Author: Alex Enemanna
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FG moves to borrow $1.2bn to increase agric value chain
The Federal Government is seeking the approval of $1.2 billion loan from the National Assembly to address issues in the agriculture value chain, finance minister Zainab Ahmed said on Tuesday in Abuja at the ministry’s budget defence. Ahmed told the House of Representative Committee on Finance that the loan would be sourced from the Brazilian…
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US election: Parade in Nigeria, ‘great honour’ — Trump hails
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed a parade by his supporters in Nigeria, describing it as a great honour. Trump made this known when he shared a video of the parade on his Twitter handle with a caption, “A parade for me in Nigeria, a great honor!” The video shows a procession by men…
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US Election Day begins as voters decide Trump’s fate
The United States started voting Tuesday in an election amounting to a referendum on Donald Trump’s uniquely brash and bruising presidency, which Democratic opponent and frontrunner Joe Biden urged Americans to end to restore “our democracy.” The country is more divided and angry than at any time since the Vietnam War era of the 1970s…
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#EndSARS: It’s not clear soldiers were involved in shooting — Malami
The Attorney General and Minister for Justice Abubakar Malami has alleged that “hoodlums” wearing military uniforms may have shot Nigerian protesters campaigning against police brutality. He said it was too soon to tell if soldiers were involved in the shooting spree. Demonstrations across the country turned violent on Oct. 20 when witnesses in Lagos said…
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Magu: Salami set to complete assignment, wants police out of EFCC
After about five months, Justice Isa Ayo Salami Judicial Commission of Inquiry is set to wind up investigation into the activities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It was learnt that the panel plans to conclude its assignment this week. Its report will then be sent to President Muhammadu Buhari. It was gathered…
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Buhari surrounded by liars, Mbaka cries out
The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, says the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is being fed with lies by the people he surrounded himself with, PUNCH reports. Mbaka also accused security men in Enugu State of killing and dumping several bodies of some #EndSARS protesters into the Onyeama…
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Peace talks: Military rivals meet in Libya
Rival Libyan military officers arrived Monday for talks held for the first time on home soil following a ceasefire deal last month, an AFP reporter said. Formal talks will begin later on Monday evening, said the AFP reporter present, with discussions tackling the “implementation of the ceasefire agreement,” according to the UN. The three-day meeting…
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Soldiers who rained assaults on Oyo lady, shaved man arrested — Commissioner
The Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Seun Fakorede says the Nigerian Army has arrested soldiers who flogged a woman for ‘indecent dressing’ and shaved youths for ‘wearing improper hairstyles’. He made this known in a series of tweets on Monday. The PUNCH reports that the soldiers were caught on camera unleashing punishment…
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Soldiers assault lady in Ibadan over indecent dressing, shave man
Soldiers deployed in the streets of Beere in Ibadan, Oyo State, to curb the #EndSARS protests have been caught on camera flogging a woman for what they termed ‘indecent dressing’. Some of the soldiers, who were chanting ‘End SARS’, also shaved the heads of some youths said to be wearing improper hairstyles. PUNCH reports that…
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COVID-19: FG to release N4bn bailout to local airlines
The Federal Government has approved N4 billion as a bailout fund to airlines to cushion the effects of the impact of the devastation of COVID-19 on their operations. Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika made the disclosure on Monday in Abuja at a three day public hearing to repeal and enact Acts of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority…