Anti-Trump protesters have blocked a highway leading to a campaign rally for Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump.
Saturday, 19 March 2016
WORLD NEWS: US-IRAQ; US SOLDIER KILLED IN NORTHERN IRAQ AFTER ROCKET ATTACK
A US service member has been killed in northern Iraq, with US media reporting the death came after a rocket attack on a base.
FOOTBALL RUMOUR: HARRY KANE WANTED BY MOURINHO AT MANCHESTER UNITED IF...
Former Intermilan and Porto boss, Jose Mourinho will target a move for Tottenham striker Harry Kane if he becomes Manchester United’s new manager, according to ESPN.
WORLD NEWS: Paris Attack Suspect Backed Out Of Suicide Mission
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has told investigators he planned to perpetrate a suicide attack in the French capital, but backed out at the last minute.
NEWS: NIGERIA - RIVERS RERUN - Election postponed in four LGAs by INEC as violence leaves seven dead with eight arrests made thus far
The Forefront has learnt that the Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC in Rivers State, Mr. Aniedi Ikoiwak, has just announced the cancellation of legislative rerun in Khana, Gokana, Andoni and Bonny LGAs Rivers State.
Ikoiwak made the announcement on Saturday in view of attack of INEC officials by party agents, who alleged that result sheets were fake.
WORLD NEWS: RUSSIA - Investigators Find Black Box In Southern Russia Plane Crash
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| Crash site |
The Boeing 737-800, operated by budget airline flydubai, crashed while trying to land at Rostov-on-Don airport early on Saturday.
The plane was pulverised into tiny fragments, but experts managed to find both of the flight recorders undamaged.
FOOTBALL: SATURDAY EPL (photos) - ARSENAL RELIEF AS IWOBI SHINES IN 2-0 EVERTON WIN
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| Everton 0-2 Arsenal (Welbeck 7', Iwobi 42') |
WORLD NEWS GIST: SOCIAL PONTIFF - POPE FRANCIS JOINS INSTAGRAM
The pontiff, 79, shared a photo of himself praying while kneeling. The caption: “pray for me,” which the pope shared in nine different languages.
The date for the pontiff’s debut on the celebrity-dominated social medium was chosen by the 79-year-old himself as it marks the third anniversary of his inauguration as the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics.
BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIA - RIVERS RERUN - RIVERS STATE SSG ARRESTED BY THE ARMY AS INEC OFFICIAL IS REPORTEDLY KILLED IN ABONNEMA
The Forefront has learnt from a reliable source that the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Mr. Kenneth Kobani has been arrested by men of the Nigerian Army for alleged stalling the distribution of electoral materials in the Rivers rerun.
NEWS: NIGERIA - Report says ghost workers receive N170.29m monthly in Benue State
The Benue State Government spends N170, 290, 870 as salaries on ghost workers every month.
Biometric Audit Consultant, Prince Mkpang, stated this while submitting the Report of Biometric Audit of Benue Civil Service to Governor Samuel Ortom in Makurdi on Tuesday.
Mkpang explained that after the Automatic Finger Print Identification, only 17,962 staff members were active employees in the state’s civil service.
NEWS: NIGERIA - RIVERS RERUN UPDATE; Police claim polling units are in calm state
The police in Rivers have said that there has not been any adverse security report in the on-going re-run legislative elections in the state.
The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Rivers, DSP Ahmad Muhammad, said in Port Harcourt on Saturday that all was calm in the state.
“We are in touch with the various Divisional Police Officers and they have not made any reports suggesting that there is uneasy calm.
FOOTBALL: Manchester derby is do or die for us - Van Gaal (Match of the day live on The Forefront this sunday @15:00GMT)
Manchester United under fire Manager, Louis van Gaal has admitted that defeatin Sunday’s derby against Manchester City will end their hopes of finishing in the Premier League’s top four.
United head to the Etihad Stadium looking to eat into the four-point gap which separates them from fourth-placed City and the Red Devils boss accepts that a ninth league loss will end their chances of qualifying for the Champions League.
