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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO – Unknown persons Wednesday reportedly looted a broken down truck load of rice, and assorted food items in Kano metropolis. Eyewitness told Vanguard that the incident occurred at Gwammaja in Dala Local Government area of the metropolis when a truck loaded with rice, spaghetti and macaroni was broke down along the busy road during the evening rush hour. Vanguard learned that the truck was from the popular Singer Commodity market on its way to an unknown destination to deliver the goods but got broken along the way. The account added that as the occupants of the truck were trying to fix it, the bags and cantons on the back of the vehicle caught the attention of youths who swiftly pounced on and looted it. The eyewitness said “as I arrived at the scene, I saw youths including some middle aged men were busy tearing off the cantons and shared the spaghetti and the macaronis. Others who stole bags of rice were seen running away to some p...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Wednesday said the empowerment of women and youths was the surest way of rooting out poverty and guaranteeing progress and prosperity of Ghana and Africa. He said this at the opening of the 2017 European Development Days Conference in Belgium, a leading forum on international cooperation and development. Akufo-Addo said the so-called “youth bulge” provided immense opportunities for rapid economic development. According to him, Ghana’s economy, like most others in Africa, remained structurally rigid since the colonial era, depending largely on exports of primary commodities. He said Ghana largely depended on exportation of gold, cocoa, bauxite and timber. The president added that his government’s priority was to build the most business-friendly and people-friendly economy in Africa which would create jobs and prosperity for citizens. “This will be done through the introduction of measures that will empower the private sec...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Nigeria Police Force says it has placed 500 police officers on standby to ensure a hitch-free AFCON 2019 qualifying match between Nigeria and South Africa in Uyo on Saturday. A statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Force’s Akwa Ibom Command, DSP Chukwu Ikechukwu, on Wednesday in Uyo said the officers were ready for action. Ikechukwu, who spoke on behalf of the state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Donald Awunah, said Awunah was determined to guarantee that football-loving Nigerians enjoyed the match under a peaceful atmosphere. “The CP has directed the deployment of over 500 specially selected officers, knowledgeable in crowd control and policing events, to provide top notch security before, during and after the football match. “In addition, due to the influx of football fans into the state, adequate crime-reduction strategies have been put in place to check crime and criminalities throughout the state. “This is in addition to existing anti...

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http://ift.tt/2rHu0H3 Former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP Hillary Clinton launched a stinging attack on fake news and delivered veiled barbs against President Donald Trump on Friday, returning to her alma mater to give graduates a rallying call for action. “You are graduating at a time when there is a full-fledged assault on truth and reason. Just log on to social media for 10 seconds it will hit you right in the face,” she said in a commencement address at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. “Some are even denying things we see with our own eyes, like the size of crowds,” she said alluding to but not naming Trump, who falsely accused the media last January of misrepresenting the size of his inauguration crowds. “Then defending themselves by talking about quote unquote alternative facts,” she added. “When people in power invent their own facts and attack those who question them, it can mark the beginning of the end of a free society.”...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A fourth person has died in an Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesman from the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday. Since the WHO declared the outbreak on May 12 in north-eastern Bas-Uele province, 37 suspected cases are being monitored, WHO’s Eugene Kabambi said. Of these suspected cases, two were confirmed in the laboratory and three were regarded as probable Ebola cases, Kabambi said. Community health agents are monitoring 400 people who may have come into contact with those killed by the virus. “People who were in contact with the first case reported on April 22 came out unscathed after the 21 days of observation,’’ Kabambi said. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has suffered seven previous outbreaks of Ebola since the virus was discovered in the country in 1976. The last outbreak, in 2014, left 49 people dead. West Africa was worst affected during 2014, with the haemorrhagic fever claiming more than 11,000 l...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA-The 82 freed Chibok girls have arrived Presidential Villa, Abuja to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari. Conveyed in two Marcopolo Buses marked Nigerian Army, they arrived at exactly 7:05. They were accompanied with the Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Al-hassan. At the moment, they are being driven inside the official residence of the president where he is expected to meet with them. Details later The post Breaking: 82 freed Chibok girls arrived Presidential Villa appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2qQmtRW

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J L agos —Some officials of the Lagos State government, yesterday, inspected the burnt portion of Iga Iduganran , the palace of the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Lagos Island. The visit followed a fire that gutted a section of the palace on Tuesday. A reliable source within the palace disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria   correspondent, who visited the palace. The source said the officials visited the palace to assess the extent of damage but did not make any comment after the inspection. It added that the fire affected a section of the new palace building and not the old one where traditional artefacts and relics are kept. “The Lagos State Government officials visited the palace this morning and had seen the burnt portion,” the source said. Also, normal activities have resumed in and around the palace with traders and buyers going about their businesses. The fire was put out by Lagos State Fire Service.   Ooni reacts Meantime, an offici...