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[East African] Yaoundé -A Cameroon Airlines Company (Camair-co) passenger plane has been grounded after gunmen fired at it on Sunday as it approached landing at an airport in the restive English speaking Northwest region. via LATEST NEWS

[IPS] Madrid -During the 25th round of climate change negotiations starting today in Madrid, Spain, African civil society organisations will call on governments from both developing and developed nations to play their promised roles in combating climate change. via LATEST NEWS

[IPS] Milan, Italy -More than 2 billion people in the world are suffering from malnutrition. This is the result of diets lacking essential micronutrients such as vitamins, iron and zinc, which are vital for the body to function, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). via LATEST NEWS

[ISS] Within nine months of becoming president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa established three commissions of inquiry. These have come on the back of several other inquiries into high-profile problems facing the country, few of which have led to arrests and prosecutions. via LATEST NEWS

Topic: Spirituality – Key To Security [Seeds of Destiny 3 December 2019 Devotional] Your spirituality guarantees the security of your destiny. Whoever tampers with the child of El-Shaddai shall die. SCRIPTURE:  “He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppression, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.” – I saiah 33:15-16. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:  Your spirituality guarantees the security of your destiny. Whoever tampers with the child of El-Shaddai shall die. There is an indisputable connection between your spirituality and your security; there is a link between your purity and your safety. The truth is, the strength of your spirituality determines the quality of your security. The fact is: the intensit...

Topic: Deal With It [DCLM Daily Manna 3 December 2019 Daily Devotional By Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi] Text:  Hebrews 12:1-4 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. Key Verse:  “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us”  (Hebrews 12:1)...

  Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has called on the people of the state especially Muslims to pray to Allah to bring his wrath upon those abusing the Holy Qur’an. Matawalle made the call on Monday in Gusau, the state capital, during the opening of the state chapter of the 2019 Qur’anic recitation competition, Musabaka, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. He said, “This prayer is necessary because the perpetrators are committing a high level of immorality and their provocation and sin can cause a lot of problem to us as citizens. “So we should pray so that Allah’s punishment will not affect the innocent. “At our level as a government, I have set up an investigative committee and anyone found to have had a hand in it, however highly placed in the society, will be punished as prescribed by Islamic laws.”    Islam Politics News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  via IFTTT

  Heavyweight champion, Andy Ruiz Jr, on Monday said that all the pressure will be on Anthony Joshua when they meet in the rematch of their fight in Saudi Arabia on December 7. Ruiz, who was born in the United States but fights as a Mexican, caused one of boxing’s biggest upsets in New York in June when he handed Joshua a first defeat to win the WBA, IBF and WBO crowns in New York, according to the AFP. The pair will fight the rematch on Saturday in Diriyah, close to Saudi capital Riyadh, in a hotly-anticipated contest dubbed “Clash on the Dunes”. Ruiz said, “We’ve got to see where he’s at because all the pressure is on him. The pressure isn’t on me because I followed my dream, made my dreams come true. “Of course I want more though – I want the legacy of Andy Ruiz Jr.” Joshua said he was “comfortable” and “very relaxed” ahead of the rematch. “I am just going to win. I know I can do it,” Joshua said. “I was this close last time, so next time I won’t mess up,” h...

  Argentine football maestro, Lionel Messi, has won the 2019 Ballon d'Or award. The event, which took place in Paris, France on Monday, attracted some of the biggest stars in football. The latest feat brings Messi’s total of the prestigious award to six Ballon d'Or – one more than closest rival – Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi had earlier in the year won the FIFA player of the year award ahead of Liverpool’s Virgil Van Dijk and Ronaldo. The skillful Argentine is regarded by some as the greatest player football had seen and with Monday’s win, he further reinforces that reputation.    Soccer Sports Breaking News News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  via

  Controller-General of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Ja’afaru Ahmed, has said that the cell in which some inmates got electrocuted at the Ikoyi Custodial Centre on Monday morning was caused by overcrowding.  According to him, the facility had a capacity of 35 but accommodated 140 persons. Apart from those killed in the incident, at least 10 others sustained injuries. In a statement, Francis Enobore, spokesperson for the service, quoted Ahmed as describing the incident as “tragic and most ill-fated”. He said, “Early this morning, the Controller-General of Corrections, Ja’afaru Ahmed, received with the deepest grief, the unfortunate death of five inmates of Ikoyi Medium Security Custodial Centre, Lagos, as a result of an electrical fault in one of the cells. This is indeed tragic and most ill-fated. “The CG, who visited the scene of the incident with the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, noted that it was the  wrong time in the history of...

