Новости за 29.10.2016

A young woman screamed in pain as she was caned Monday in front of a jeering crowd in Indonesia’s Aceh, the latest person to be punished for breaking the province’s strict Islamic laws. Aceh is the only province in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country that imposes sharia law. People can face floggings for a […]

OPEC officials held talks with Russia and other non-cartel members Saturday in Vienna to debate how to implement a plan aimed at cutting oil output to reduce a global supply glut and bolster prices. “The recovery process has taken far too long and we cannot risk delaying the adjustment any further,” said Sanusi Barkindo, the […]

The UN has negotiated the release of nearly 900 children detained by Nigeria’s army and security forces after they have retaken land from Boko Haram militants, a senior official said. The 876 children had been held in the barracks in Maiduguri, UNICEF’S Regional Director for Western and Central Africa, Manuel Fontaine, said after visiting the […]

The Nigerian Army has arrested an impostor, Mike Ajulo, parading himself as an Army officer in Ose Local Government of Ondo State. Capt. Ojo Adenegan, the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations,32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Cantonment, stated this in a statement in Akure on Saturday. “A fake Army officer, Mike Ajulo, from Ose Local Government Area […]

The Borno State Government on Saturday said it had employed 1, 000 women among the Internally Displaced Persons as Street Vanguards to boost sanitation in the state capital. Alhaji Nasiru Surundi, the Sole Coordinator of the Borno State Environmental Protection Agency, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri. Surundi […]

Early this year, a journalist asked Hillary Clinton if she had always been truthful with the American people. “I’ve always tried to,” the Democratic presidential candidate replied. Less cautious political figures would have offered an immediate and unhesitating “Yes.” But Clinton, the trained lawyer, weighs her every word, always leery of falling into a trap. […]

Two female suicide bomber were behind the twin attacks which rocked Borno State capital,  Maiduguri, on Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring 24 others. One explosion happened outside a gas station, while the other was near the Bakassi camp for internally displaced persons (IDP), underscoring the continued threat from Boko Haram jihadists who are suspected […]

Impulsive, immoderate and politically untested, Donald Trump did not exactly seem to fit the profile of a candidate for the most powerful job in the world. But with his boundless energy and outsized ego, the billionaire Republican has defied all predictions, proving to be a tenacious adversary for the far more experienced Hillary Clinton in […]

The Minister of State, Aviation, Mr Hadi Sirika, says Nigeria and the Republic of Portugal are set to implement the Bilateral Air Services Agreement. Sirika disclosed this while receiving the Portuguese delegation led by Mrs Theresa Ribeiro, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Portugal, in Abuja. He said the move was part […]

Winning a US presidential election takes years, billions of dollars and relentless determination. It also requires crunching a lot of numbers. The victor must get to the magic number of 270 electoral college votes — but just trying to anticipate the result is a complicated exercise in adding, subtracting and combining. That’s because the US […]

No fewer than 500 youths have been employed by the Sokoto State Government for refuse evacuation. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Alhaji Aminu Dodo-Iya, made the disclosure at the end of the monthly environmental sanitation in Sokoto on Saturday. Dodo-Iya said that the youths had since been redeployed and they had swung into action. […]

The Nigerian Army has arrested an impostor, Mike Ajulo, parading himself as an Army officer in Ose Local Government of Ondo State. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Cantonment, Capt. Ojo Adenegan, stated this in a statement on Saturday. The statement reads, “A fake Army officer, Mike Ajulo, from Ose Local […]

The Kaduna State Police Command on Saturday said it had arrested 14 suspects who allegedly attempted to disrupt Friday prayer at the Sultan Bello Mosque, Kaduna. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Aliyu Usman, said that the suspects were arrested with machetes and knives. Usman, however, said the Friday prayer was observed peacefully. He said, “Attempts […]

Twenty-five people were killed, six of them gendarmes, in two days of violence around the town of Bambari in the troubled Central African Republic, the UN force MINUSCA said Saturday. Six police and four civilians were killed in an ambush by armed men Friday morning, while on Thursday, 15 people died in fighting on the […]

Governor Nysome Wike of Rivers has suggested the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution in settlement of political conflicts after major elections in the country. Wike’s Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Mr. Simeon Nwakaudu, in a statement, said the governor made the suggestion when the executive members of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators visited him in Port Harcourt. […]

The sole distributor of Campari in Nigeria, Brian Munro Ltd., is set to host the biggest music, comedy and cocktail festival in the country on November 5. Brian Munro’s General Manager, Marketing, Abayomi Ajao, said that the festival, tagged “Dare to Mix”, was one of the many ways “we reward our customers for their loyalty”. He added, “It […]

Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, has urged the FBI to release complete information about its newly discovered emails of her private server when she was Secretary of State. Clinton said at a news conference that American people deserved to have full and complete information about the bureau’s latest review of the emails. “We are […]

The Commonwealth is bringing together global experts to thrash out new ideas for not just reducing climate change but actually reversing its effects by mimicking success stories in nature. At a two-day gathering on Friday and Saturday at the 52-country organisation’s headquarters in London, a diverse band of experts in fields such as biomimicry, carbon […]

Two suicide bombings rocked Nigeria’s northeast city of Maiduguri on Saturday morning, killing at least nine people and injuring scores of others, emergency services said. “Two suicide bombers riding in motorised rickshaws this morning detonated their explosives 10 minutes apart, with one of them targeting the Bakassi IDP (internally displaced persons) camp on the outskirts […]

Not just a few knew that comedian, Seyi Law and his wife, Ebere, went through emotional trauma sometime ago when they lost their child. But now, as his wife was delivered of a baby recently, the comedian is in cloud nine. In a chat with Saturday Beats, the singer explained that even before he had […]

Many Nigerians woke up to a rude shock on Wednesday when video dance queen, Kaffy, posted on her social media an account blasting Davido for refusing the services of dancers at the last minute. The dance queen called the pop star various unprintable names and claimed that Nigerian musicians have no regard for dancers. Although […]

OPERATIVES of the Department of State Services on Thursday rescued one of their colleagues, who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Wednesday. The victim, identified as Agnes, was abducted along Eleme-Agbonchia Road in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that she was in a commercial bus with about 10 passengers when […]

Jesusegun Alagbe Everyone probably wants their spouse to be faithful. Everyone probably wants their spouse to be a giver. But sometimes, it could be hard to find a partner who has both attributes — faithfulness and generosity. If they were to choose between a partner who is faithful but stingy and one who is unfaithful […]

The name Sam Ajibola may not ring a bell but when you mention Spiff of The Johnson sitcom, you can’t help but laugh. Ajibola who plays the role of an imbecile in the sitcom told Saturday Beats that he plays the part so well that some people actually believe that he is a retard. “Well, […]

The grounds of University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus in the Coal City state vibrated last Friday when Globacom took its Campus Storm concert to the institution. The students were ecstatic even as their favourite musicians climbed the stage to thrill them with their performance. Hip hop sensation, Runtown, was the first act of the evening […]