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Southern Philippines Hit By 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake

December 15, 2019 3:20 pm

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Sunday, geologists said, the same area struck by a string of deadly tremors in October.

People rushed from homes and restaurants set swaying by the strong jolt south of the populous city of Davao and the Philippine Institue of Volcanology and Seismology said it was expecting damage.

There was no threat of a tsunami, said the US Geological Survey, which initially reported the magnitude at 6.9.

The Philippines suffers regular tremors as part of the Pacific …

Child Killed As Quake Strikes Southern Philippines

December 15, 2019 3:19 pm

A powerful earthquake hit the southern Philippines island of Mindanao on Sunday, killing a child, injuring dozens and damaging buildings in an area still recovering from a string of deadly quakes in October.

Police said a rescue operation had been launched at a heavily damaged market building in Padada near the 6.8 magnitude quake’s epicentre, which is about 90 kilometres (55 miles) south of the major city of Davao.

Patients were evacuated from hospitals as a precaution and nervous crowds massed outside shopping malls after the jolt and dozens of smaller, but strong aftershocks.

“We can no longer use our …

Five dead from suspected food poisoning in southern France

April 1, 2019 9:25 pm

Five residents at a retirement home in southern France have died and more than a dozen others are in a serious condition after a suspected case of mass food poisoning, officials said Monday.

Twenty-two people at the privately operated Cheneraie residence in Lherm, a town south of Toulouse, began showing symptoms including vomiting after dinner on Sunday, police said.

Four deaths were initially announced by officials, and a source close to the investigation later told AFP that a fifth person had died.

The victims — four women and a man — were aged between 72 and 95.

Toulouse prosecutor Dominique …

Southern, Middle belt leaders back Atiku to challenge poll

March 21, 2019 1:07 pm

The Southern and Middle belt leaders have thrown their weight behind the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar’s resolve to challenge outcome of the 2019 presidential poll.

They also rejected outcome of the poll, saying Jubril (President Muhammadu Buhari) should bear a huge moral burden of the fraud that was perpetrated in the elections.

The former vice president has challenged the re-election Buhari in court.

He met with the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders on Wednesday in Abuja where he expressed confidence in the ability of judiciary in doing the right thing on the matter.

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Atiku in secret meeting with Southern, Middle Belt Leaders

March 20, 2019 12:22 pm

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday met with leaders of the Southern/Middle Belt Forum in Abuja.

The close-door meeting, which lasted for about an hour, took place at the Asokoro, Abuja residence of elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clarke.

Those who attended the meeting with Atiku include Middle Belt Leader, Air Commodore Dan Suleiman (rtd); Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo; Ohanaeze President, Chief John Nwodo; and Major-Gen. Zamani Lekwot (rtd).

The Forum had during the build up to the last general election openly declared support for Atiku’s candidature …

Southern Kaduna blasts El-Rufai for bias, arrest of leader

March 18, 2019 3:14 pm

Adara Community has lambasted Kaduna State Government for what it called ‘failure to arrest the criminals responsible for killings in six consecutive attacks’ on villages in Kajuru and Kachia local government areas.

The community under the auspices of Adara Development Association (ADA) lamented despite six attacks on different Adara villages with hundreds killed and thousands displaced, Governor Nasir El-Rufai has arrested their ‘sons’, while none of ‘the killers’ has been arrested.

Southern Kaduna queries PDP stalwarts for party’s failure

March 3, 2019 1:05 am

The Southern Kaduna has asked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and political juggernauts from Kaduna North to, within 24 hours, explain what led to the party’s woeful performance in the northern part of the state during the presidential election, or they might be left with no option to align with another party, possibly All Progressives Congress (APC).

Revealed! APC Southern politicians, worthless – El-Rufai

March 1, 2019 10:39 am

Governor Nasir El-Rufai lambastes Southern politicians in All Progressives Congress:

‘My joy is that this election has exposed Southern Nigeria and politicians from the south in APC as irrelevant, mouthy and worthless. They have been busted as a bunch of people who come to Aso Rock to make claims and promises that they cannot fulfill.

They will henceforth be seen as men with no political value, full of noise and nothing more. How will Osinbajo (who expects Buhari to hand over to him in 2023) explain to the North why he lost his polling unit, ward and local government area …