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Manchester City players celebrate a goal In the just concluded European championship league draws Manchester City will trade tackle with Barcelona in the group stage of this season’s Champions League. The other teams in the group are Borussia Mochengladbach and Celtic. In other draws, defending champions Real Madrid face Borussia Dortmund in Group F, Arsenal will play Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich are in Group D with Atletico Madrid. GROUP A Paris Saint-Germain Arsenal FC Basel Ludogorets Razgrad GROUP B Benfica Napoli Dynamo Kiev Besiktas GROUP C Barcelona Manchester City Borussia Monchengladbach Celtic GROUP D Bayern Munich Atletico Madrid PSV Eindhoven Rostov GROUP E CSKA Moscow Bayer Leverkusen Tottenham Hotspur Monaco GROUP F Real Madrid Borussia Dortmund Sporting Legia Warsaw GROUP G Leicester City Porto Club Brugge FC Copenhagen GROUP H Juventus Sevilla Lyon Dynamo Zagreb Group Stage Matchdays September 13, ...

Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid and Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has won the UEFA Best Player in Europe award for the second time. Ronaldo, 31, claimed the prize ahead of his club team-mate Gareth Bale and Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann. The forward, who first won the award in 2014, scored the winning spot-kick as Madrid beat Atletico in the Champions League final on penalties in May, And Ronaldo then went on to help Portugal to their first international title with victory at the Euros, scoring three goals during the tournament.

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari will attend the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) in Nairobi, Kenya from August 27-28, 2016. The summit, co-organised by the Government of Japan, the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, the United Nations Development Programme, the African Union and the World Bank, will focus on promoting structural economic transformation through diversification and industrialisation; promoting resilient health system for quality life and promoting social stability for shared prosperity. During the conference, President Buhari will participate in plenary sessions on TICAD in alignment with African Development, the Dialogue with the Private Sector as well as the Global Launch of the Second Africa Human Development Report. The President will also hold a bilateral meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe. No fewer than 35 African leaders are expected at the two-day high level s...

The Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday announced the Agency’s plan to set up a video portal, to enhance its multimedia services to clients. Onanuga, who disclosed this during a visit to the management of ThisDay Newspapers in Apapa, Lagos, said that the agency would also develop a photo portal. According to him, NAN will soon inaugurate a video portal, in line with modern technology, to provide more efficient services to the agency’s over 300 clients across the country. “Very soon, we are going to launch a video portal and a photo portal. “As of now, subscribers get photo by e-mail, but we are going to put everything online, so that they can easily access it. “We are also going to upload into that portal all our historic photographs, because we have them in the archives. “NAN has facilities to do video interviews and television interviews and run like a normal television station, even though we don’t have a television licence. “So...

Prof Wole Soyinka Jethro Ibileke/Benin The authorities at the University of Benin have concluded arrangements to host the second eminent lecture series. The lecture scheduled to hold on Thursday, September 1, will be delivered by Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, at the Ugbowo campus of the university. The event which has the theme “Culture at risk,” is at the instance of the Vice-Chancellor, Faraday Orumwense. According to the Public Relations Officer of the University, Mr. Michael Osasuyi, “the choice of the topic is not just apt, but significant in the history and culture antecedent of Ancient Benin Kingdom.” A statement issued and signed by Osasuyi said: “The risk factor and attendant issues of cultural aberration will not only be dealt with astutely but intellectually demystified. It is an intellectual hall mark of the institution’s VC’s initiative at leaving indelible footprint in the annals of history at the university.” It would be recalled that the 1st Eminent Le...

Prof. Soyinka (2nd right) addressing a press conference in Lagos on Thursday. Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Thursday charged President Muhammadu Buhari to respond positively to the demands of the Niger Delta militant groups. Soyinka, who spoke at a press conference at the Freedom Park, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria said the feelings of the militants were that the Buhari government was not seriously responding to their outreach. He said he was approached personally by the militants and that he had responded personally to some of the militant groups just like he did when the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, was the umbrella body of agitation in the Niger Delta during the reign of former President Goodluck Jonathan. “I want to make an appeal to the government to respond positively to the outreach from the militant groups, that is a request which has been made by some of the groups. At the moment, they feel that the government of President Buhari is not seriously...

