The NAIJ.com team has gathered the most important news that hit the headlines on Tuesday, July 19. Find all the stories you might have missed below.
1. Goodluck Jonathan to be keynote speaker at NLA merit award
Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) has been selected to give the keynote speech of the United States Nigerian Lawyers Association (NLA) Merit Awards Dinner.
2. Naked women protest against Donald Trump as president
A nude female protest against Donald Trump, who is known for his derogatory attitude to women and minority communities, has taken place on the eve of the Republican Party convention in Cleveland.
3. Tinubu pays N75m for protest against me – Dino Melaye
Senator Dino Melaye has blamed the wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader Oleremi Tinubu of spending N75m on hate protest against him.
4. Four soldiers wounded as Boko Haram ambush troops
Nigerian troops battling insurgency in the northeastern part of Nigeria have been ambushed by some of the insurgents.
5. Plot to overthrow Buhari: Nigerian army officers, politicians to be arrested?
The member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and social analyst Sola Kuti has claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari allegedly plans to arrest some Nigerian army officers over coup plot against his government.
6. Biafra: Atiku meets with Oyegun
Atiku Abubakar, former vice president and one of the chieftains of the ruling party, has met with the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) John Odigie-Oyegun and other members of the National Working Committee.
7. Donald Trump’s wife copied Michelle Obama’s speech
Melania Trump’s first major address before the United States last night was branded a pure disaster as she was accused of plagiarism.
8. Doctor in court for raping female job-seeker during abortion
Dr. Gerald Mark Forbes, aged 47, is standing trial for allegedly raping a woman during an abortion procedure in Freeport, the Bahamas, last February.
9. President Buhari reacts to report on probing Ibe Kachiwku
Following the handover of the affairs of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to Ibrahim Baru, President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly ordered a probe of Ibe Kachikwu, ex-NNPC boss, Financial Watch reports. The investigation follows accusations of favouritism in the allocation of crude oil to certain companies. Kachikwu, who is the minister of state for petroleum, is to be investigated over oil swap deals, the authors of the article claim.
10. Missing police cars found at repair shop in Abuja
Only yesterday, July 18, the acting inspector general of police, Ibrahim Idris accused his predecessor, IGP, Solomon Arase (rtd), of moving away 24 Police vehicles including the official IGP Staff Car, which is armoured plated and bullet proof, and the spare staff car, both of which are BMWs.
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