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News Periscope

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A snapshot of top news from around the world, Sub-saharan Africa, Middle Eats, Asia, Europe, North America, South America etc. over a period of 7 days with Titi Oyisan.
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Nigerian Bishop Kukah Knocks President Buhari Over Worsening Insecurity

The Diocese of Sokoto Bishop, Matthew Kukah, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari over the worsening insecurity in the country. In his Easter message on Sunday, the vocal cleric said the Buhari-led government has polarised the nation into ethnic and religious lines and has slid into hibernation mode. Kukah said the country had been divided by politicians and evildoers who do to want the country to grow and develop, adding that it seems like the presidency does not know that Nigeria is troubled...

Apr 27, 202235 min

The Nigerian Academic Union Extends Strike By Another 2 Months

Aspirants contesting for the office of national chairman of the All Progressives Congress will pay N20m to obtain forms, deputy national chairman to pay N10m, zonal chairmen to pay N5m; Asuu extends strike by another two months; Court fixes March 28 to rule on DCP kyari’s bail application; Governors of Edo and rivers, Obaseki and wike, trade words over ownership of PDP; Fire engulfs shops, destroys properties worth millions in Edo; Russian troops abduct another Ukraine mayor; Australia, Netherla...

Mar 21, 202232 min

Nigeria And Five African Countries Chosen To Produce COVID-19 Vaccine

Italian and Greek boats rushed to evacuate 290 people on board a ferry that burst into flames near Corfu The federal government makes a move towards addressing the demands of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Nigeria and five other African countries have been chosen to begin production of the COVID-19 vaccine The death toll from a devastating landslide in the Brazilian mountain city of Petropolis on Tuesday rises to more than 100 Burkina Faso’s junta leader Lt. Col. Paul H...

Feb 21, 202245 min

SEPCOL Recovers Two More Dead Bodies After Explosion

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has appealed to the Federal Government to honour and implement the Memorandum of Action the union entered with the government Journalists and other members of the public were on Monday barred from proceedings of an Ikeja Coroner’s Court unravelling the circumstances surrounding the death of Sylvester. SEPCOL has announced the recovery of two more dead bodies on the ongoing investigations into the unfortunate explosion and fire that engulfed the FPSO Moroc...

Feb 14, 202244 min

Senator Rochas Okorocha Officially Throws His Hat Into Presidential Race.

Nigerian association of resident doctors has asked the federal government to expedite action on the payment of omitted 2020 MRTF Senator Rochas Okorocha officially throws his hat into the presidential race. Gunmen attack repentant bandits in katsina, kill over 12 persons. The federal government identifies 96 sponsors of terror groups On the foreign scene, roadside bomb kills six in Kenya Like Ecowas, the African union suspends Burkina Faso over the military coup. And for sports, Everton confirm ...

Feb 07, 202249 min

Nigeria Labour Congress Suspends Planned Nationwide Protest

Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended its planned nationwide protest scheduled for Thursday against moves by the government to remove fuel subsidies. The Founder and Chairman of the Board of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos State, Dr Olumide Philips and all members of the school’s Board have stepped down from office. The Federal Government of Nigeria has postponed the planned removal of subsidy on petroleum products till further notice A Federal High Court, Abuja has issued an arrest warrant against ...

Jan 31, 202241 min

All Progressives Congress Announces Date For Its National Convention

After several postponements, the ruling All Progressives Congress on Tuesday has announced February 26 as the date for its national convention. Three oil tankers exploded at an extension of Abu Dhabi International Airport in a possible drone attack. President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmed Lawan has assured Nigerians that subsidies on petroleum motor spirit will not be removed. Russia is sending an unspecified number of troops from the country's far east to Belarus for major war games Two persons...

Jan 24, 202238 min

Lagos Political Kingmaker and Party Leader Bola Tinubu Discloses His Ambition to President Buhari

Former Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu Informs Buhari Of Presidential Ambition. Buhari Has Mourned The Demise Of Ernest Shonekan, The Former Head Of The Interim National Government; Greece Has Donated About One Million Doses Of The Johnson And Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine To Nigeria. On The Foreign Scene, Kazakhstan President Describes Unrest As Coup Attempt; Dowen College Has Reiterated That The Late 12-Year-old Pupil Of The School, SYLVESTER OROMONI, Was Never At Any Time Bullied While He Was In The Co...

Jan 17, 202241 min

Presidency Debunks Alleged Rift Between Executive And Legislature Over 2022 Budget. Federal Government Explains Why It Is Yet To Declare Ba

Lagos State Governor, BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU has said that the construction of the long-awaited 38km 4th Mainland Bridge would begin this year. Sudan's Prime Minister ABDALLA HAMDOK has resigned after another day of mass protests rocked the capital Khartoum. President MUHAMMADU BUHARI on Tuesday appointed Dr DOYIN SALAMI as his Chief Economic Adviser. The Lagos State Government in Nigeria cleared five students and five employees of Dowen College accused of complicity in the death of 12-year-old SYLV...

Jan 10, 202239 min

More Casualtiy in the Australia's Bounce Castle Accident; South African President Recorvers From Covid-19; Brexit Minister Resigns..

President Buhari writes national assembly explain reasons for declining assent to the electoral act amendment bill The sixth child in Australia's bouncy castle fall dies in hospital. Brexit minister resigns, deepening crisis engulfing British prime minister. South Africa’s ramaphosa recovers from covid-19, resumes work The federal government has finally reinstated emirates Airlines’ 21 frequencies to Nigeria. South Africa high court Pretoria granted former president Jacob Zuma leave to appeal...