BREAKING WORLD NEWS: TURKEY - SUICIDE BOMBING IN INSTANBUL LEAVES FOUR DEAD
Four people have been killed after a suicide bombing in Istanbul's main shopping street, the city's governor has said.
NEWS GIST: NIGERIA - CBN RECRUITMENT SCANDAL; A BETRAYAL OF THE CHANGE MANTRA - TMG
The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), a coalition of over 400 civil society organizations, weekend, discribed the recent shady recruitment exercise conducted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as a grand betrayal of a change mantra of the Buhari’s administration.
WORLD NEWS: RUSSIA - PASSENGER PLANE CRASHES IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA, 62 ON BOARD KILLED
A passenger plane has crashed in southern Russia, killing all 62 people on board, according to Russian officials.
All passengers and crew members were killed when the plane crashed as it attempted to land, the head of the emergency ministry's southern regional operations said.
Friday, 18 March 2016
WORLD NEWS: ENTERTAINMENT - Lol! Artist Snoop Dogg typographical error boosts tourism of small village in Romania
A Romanian village has received a tourism boost thanks to a Snoop Dogg typo.
The rapper posted a selfie on Instagram in which the location was listed as Bogata - which is a small village in Transylvania - rather than Bogota in Colombia.
WORLD NEWS: 350, 000 animals killed in extreme Mongolia weather
Hundreds of thousands of animals have died in Mongolia's extreme weather this year but charities say the crisis has gone almost unnoticed by the world.
More than 350,000 goats, sheep and cows have been killed by a natural phenomenon called "dzud" - a hot summer drought followed by a severe winter.
NEWS: NIGERIA -Troops kill 35, arrest 39 armed bandits in North West
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division Nigeria Army, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade Friday disclosed that in their operations focusing on an anti-cattle rustling and armed banditry within the north west zone code named Operation SHARAN DAJI, no fewer than 35 armed bandits have been killed while 38 of them have been arrested and handed over to the police in the various states of their arrest.
NEWS: NIGERIA - Police arrest 32 suspects in joint operation with Army, others
The Delta Police Command said it arrested 32 persons in a cordon and search operation with the Army, Navy and DSS in identified ‘hotspots’ in five communities in Uvwie L.G.A.
The twin cities of Uwvie and Effurun have recently been embroiled in politically motivated violence.
NEWS: NIGERIA - SARAKI LOOTED KWARA STATE, EFCC AND CCB SAY, AS TRIAL IS ADJOURNED TO MARCH 24TH
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Friday gave details of how Senate President, Bukola Saraki allegedly looted Kwara State while he served as the state’s governor between 2003 and 2011.
BREAKING WORLD NEWS: PARIS ATTACKS SUSPECT ABDESLAM CAUGHT ALIVE IN BRUSSELS AFTER 5 MONTHS
The most wanted fugitive from November's Paris attacks has been "caught alive" after being wounded in a Brussels shootout, say police.
The Belgian asylum minister Theo Francken declared, "We got him", referring to 26-year-old Salah Abdeslam, Europe's most wanted man.
WORLD NEWS: Paris Suspect Abdeslam's Prints Found In Brussels Flat
The fingerprints of Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam have been found in a flat raided by police in Brussels this week.
He was probably one of two people who evaded arrest during a shootout as the building was stormed, according to Belgian public broadcaster RTBF. But this was not confirmed by officials.
One Islamist gunman - an Algerian national - was shot dead by a police sniper at the scene.
WORLD NEWS: US ELECTION 2016 - LETTER OF THREAT SENT TO DONALD TRUMP'S SON ERIC.
An investigation has been launched after a threatening letter containing an unidentified powder was sent to the home of the son of Republican front runner Donald Trump, according to reports.
The letter, sent to Eric Trump at his Manhattan residence at Central Park South, was opened by his wife Lara Yunaska on Thursday, CBS News reported.
NEWS: NIGERIA - POLICE ARREST CATTLE RUSTLER IN DELTA STATE
The Police in Dfelta State have arrested one suspected cattle rustler at Emu-Ebendo community, Ndokwa West Local Government Area.
