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A domestic flight in India was delayed for nearly 12 hours after a rat was spotted scampering around the aircraft, news reports and officials said on Tuesday. Air India flight AI-952 was preparing for take off from the southern city of Hyderabad for Vishakapatnam, a coastal city, early on Sunday, when the rodent was seen running around the cabin, the Times of India daily reported. Helpless passengers for the flight were forced to stay put at Hyderabad airport all through the day until airline staff managed to get rid of the rat, the report said. An Air India official confirmed…

Pneumonia killed more than 800,000 babies and young children last year – or one child every 39 seconds – despite being curable and mostly preventable, global health agencies said on Tuesday. In a report on what they described as a “forgotten epidemic”, the United Nations children’s fund UNICEF, the international charity Save The Children and four other health agencies urged governments to step up investment in vaccines to prevent the disease and in health services and medicines to treat it. “The fact that this preventable, treatable and easily diagnosed disease is still the world’s biggest killer of young children is…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Monday reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate Great Ogboru against the election of Ifeanyi Okowa as Governor of Delta. A five-member panel of the appellate court led by Justice Uzo Ndukwe-Anyanwu, reserved judgment to a date that would be communicated to parties shortly after all counsel adopted and argued their brief of argument in the appeal. Respondents in the appeal are Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Ogboru and his party, APC are seeking to upturn…

Raheem Sterling will not be considered for England’s Euro 2020 qualifier against Montenegro following an incident at England’s St George’s Park training base.

Akwa Ibom state chapter of the People’s Democratic PDP has decried the sustained abuse of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Mike Igini and the electoral umpire by the state leadership of the All Progressives Congress APC.     The party in a statement signed by its publicity Secretary, Mr. Ini Ememobong and made available to newsmen yesterday in Uyo described the statement by the APC that court of Appeal judgement actually indicted INEC under Igini as disappointing, noting that judgement actually meant that INEC was even magnanimous to have accepted a single vote from Essien Udim. “It is therefore incredibly disappointing for the…

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state says he has so far created 157,000 jobs out of the 200,000 he promised the state. Obaseki made the disclosure in his speech at the 2019 Alaghodaro Youth Summit in Benin on Monday. “I have done what many politicians will not do; during my campaign, I promised to create a minimum 200,000 jobs within my first term, through the Edo Skills Development Agency (Edojobs). “Politicians won’t give themselves such targets in case they don’t meet it. “If government gives the youths the needed support, you will see that 200,000 jobs will be a piece…

Some Nigerian bankers are unaware of the alleged report that Nigerians are being defrauded through Western Union. NAN reports that Mr Ibrahim Magu, the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had accused bankers of defrauding Nigerians through western union. Some of the bankers, who spoke with NAN in Abuja on Monday on condition of anonymity, said they were yet to receive such complaints from their customers. A banker from one of the new generation banks expressed shock over the claim, saying it was unhealthy for the banking sector. ”This is my first time of hearing such…

The number of Nigeria players in Uyo have increased to 12 as preparation gets underway for their upcoming qualifiers

A member representing Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency, Mr Tajudeen Adefisoye has condemned the setting ablaze of the secretariat of the Social Democratic Party in Lokoja, Kogi State Capital, by suspected political thugs. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Oluyemi Fasipe on Monday in Akure, Adefisoye condemned the incessant attacks on SDP Secretariat and its members in Kogi. He said that barely five days to the governorship election in the state in the early hours of Monday, unknown hoodlums set the SDP secretariat in Lokoja on fire. The lawmaker, who is the only SDP member…

Flykite Productions, organisers of the maiden edition of GOtv Boxing Night Mini, have assured fans going to the event on Saturday of adequate security. The boxing show holds at the Rowe Park Sports Complex, Yaba, Lagos. Speaking on the event, Jenkins Alumona, Managing Director, Flykite Promotions, said necessary arrangements have been put in place to ensure the safety of the boxers, officials and the fans at the event venue. “Preparations have been put in place regarding top-level security. This is the inaugural edition of GOtv Boxing Night Mini and it is important that from this very edition we prioritise the security of…