Dec 29, 202138 min

Arrested Ethiopian Journalist Declared Missing; 5 Killed in Australia's Bounce Castle; The US City to Sue Empire Actor Over False Homophobic

Nigerian National leader of the All progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has revealed his intention to contest for president of Nigeria in 2023 Five children were killed and four others injured in Australia's bouncy castle fall. United kingdom has recorded its first death from the new omicron variant of the coronavirus. Chicago has said it will sue embattled actor Jussie Smollett over the $130, 000 spent during police investigation on his hoax story of being victimized in a racist, hom...

Dec 20, 202131 min

Gambia Protests Over Presidential Polls; Belarus Rejects The Alledged Russian Invasion of Ukraine; Omicron confirmed in Lagos

Belarus has rejected the western media reports alleging that Russia intends to invade Ukraine. Nigeria’s Federal Government described the ban on flights from Nigeria over the COVID-19 omicron variant as a discriminatory move. Thousands of The Gambian citizens have taken to the streets in protest after the December 4 presidential election result. Several school children have been feared dead as a truck rammed into some students in the Ojodu area of Lagos State, Nigeria. At least three students of...

Dec 12, 202139 min

German Gorvernment Offers to Train 30,000 Nigerian Police; US Floods the Market With 50 million barrels of Crudeoil

German government requested the Nigerian Government to release at least 30,000 Nigeria Police personnel for training in Germany. The US released 50 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserve to bring down energy prices. National air carrier, Air Nigeria, is expected to take off by April 2022. Paris Saint-Germain hits back at Manchester United over their interest in Manager, MAURICIO POCHETTINO.

Nov 27, 202141 min

Nigerian #endsars Panel Implicated Military and Government in a Report; Roger Federer to Miss Australian Open;Suicide Bomb Rocks Uganda Capi

Nigerian #endsars Panel Implicated Military and Government in a Report; Roger Federer to Miss Australian Open; Suicide Bomb Rocks Uganda Capital; One dead, three arrested after Liverpool hospital’s blasts journalist jailed in Myanmar released; Gas explosion kills five, injured many in Nigeria's commercial city of Lagos; Lawmakers in Abuja Discuss Diplomatic Row Between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates. Nigerian University Union Threatens a Work Strike Action.

Nov 20, 202136 min

Gunmen Seize Congo villages Near Uganda, Rwanda border; US Rappers Travis Scott, Drake Sued over Astroworld Tragedy; Bandits Attacked Nigeri

Nigerian Court sentences former pension boss Abdul Rasheed Maina to 8 years behind bars; Coup leader Burhan says he will not be part of Sudan government after the transition; PSG midfielder Aminata Diallo arrested in connection with teammate’s attack; Gunmen Seize Congo villages Near Uganda, Rwanda border; US Rappers Travis Scott, Drake Sued over Astroworld Tragedy; Bandits Attacked Nigerian Northern Community, kill Six, Abduct Many...

Nov 14, 202132 min

Multi-Storey Building Collapses Nigeria Leaving Many Trapped; Poland, Vietnam, and Chile are Commit to Stay Away from Fossil Fuel; Lionel Me

Multi-story building collapses in Lagos Nigeria leaving many trapped; Poland, Vietnam, and Chile are committing to shift away from the fossil fuel, in pledges made at the COP26 climate summit. President Buhari of Nigeria in Glasgow, Scotland, pledged that Nigeria would cut its emissions to net zero by 2060. Sudanese Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok, vows never to step down. Lionel Messi refutes Barcelona claims on a move away from LaLiga

Nov 07, 202142 min

Nigerian Youths Commemorate #endsars victims; 1st Black US Sec. of States Died of Covid-19; Kidnappers in Haiti Demand $17 million...

The leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh IBRAHEEM EL-ZAKZAKY, has sued the Minister of Justice and the Department of State Services to court over his prolonged detention and the refusal of the government to release his passport. The Kidnappers of Missionaries in Haiti has demanded for a total sum of $17 million for the release of their victims, requesting $1 million each as a ransom for each of the victims. The Nigerian youth commemorate the victim of the #endsars protest that rocke...

Oct 25, 202128 min

British Lawmaker Stabbed to Death; Nigerian Activist Pastor Demands New Constitution; Iraq Captures Terrorist Cheif; Kenyan Child Serial-Kil

Nigerian Activist Pastor Tunde Bakare forms a new movement tagged 'Nigeria for Nigerians' while also demanding a National new constitution. British Lawmaker David Amess reported dead on Friday after being stabbed severally at a church during his constituency meeting. A popular child serial killer in Kenya reported being lynched by a mob of angry people. Iraq has declared that he has captured the leader of a terrorist group formerly declared wanted by the United States.

Oct 16, 202138 min

Nigerian Governors Teamed up on VAT Suit; World Leaders Denied Wrong Doing Over Pandora Leaks; YouTube Removes R. Kelly Channel

Governors of South-South Nigeria to launch a regional security Outfit to fight insurgence and Bandits attacks. Pandora Papers Leak rocks the world, however, world leaders implicated in the leak denied any wrongdoing. 10 Nigerians, 3 Ghana politicians, and 8 African countries, in all there 336 listed politicians implicated as well, the papers exposed a hidden world of shielded wealth. The 12 million files represent the biggest leak in history. In Sport, Naomi Osaka drops out of the women's top 10...

Oct 10, 202128 min
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