Day: September 25, 2022

Islamist Al-Shabaab Suicide Attack Kills Seven In Somalia

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A suicide attack claimed by the Somali Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab killed at least seven people and injured nine others in Mogadishu on Sunday, the army and eyewitnesses told the AFP. A “desperate terrorist” blew himself up on Sunday morning near a line of new recruits who were enrolling at the Nacnac military base in the south of the Somali capital, local military commander Abdullahi Adan told AFP. “Seven people were killed and nine others injured,” he said. “I was close to the site of the explosion, it was huge…

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Runsewe Makes Case For Insurance Coverage For Journalists

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The Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Chief Olusegun Runsewe, says there is a need for compulsory insurance coverage for journalists considering the risks and threats they encounter in the line of duty. Runsewe, represented by Mr Frank Meke, made the recommendation at a symposium organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Chapel, Lagos, to mark the 2022 NAN NUJ Media Week. Runsewe, who was the Chief Guest of Honor at the programme, emphasised the importance of journalists in society.…

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Crime In FCT: Three Robbers Arrested, Vehicle Recovered In Abuja Attack

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Determined to keep Abuja safe, operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, have arrested three members of an armed robbery gang, following a distress call of an armed robbery incident taking place in the Gwarinpa area of Abuja in the early hours of Saturday September 24. The three suspects, Shetima Abubakar, male, 22; Yakubu Iliya male 22, and Haruna Amadu, male, 54, were arrested after they stolen Mercedes Benz GLK 350 ash colour with REG. NO. GWA 740 FM, laptop computers, mobile phones, and other valuables from victims all…

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Germany Release Details Of What Their Players Would Earn At Qatar World Cup

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By NewsBits In what may count as one of the earliest motivations for players regarding the forthcoming world cup, Germany players will each receive 400,000 euros ($390,000) if they lift the World Cup in Qatar later this year. This was disclosed on Sunday by the country’s football association (DFB) after agreeing on tournament bonuses with the team. The bonus for the title win is up from 350,000 euros for the previous tournament in 2018, when Germany crashed out in the first round. When Germany won the title at the Brazil…

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England Manager Gareth Southgate Insists This Is Not A Time For England To Panic

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Gareth Southgate who manages the English senior football team on Sunday admitted that recent results of the team had been unacceptable but added he was not hiding from criticism after his side were relegated to the second tier of the Nations League. England had since qualified for the world cup, England suffered a 1-0 loss to Italy in Milan on Friday, a third defeat in five games that has ramped up the pressure on Southgate with the World Cup in Qatar just under two months away. “The results haven’t been…

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Nigeria’s Fuel Subsidies Crossed $1 Billion In August As It Supplied More Petrol

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The cost of Nigeria’s fuel subsidies rose to N525.714 billion naira ($1.22 billion) in the month of August, bringing the total spent this year to 2.568 trillion naira, according to figures submitted to the government by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The skyrocketing costs of keeping petrol prices low in Africa’s most populous nation are straining the budget and draining revenue from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC). In April, Nigeria’s parliament approved a 4-trillion-naira petrol subsidy for this year after the government in January reversed a pledge to…

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Right Leadership Will Pull Nigeria Out Of Present Predicament – Mbah, Enugu PDP Guber Candidate

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By NewsBits The Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Pinnacle Oil and Gas Limited and Enugu State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governorship candidate, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has said that the only way Nigeria could pull herself from her present multifaceted predicament was through the right leadership in all the strata of the society. Dr. Mbah, who made this known while delivering a lecture as guest speaker at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, criticised the state of the nation as discouraging to the youths, stressing that security collapse, high crime rate and…

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