MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Nov 21 (Reuters) – More than 100 people, including women and children were abducted when gunmen raided four villages in Nigeria’s northeastern Zamfara state on Sunday, the information commissioner and residents said on Monday.
Missing Cristiano Ronaldo due to a stomach bug, his Manchester United team mate Fernandes led a strong Portugal side in their last match before travelling to Doha on Friday.
Coach Fernando Santos made six substitutions in the second half and Ramos scored Portugal’s third immediately after Portugal goalkeeper saved a penalty from Emmanuel Dennis after the VAR spotted Dalot’s foul in the 81st minute.
But James Eadie, representing the Foreign Office, argued that there was no obligation on the British government to reach a final view on the legality of Kanu´s detention.
Roared on by a sold-out Alvalade stadium, Fernandes seized the first chance he had in the ninth minute when Joao Felix found Diogo Dalot and he teed up Fernandes to tap into an empty net.
“This follows the Milan criminal tribunal’s finding that there was no case to answer for Shell or its former employees when they were fully acquitted in 2021, a decision that was upheld in July 2022, when criminal proceedings ended,” Shell added.
Costa Rica had several other chances to add to their tally as supporters at the National Stadium provided a carnival atmosphere ahead of the team’s departure for the World Cup in Qatar.
Army spokesman for the anti-insurgency operation Samson Nantip Zhakom said the unnamed soldier went on to shoot and kill a worker from one of the organisations providing humanitarian support in the region, before turning on a fellow soldier.
Asked if Ronaldo’s comments about his club Manchester United had had an impact on his team as they prepare for the World Cup, Santos said what happened with his highest profile player has nothing to do with the national squad.
Foreigners accused of illegally operating in Nigeria´s maritime territory have been arrested in the past and analysts say they often work in connivance with local residents.
Eadie also said that British officials had visited him in jail.
The Foreign Office had decided not to make a public statement about Kanu´s treatment to avoid “adverse consequences” for him, he added.
LAGOS, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Growing up, Nigerian artist Oluwajuwonlo Adeyemi saw her mother discard large plastic kegs of cooking oil she used for her catering business in Lagos.
The foreigners are being held on court orders following their arraignment in a local court in the oil-rich Niger Delta region, according to Nigerian Navy spokesman Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan.
He said in written arguments that Kanu´s case has been raised in “at least 43 intergovernmental meetings or other bilateral exchanges”, including two meetings between then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Nigeria´s President Muhammadu Buhari.
“Right now Kanwa village is deserted, the bandits divided themselves into two groups and attacked the community. They kidnapped children aged between 14 to 16 years and women,” the Kanwa village resident said.
The Nigerian Army said in a statement that one of its members shot and injured a helicopter co-pilot from the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) in the north east, where the military is battling an Islamist insurgency.
“It is unique, new possibility to see all the objects together and to compare them,” Barbara Plankensteiner, director of Germany’s MARKK museum and one of the project’s founders, told AFP.
LAGOS, Nov 16 (Reuters) – As sustainable fashion enthusiast Uche Aladimma sorts through discarded denim clothes in an open market in Lagos, Nigeria, a faded sky-blue jacket catches his eye; now he has to decide whether to turn it into an apron, a tote bag or something else.
“Maintaining social cohesion is the main challenge,” says Hassan Baka, from the Association for the Revitalization of Livestock in Niger, one of the main groups for Farmers breeders in the region.
“Our foundation will continue to support solutions in health, agriculture, and other critical areas-and the systems to get them out of the labs and to the people who need them,” Gates, who runs the foundation with his ex-wife Melinda French Gates, said in a statement.
In March, perennial rivals Ghana eliminated Nigeria in a World Cup play-off on the away goals’ rule after the first leg finished 0-0 in Ghana before a 1-1 draw in Abuja.