The Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung has lost his wife to the cold hands of death.Dalung who announced his bereavement on his facebook page, posted:
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Sunday, 29 January 2017
Just in: So sad! Nigeria's Sports Minister Dalung loses wife to the cold hands of death
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APC candidate Johnson Oghuma is winner of Reps by-election for Etsako Federal Constituency in Edo
Edo, Nigeria - Johnson Oghuma of the APC has emerged the winner of Edo by-election for the vacant House of Reps seat for Etsako Federal Constituency with 39,876 votes to beat PDP’s Jude Imagwe that polled 18,193 votes.
According to the returning Officer for the election Prof. Shola Omotola, who announced the result early Sunday, January 29 morning and declared Oghuma the winner, the APC candidate won with the highest number of the 59,301 votes cast.
President Adama Barrow removes Islamic from Gambia's name
The new Gambia President Adama Barrow has removed the ‘Islamic’ title from the country’s name.
According to Aljazeera, the president made this known at his first news conference since returning to take office on Thursday, January 26.
The country was renamed Islamic Republic of The Gambia by former President Yahya Jammeh on 11 December 2015.
Weird! North Koreans bend over backwards for basketball
Players of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's favourite sport have taken up mass gymnastics to improve their performance
Basketballers at Kim Chaek University of Technology were filmed going through warm-up exercises to music.
"After doing the rhythmic warm-up exercise, my body flexibility got better and I feel like the ball is one with my body when I'm dribbling," player Rim Kuk Hyon said.
UK PM Theresa May 'does not agree' with Trump's refugee ban
Theresa May does "not agree" with Donald Trump's immigration restrictions and will make representations if it affects Britons, Number 10 says.
The Prime Minister clarified her position after earlier insisting it was up to the US government to devise its own policy.
A Downing Street official said:
Oh dear! See Photos of a Multi-million Naira Ferrari Car Abandoned in Ibadan Nigeria
A car mechanic, Tunde Onakoya has published photos of a highly-priced Ferrari car running into about $2.5 million rotting away at a mechanic’s workshop at Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo State.
This is an abandoned Ferrari F50, somewhere in Ibadan, rotting away. Successor to the F40 and only 349 units were built.
Trump order halting some Muslim immigrants hits roadblock as Judge blocks it
President Donald Trump's order to restrict people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States sparked outrage but hit a roadblock late on Saturday when a federal judge said stranded travelers could stay in the country.
The emergency court ruling was cheered at Boston's Logan International Airport, one of several major U.S. airports where protesters angry with Trump's order gathered.
Forefront Exclusive! More reactions from Nigerians via our Facebook page on Buhari's fresh photo in London
These comments followed our Facebook post on President Buhari's fresh photo in London: The Forefront Media Nigeria
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Oh my! White House says Green card holders will need additional screening
U.S. green card holders will require additional screening before they can return to the United States, the White House said on Saturday.
Earlier, a Department of Homeland Security official said people holding green cards, making them legal permanent U.S. residents, were included in President Donald Trump's executive action temporarily barring people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.
Mind your business right? Mexico rebukes Israel over Netanyahu wall tweet
Mexico's government rebuked Israel on Saturday for a tweet by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that appeared to applaud U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to build a border wall with Mexico to keep out illegal immigrants.
Netanyahu said on Twitter earlier on Saturday: "President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel's southern border. It stopped all illegal immigration. Great success. Great idea."
Canada's PM Trudeau welcomes refugees as US-bound passengers are turned away
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed those fleeing war and persecution on Saturday even as Canadian airlines said they would turn back U.S.-bound passengers to comply with an immigration ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Gov Wike alleges Buhari's government rejected 2 helicopters donated by Rivers. See documents
Nigeria - Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has revealed how he wrote President Buhari requesting the Nigerian Air Force to come take over two armoured helicopters belonging to the state.
The helicopters were bought by the administration of Rotimi Amaechi and Wike said upon resumption, he asked the federal government to take over their ownership because the state could not afford the custom duty on them, especially as the Buhari government was not willing to grant waiver for their clearance.
Confirmed! DSS invites Apostle Suleiman for questioning! He responds to invitation move via aide
Nigeria - The Department of State Security Service (DSS) yesterday formally invited the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman for interrogation, four days after its botched attempt to arrest him in Akure.
Suleman indicated last night that he would honour the invitation.
But he also dismissed insinuations that he was inciting one segment of the society against the other or that he hated Muslims and Fulanis.
As 2019 draws near, Ken Nnamani, Iwuanyanwu, S\East APC leaders back Buhari. Three govs. plan APC switch
Indications emerged on saturday that frontline leaders and politicians have agreed to back President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term come 2019.
They said they will only gun for the plum office after expiration of the president’s second term.
These were the highpoints after a brainstorming session in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
Oh my word! Donald Trump's immigration ban sparks 'chaos and cruelty' worldwide. This is cruel!
America's immigration system has been plunged into chaos and confusion in the wake of strict travel restrictions on people from seven Muslim-majority nations.
President Trump's sweeping executive order for "extreme vetting" means no visas are being issued for 90 days to migrants or visitors from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
US - Russia: Kremlin says Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin want 'real coordination' against IS
The White House has described Donald Trump's first conversation with Vladimir Putin since his inauguration as "positive".
Following the hour-long call between the two world leaders, US officials described it as a "significant start to improving the relationship between the United States and Russia that is in need of repair".
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