  Doctors in Lagos State under the aegis of Medical Guild have rejected the new minimum wage paid to workers by the state government, saying it was below the expectations of civil servants, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Chairman of the Guild, Dr Babajide Saheed, made the doctors’ decision known on Monday in Lagos. Saheed said that not only was the new minimum wage unacceptable, the Guild was not part of the negotiations communicated to government, adding that it was still awaiting response. He said, “You cannot be talking about our salary when we are not there; and when workers started receiving their salaries over the weekend, they were disappointed and unhappy. “Not only the doctors, generally all the civil servants because the increment was unimaginable and short of expectations. “The problem we have identified is high taxation. “No matter the amount of increment in the minimum wage, which makes the gross high, the take home after tax reductions is...

  Heavyweight champion, Andy Ruiz Jr, on Monday said that all the pressure will be on Anthony Joshua when they meet in the rematch of their fight in Saudi Arabia on December 7. Ruiz, who was born in the United States but fights as a Mexican, caused one of boxing’s biggest upsets in New York in June when he handed Joshua a first defeat to win the WBA, IBF and WBO crowns in New York, according to the AFP. The pair will fight the rematch on Saturday in Diriyah, close to Saudi capital Riyadh, in a hotly-anticipated contest dubbed “Clash on the Dunes”. Ruiz said, “We’ve got to see where he’s at because all the pressure is on him. The pressure isn’t on me because I followed my dream, made my dreams come true. “Of course I want more though – I want the legacy of Andy Ruiz Jr.” Joshua said he was “comfortable” and “very relaxed” ahead of the rematch. “I am just going to win. I know I can do it,” Joshua said. “I was this close last time, so next time I won’t mess up,” h...

  Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has called on the people of the state especially Muslims to pray to Allah to bring his wrath upon those abusing the Holy Qur’an. Matawalle made the call on Monday in Gusau, the state capital, during the opening of the state chapter of the 2019 Qur’anic recitation competition, Musabaka, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. He said, “This prayer is necessary because the perpetrators are committing a high level of immorality and their provocation and sin can cause a lot of problem to us as citizens. “So we should pray so that Allah’s punishment will not affect the innocent. “At our level as a government, I have set up an investigative committee and anyone found to have had a hand in it, however highly placed in the society, will be punished as prescribed by Islamic laws.”    Islam Politics News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from All Content ...

File Photo File Photo google   A yet to be identified policeman in Ondo State has shot dead a truck driver. SaharaReporters learnt that the policeman was one of the officers manning a checkpoint at Uso Junction in Owo Local Council Area of the state. But several sources revealed to our correspondent in Akure that the driver, who was moving some vehicles to Abuja had some disagreement with the armed policemen on the road. "The driver was moving some vehicles on his truck on the road and I think he was going to Lokoja or Abuja. "Immediately he got to the checkpoint, the policemen asked him to ‘settle’ them but this led to a serious disagreement "Before we knew it, they tried to drag him down from the vehicle but he refused and one of the policemen shot him on the forehead. "They killed the man and ran away," one of the sources said. The gruesome killing of the truck driver was said to have led to a protest by some angry youths in the area, who mob...

  Argentine football maestro, Lionel Messi, has won the 2019 Ballon d'Or award. The event, which took place in Paris, France on Monday, attracted some of the biggest stars in football. The latest feat brings Messi’s total of the prestigious award to six Ballon d'Or – one more than closest rival – Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi had earlier in the year won the FIFA player of the year award ahead of Liverpool’s Virgil Van Dijk and Ronaldo. The skillful Argentine is regarded by some as the greatest player football had seen and with Monday’s win, he further reinforces that reputation.    Soccer Sports Breaking News News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from All Content via

  The Take It Back Movement has raised the alarm over what it describes as plans by the Department of State Services to assassinate pro-democracy campaigner and Publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore. In a statement on Monday, Director-General of TIB, Joshua Adeoye, said it had information that the government planned to surround Sowore in prison with hardened criminals, who will do the regime's bidding to kill him in exchange for their freedom. Femi Falana (SAN), who is Sowore's lawyer, on Sunday raised the alarm over a request filed by the DSS at the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to transfer Sowore to prison. Adeoye said, “The ultimate aim of the plan is to have Sowore attacked, assaulted, and poisoned in prison. “The planned transfer ensures that Sowore will be surrounded by a den of hardened criminals amenable to the government’s bidding while in prison. “As Sowore would no longer be in the custody of the DSS, the government and the DSS are seeking ...

