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Neymar sees red as Marseille grab rare win at PSG

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, September 14th, 2020

Olympique Marseille grab 1-0 win at Ligue 1 champions Paris St-Germain (PSG) a match which saw five players sent off and two goals disallowed. Neymar sees red Olympique Marseille earned a smash-and-grab 1-0 win at Ligue 1 champions Paris St-Germain (PSG) on Sunday in a match which saw five players sent off and two goals […]

Unions ground Arik Air operations over 90% staff layoff

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Monday, September 14th, 2020

Unions ground Arik Air operations over 90% staff layoff, anti-labour practices By Yunus Yusuf Operations of Arik Air were on Monday shut down by the aviation unions over alleged non payment of staff salaries since April after placing 90 per cent of the workforce on compulsory leave and other anti-labour practices. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports […]

Videos/Pictures: Ghanaian pastor in Florida arrested for shooting wife to death

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines Sunday, September 13th, 2020

(NNP) A Ghanaian pastor in the US state of Florida has been arrested for shooting his wife to death. Thirty-five year-old Pastor Sylvester Ofori who presided over the Floodgates of Heaven Church was said to have trailed his wife to her place of work at the Navy Federal Credit Union in the city of Orlando […]

UNICAL elects first female vice chancellor

Posted by admin Education, Headlines, National Politics, Women Politics Saturday, September 12th, 2020

By George Odok Prof. Florence Banku-Obi has been announced as the first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (Unical), 45 years after, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Announcing the result on Friday in Calabar, Sen. Nkechi Nwaogu, Pro- Chancellor and Chairman of Unical Governing Council, said the process of the selection […]

Pregnant woman shot dead in Ikorodu cult clash

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, September 12th, 2020

By Adepote Arowojobe A 35-year-old pregnant woman, Risikat Saliman, was shot dead during a bloody clash between suspected cult groups at Aleke community in Ikorodu, Lagos State on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that dozens of suspected cultists invaded Aleke community market around 8p.m. and started shooting sporadically, killing the woman. The […]

50 killed in DR Congo mine collapse

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, September 12th, 2020

No fewer than 50 people were killed after a gold mine collapsed in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, local authorities said on Saturday. The accident occurred on Friday in the town of Kamituga in South Kivu Province, following days of heavy rain. The cause of the landslide is currently under investigation. […]

Foreign Trump nominee elected to head Latin American development bank

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Saturday, September 12th, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee was, on Saturday, elected president of the Inter-American Development Bank, the region’s main economic development lender, making him the first U.S. citizen to lead the institution in its 61-year history. Mauricio Claver-Carone, Trump’s senior Latin America adviser, told the bank’s governors before voting began that he would be “a passionate […]

Coronavirus: Oxford University to resume vaccine trial after pause

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, COVID-19, Headlines, Health Saturday, September 12th, 2020

Trials of a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University will resume after being paused due to a reported side effect in a patient in the UK. On Tuesday, AstraZeneca said the studies were being paused while it investigated whether the adverse reaction was linked with the vaccine. But on Saturday, the university said it […]

Naviid Afkari: Iran executes young wrestler despite global outcry

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, September 12th, 2020

Iran has executed a wrestler accused of murder, defying international appeals for him to be spared. Navid Afkari, 27, was sentenced to death over the murder of a security guard during a wave of anti-government protests in 2018. He said he had been tortured into making a confession. Human rights organisation Amnesty International described Afkari’s execution as a […]

Why North lost its industries, wealth – Sanusi, others

Posted by admin Headlines, North-Central, North-East, North-West Friday, September 11th, 2020

THE industrial edge of the North is long gone! It’s like an earthquake struck and wiped away all the blossoming industries that used to dot the length and breadth of the region and produced enormous wealth for the natives. From footwears industries to fabrics manufacturing and essential goods-producing entities, the North is now bereft of […]