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US Troops Exit Syria To Stay ‘Temporarily’ In Iraq - Esper

US Troops Exit Syria To Stay ‘Temporarily’ In Iraq – Esper

October 23, 2019 12:09 pm

The American troops withdrawing from Syria will stay in Iraq “temporarily” before returning to the United States, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday.

In an interview with CNN, Esper said the US forces were pulling out in phases and had now moved from the “immediate zone of attack” to a northeastern corridor out of the country.

“Then we’ll have another phase that will draw all the forces out. We will temporarily position in Iraq before bringing the troops home. They will be coming home,” he said.

Dozens of US armored vehicles arrived Monday at a base in Iraqi Kurdistan.…

Over 100 Elephants Die In Botswana In Suspected Anthrax

Over 100 Elephants Die In Botswana In Suspected Anthrax

October 23, 2019 11:57 am
More than 100 elephants have died in Botswana in the past two months partly because of a suspected anthrax outbreak, the government has said.“Preliminary investigations suggest the elephants are dying from anthrax, whilst some died from drought effects,” a Department of Wildlife and National Parks statement said.

“Due to the severe drought, elephants end up ingesting soil while grazing and get exposed to the anthrax bacteria spore,” it said.

Elephants Without Borders said an aerial survey showed fresh elephant carcasses increased by 59 percent between 2014 and 2018, mostly from poaching and illegal hunting with drought also a contributing

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Boeing Ousts Head Of Commercial Plane Unit Amid MAX Crisis

Boeing Ousts Head Of Commercial Plane Unit Amid MAX Crisis

October 23, 2019 11:43 am
Boeing on Tuesday replaced the chief of its commercial plane division, the most significant executive departure since the 737 MAX grounding plunged the company into crisis seven months ago.

Kevin McAllister, head of Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), will leave the company effective immediately, Boeing said on the eve of a key quarterly earnings announcement.

McAllister will be replaced by Stan Deal, who has been chief of Boeing Global Services.

The announcement comes as the MAX crisis appears to be deepening following disclosures last week of text messages between two Boeing pilots in 2016 that suggested the company was aware of

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Nigeria Budgets For Inefficient Monopolies – Wale Oluwo

Nigeria Budgets For Inefficient Monopolies – Wale Oluwo

October 23, 2019 11:18 am

Olawale Oluwo is a former Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources who resigned his appointment at the tail end of the Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode tenure.

Oluwo, who was the speaker at the Afang Summit held recently in Lagos, a monthly gathering of men and women from all sectors of the economy organised by a Lagos based Investment Banker, Joseph Edgar, said among other things that the current Nigeria economy reality cannot drive the country to an enviable destination, that until the Nigerian government hands off sectors of the economy it has no business going into, the …

In Iraqi Refugee Camp, Syrian Kurds Curse Trump And Erdogan

In Iraqi Refugee Camp, Syrian Kurds Curse Trump And Erdogan

October 23, 2019 10:54 am
“May God avenge us against Trump and Erdogan” is a common refrain among the thousands of Syrian Kurds who have taken refuge in Iraq since Turkey’s assault on their homes.The numbers, which aid workers say have reached more than 7,500 since Turkish forces and allied militiamen launched the offensive on October 9, is increasing by the hundreds on a daily basis.

They have been crossing to Bardarach inside neighbouring Iraqi Kurdistan to a tent camp previously used to shelter Iraqis fleeing the Islamic State group.

The US-led coalition which backed the Syrian Kurds in defeating IS “has betrayed us and

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Always Sanitary Product To Consider Transgender Customers

Always Sanitary Product To Consider Transgender Customers

October 23, 2019 8:12 am

Always Sanitary Product will remove the Venus symbol, a symbolism for feminity, from their products so they can include transgender and nonbinary customers.

This decision will materialise from next year 2020. However, the specific date has not been ascertained.

As reported by CNN,

transgender activists and allies had publicly urged Procter & Gamble to redesign its pad wrapper without the gender symbol, a circle atop a cross. Among their arguments were that not all people who menstruate are women and that not all women menstruate.

There have been different moves to ensure transgender equality as the debates take shape in …

Gunmen Kidnap Federal High Court Judge In Ondo

Gunmen Kidnap Federal High Court Judge In Ondo

October 23, 2019 7:42 am

A Federal High Court judge serving in Akure, Ondo State, Justice Abdul Dogo, was on Tuesday abducted by gunmen.

Dogo was said to have been abducted along with his driver at Ibilo/Isua Akoko axis, a border area between Ondo and Edo states while on their way from Abuja to Akure.

A source close to the federal judiciary in Akure confirmed the incident that was corroborated by two of the lawyers who were in his court for hearing of their cases.

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One of the lawyers also told journalists that the kidnappers had …

UK PM Appalled By Death Of 39 Persons In Container Truck

UK PM Appalled By Death Of 39 Persons In Container Truck

October 23, 2019 7:26 am

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is appalled after 39 people were found dead in a container truck in the English county of Essex early Wednesday.

“I’m appalled by this tragic incident in Essex,’’ Johnson tweeted.

“I am receiving regular updates and the Home Office will work closely with Essex Police as we establish exactly what has happened,’’ he said.

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“My thoughts are with all those who lost their lives and their loved ones.’’ (dpa/NAN)…

We Have Placed Nigeria's Security In God's Hands – Buratai

We Have Placed Nigeria’s Security In God’s Hands – Buratai

October 23, 2019 6:57 am

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the Army has engaged in spiritual warfare to counter Boko Haram propaganda.

Buratai, represented by Brig.-Gen. Timothy Olowomeye, the Director of Civil-Military Affairs, stated this at the 2019 Chaplains annual Training Conference and Retreat on Tuesday in Sokoto.

” We were involved in a joint seminar on Spiritual Warfare as an effective means against insurgency and other forms of restiveness.

” Boko Haram and the likes cannot be defeated by kinetic military warfare alone.

” Finding appropriate counter-narratives against these violent extremist sects will immensely be a big push …

NOUN’s Law PG Programme Is Greek Gift - Umegboro

NOUN’s Law PG Programme Is Greek Gift – Umegboro

October 23, 2019 6:18 am

Mr. Carl Umegboro, a public affairs analyst, has described the newly approved postgraduate law degree at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), without clearance of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree for admission into the Nigerian Law School for vocational training as a Greek gift.

In a statement in Abuja, Umegboro, who is the Chairman of the Law Graduates Forum (LGF) of NOUN, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene to ensure under national security that the trapped innocent citizens do not under any circumstance miss the forthcoming batch of intakes into the Nigerian Law School, precisely January 2020 session, …

Authorities To investigate Soyombo’s Ikoyi Prison Stories

Authorities To investigate Soyombo’s Ikoyi Prison Stories

October 23, 2019 5:48 am

Nigerian Correctional Service said it has set up a “high powered panel” to investigate the allegations in an investigative report made by undercover journalist Fisayo Soyombo.

The first installment of the three-part investigation by Soyombo exposed how Nigerian policemen “pervert the course of justice in their quest for ill-gotten money”.

In the second part of the investigation published on Monday by The Cable exposed “how the courts short-change the law, and the prisons are themselves a cesspool of the exact reasons for which they hold inmates.”

Soyombo spent eight days as an inmate in Ikoyi Prison — to track …

Five Injured As South Africans Resume Attack On Nigerians

Five Injured As South Africans Resume Attack On Nigerians

October 23, 2019 4:22 am

For the umpteenth time, Nigerians living in South Africa bore the brunt of a fresh wave of xenophobia that broke out yesterday, which left five persons injured.

According to reports, the latest attack occurred at Mpumalamga Province and in some parts of Witbank where the residents attacked their Nigerian neighbours.

This is coming barely weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari visited South Africa to dialogue with his South African counterpart to address the incessant xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other African migrants.

It was gathered from Nigerians living in South Africa that the attack started with the indigenes attacking shops and …

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