being built on the back of a $450m annual business that has turned Indomie noodles into one of Nigeria’s national …

Suspected Port Harcourt Serial Killer Pleads Guilty

Suspected Port Harcourt Serial Killer Pleads Guilty

October 22, 2019 1:46 pm
  • Begs court for forgiveness
The suspected Port Harcourt serial killer, Gracious David West, Tuesday pleaded guilty to charges of murder preferred against him by the police at the State High Court.
He, however, accused the police of withholding ₦60,000, wristwatch and jewelry seized from him during his arrest.
This is as the Rivers State Government also took over the prosecution of the suspected serial killer.
The Rivers State Police Command in suit PHC/3426/CR/2019 had preferred a 10-count charge of conspiracy and murder on West.
The police charged West for unlawfully killing several women in different hotels and guest houses in
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NSCDC Busts Two Rehabilitation Centres in Kaduna

NSCDC Busts Two Rehabilitation Centres In Kaduna

October 22, 2019 1:24 pm

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kaduna State Command has busted two more rehabilitation centres alleged of meting inhuman treatments to their inmates.

The state NSCDC Deputy Commandant, Mr Nnegha Onyema, made the disclosure at a press briefing on Tuesday, in Kaduna.

According to Onyema, five operators of the centres, which are within Zaria Local Government area, have been arrested and 11 inmates evacuated.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that among the 11 inmates, with ages ranging between 11 years and 40 years, one is from Osun State.

Onyema said that some of the inmates had …

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