His Eminence, Sunday Mbang President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the Christian community in celebrating the 80th birthday of His Eminence, Sunday Mbang, Prelate Emeritus of the Methodist Church of Nigeria. In a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Abuja by Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, the president congratulated Mbang on his 80th birthday anniversary He felicitated with Mbang and members of his family, as he clocks the milestone age in good health and a rich legacy of a life lived in the service of God, his nation and humanity. Buhari noted that the legacy of the former prelate of always “working towards reconciliation, reconstruction and revival in all leadership positions aptly captures the central message of the Bible, which is love.’’ He assured the former Prelate that his efforts in pursuing unity in the body of Christ and the country would always be remembered by posterity, especially in co-chairing Nigeria’s Inter-Religious Council (NIREC)....

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said it would deploy 18,511 personnel for the conduct of Sept. 10 governorship election in Edo. This is contained in the commission’s daily bulletin issued on Thursday in Abuja. The number, according to the commission, will comprise one Returning Officer, 18 Local Government Area Collation Officers, 192 Registration Area Collation Officers and 263 Supervisory Presiding Officers. Others are 2,627 Presiding Officers, 12,036 Assistant Presiding Officers (APOs) I, II and III; 2,530 Assistant Presiding Officers and 728 Reserve APOs. Also on the deployment list were 19 LGA Supervisors, with one “Headquarters Reserve’’ and 97 Registration Area Cluster Supervisors as well one headquarters reserve. Edo, with 18 local government areas, has a total of 1,925,105 registered voters, 192 Registration Areas, 2, 627 Polling Units and 4, 011 Voting Points.

The gavel of justice A 23-year-old security guard, Francis John, who allegedly stole a Nissan saloon car valued at N3 million, has appeared before a Surulere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. John, who is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing, has pleaded not guilty. But the prosecutor, Sgt. Christopher Okoliko insisted that he committed the offences on Aug. 18 at No. 31, Adelabu St., Surulere, at about 5.30 p.m. According to Okoliko, the car was stolen at the residence of the complainant, Mr Oladapo Olugbenga. “When he came back from work at about 5.30 p.m., he discovered that his car had been stolen. “He asked the security guard about the car but he denied any knowledge about the movement of the car. “The complainant made some inquiries on the street and was reliably informed that his former driver drove the car out of the compound, ’’Okoliko told the court. The offences contravened Sections 285 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The Magistrate, Mr...

The protesting Internally Displaced Persons in Maiduguri today Hundreds of Internally Displaced Persons have left their camps and taken to the streets to protest against hunger and thirst in their respective camps. Mostly women and children, the visibly angry IDPs barricaded the city’s main entry point, causing a gridlock along the Kano Maiduguri highway, Premium Times reports. Security operatives seemed helpless as the IDPs refused to leave the highway. “We are not fighting but fighting for our survival. The foods are not being supplied, there is no water. No medication for our sick kids; we want food or they should send back to our villages,” said an IDP who identified herself as Aisa from Marte. “They don’t allow us to go out to beg. We are kept like prisoner without food….”, she said. No government official has addressed the protesters yet.

US Secretary of State, John Kerry The U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, says that his country will do everything in its power to help Nigeria diversify from single to multiple resources-dominated economy. This is contained in a statement from the information Unit, U.S. Department of State, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. Kerry held a meeting with the workers and families of U.S. Embassy in Abuja on Wednesday, where he made the statement. Kerry commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to moving the country forward by dealing with corruption, economic challenges and the challenge of Boko Haram. The secretary noted with concern that Nigeria was a single-resource dominated economy. According to him, the reduction in the global price of oil, which is a major driver of Nigerian economy, is a huge challenge to it. “We are making enormous progress in pushing back against Boko Haram, and I came here now to reaffirm the promise of the...

Late Mrs Eunice Olawale The FCT Police Command has restated its commitment to apprehend the killers of Mrs Eunice Olawale, a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) pastor killed in Kubwa, FCT while preaching. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr Muhammad Mustafa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the command was still hopeful of arresting the culprits. He said that there was no evidence linking the suspects arrested initially by personnel of the command to the murder. “The bottom line is that we are still searching and we are hopeful to arrest the culprits,” he said. The command had said through a statement that it arrested six suspects in connection with the murder of Olawale. Mustafa, however, assured that the police was doing all within its mandate to apprehend the culprits. He said that in addition to ongoing investigation, the command was carrying out daily raids on black spots in the territory. “We are also carrying out raids on black spots for a possible arrest...