Flood Flood File Photo   The Ekiti State Government has resolved to dredge over 18,000 metres of water bodies at a contract value at N334m to reduce the havoc caused by flooding. Parts of the state were ravaged by water in 2019 and the Commissioner for Information, Muyiwa Olumilua, said the state was determined to prevent a reoccurrence. He said, “Areas to be dredged include; Obala-Balemo-Elemi, Ita Eko-poly Road-Eminrin, Omisanjana-Ureje-133kva, Awajin-Ureje Road and Ireakari-Ilawe Road totalling 18,500 metres and at the cost of N195m and is to be delivered within 12 weeks.” Speaking further, the commissioner said due to persistent flooding, which hit Ikere-Ekiti this year, the government would dredge Osun Stream Channel, construct a concrete channel at the Temidire section of the town and reconstruct a fallen culvert at Ajolagun, Vanguard reports.   Environment News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable adverti...

A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday stayed proceedings until February 6, 2020 in the alleged money laundering trial of embattled Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia. Justice Mohammed Aikawa said that he will stay proceedings to await the outcome of a letter to the Chief Judge of the court seeking a re-assignment of the case. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission charged Ofili-Ajumogobia and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Godwin Obla, on 18 counts bordering on conspiracy, unlawful enrichment, retention of crime proceeds and money laundering. The defendants were re-arraigned on May 15 and had both pleaded not guilty to all counts of the charge. The court had granted them bail in the sum of N10m each with two sureties in like sum. During the commencement of the case, Chief Robert Clarke (SAN) had appeared for the first defendant, while Chief Ferdinand Orbih (SAN) had appeared for the second defendant. When the case was called on Monday, Mr U.U Buhari appeared for the pr...

The curriculum applied by the military in the fight against terror groups in North-East Nigeria has received a thumbs down from a researcher at the National Defence College. In a briefing ahead of his book launch, Doctor Yusuf Mahmud said that the Nigerian Army needs a syllabus that encompasses intelligence gathering and prevention. Mahmud also told the Nigerian Government to intensify its soft power approach by engaging families and religious leaders in places where military might had been used to subdue the terrorists. He said, “Another key important issue is government security forces. I am not saying that they are not doing well, but I am saying that they need some new form of training. “If possible, the military institution will start having a robust curriculum in preventing and countering violent extremism so that they will be able to understand the dynamics and the drivers and some of the issues they have to put in front in the cause of trying to counter violent extr...

[Government of Namibia] Windhoek -Speech by His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia and the SWAPO Party, following victory in the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly Elections  Fellow Namibians, On November 27, you chose to exercise your constitutional right to vote and thereby ensured that your collective voices were heard through the ballot. You, the people of Namibia, the ultimate sovereigns, have made your voices heard. Not only have you decided on who shall govern on your behalf for the next via LATEST NEWS

2005 ACC Championship Game . The 2005 ACC Championship Game was the inaugural contest of the game held to decide the winner of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship in American college football. Held December 3 at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Florida State Seminoles, the game was the final contest of the regular season for the two teams. Florida State and Virginia Tech had previously played in the 2000 National Championship Game. In 2004 Virginia Tech had won the last ACC Championship to be awarded without playing a championship game at the end of the season. In the 2005 season Tech lost only one regular season conference game, to the fifth-ranked Miami Hurricanes, and won the Coastal Division title. Florida State earned a bid to the ACC Championship Game by fighting through an Atlantic Division schedule that included several nationally ranked teams. Florida State won the game 27–22.

2005 ACC Championship Game . The 2005 ACC Championship Game was the inaugural contest of the game held to decide the winner of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship in American college football. Held December 3 at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Florida State Seminoles, the game was the final contest of the regular season for the two teams. Florida State and Virginia Tech had previously played in the 2000 National Championship Game. In 2004 Virginia Tech had won the last ACC Championship to be awarded without playing a championship game at the end of the season. In the 2005 season Tech lost only one regular season conference game, to the fifth-ranked Miami Hurricanes, and won the Coastal Division title. Florida State earned a bid to the ACC Championship Game by fighting through an Atlantic Division schedule that included several nationally ranked teams. Florida State won the game 27–22.