November 2019

NY: Alicia Keys To Host 2020 Grammy Awards

November 14, 2019 3:33 pm

Alicia Keys is back. The songstress will return for the second year in a row to host the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in January, the Recording Academy announced Wednesday.

“At first, I did think last year was a one-time thing, but when the opportunity came back around, there was no question about returning as host,” Keys said in a statement. “Last year was such a powerful experience for me. Not only did I feel the love in the room, but I felt it from around the world, and it confirmed the healing and unifying power of music.”

Only two other

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

November 14, 2019 3:31 pm

Police have arrested a man they say raped a 13-year-old girl while she was walking to her friend’s house in Brooklyn, cops said.

Kervins Germain, 29, was nabbed Wednesday night for the Nov. 1 attack on the teen inside a home on E. 102nd St. and Avenue M in Canarsie, police said.

The girl was walking to a friend’s house about 11:30 p.m. when Germain walked up to her and convinced her to follow him into a nearby building, where he raped and sexually assaulted her. The victim was treated at a local hospital and later released.

Germain, who lives

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Body

SA: Cape Town Cop’s Mother Finds His Body In Driveway

November 14, 2019 3:29 pm

Career policeman André Kay’s 81-year-old mother heard 10 shots being fired outside their Bishop Lavis home on Thursday morning. When she went to investigate, she came across her son’s bullet-ridden body in their driveway.

Kay’s niece Kim Kay said her grandmother was beside herself with grief.

“The two of them had lived alone. She is so traumatised,” Kim told News24.

The lieutenant colonel was declared dead at the scene.

Kay, 54, was attached to the police’s Firearm, Liquor and Second Hand Goods Control (FLASH) Unit.

He had been in the service for more than 30 years and loved his job, …

SA: Bodies Of 2 Northern Cape Girls Found In Unused Freezer

November 14, 2019 3:28 pm

Police in Northern Cape are investigating following the discovery of the bodies of two young girls in a deep freezer on Monday.

The two friends, aged four and five, were reported missing on Sunday in Bankhara.

Police spokesperson Brigadier Mohale Ramatseba said, while a search was under way around 9am on Monday, a neighbour informed them that she had found the two bodies in an unused fridge while placing her house keys inside.

“It is reported that the neighbours used to put their house keys in that freezer. That’s the reason she could notice that the kids are inside the …

AIB Releases Report On Incidents Involving Air Peace

November 14, 2019 2:13 pm

Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) Nigeria has released the preliminary reports on the incidents involving three aircraft, two B737-300s with tail number 5N-BUK and 5N-BQO and a B737-500 with registration 5N-BRN owned and operated by Air Peace and has issued safety recommendations.

The bureau has issued six safety recommendations for immediate implementation by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and all operators especially with regards Standard Operational Procedures (SOP).

The reports released by AIB included the incident involving Air Peace B737-300 aircraft with registration marks 5N-BUK at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on May 15, 2019.

According to the initial

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Buhari

Aisha Buhari Inaugurates Kogi Presidential Lodge

November 14, 2019 2:13 pm
The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, on Thursday, inaugurated the Presidential Lodge built by Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, ahead of the APC mega rally in Lokoja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the First Lady is expected to participate in the grand finale of the APC mega rally slated for Lokoja Stadium.

” I inaugurate this building for the use of all serving presidents in future. I also thank the Almighty Allah that I’m opportune to be the one to inaugurate the project.

”I’m equally happy to be the first wife of the president to occupy

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World Diabetes Day: Expert Advises Parents To Reduce Sugar

November 14, 2019 2:11 pm
Dr Nwaome Nwaogu, a Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, advised parents to moderate sugar and refined carbs given to children to avoid being diabetic.

Nwaogu, a member of the Ask the Paediatrician Foundation, an NGO, gave the advice in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday, in commemoration of the World Diabetes Day, annually celebrated on Nov. 14 to raise awareness about diabetes, its prevention, complications and care for people living with the condition.

The theme of the 2019 celebration is “Family and Diabetes”, aimed at raising more awareness on impact of the disease on families and …

Diri, PDP Mourn Death Of Party Members In Nembe

November 14, 2019 2:11 pm

The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Douye Diri, has noted with dismay the brutal killings of no fewer than eight members of the party by thugs suspected to be from the All Progressives Congress (APC) during a botched rally in Nembe Ogbolomabiri on Wednesday.

Senator Diri, in an interview with reporters in Yenagoa, condemned the violence and prayed for repose of the souls of those who were murdered by the armed thugs.

Among the dead was the driver of the OB Van of Radio Bayelsa, Mr Simon Onu, who was gunned down beside his vehicle.

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Customs Raid Warehouse, Seize Foreign Rice Worth ₦19.68m

Review Ban On Fuel Supply To Border Towns, Reps To Customs

November 14, 2019 2:09 pm
The House of Representatives has enjoined the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to review its ban on the supply of petroleum products to border communities in the country.
Adopting a motion sponsored by Sada Soli under matters of urgent importance at the plenary presided by the deputy speaker, Ahmed Wase, yesterday, the house declared that the measure contravened the provisions of the Customs and Exercise Act.It mandated its relevant committees to engage the Minister of Interior, Minister of State for Petroleum, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service and the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
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NDDC

Reps To Stop Akpabio’s 2020 Budget Over NDDC Interference

November 14, 2019 1:06 pm
• Order suspension of NIN by JAMB
• Urge review of fuel ban on border towns

The House of Representatives yesterday resolved to halt further consideration of the 2020 budget of Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs over the appointment of an interim committee to manage the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

The lower legislative chamber also urged the Senate to stop further action on the ministry’s budget over the “illegal appointment.”

The resolution followed a matter of public urgent importance on the urgent need to stop the “illegality in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)” moved by

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Prison

Jailed Journalist Recounts Rampant Cases Of Sodomy, Drugs

November 14, 2019 1:06 pm
After 162 days at the Kaduna State Central Prisons, Steven Kefason on Wednesday shared the experience of the shocking things happening in the facility.Kefason, a freelance journalist and hygiene management professional, told The Guardian in an exclusive interview that sodomy, bribery and corruption were rampant in the facility.

Kefason was jailed in the Kaduna prison by the Kaduna State government over a Facebook post.  He was arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State by operatives of the State Investigation Bureau of the Kaduna State Command of the Nigeria Police Force and was brought to Kaduna on May 10 after

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Soyinka

DSS, Judiciary Ridiculing Nigeria, Says Soyinka

November 14, 2019 1:03 pm

•Tasks CSOs on concerted efforts against rights abuses
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday called on the Department of State Services (DSS) and the judiciary to apologise to Nigeria, lamenting that the nation was being ridiculed before the world on account of the actions of the duo.

In a statement entitled, “Sowore, Human Rights and the Rule of Law,” the poet called on civil society organisations (CSOs) to coordinate their responses to alleged rights abuses by state agents.

He claimed that government officials were on a mission to enthrone a “pattern of conduct that openly scoffs at the role of …

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