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose Four World Bank officials had reportedly drowned at Egbe Dam in Egbe Ekiti, Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State. Egbe Dam is the biggest of the six dams in the state. Mrs Folasade Akinrinmola, the chairman of the council and the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Albert Adeyemi, both confirmed this development to newsmen on Thursday. Akinrinmola said that the incident which occurred on Wednesday’s night involved a team of seven contractors employed by the World Bank on an assessment mission to the dam. She said that the team had commenced work on Tuesday night from a section of the dam and moving to the other section when the incident happened on Wednesday. She said that the traditional ruler of Egbe notified her of the incident. “We immediately mobilised a rescue team and an ambulance, and in the process, those wearing life jackets were rescued. “The rescued people were the ones who told us that others were in the water...

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the British Council on the revival of nation’s dormant festivals and traditional games. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed signed the MoU with the Chief Executive of the British Council, Sir Ciaran Devane in Edinburgh, Scotland. In a statement issued onThursday by the Special Adviser to the Minister, Mr Segun Adeyemi, the agreement was signed on Wednesday on the sidelines of the ongoing 2016 Edinburgh International Festival Summit. In the agreement, the government requested for a partnership to help train festival managers, revive the country’s major festivals and prevent its traditional games from dying. The minister described the MoU as the height of the “spirit of cooperation that has taken us thus far”, adding “it must put more emphasis on substance rather than form’’. “We need to have a work plan that will enable us ...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Archbishop Desmond Tutu admitted himself to a Cape Town hospital on Wednesday “for treatment to a recurring infection,” according to a statement from his family. The 84-year-old archbishop will remain in the hospital for one or two weeks, according to his family’s statement. They noted that Tutu went through a similar treatment last year. He also underwent hospital tests for a persistent infection in 2013. A year later, he canceled travel plans because of a long-running battle with prostate cancer. Tutu, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his efforts to end apartheid in his native South Africa, has remained active with the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation and other organizations. He played a key role in that nation’s transition from the apartheid era, including serving as chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission at the direction of then-President Nelson Mandela.

Wizkid Tiwa Savage, Wizkid, Brymo, Flavour and 11 other Nigerian artistes made the nominees list unveiled by AFRIMA in Lagos for this year’s edition of Africa’s leading music awards. The African Union and the 13-man Jury of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA unveiled the list at the Protea Hotel, GRA, Ikeja in Lagos. It was streamed online. The 2016 awards are tagged AFRIMA 3.0. In attendance were officials of the African Union Commission, members of the AFRIMA Jury, members of the International Committee of AFRIMA, past AFRIMA winners and nominees, media executives and other stakeholders in the creative/entertainment industries of Africa. According to the Moderator of the adjudication process, Mr. Mike Strano, about 2700 entries from African music professional were received during the period of May 20, 2015 to July 30, 2016. Describing the nominations process as careful and thorough, Mr. Strano harped on the Jury’s resolve to be fair and transparent. “The Jury is very careful ...

Three men on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly injuring a policeman with a broken bottle as they tried to evade the law. The accused, Chiadikaobi Jonah, 28, Monday Chukwu, 35 and Chigbo Victor, 33, of unknown addresses, are facing a four-count charge bordering on assault. According to the prosecutor, Insp. Eruada Victor, the accused persons, on Aug. 22, at Ladipo Road, Mushin, Lagos, unlawfully assaulted Sgt. Lawrence Audu with a broken bottle. “The accused, who were trying to evade the law, hit the sergeant on the head with a bottle, inflicting injuries on his head while in the course of carrying out his duty,” he said. The prosecutor said the offences contravened Section 172, 166 and 404 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The three accused persons, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. Magistrate F. A. Azeez granted the accused bail in the sum of N100,000 each, with two sureties in like sum. The magistrate said that t...

General Eporwei Edike, Assistant Comptroller of Customs in charge of Zone A. The Zone ‘A’ Coordinator of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Assistant Comptroller-General Eporwei Edike, has said that cargoes should be leave Lekki deep seaport under 24 hours. Edike stated this during an inspection tour of the Lagos Free Zone housing the sea port project and the Lekki Free Trade Zone on Wednesday. The Customs boss said that his visit to the zones had to do with seeking avenues of increasing customs revenue at the free zones. Edike said that the service wanted to know how investors in the zones processed Customs duties. He said that the service would prepare its officers ready to meet the challenges that would come with the Lekki deep seaport. The Customs boss said that the service would also be ready to train its officers and provide the necessary equipment and Information Communication Technology (ICT) He also said that a lot of Customs investments like high profile scanners to ...

