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At least 10 Nigerian soldiers have been killed and nine severely injured in an ambush by jihadists in restive northeast Nigeria, military sources said Thursday. Another 12 soldiers were missing after a column of troops on patrol was ambushed by the fighters on Wednesday in Damboa district of Borno state, a military officer told AFP on condition of anonymity. Fighters loyal to the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the killings, but said they had slain 22 soldiers after an assault by the army. A decade-long jihadist insurgency in northeast Nigeria has killed 35,000 people, displaced two million others and…

A New York judge has ordered President Donald Trump to pay $2m (£1.6m) for misusing funds from his charity to finance his 2016 political campaign. The Donald J Trump Foundation closed down in 2018, after prosecutors accused it of working as “little more than a chequebook” for Mr Trump’s interests. Charities such as the one Mr Trump and his three eldest children headed cannot engage in politics, the judge ruled. She said the money must be paid by Mr Trump himself. “I direct Mr Trump to pay the $2,000,000, which would have gone to the Foundation if it were still…

Yahaya Makaho feels his way to the microphone before launching into a song for his new album at a recording studio in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna. Blind since early childhood, the singer has overcome obstacles that often crush the dreams of disabled people in this region and risen from street beggar to star. In the last four years his songs and music videos have become hits among the roughly 80 million Hausa-speaking Nigerians and broader West Africa. “I see myself as a superstar who has broken the jinx associated with physical disabilities,” Makaho, 37, told AFP, wearing his…

Chelsea forward Callum Hudson-Odoi have been recalled to England national team along with defender John Stones and midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. James Maddison has been named in England’s Euro 2020 qualifiers squad – despite the Leicester midfielder being pictured in a casino after pulling out of the last squad with illness. England host Montenegro on 14 November and play in Kosovo on 17 November. Gareth Southgate’s side are top of Group A and need one more point to secure their place at Euro 2020. Manchester City centre-back Stones replaces Everton defender Michael Keane, while Liverpool’s Oxlade-Chamberlain and Chelsea’s Hudson-Odoi have been added…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted its stakeholders meeting on the Kogi governorship poll from Monday Nov. 4 to Tuesday Nov. 12. INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mr Oluwole-Osaze Uzzi disclosed this in a message made available to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the meeting which was earlier slated for Lokoja on Monday has been rescheduled for Tuesday Nov. 12 due to the public holiday declared by the Federal Government. “In view of the declaration of Monday Nov. 11 as public holiday by the federal government, the stakeholders meeting with INEC Chairman, and…

The Defence Headquarters has disclosed that Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC) of Nigerian Military has handed over 86 Boko Haram child fighters to Borno State Rehabilitation Centre in Bulumkutu. The acting Director of Defence Information, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Thursday, said that the fighters voluntarily surrendered to troops of Operation Lafiya Dole. Nwachukwu said the move was part of effort to ensure that minors and other repentant Boko Haram fighters in the North East were given the necessary support and opportunity to embrace peace through the auspices of OPSC. He added that the repentant child fighters would undergo…

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Thursday said the temporary closure of Nigeria’s land borders by the Federal Government was both good and bad for the economy. Mr Gabriel Idahosa, Vice President and Chairman, Trade Promotion Board, LCCI, made the assertion in an interview with NAN in Lagos. Idahosa said that the closure had, however, not affected the participation of West African countries in the ongoing 2019 Lagos International Trade Fair at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Lagos. NAN reports that no fewer than 2, 000 exhibitors from Nigeria, China, Japan, Ghana, India, European Union, Indonesia, Taiwan,…

Mr Laolu Akande, the spokesperson to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has told Nigerians to ignore the news report that 35 aides in the Office of the Vice President has been sacked by the President. Mr Akande was reacting to news that 35 aides who were recently approved by President Muhammadu Buhari were sacked by him weeks after they resumed. Most of the aides that were purportedly sacked served with the Buhari administration in his term in office and they were re-appointed after the President and Vice President was sworn. The needless scuffle btw a villa accredited photographer, Mr. Adeshida &…

Manchester United cruised past Partizan Belgrade to reach the knockout stages of the Europa League with two games to spare.

*seeks establishment of Federal Polytechnic Orogun The Senate has mandated its Committee on Water Resources to investigate the delay in the execution of Kagara dam in Niger State despite the receipt of funding to the tune of N7.7 billion from the Federal Government. The upper chamber also called on the Federal Government to consider the socio-economic importance of the project and see to its completion without further delay. These were resolutions reached by the Senate sequel to consideration of a motion during plenary on Thursday. Sponsor of the motion, Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), disclosed that the Kagara dam…