Month: June 2018

Pandemonium at Russian embassy in eastern Jerusalem

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Jerusalem district police commander Yoram Halevy on Monday evening prevented a conference at the Russian embassy in eastern Jerusalem, during which it was planned to declare Jerusalem as the capital of “Palestine”. The event was planned in a hotel in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and was organized by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, two terrorist organizations. MK Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint List party who attended the event, was livid over the police officers’ arrival at the…

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Atiku urges APC to concede defeat like Jonathan if it loses

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State to accept defeat in good faith if it loses the July 14 governorship election. Atiku, who visited Gov. Ayo Fayose in Ado Ekiti on Monday said losing an election to a rival party should be seen in the light of the concession to defeat by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Atiku was accompanied by the members of the PDP Governorship Campaign Council. The former vice president also…

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Union Homes sues Stella Oduah over N385m debt

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Another creditor Union Homes Savings and Loans plc, has come knocking at Senator Stella Oduah’s doors, demanding the repayment of N385 million mortgage debt. The mortgage lender’s lawyer Ken Ahia has filed an application before a Federal high court seeking to join as an intervener in the on going debt recovery suit filed against the Senator and her company Sea Petroleum Oil and Gas Group limited by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria AMCON. Union Homes is contending that Senator Stella Oduah, Sea Petroleum Oil and Gas Company and five Directors…

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SEMA: Windstorm kills six in Bauchi

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About six persons have been reportedly struck to death just as property worth millions of naira were destroyed following a windstorm that ravaged some parts of Bauchi Metropolis on Saturday. The Acting Permanent Secretary of the Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Shehu Ningi, disclosed this while speaking to Journalists in his office on Monday. According to him, the casualties were recorded in Tirwun and Kandahar area of Bauchi Metropolis. Ningi said that SEMA was yet to ascertain the level of destruction but it has been compiling a number of…

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US, UN condemn bloody Damboa’s attack

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The U.S. and the United Nations (UN) have condemned the attacks on Saturday night in Damboa, Borno state in North Eastern Nigeria which led to the killing of 32 persons. The attack was carried out by six female suicide bombers sponsored by suspected members of Boko Haram terrorists. The U.S., in a statement by Ms Heather Nauert, Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, said it stood firm with Nigeria in the fight against terrorism. According to reports, 84 others were injured when six suicide bombers detonated Improvised Explosive Devices…

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President Buhari rules out meeting with nPDP members

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President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that he will never sit down for discussion with the aggrieved members of the defunct new Peoples Democratic Party that joined forces to form the ruling All Progressives Congress. A top government official disclosed this to journalists on the condition of anonymity on Monday. The source said Buhari had conveyed his position on the matter to state governors elected on the platform of the APC during a meeting he had with them recently. The President was said to have insisted that state governors and the…

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Donald Trump threatens to impose more tariffs on Chinese goods

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President Donald Trump has threatened that the U.S. would impose tariffs on an additional $200 billion of Chinese goods in a revenge trade row. Trump threatened that the 10 tariffs would come into effect if China “refuses to change its practices”. Trump, in a statement he said “this latest action by China clearly indicates its determination to keep the United States at a permanent and unfair disadvantage, which is reflected in our massive $376 billion trade imbalance in goods. “This is unacceptable. “Further action must be taken to encourage China…

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YouTube extends music streaming service to Europe

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YouTube extended its music streaming service to Europe Monday a month after it launched in North America and parts of Asia. YouTube Music will offer Europeans millions of songs and videos advertising-free for a subscription of 9.99 euros a month — 11 percent more expensive than its US version. An existing free version of the standalone service with ads will continue with “a reimagined mobile app and brand new desktop player”, it said. The Google-owned giant said it would have “thousands of playlists… millions of songs, albums and artist radio”…

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Nigeria to shut borders over rice smuggling

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The Nigerian Government says it will shut the land border between it and a neigbouring country in a few days time to avoid smuggling of foreign rice into the country. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, made the disclosure in Abuja on Monday while speaking with youths in a leadership clinic under the auspices of Guardians of the Nation International (GOTNI). Ogbeh who did not mention the particular country and border, said that shutting the borders had become necessary to encourage local production and sustain the…

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Nigeria in darkest hour of political history-Ekweremadu

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Citing constant persecution of opposition leaders, smear campaign and threat, the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, monday said this is the darkest hour in the political history of Nigeria. The deputy senate president made the remark during an interview with journalists at the Akure Airport, Ondo State on the way to Ado-Ekiti along with other party leaders. Ekwemadu along with other leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) including former Senate President, David Mark, were on their way to campaign for the party’s candidate for the July 14 Governorship Election,…

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