Nigerians operating in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry say it is now impacting the lives of youths by engaging them gainful employment and keeping away from vices. Those who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos expressed satisfaction with the way it had enhanced the youth’s skills for self-employment. They told NAN that some youths who had undergone development programs in ICT had got jobs or become self-employed within three months of completion of their training. Mrs Oreoluwa Lesi, an Executive Director in Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC), said the center had trained 9,000 girls in its 2015 empowerment programs. Lesi said some of the girls had finished university and secured employment with multinational organizations, while others were undergoing internship and volunteer work. She said that those still in the university were helping their parents in businesses by handling their IT needs. Lesi said some had als...

Four World Bank officials had been reportedly drowned at Egbe Dam in Egbe Ekiti, Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State. Egbe Dam is the biggest of the six dams in the state. Mrs Folasade Akinrinmola, the chairman of the council and the state police command confirmed this development to newsmen on Thursday. Akinrinmola said that the incident which occurred on Wednesday’s night involved a team of seven contractors employed by the World Bank on an assessment mission to the dam. She said that the team had commenced work on Tuesday night from a section of the dam and moving to the other section when the incident happened on Wednesday. She said that traditional ruler of Egbe notified her of the incident. “We immediately mobilized a rescue team and an ambulance, and in the process, those wearing life jackets were rescued. “The rescued people were the ones who told us that others were in the water. “The bodies of those that had drowned were later retrieved by the local fisherme...

Simon Lalong, Plateau State Governor The Plateau Government has concluded plans to recruit 400 agric extension officers, Mr Philip Gonap, Programmes Manager, Plateau Agricultural and Development Programme (PADP) said on Thursday in Jos. Gonap told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the recruitment became necessary and would cushion the long existed inadequacy of extension workers in the state. “The Governor has given approval that 400 extension workers be employed on ad hoc bases in the state. “This is seriously a commendable development, because with this huge number coming on board, agricultural activities in the state will soon achieve a massive milestone. “Farmers will get the needed education on modern farming skills. “Before now, farmers in the rural areas don’t get to have the required education on modern farming techniques because there were not enough extension workers on ground. “So, this will boost the capacity of the field officer to enhance the dissemination of...

Prof. Tam David-West President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday congratulated Prof. Tam David-West on his 80th birthday anniversary, and commended his steadfastness and forthrightness on issues of good governance, democracy and human rights. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina. While congratulating the eminent academic, as he turns 80 years on Aug. 26, the President saluted David-West’s commitment to the unity of Nigeria, “especially when some seem to easily give up on the project of building one great nation”. Buhari recalled, with fond memories, his long-term relationship with the elder statesman, when he served as Minister of Petroleum, 1984-1985. The President assured the octogenarian that his place in “Nigeria’s history is guaranteed for the statesmanship, fearlessness, intellectual depth, resourcefulness and versatility that he brought into public discourse”. He prayed that the Almighty Go...

The gavel of justice A 15-year-old boy, Ayo Oladele, was on Thursday brought before an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court in Osun over the alleged theft of cable wires valued at about N300,000. The Prosecutor, Insp. Fagboyinbo Abiodun told the court that the accused committed the offence on Aug. 21 at about midnight at the Halleluyah Estate, Osogbo. Abiodun said the accused person conspired together with others now at large to steal the cable wires valued at about N300,000 and kept it in an uncompleted building owned by one Oladele Samuel. He said it took the intervention of the residents of the neighborhood to apprehend the accused, before the arrival of the Nigerian Police. He said the offences committed contravened Sections 516 and 390 of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, Vol. 11, Laws of Osun, 2003. The accused pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of theft and conspiracy. Counsel to the accused, Mr Najite Okobie, prayed the court to admit his client to bail, in the most liberal term...

Fulani herdsmen on the rampage Suspected Fulani herdsmen have attacked Enugu Atakwu community, in Nkanu West Local Government Area Thursday morning, killing ‎a seminarian of the Catholic Church and several others. DAILY POST reports that the herdsmen, who were armed to ‘teeth’ invaded and started shooting and maiming anybody in sight. One of the victims, a seminarian is said to have just returned from his apostolic work A community source, who spoke to our correspondent, said “they just came early this morning and started killing people. “There is confusion everywhere now; people are running helter-skelter.” Details later.

