NEWS DIGEST -The Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Kjemprud Jens-Petter said on Wednesday that the National Library of Norway was interested in digitising literature books published in Hausa, Ibo and Yoruba.

Jens-Petter told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the
agreement to digitise the literature books would be signed between the
National Libraries of Norway and Nigeria, this month.





https://newsdigest.ng/general/2018/06/01/norway-ditigitises-books/

NEWS DIGEST – Five soldiers lost their lives in an ambush by Boko Haram at Pridang– Bitta in Gwoza local government area of Borno state.

Texas Chukwu, director, army public relations, confirmed the tragic incident, saying it happened on Thursday.

In a statement, Chukwu said the insurgents engaged troops of 271 task force battalion deployed in Operation Lafiya Dole in a gun battle.



https://newsdigest.ng/featured/2018/06/01/soldiers-killed-borno/

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Nigerian-British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor joins Angelina Jolie in `Maleficent II’

NEWS DIGEST -Nigerian -born British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor has joined Angelina Jolie in Maleficent 2, an upcoming sequel to the 2014 American Dark Fantasy film , Maleficent, produced by Walt Disney Pictures.

According to Disney, four years after the blockbuster was released, filming has started for the sequel, with the Nigerian-British thespian featuring among the cast.

Ejiofor, who is popular for his roles in “12 years a Slave” and “Doctor Strange,” features alongside Hollywood veterans Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning, who are both reprising their roles from the original film.





https://newsdigest.ng/entertainment/2018/05/31/angelina-jolie-in-maleficent-ii/

NEWS DIGEST – Zinedine Zidane has announced he is stepping down as Real Madrid manager less than a week after he guided the club to a third consecutive Champions League title.

https://newsdigest.ng/sports/2018/05/31/zidane-leaves-real-madrid/

NEWS DIGEST -Afghan Special Forces have rescued over a hundred prisoners including policemen, women and children from a Taliban prison in southern Helmand province during a night-time operation, officials said on Thursday.

“A total of 102 people held hostage by the militants for a year in two villages in the district of Kajaki were freed, Jawid Saleem,’’ a spokesperson for the special forces said.

The prisoners included five women and children as well as three local policemen.

“The prisoners were captured for different reasons ranging from cooperating with and spying for Afghan forces, or being a member of local police,’’ Saleem said.

According to Saleem, the prisoners were kept in bad conditions with a lack of proper food and healthcare and were tortured.




https://newsdigest.ng/world/2018/05/31/100-people-freed-from-afghanistan/

NEWS DIGEST -WHO’s ‘Global Report on Trends in Prevalence of Tobacco Smoking 2000-2025’, which coincided with World No Tobacco Day 2018, observed every May 31, warned that smoking is a habit that destroyed the hearts.

The report states: “Tobacco is the only legal drug that kills many of its users when used exactly as intended by manufacturers.

“WHO has estimated that tobacco use (smoking and smokeless) is currently responsible for the death of about six million people across the world each year with many of the deaths occurring prematurely.

“This total includes about 600,000 people that are also estimated to die from the effects of second-hand smoking.




https://newsdigest.ng/world/2018/05/31/1-1bn-people-are-smokers/

NEWS DIGEST – President Buhari will today sign the Not Too Young to Run Bill into Law.

He announced this via his official twitter handle @Mbuhari today.

The tweet reads:

“Yesterday i hosted talented young Nigerians,who will soon travel to Russia carrying the passion and emotions of 180million. Today i look forward to welcoming to the state house another group of young Nigerians as i sign into Law the Not Too Young To Run bill “.




https://newsdigest.ng/news/2018/05/31/buhari-not-too-young-to-run/

NEWS DIGEST – Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, says the new national minimum wage may not materialise in September as earlier envisaged.

Ngige, who disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday at his residence in Abuja, said the September date is when negotiation on the issue of minimum wage will be concluded.




https://newsdigest.ng/news/2018/05/30/minimum-wage-ngige/

NEWS DIGEST – Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn has revealed that a winter break will soon be introduced to help Premier League clubs battle player fatigue and aid England’s preparation for major tournaments
Talks have been ongoing between the FA, the Premier League and Football League with a view to introducing a break in time for the 2019-20 season, ahead of that summer’s European Championship.

https://newsdigest.ng/sports/2018/05/30/winter-break-premier-league/

NEWS DIGEST – The real issues why nPDP members in All Progressives Congress (APC) are angry were discussed at the meeting with Prof Yemi Osinbajo.

The meeting raised an eight-man panel to resolve the issue.

