Day: September 29, 2017

Manchester City confirm Sergio Aguero’s car crash

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Manchester City have confirmed Sergio Aguero was involved in a car accident on Thursday night , but said the extent of his injuries are not yet known. City, in an official statement, say Aguero will return to Manchester today and will then be assessed by doctors. “Sergio Aguero will be assessed by Club doctors today after being involved in a road accident on Thursday. “The City forward was in Holland on his day off and has sustained injuries. “He will return to Manchester this morning and his status will be…

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25.5 million unsafe abortions performed annually– WHO

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said dangerous methods were used in nearly half of the 55.7 million abortions carried out each year globally. A WHO study shows that anti-abortion laws raise health risks for women. According to research by WHO and the Guttmacher Institute, a U.S. reproductive health think tank, almost all of the 25.5 million unsafe abortions are happening in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It noted that “the problem is especially acute in 62 countries where women are forbidden to end their pregnancies…

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Biafra Youth League talks tough, reveals agenda

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The Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, on Thursday announced that it would go ahead with their demands for a Biafran State. The group said “threats and intimidation from Nigerian government” will not deter it from actualizing an independent country. This is contained in a statement by BNYL Deputy Leader and Head of Biafra Broadcasting Service internet radio, Ebuta Ogar Takon. It disclosed that the group will further hold grassroots engagements across Southeast and Southsouth states in the coming weeks. BNYL said this was part of the sensitisation campaign which commenced…

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Teacher strangles son to death, faces life jail

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A Minna Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of a 38-year-old Arabic teacher, Bashiru Isah, accused of strangling his own son. Isah was arraigned on a one count charge of culpable homicide, punishable under Section 221 of the Penal Code Law. The Police prosecutor, Insp. Emmanuel Danladi, told the court that one Aisha Bashiru, wife to the accused person, reported the matter at Lapai Police Division on Sept. 19. Danladi said the complainant alleged that on the same date at about 1:15 am, her husband, a resident of Ebbo…

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Independence : Police assure on adequate security

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The Police Command in Niger has says it is ready to provide adequate security before, during and after the 57thIndependence celebrations of the country in the state. The Commissioner of Police for the command, Mr Austine Agbonlahor, gave the promise in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Friday. Agbonlahor said that the command had mobilised all needed manpower and logistics that would enable it provide a secured environment for the peaceful conduct of all celebrations in the area. He said that operational order on how to…

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Buhari too slow in fulfilling electoral promises – Obasanjo

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticised the slow pace at which the present administration of Muhammadu Buhari is taking to fulfill its promises to Nigerians. This, he disclosed in an interview with African Arguments in which he stressed that President Buhari has not done enough for Nigerians especially in the area of employment generation for teeming youth. ”All youth in Nigeria have legitimate reasons to feel frustrated and angry. Buhari has made some announcements. He has tried to keep on going in the area of agribusiness, but not enough. It…

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