Domino’s Pizza on Thursday said it would begin trial use of drones to deliver pizzas in New Zealand in what it said was the world’s first. The company posted pictures of the delivery-drone on Facebook and said it aimed to begin aerial pizza deliveries to its New Zealand customers later this year. The carbon-fibre drone has been developed in partnership with U.S. delivery-drone company Flirtey, and is designed to lower its cheesy cargo to pizza lovers via a tether. Domino’s said the drones, which use military grade autopilot technology and encrypted communications, would zoom along at 30 kilometers per hour, flying at an altitude of approximately 60 meters. The drones will initially only be used in calm weather, with the company opting to revert to traditional delivery methods during periods of high wind and rain. The initiative was welcomed by Transport Minister Simon Bridges, who said Domino’s had chosen New Zealand for the trial because of the country’s forward-thinking aviatio...

An IDP camp in Borno The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Borno on Thursday said that it had arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly raping an Internally Displaced Person (IDP). Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim, NSCDC Commandant in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri that the 13-year-old victim from Chibok was staying with her aunt at the Colori Camp. Ibrahim said that the suspect was arrested in Dala area of the state capital. He said that the suspect lured the victim with some money and took her to a house in Colori ward behind the NNPC quarters, where he raped her. “The suspect held the victim hostage for two days in his house. After an intensive search by the command, the girl was later found with the culprit,” Ibrahim said. The commandant condemned the increasing rate of domestic abuses ranging from defilement to rape,in the state. “The culprits usually take advantage of the poor living condition of their victims and abuse them. “We ...

Afghan security officials at the scene Twelve people were killed and others wounded in an attack on a university in Kabul, the Afghan capital, a spokesman for the Chief of Kabul Police tells CNN. Two gunmen who were still on the site were killed Thursday morning in a police operation. Seven students, three policemen and two security guards were killed in the attack on the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul campus, Basir Mujahid, the spokesman said. Thirty students were injured in the attack, which no group has yet claimed responsibility for. Around 750 students were on campus at the time, he added. The gunmen detonated explosives and fired guns, witnesses said, causing some students and faculty to flee. Others hid inside buildings, a senior State Department official told said The first blast occurred at 7:50 p.m., when students were gathering and eating together. Two professors, an American and an Australian, were abducted from the same university earlier this month. ...

45-year-old woman escapes death after gang-rape  A 45-year-old woman was on Sunday gang-raped and tortured by gunmen in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. The victim told the News Agency of Nigeria that a group of armed men, numbering about five, forcefully pulled her from the commercial tricycle (Keke), which she boarded. According to her, the gunmen subsequently forced her into the Keke they boarded and drove off alongside two motorcycles they hired. She added: “They took me to a swampy bush behind the San Diego Hotel, Kpirikpiri, Abakaliki, where they gang-raped, tortured and abandoned me, thinking I was dead. “A good Samaritan came to my rescue and informed the police who took me to a hospital where I was placed on intensive medication.” She said the attack was premeditated, alleging that the gunmen might had been hired by her estranged husband who hailed from Enugu State. She said: “I reported him at the Family Law Centre, Abakaliki over his incessant assault and inhuman tr...

Benjamin-Adekunle-1-Photo-by-Terry-Fincher Stories abound about the exploits of the late Brigadier General Benjamin Adekunle during the country’s civil war from 1967-1970. The Black Scorpion as he was popularly called by his colleagues was also described as the ‘Bloodhound of Nigeria’ by the authorities in Lagos, where the central government was based then. Benjamin Adekunle was the head of the 3rd Marine Commando of the Nigerian Army which liberated the whole of the South from Biafran control. German journalist Randolf Baumann interviewed Adekunle in Igweocha during the Nigeria-Biafra War for Stern Magazine, and the interview was published on August 18, 1968. When Uzor Maxim Uzoatu put it on social media, it sparked hot debates. The interview is published below by TheNEWS magazine this week for its readers. Read below: “I have to kill the Ibos—sorry” Stern reporter Randolph Baumann spoke with the General of the Nigerian front troops. If you want to get to know the devil of Afr...