WORLD NEWS: BEN NEVIS, BRITAIN'S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN HIGHER THAN THOUGHT
Britain's highest mountain, Ben Nevis, has just got that bit higher.
Experts have revealed that the mountain is officially one metre taller than previously thought.
NEWS: NIGERIA - EFCC TRACES MEMO TO EX VILLA PERM SEC
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives have intercepted a memo for the release of the N3.145billion allegedly given to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign for disbursement to six party chieftains and the Goodluck Support Group (GSG).
WORLD NEWS: AGAIN NORTH KOREA FIRES BALLISTIC MISSILES INTO SEA
North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile into the sea, according to US and South Korean officials.
A South Korean defence ministry spokesman said the missile was fired from Sukchon in the country's southwest at 5.55am local time on Thursday.
It reportedly flew 800 kilometres (500 miles) into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan.
WORLD WEIRD NEWS: US - TRAGEDY!!! MAN FALLS FROM 800FT SKYSCRAPER IN LOS ANGELES
An electrician has died after falling more than 800ft (245 metres) from a Los Angeles skyscraper that will be the tallest on the West Coast once it is completed.
The worker, who was on his second day of the project, fell from the 53rd floor of the Wilshire Grand Center at around noon on Thursday onto the back edge of a passing car.
WORLD NEWS: HEALTH - Two new cases of ebola confirmed in guinea
Two people have tested positive for Ebola in Guinea, months after the country was declared free of the deadly virus.
Both patients are from the same village, Korokpara, where three people from the same family have died in the past few weeks, suffering from suspected symptoms.
Thursday, 17 March 2016
NEWS: NIGERIA - FULANI HERDSMEN IN ANOTHER BENUE ATTACK, 15 FEARED KILLED
The incursion of suspected Fulani herdsmen into parts of Benue state took a worrisome dimension Thursday afternoon when the invaders stormed Tombo in Buruku local government area of the state, killing no fewer than 15 persons.
WORLD NEWS GIST: Denmark is the happiest nation while Burundi is the least happy nation in the world
Denmark is the happiest country in the world with Burundi sitting bottom of the 157-nation UN-sanctioned World Happiness Report 2016.
The Scandinavian nation, with a population of 5.6 million, has topped the list twice before since the world body started measuring happiness around the world in 2012.
BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIA - Nigerian Army Major, Three Soldiers Killed In Abonnema Rivers State
A Nigerian army major and three soldiers were shot dead today in Abonnema in Akuku-Toru local government area of Rivers state less than 48 hours before crucial supplementary legislative elections are scheduled to take place in the state.
WORLD NEWS: TECHNOLOGY - Self-tying "back to the future-inspired" shoes to be made avaiable soon
Back To The Future-inspired self-lacing trainers will soon be available to the general public.
Michael J Fox was given a prototype pair last year, but at the time the only way to get your hands on them was at auction.
Now Nike has announced that its HyperAdapt 1.0 shoes will be available before Christmas.
NEWS: NIGERIA - RIVERS STATE ELECTIONS RERUN - Court stops military from participating
The Forefront has learnt that a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Wednesday restrained the Chief of Defence Staff, the Brigade Commander of Amphibious Brigade and the Chief of Army Staff, from deploying military operatives for the re-run elections.
NEWS: NIGERIA - UNIDENTIFIED GUNMEN ATTACK RIVERS STATE COMMUNITY, BEHEAD ONE AND ABDUCT ANOTHER
Gunmen in the early hours of Thursday attacked Mgbuitanwo, in Emohua Clan, Emohua Local Government Area of the Rivers State and beheaded 28 years- old man boy and abducted another resident of the area.
WORLD NEWS: TURKEY - KURDISH MILITANTS TAK CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANKARA BLAST
The Kurdish militant group TAK says it carried out Sunday's deadly attack in the Turkish capital, Ankara.
In an online statement it said the attack, which killed 37 people, was in revenge for military operations in the mainly Kurdish south-east.
TAK, an offshoot of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), had already said it was behind another bombing in Ankara last month.
