November 2019

Masked Security Men Attack Makinde In Lokoja Hotel

November 15, 2019 3:47 pm

Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde and Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Saturday’s election in Kogi state, Musa Wada on Friday escaped being whisked away by masked gunmen, who attacked the Suitorial Hotel where they were lodged.

The gunmen, dressed in police uniforms and bullet proof masks, were said to have arrived the hotel at about 12.50 pm with some of them scaling the fence to gain access.

Makinde is the Chairman of the PDP Governorship campaign Council for Kogi state.

The gunmen however did not succeed in gaining access into the hotel as security men attached to …

US Vice President Gives Deadline To Boeing, SpaceX

November 15, 2019 2:42 pm

United States Vice President Mike Pence has announced that Boeing and SpaceX, the private US aerospace companies contracted to provide NASA’s astronauts their ride to the International Space Station (ISS), would begin their Commercial Crew space transport operations within roughly four months.

The vice president made his announcement on Thursday at the same time that NASA’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a damning report depicting a space agency willing to accept serious delays and to pay Boeing hundreds of millions of dollars for cost overruns.

Pence told a crowd of engineers and scientists working at NASA’s Ames Research

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Trump

Trump Attacks US Diplomat As She Testifies In Probe

November 15, 2019 2:40 pm

  • ‘I can’t speak to what the president is trying to do but I think the effect is to be intimidating,’ Marie Yovanovitch said.

President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted an attack against the former US ambassador to Ukraine while she was in the middle of testifying in his impeachment probe, prompting her to complain she was being intimidated.

Trump’s furious tweet came as Marie Yovanovitch testified in the House of Representatives about her abrupt firing from her post in Ukraine following an alleged smear campaign led by the president’s personal attorney, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani.

“Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch

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SA: Foreign Nationals Preparing To Leave Methodist Church

November 15, 2019 2:37 pm
  • The group indicated that they would leave on foot, possibly to Namibia or Botswana.

The large group of foreign nationals seeking refuge in Cape Town’s Central Methodist Church are preparing to leave by foot for another country after their hospitality there draws to a close, one of the leaders told News24 on Friday.

“The pastor [Reverend Alan Storey] said we have to vacate the church,” said Jean-Pierre Bassou.

He was speaking to News24 after interfaith leaders were injured when they were charged by some of the foreign nationals who have lived in the church since October 30.

That was the

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NY: Man Beaten Up Over Cellphone Dies Of His Injuries

November 15, 2019 2:36 pm

A Staten Island man brutally beaten for his iPhone on the Lower East Side last month has died from his injuries — and now cops are hunting for the mugger who killed him, police said Friday.

Giovanni DeStafano, 27, was walking along E. 5th St. near Avenue B, outside the Lower East Side Houses, about 9:50 p.m. on Oct. 20 when someone jumped him from behind, cops said.

The man repeatedly struck DeStafano in the head before running off with the victim’s iPhone 7, authorities said.

DeStafano suffered massive head injuries during the assault and was rushed to Bellevue Hospital.

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Son

NY: Gang Members Slam BMW Into Rival And His 8-Yr-Old Son

November 15, 2019 2:34 pm

Two gangbangers aimed their BMW like a missile at a father and his 8-year-old son on a Harlem sidewalk in a horrifying incident captured by video distributed by police Thursday.

Read Also: NY: Brooklyn Man Arrested For Raping 13-Year-Old Girl

The BMW — driven by a man police believe is a member of the Gorilla Stone Bloods Gang — was zeroed in on the father, a rival gang member, said cops.

Around 3:45 p.m. Nov. 6, the boy and his father were walking on W. 112th St. by Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. when the BMW jumped the sidewalk and

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Manchester United’s Greatest Comebacks Of All Time

November 15, 2019 12:53 pm

Therefore, there is no “quit” or “give up” in the club’s dictionary. They always move forward and fight for the best results. Now, let’s altogether see the greatest comebacks of Manchester United thorough the history of the club. You will

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VAR

Morocco, First African Nation To Use VAR in Local League

November 15, 2019 12:51 pm

Faouzi Lakjaa, President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), declared in February that VAR technology will be introduced in the Moroccan football league starting next season.

“Referees will also be trained for the task ahead”, the Moroccan FA boss said.

“The VAAR technology will be implemented to avoid referees mistakes similar to those during the 2018 FIFA World Cup”, he added.

The North African country’s Football Federation

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Aribo Happy To Make Home Debut For Eagles Against Benin

November 15, 2019 12:49 pm

The Glasgow Rangers midfielder played on a Nigerian turf for the first time in the match at the Akwa Ibom International Stadium, Uyo.

Aribo’s previous two appearance for the Super Eagles against Ukraine and Brazil took place in Dnipro and Singapore respectively.

The 23-year-old scored a goal each in both games but was unable to increase the haul against the Beninese.

“Good win in our first AFCON

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Man City Lose Appeal To CAS Over Financial Fair-Play

November 15, 2019 12:49 pm
Manchester City has lost their appeal against the decision of UEFA to refer the English champions to its adjudicatory chamber over alleged Financial Fair Play violations, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday.
City reacted angrily when they were referred to the adjudicatory chamber of UEFA’s club financial control body by its investigatory chamber in May.

The club said it would appeal to CAS, but the sports court dismissed their initial appeal, saying on Friday that City had not “exhausted the legal remedies available to it prior to the appeal”.

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England Smash Seven Past Montenegro To Reach Euro 2020

November 15, 2019 12:48 pm
Harry Kane’s first half hat-trick secured England’s qualification for Euro 2020 in style with a 7-0 thrashing of Montenegro in their 1,000th match.Even without Raheem Sterling, who was dropped by Gareth Southgate earlier in the week after a physical altercation with teammate Joe Gomez, England displayed the firepower that will make them one of the favourites for next year’s European Championship.

Kane moved into sixth in the all-time list of England goalscorers by taking his tally for the qualifying campaign to 11 in seven games.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Marcus

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Aisha Blasted For Supporting Yahaya’s Second Term Bid

November 15, 2019 12:34 pm

First Lady Aisha Buhari has come under attack on social media for supporting the second term bid of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.

Mrs Buhari was at the All Progressives Congress rally in Lokoja on Thursday alongside party leaders – national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole; Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State – and others.

She joined in begging Kogi people to forgive Bello for not paying civil servants.

Read Also: Aisha Buhari, El-Rufai Acknowledge Yahaya Bello’s ‘Sins’

Nigerians on Twitter have accused Aisha of hypocrisy, saying she accused Buhari’s government of being hijacked by a cabal which did not have the …

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