20th July Newspaper Headlines From Nigeria

1. President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday held a closed-door meeting with Senate President, Bukola Saraki. Report claims that the meeting which had in attendance VP Osinbajo and some APC governors was a last minute effort to stop Saraki and other APC leaders from dumping the party. 2. A former Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Coomasie, is dead. He passed away at the age of 76. Report says the ex-Police boss died at Orthopaedic Hospital in Katsina…

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Congolese singer, Koffi Olomide, banned from performing in Zambia for sexually assaulting his dancers

Congolese singer, Koffi Olomide, banned from performing in Zambia for sexually assaulting his dancers

The Zambian government has banned Congolese rumba singer, Koffi Olomide from performing in the country due to several allegations levelled against him. Olomide’s charges include sexually assaulting his dancers, kidnapping them and employing them without valid permits in France.   Koffi who regularly performs in Zambia, was due to hold two shows in Lusaka and Kitwe this month. The ban follows an appeal by the French embassy in Zambia, which requested local authorities to arrest…

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2019: APC Senator vows to stand against Buhari’s N228.9bn request to fund election

2019: APC Senator vows to stand against Buhari’s N228.9bn request to fund election

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim (APC, Kwara-South), has vowed not to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s request of N228,854,008,215 to fund the 2019 general elections. President Buhari had asked the National Assembly to vire N228,854,008,215 from the N9.12trillion 2018 budget, to fund the 2019 general election and other critical projects. But reacting to the request, the Senator told Punch, “I will not support it. I don’t…

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Buhari Returns To Abuja After 3-Day Visit To Netherlands

Buhari Returns To Abuja After 3-Day Visit To Netherlands

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday returned to Abuja after a three-day official Visit to the Netherlands. He was received at the Nnamdi Azikwe International airport by dignitaries including Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong, Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. President Buhari while in the Netherlands held bilateral talks with Prime Minister Mark Rutte. The leaders discussed issues relating to the fight against insurgency in the North-East, climate change,…

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19th July Newspaper Headlines From Nigeria

19th July Newspaper Headlines From Nigeria

1. The Federal Government of Nigeria on Wednesday announced that the name of the proposed new National Carrier is ‘Nigeria Air’. Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, disclosed this while unveiling the airline to investors at the ongoing Farnborough International Air Show in UK. 2. Nigeria police on Wednesday arrested eight persons suspected to have taken part in the abduction of the 276 Chibok schoolgirls in Borno State in 2014. The eight Boko…

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Meet the first ever Miss Nigeria, Grace Oyelude, who still looks graceful at 86

Meet the first ever Miss Nigeria, Grace Oyelude, who still looks graceful at 86

Mrs. Grace Atinuke, born November 16, 1931, is known to be the first ever Miss Nigeria, having won the pageant in 1957. Though she hails from Kogi State, Grandma Oyelude was born in Kano to James Adeleye Olude and Marthan Dantu, who both hail from Isanlu, present day Kogi State. The story of how she became the first Miss Nigeria is as riveting as her enigmatic personality, even in her advanced old age. Miss Nigeria…

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Tonto Dikeh warns Parents to watch their Children more during this holiday season

Tonto Dikeh warns Parents to watch their Children more during this holiday season

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has written to Nigerian Parents on how they should be watchful of their kids during the long school holiday season. In a lenghty post, Tonto Dikeh says: “now that the holidays are here take note of the following child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, child predators are everywhere seeking whom to devour. You really dont want to see this happen to your angels (boys or girls). Be extra careful. Know where your children…

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Two men arrested for shooting and killing two people outside a Meek Mill concert in 2016

Two men arrested for shooting and killing two people outside a Meek Mill concert in 2016

Two men have been arrested in connection with the shooting outside a Meek Mill concert in 2016.   Travis Ward and Jaquan Graves were killed and two others were injured in the shooting which took place in the parking lot of the Oakdale Theater in Wallingford, Connecticut shortly after the rapper’s show on 30 December 2016.   Police officials announced that 23-year-old Kyle Hampton and 33-year-old Tivon Edwards had been arrested. According to reports, both Hampton…

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Kwesi Arthur takes latest hit ‘Woara’ to his church in Tema

Kwesi Arthur takes latest hit ‘Woara’ to his church in Tema

Out of a million things, Kwesi Arthur has to celebrate through his life’s journey so far, the Tema rapper keeps celebrating God recently. He has managed to groom himself and grow into an image of young people in the society can look up to. Young King Arthur upon his return from the prestigious BET awards hosted in Los Angeles visited the Tema Community 9 Pentecost Church for a thanksgiving service. He made the trip with…

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