WORLD ENTERTAINMENT NEWS: FRANK SINATRA JNR DIES ON TOUR AS A RESULT OF HEART ATTACK
In a statement, his sister Nancy said: "The Sinatra family mourn the untimely passing of their son, brother, father, uncle Frank Sinatra Jr of cardiac arrest while on tour in Dayton, Florida."
The 72-year-old, who was his second child with Sinatra Sr's first wife Nancy Barbato Sinatra, had travelled there to perform his Sinatra Sings Sinatra show, where he did renditions of his father's greatest hits.
WORLD WEIRD NEWS: US - SURVIVOR OF DEATH CHAMBER PROSECUTION FOR SECOND EXECUTION
The US state of Ohio has been given another chance to execute a killer after botching its first attempt to put him to death.
Romell Broom's 2009 execution had to be called off after the team tried unsuccessfully for two hours to find a suitable vein.
NEWS: NIGERIA - CONFUSION IN GOODLUCK JONATHAN'S CAMP OVER #3.1 BN FRAUD REFUND
There is confusion in ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s camp on how to refund the N3.1 billion allegedly shared by six Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chiefs.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is battling to recover the cash. It was learnt that some of the beneficiaries ran to Dr, Jonathan but he insisted that he will not bail out any minister or public officer involved in the deal.
NEWS: NIGERIA - YESTERDAY'S MOSQUE SUICIDE BOMBING IN BORNO LEFT 24 PERSONS DEAD AND IMAM BADLY INJURED
It was bloody yesterday when a suicide bomber entered a mosque during the subh (early morning prayer) and detonated her bomb, killing all the people at prayer, except the Imam, who was seriously injured.
The scene of horror was Umarari village near Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
Another bomb was detonated outside the mosque. At the end of it all, 24 people, including the suicide bombers, died.
NEWS: NIGERIA Fulani herdsmen kill 2 and displace 25 villages in Benue State
Despite the outcry that trailed the killings and sacking of Agatu communities by suspected Fulani militia, the marauders have, again, laid siege to Logo Local Government Area of the state, killing two and sacking over 25 villages.
The attackers also rendered close to 3,000 homeless after several houses and huts were razed in the affected villages.
FOOTBALL: BARCELONA AND BAYERN MUNICH WEDNESDAY UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TRIUMPH IN PHOTOS.
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| Bayer Munich 4-2 Juventuse (Pogba 5'JUV, Cuadrado 28'JUV, Lewandowski 73'BAY, Müller 90'BAY, Alcântara 108'BAY, Coman 110'BAY) 6-4 AGG |
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
FOOTBALL: MANCHESTER UNITED - Van Gaal and Ed Woodward already planning for 2016/2017 season
There are indications Louis Van Gaal and Ed Woodward have started planning for Manchester United's summer 2016 transfer assault, despite rumours that the Dutchman is facing the sack following a troubled second season as manager at Old Trafford.
Van Gaal has spent much of the 2015-16 campaign staving off various claims relating to his United future, with widespread reports having linked former Chelsea and Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho with the 64-year-old's job.
NEWS: NIGERIA - Boko Haram a group of mindless and godless people - President Buhari
President Mohammadu has said he is angry over the news of latest cruel attacks on a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno State, describing Boko Haram, perpetrators of the dastardly act, as a group of mindless and godless people.
He was reacting to the early morning attacks which claimed over 20 lives.
A tweet on the handle of the president’s senior special assistant on media and publicity, Mallam Garna Shehu on Wednesday, said the president was “dismayed”.
WORLD NEWS: TECH - AIRCRAFT THREE TIMES FASTER THAN CONCORDE AND SIX TIMES THE SPEED OF SOUND TARGETED FOR 2030
A hypersonic aircraft three times faster than Concorde is a step closer to reality, manufacturers say.
Lockheed Martin says it is close to developing a military plane that flies at Mach 6 - six times the speed of sound, which travels at around 762mph (1,236km per hour).
The technology to create such aircraft has been discussed for years, but now the firm's engineers are said to be close to making a breakthrough.
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