Secondary school boys rape girl, video it in Lagos  A video has gone viral at the Awodi-Ora Estate area of Ajegunle, Lagos State. It is the video of two known teenage boys raping a girl also known in the area. Residents of Awodi-Ora Estate and its environs woke up to the mysterious circulation of the porn like film, showing the sexual escapade of the boys in the area with the teenage girl. The film is the rape of 15-year-old Hannah. The boys, whose names are yet unknown, are also said to be secondary school boys. Hannah until the incident, resides at Dada Onijoma Street and also attended Rebecca Secondary School in Ajegunle, a suburb of Lagos State. Hannah was raped by the two boys after she was lured into a hotel by one of them. It was gathered that as each took turn at her, the other used his camera phone to video tape the action. In the video, Hannah looked sick and about to cry. She repeatedly kept spitting each time one of them forced her to take their manhood in her mouth. T...

Those who burnt eight persons alive in Zamfara will be prosecuted - Gov. Yari - global9jainfo.blogspot.com Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State on Wednesday vowed that all those implicated in the killing of eight persons in Talata Mafara village of the state would be exposed and prosecuted. The governor made the vow on Wednesday in Abuja while fielding questions from State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. Yari said though no arrest had been made, security officials had intensified investigation into the incident with a view to apprehending all those involved in the religious unrest. He said: “As at the time I left Zamfara, no arrest yet. “Immediately the incident happened, the school authority shut down the school. “The police and the DSS are carrying out their investigations and soon there will be arrests. “The government will not take this lightly. “People should not take laws into their hands. “If you say the punishment for who a...

Rescuers and paramedics still searching for victims of the earthquake Rescue crews raced against time Thursday looking for survivors from the earthquake that leveled three towns in central Italy, but the death toll rose to 247 and Italy once again anguished over trying to secure its ancient communities built on seismic lands. Dawn broke over the rolling hills of central Lazio and Le Marche regions after a night of uninterrupted search efforts. Aided by sniffer dogs, firefighters and rescue crews using their bare hands pulled chunks of cement, rock and metal apart from mounds of rubble where homes once stood searching for signs of life. One area of focus was the Hotel Roma in Amatrice, famous for the Amatriciana bacon and tomato pasta sauce that brings food lovers to this medieval hilltop town each August for its food festival. Amatrice’s mayor had initially said 70 guests were in the crumbled hotel ahead of this weekend’s festival, but rescue workers later halved that estimate af...

global9jainfo.blogspot.com Buhari’s government will fail if it continues along Jonathan’s path - Emir of Kano global9jainfo.blogspot. The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi, on Wednesday attributed the current economic recession in the country to inability of the past administrations to diversify the economy. Sanusi said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will fail if it continues to thread the path followed by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Sanusi made the remarks in a paper he delivered at the ongoing 15th meeting of the Joint Planning Board and National Council on Development Planning in Kano. He said there was the urgent need for the country to return to the drawing board and expand the economy through wise investment for the economic growth and development of the country. He said: “If we do not expand the economy through wise investment, we can end up in classical Malthusian situation. “If this government continues to behave the wa...

Buhari’s government will fail if it continues along Jonathan’s path - Emir of Kano global9jainfo.blogspot. The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi, on Wednesday attributed the current economic recession in the country to inability of the past administrations to diversify the economy. Sanusi said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will fail if it continues to thread the path followed by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Sanusi made the remarks in a paper he delivered at the ongoing 15th meeting of the Joint Planning Board and National Council on Development Planning in Kano. He said there was the urgent need for the country to return to the drawing board and expand the economy through wise investment for the economic growth and development of the country. He said: “If we do not expand the economy through wise investment, we can end up in classical Malthusian situation. “If this government continues to behave the way the past government behaved, we...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Archbishop Desmond Tutu admitted himself to a Cape Town hospital on Wednesday “for treatment to a recurring infection,” according to a statement from his family. The 84-year-old archbishop will remain in the hospital for one or two weeks, according to his family’s statement. They noted that Tutu went through a similar treatment last year. He also underwent hospital tests for a persistent infection in 2013. A year later, he canceled travel plans because of a long-running battle with prostate cancer. Tutu, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his efforts to end apartheid in his native South Africa, has remained active with the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation and other organizations. He played a key role in that nation’s transition from the apartheid era, including serving as chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission at the direction of then-President Nelson Mandela.