November 2019

Plateau Killings: Berom Wants Sen. Gyang’s Apology

Plateau Killings: Berom Wants Sen. Gyang’s Apology

November 8, 2019 10:47 am
A group under the aegis of Berom Political Frontiers in Plateau State has urged the senator representing Plateau North in the National Assembly, Sen. Istifanus Gyang, to tender an unreserved apology to the Berom nation for begging killer herdsmen on the perennial attacks suspected to have been carried by the Fulani in Plateau North.
Chairman of the group, Mr. David Choji and Secretary, Pam Markus while briefing journalists in Jos on Friday on the forth coming Berom Unity Service “WUSAL Berom” said nobody had directed Sen. Gyang to speak for and on behalf of the Berom nation on such a
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Your Confessional Statements Voluntary, Judge To Evans

November 8, 2019 10:46 am
 Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, has rejected the claim by two co-defendants of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, that a confessional statement was extracted from them was done under duress by the police.

Justice Oshodi on Friday ruled that the defence counsel of Chilaka Ifeanyi (fourth defendant) and Victor Aduba (sixth defendant) did not provide sufficient proof to the court that they were coerced into giving the statements to the police.

He also noted that the 1999 Constitution did not state that confessional statements to the police must be in a particular form and …

Governor Badaru Reveals Why APC May Lose 2023 Election

APC Will Win Bayelsa Guber Poll By Landslide- Gov. Badaru

November 8, 2019 10:43 am
Gov. Mohammed Badaru of Jigawa has expressed optimism that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the forthcoming governorship election in Bayelsa by a landslide.

Badaru, who is chairman of APC committee for Bayelsa election, spoke with State House correspondents on Friday at the Presidential Villa.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Nov. 16 for the governorship election in both Bayelsa and Kogi States.

“We are very prepared for Bayelsa governorship election; and the stake is open for us to take.

“Our chances are very high; you can see our rally; you can see that of PDP; you …

Dangote To Repair Abuja Stadium

November 8, 2019 10:00 am

The football pitch of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium will get a major facelift with the implementation of the Adopt-A-Pitch Campaign by the ministry of youth and sports.

The youth and sports minister, Sunday Dare, announced on his social media platform that Dangote Industries owned by billionaire Alhaji Aliko Dangote was partnering the ministry in the Adopt-A-Pitch Campaign.

“Many thanks to Dangote Industries and indeed Alhaji Aliko Dangote for partnering with the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development to restore the football pitch and score board of the Moshood Abiola National stadium. Our Adopt-A-Pitch Campaign program is on course,” Dare …

Ghanaians Enraged Over Border Closure

Ghanaians Enraged Over Border Closure

November 8, 2019 9:59 am

• Order Nigerian businesses to leave markets by Nov 14

• Customs halts fuel supply to frontier filling stations

Nigerians doing business in Ghana have been asked to quit their shops by Thursday, November 14, 2019, or be forcibly evicted in apparent retaliation against the Federal Government’s closure of the border.

The ultimatum was issued by the Ghana Union of Traders’ Associations (GUTA) and the Ghana Electrical Dealers Association (GEDA).

One of the notices sighted yesterday at strategic locations in markets across Ghana, especially in Kumasi, reads in capital letters: “Attention! Attention! Attention! According to the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre …

Trump Will Not Impose Tariffs On EU Cars

November 8, 2019 8:43 am
The outgoing president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said Friday he believes the US will not impose new tariffs on imported European cars in the coming days.
President Donald Trump’s administration has been threatening since last year to impose tariffs on auto imports to defend the US automaking sector, a symbol of American manufacturing.After postponing such measures in May, Trump is due to decide by mid-November whether to impose the supplemental tariffs on cars built in EU countries — a step particularly feared by the big German automakers.

But in an interview with a German newspaper, Juncker said he

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Five Killed, 120 injured In Iran Earthquake

Five Killed, 120 Injured In Iran Earthquake

November 8, 2019 8:41 am
A night-time earthquake in northwestern Iran on Friday killed five people and injured 120, according to early reports on state television.
The 5.9-magnitude quake struck about 120 kilometres (75 miles) southeast of the city of Tabriz, in East Azerbaijan Province, in the early hours of the morning, the Iranian Seismological Center said.Described as “moderate”, the shallow quake was eight kilometres (five miles) deep and was followed by five aftershocks.

Provincial governor, Mohammad-Reza Pourmohammadi, told local media that at least 30 houses had been destroyed.

Rescue operations were underway in 41 rural

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INEC Can’t Disqualify Candidates, Says Court

November 8, 2019 8:38 am

Justice Folashade Ogunbiyi-Giwa of the Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday held that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was wrong to have excluded the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State.

Governorship candidate of the SDP, Natasha Akpoti, his Deputy, Adams Khalid and their party, SDP had dragged the electoral body before the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court to challenge their exclusion from the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State.

The commission had in a letter through its chairman, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, written the SDP to inform the …

Osun Auto Crash Claims 20 Lives

Osun Auto Crash Claims 20 Lives

November 8, 2019 8:35 am

No fewer than 20 persons were Thursday burnt to death in a fatal road accident along Ife-Ibadan Expressway in Osun.

The accident, which occurred at about 3.30 p. m. in Ikire, headquarters of Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State, caused traffic congestion on the busy road, forcing motorists to ply other routes.

As at the time of filing this report, officials of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) were yet to get to the scene of the accident.

An eyewitness informed THISDAY that three commercial busses coming from Ibadan to Ile-Ife end of the road rammed into two petrol …

Nwakali Named Stand-In Captain

November 8, 2019 3:24 am

Former FIFA U17 World Cup –winning captain Kelechi Nwakali will be stand –in captain at the third Africa U23 Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Nwakali will be expected to supply the ammunition from the midfield for the strikers, including his former U17 team mate, Orji Okwonkwo, to make hay at the fore.

The Nigeria team is brimming with hard workers, such as defenders Valentine Ozornwafor, Olisah Ndah, Sincere Seth and Anthony Izuchukwu, and midfielders Sunusi Ibrahim, Muyiwa Olabiran, Ndifreke Effiong.

England –based Tom Dele-Bashiru, who starred for the Nigeria U20 team at the FIFA U20 World Cup in Poland this …

Dikko Confirms Broadcast Rights Deal For NPFL

Dikko Confirms Broadcast Rights Deal For NPFL

November 8, 2019 3:22 am
The League Management Company chairman, Shehu Dikko, has confirmed to www.brila.net that the League body reached a broadcast rights deal for the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) this season.

Reports of a multi-million dollars broadcast deal with Next TV, a Republic of China business entity, first broke last Thursday, but the details were sketchy.

But, the LMC Boss, yesterday, revealed that a deal was, indeed, agreed and the 20 clubs of the NPFL have been briefed.

“The details of the contract will be discussed at a later time. We just briefed the clubs on the projects we have. We …

Bello Receives Boost As PDP Chieftains Defect To APC

November 8, 2019 3:21 am

The candidature of Governor Yahaya Bello and his deputy, Chief Edward Onoja, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) received a boost on Wednesday at Insalu, the headquarters of Yagba East Local Government Area, as the former acting governor, Chief Clarence Olafemi and hundreds of PDP members in the federal constituency renounced their membership and defected to the APC.

At the APC’s rally held in Insalu for the Yagba Federal Constituency, the former acting governor and Director General, Abubakar Ibro Gubernatorial Campaign Council, 2019, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olafemi, former Commissioner for Water Resources, Osanusi, former House of …

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