January 2020

We’re Not Here For A Walk’, Zidane Says Of Super Cup

January 7, 2020 5:15 pm

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said his team is solely focused on lifting the Spanish Super Cup trophy ahead of this week’s revamped four-team competition taking place in Saudi Arabia.

“We’re not coming here for a walk,” Zidane said at a news conference Tuesday, on the eve of his team’s semi-final against Copa del Rey holders Valencia in Jeddah.

“It’s the first edition in Saudi Arabia and the competition is a great hope. It’s an important competition and we want to give our all to play a good match tomorrow (Wednesday),” said Zidane.

“It’s a one-off match. It’s not like …

Kidnappers Of Ondo APC Chairman, Ajulo Request ₦10m Ransom

January 7, 2020 1:51 pm

Following the kidnap of a chieftain of the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, James Tolorunju Ajulo on Sunday, his abductors have demanded the sum of N10 million ransom for his release.

The gunmen were said to have contacted the family of the victim some hours after his kidnap from his Akungba-Akoko residence in Ondo State.

NAN had reported how Ajulo, a factional ward chairman of the APC in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State was seized from his Ibaka residence area of the town
after an outing.

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Foreign Minister Explains Why Iran Must Retaliate

January 7, 2020 1:50 pm

Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian Foreign Minister has again warned the United States that its days in the Middle East are “numbered.”

Zarif had issued a similar threat earlier when he declared that the work to end “US malign presence in West Asia had begun.”

The Minister described the US assassination of a top Iranian military commander, Qassem Soleimani and others last week as “an act of war. “

In an interview with Al Jazeera on Tuesday, Zarif said Iran’s response to Soleimani’s assassination would come in due course.

“Iran will respond because there was an act of war –

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Buhari Reverses Suspension Of REA MD, Ogunbiyi

January 7, 2020 1:36 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has reversed the suspension of the Managing Director of Rural Electricity Agency (REA) Mrs. Damilola Ogunbiyi.

THISDAY recalls that the Minister of Power, Mr. Sale Mamman on Dec. 31st ordered the suspension of the Managing Director of Rural Electrification, Ms Damilola Ogunbiyi.

Ogunbiyi was suspended over alleged malpractices on December 31.

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The federal government, however, accepted her resignation to enable her take up her new role in the United Nations.

The presidency Twitter account posted, “President Buhari has directed that the suspension of Mrs. Damilola Ogunbiyi from …

Trump Speaks To Australian PM Over Bush Fires

January 7, 2020 1:36 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump has called Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to offer help in battling the deadly bushfires that have been on for months.

“President Trump offered U.S. support to assist the Australian government as it battles these terrible fires,” the White House said.

Trump further “expressed deep concern for those affected and condolences for the firefighters and others who lost their lives”.

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PM Morrison expressed appreciation via Twitter on Tuesday.

“Thanks for the call @realDonaldTrump and for your strong messages of sympathy, support, and friendship for Australia during our …

Nigerians Kick As UBA Sacks 2000 Workers In January

January 7, 2020 1:34 pm

Nigerians have reacted angrily as the United Bank for Africa, allegedly sacked a large number of its staff numbering about two thousand.

The workers were sacked at the beginning of January 2020. Although the banking institution has not come with a reason for its action, an insider said the old staff were relieved of the duty to accommodate new ones.

NAN understands that the bank recently employed close to one thousand staff before the festive period.

The bank, in a statement signed by its Head, External & Media Relations, Ramon Nasir, said 5,000 staff were promoted to new grades as

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NAFDAC Speaks On Fresh Recruitment

January 7, 2020 1:32 pm

Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Monday said the agency was considering recruiting staff to fill up vacant positions in 2020.

Adeyeye told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday in Abuja that the recruitment became necessary because the agency was too understaffed to effectively perform its statutory duties.

She said that the agency hoped and prayed that it would get employees in 2020 to drive its mandate of safeguarding the health of Nigerians.

She said “We need staff, we also need vehicles, and not too long ago, …

You Are Fanning Embers Of Civil War – Bishop Kukah Blast FG

January 7, 2020 1:32 pm

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has disclosed that the only “thing” preventing a civil war in Nigeria was the “peaceful tenets” of Christianity in Nigeria.

He made the remark while claiming that the Federal government was using different methods to achieve the goal of Islamic dominance in Nigeria.

The cleric warned that the Federal Government was fanning the embers of Islamization in Nigeria if more Christians don’t get key appointments, Vanguard quoted him as saying.

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He said: “The only difference between the Federal Government …

Soleimani Killing: Iraq Demands Justice From UN Over Attack

January 7, 2020 1:31 pm

Iraq, through its United Nations Ambassador Mohammed Hussein Bahr Aluloom, has sent a message to the United Nations’ Security Council, asking it to condemn America’s raid that killed Qussem Soleimani.

Maj.-Gen. Soleimani, Commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, was killed in a US airstrike on his convoy at Baghdad airport on Friday rising the tension of another World War.

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The airstrike, which was an order from US President, Donald Trump, has since generated a lot of controversies and reactions from world leaders.

The Ambassador urged the …

Buhari

Lawyer Cautions Buhari Against Withdrawing Troops

January 7, 2020 1:31 pm

A Kaduna based legal practitioner, Barrister John Achimugu, has cautioned the Buhari-led government against the withdrawal of military personnel from insecurity prone communities and replacing them with policemen.

He said, “I am disappointed with the way security has been handled so far and is still being handled. I have read in the papers this week that areas that are prone to banditry actions, military personnel that have hitherto brought the situation under control be taken out of those places and that such places be handed over to the police.

“The type of guns banditry have are superior than the ones …

The Deadly U.S Drone That Killed Soleimani

January 7, 2020 12:48 pm

The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force (USAF).

 

The MQ-9 and other UAVs are referred to as Remotely Piloted Vehicles/Aircraft (RPV/RPA) by the USAF to indicate their human ground controllers.

The MQ-9 is the first hunter-killer UAV designed for long-endurance, high-altitude surveillance.

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 In 2006, the then–Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General T. Michael Moseley said: “We’ve moved from using UAVs primarily in intelligence, surveillance, and …

NANS Slams Sanwo-Olu Over LASU Stampede

January 7, 2020 9:34 am

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Southwest Zone, has blamed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the stampede that occurred Monday at the Lagos State University, LASU.

The student body said it frowns at Gov Sanwo-Olu’s “look away” attitude on educational development in Lagos.

NAN reported the management of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, as saying that the desperation of some students to force their ways into a 500-seat Computer Based Test (CBT) Centre led to a stampede, causing injuries to some of them.

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It was learnt that some students

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