July 30, 2020

Gunmen Kill Two Female Judges In Afghanistan

Car Bomb Kills At Least 17 In Afghanistan Ahead Of Ceasefire

July 30, 2020 5:34 pm

At least 17 people were killed in a car bomb explosion in an Afghan city south of Kabul on Thursday, officials and a medic said, just hours before the scheduled start of a ceasefire.

“Seventeen bodies and 21 wounded people were brought to our hospital,” Sediqullah, a senior doctor at a hospital in the city of Puli Alam in Logar province, told AFP.

Read Also: Russia Pays Taliban To Kill American Soldiers In Afghanistan

The interior ministry confirmed the blast, which occurred ahead of a three-day ceasefire starting Friday between the Taliban and Kabul.

 

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US: Russia Warns Of ‘Scary Consequences’ Over Trump Ban

Donald Trump Suggests Delay To 2020 US Election

July 30, 2020 5:33 pm

US President Donald Trump on Thursday floated an unprecedented delay to the 2020 election — which polls show him losing — but the suggestion drew cross-party fire and has virtually no chance of being accepted.

Trump, who faces Democrat Joe Biden on November 3, has no constitutional authority to change the date, which is set by law.

His mere airing of the idea, however, broke with presidential custom, adding to tension in a country ravaged by fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and set on edge by bitterly partisan politics.

Trump’s rationale was his claim, not backed by evidence, that large-scale …

Obama Aims Criticism At Trump In Eulogy For John Lewis

Obama Aims Criticism At Trump In Eulogy For John Lewis

July 30, 2020 5:31 pm

Former US leader Barack Obama launched his sharpest attack to date on President Donald Trump on Thursday, condemning the use of federal agents against protesters and attempts at voter suppression.

“Today we witness with our own eyes, police officers kneeling on the necks of black Americans,” Obama said in a fiery eulogy at the emotional funeral service in Atlanta of civil rights leader John Lewis.

“We can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators,” the former president said.

Read Also: Donald Trump Reveals What He Has In Common With Obama

Obama did …

What Is Gov Uzodinma Waiting For Before He Starts Working?

What Is Gov Uzodinma Waiting For Before He Starts Working?

July 30, 2020 2:50 pm

Right now, it will be very beneficial if the Hope Uzodinma led administration shuns irrelevant political battles and commits totally to the welfare of Imolites because the way it’s going, it seems the government seems not to have the welfare of the people at heart.

There is no justification for the near-total collapse of major roads in the state for a government that came into power at the peak of the dry season and had all the time to arrest the deplorable roads. The greatest disservice the Uzodimma administration has done is to subject Imo people to same harrowing experience …

COVID-19 - Many Nigerian Students Are Stranded Abroad - ISF

COVID-19: Many Nigerian Students Are Stranded Abroad – ISF

July 30, 2020 1:39 pm

Since the beginning of this year, students studying abroad or those who just secured admission are seriously being affected by the pandemic. Many self-sponsored students and those on partial scholarships cannot afford to pay rent and at the same time pay to be evacuated back to Nigeria thereby making them stranded in many countries of the world.

For example, a notable Scholarship Forum in Nigeria, The International Scholarship Forum (ISF) noted on a tweet this evening that TVC news reported through the President of the Nigeria Students Association in South Africa that over 174 Nigerian students studying in South Africa …

China Can Seize Assets If Nigeria Defaults On Loans - Amaechi

China Can Seize Assets If Nigeria Defaults On Loans – Amaechi

July 30, 2020 1:39 pm

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said if Nigeria defaults on loans repayment, China has right to take over those assets and run them until it recovers its money.

The minister spoke to journalists yesterday at Idu train station in Abuja during a COVID-19 protocol compliance and inspection after rail operation resumed.

The House of Representatives in their probe of Chinese loans to Nigeria found that the agreements ceded Nigeria’s sovereign right on the assets financed by the loans to China if there was payment default.

But Amaechi said: “What the Chinese normally do is that they go

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Thousands Of Boko Haram Terrorists Have Surrendered – Gov Zulum

Attack: Governor Zulum Tackles Army After Attack On His Convoy

July 30, 2020 1:38 pm

The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has confronted the army over an attack on his convoy in Baga, a town in Kukawa local government.

Governor Zulum had departed Maiduguri, the state capital on Monday afternoon for the northern part of the state in continuation of the food distribution programme which he started earlier in July.

On Wednesday, he was scheduled to visit Baga, a fishing town on the shores of the Lake Chad region which has been under the control of insurgents for many years until the military declared its liberation, insisting no Nigerian territory is under the control of …

Nigerian Soldier Suffering From Depression Kills Superior

Nigerian Soldier Suffering From Depression Kills Superior

July 30, 2020 1:37 pm

A soldier in 202 Battalion of 21 Special Armoured Brigade Bama, Borno State, has killed an officer, Lt. Babakaka Ngorgi.

The incident happened around 10:30 am on Wednesday when the soldier approached the officer who was making a call in front of the unit’s headquarters and gunned him down.

The acting Director Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, said the soldier had been arrested and is undergoing investigation.

According to him, the general situation in the unit is calm.

Read Also: ISWAP: Many Soldiers Feared Dead In Fresh Ambush In Borno

Musa in a statement titled, ‘Nigerian soldier suffering from …

Reps Invitation: Gov Wike Reacts As Buhari Snubs Lawmakers

Obaseki Has No Opponent – Gov Nyesom Wike

July 30, 2020 9:31 am

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag bearer in the forthcoming election, Governor Godwin Obaseki, has no opponent.

Speaking as a guest on a Live Television Programme today, Governor Wike said that the people of Edo State already know the type of candidate the All Progressives Congress (APC) is presenting going by what Adams Oshiomhole said of him four years ago.

Read Also: APC Blasts PDP, Wike For Violence In Benin

“Adams Oshiomhole told Edo people that Ize Iyamu was rusticated from school; that he poured acid on a fellow student that destroyed

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Eid-el-Kabir - Orji Kalu calls for sober reflection

Eid-El-Kabir: Orji Kalu Calls For Sober Reflection

July 30, 2020 9:27 am

Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Kalu has urged the Muslim faithful to engage in sober reflections as they prepare to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir.

This is contained in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday.

He urged Muslims to use the special season to offer prayers for the country, Kalu emphasised that peace remained a panacea for sustainable development.

Kalu acknowledged the role of religious leaders in ensuring peaceful co-existence among different ethnoreligious groups in the country.

Read Also: Orji Kalu Urges FG To Commence Rehabilitation Of Eastern Rail Line

“I extend warm greetings to

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Nigerians React As Daura Is Flown Abroad For Urgent Treatment

Igbo Presidency: Mamman Daura Blasted Over Comment On Zoning

July 30, 2020 8:38 am

Apex socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has criticised Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, over his position on power shift ahead of 2023 general elections.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that Mamman Daura, a close relative of President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday, while reacting to claims by Nigerians that he dictates and imposes decisions on the President during an interview with BBC Hausa Service, stated that Nigerians should always go for competence in picking their leaders.

Read Also: Mamman Daura: I Don’t Dictate To President Buhari

Daura had said, “This turn by turn, it was done once, it

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