The panel will comprise four members each from both sides.



https://newsdigest.ng/politics/2018/05/30/npdp-members-are-angry/

NEWS DIGEST -Ms Julie Okah-Donli, the Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has warned that any forms of abuse on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across the country would no longer be tolerated.

OKah-Donli, gave the warning during her visit to the new Kushingoro IDPs’ camp in Abuja to commemorate Children’s day and Democracy Day.



https://newsdigest.ng/news/2018/05/30/abuse-of-idps/

NEWS DIGEST – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will in their next meeting take a position on whether or not they would be embarking on strike action, findings by THE NEWS DIGEST has revealed.
This position was confirmed by the National President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi in a chat with this Newspaper.

He said members have become very agitated that despite meeting with the Federal Government nothing has materialized from the discussions.


https://newsdigest.ng/editors-pick/2018/05/30/ASUU-strike-action/

NEWS DIGEST – Nigeria’s Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has released his provisional World Cup squad, after a painstaking exercise of Consultation with coaches and Nigerian Football Federation technical committee officials.

The squad was confirmed on the Nigeria football federation t w i t t e r handle @thenff and it has been sent to FIFA.



https://newsdigest.ng/sports/2018/05/14/nigeria-list-world-cup/

NEWS DIGEST – Shiite youths protesting the continued detention of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, have grounded the Federal Secretariat complex, Abuja, as they took over the roads in the area.

The secretariat complex is a few metres from the National Assembly and the Presidential Villa.


https://newsdigest.ng/news/2018/05/14/shiite-attack-policemen/

NEWS DIGEST – Tragedy befall a family in Bauchi on Saturday as the breadwinner of the house, Mr Salihu Yahaya, a businessman, lost his life trying to save his wife from being electrocuted.

Narrating the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Sani Ahmed, who described himself as ‘one of the boys’ of the deceased, said the tragedy occurred around 6.40 pm.

https://newsdigest.ng/metro/2018/05/14/tragedy-husband-dies/

NEWS DIGEST – The former Governor of Ekiti State, Segun Oni has been tipped to replace the current Minister of Solid Minerals, Kayode Fayemi who is flagbearer of the All Progressive Congress in Ekiti State.

News Digest recalled that Fayemi polled 941 votes to beat Oni, who polled 481 votes at All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary in the state on Saturday.


https://newsdigest.ng/politics/2018/05/14/oni-replace-fayemi-minister/

NEWS DIGEST – The President of the Academic Staffs Union of Universities, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi has spoken to The News Digest on why the lecturers Union may go on strike.
In this Interview with The News Digest’s Olanrewaju Oyedeji, the ASUU scribe spoke about the low funding of the Education sector and lots more.



https://newsdigest.ng/featured/2018/05/13/strike-again-ASUU/

NEWS DIGEST – The Federal Executive Council stated on Wednesday that no federal university should charge tuition fees, saying the law does not allow it.

The Minister of State for Education, Anthony Anwuka, stated this while briefing State House correspondents after the cabinet meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
https://newsdigest.ng/news/2018/05/09/fg-scraps-tuition-fees/

A multi-billionaire, Kano businessman and Islamic
scholar, Shiekh Isyaku Rabiu is dead.
According to reliable sources who spoke to the News
Digest, Shiekh Isiyaku passed away after a brief illness
in the United Kingdom.
He was aged 90 years before his death. A business
Associate who confirmed the news to the News Digest
said he will be buried according to Islamic rites as soon
as his body arrives Nigeria.




https://newsdigest.ng/news/2018/05/08/isyaku-rabiu-dead/

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NEWS DIGEST – A member of the Nigerian Police
Force stationed at the University of Abuja, UNIABUJA
permanent site, Kareem Adisa, allegedly beat up a
female student of the University till she collapsed after a
disagreement, a witness told the News Digest.
According to our source, the incident occurred in front
of the university gate were some students present at the
scene witnessed the attack before the victim was rushed
to a nearby clinic.



https://newsdigest.ng/news/2018/05/08/uniabuja-student-collapses/

NEWS DIGEST – The Presidency on Monday night announced that President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to London in the United Kingdom to see doctors.

On Thursday last week the president made a “technical stopover” in London after his visit to the United States.

But in a tweet on Monday night, Mr Buhari tweeted that he would be leaving for UK on Tuesday to see his doctor.




https://newsdigest.ng/featured/2018/05/07/buhari-returns-to-london/

NEWSDIGEST has confirmed earlier today that Obafemi Awolowo University’s senate building, the offices of the principal officers, is yet to be opened despite the defiant response of the university on the alleged unpaid N1.8bn tax to Osun state government.

According to the Press release issued by the Public Relations Officer of the university, Abiodun Olanrewaju, the report of Osun state’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is erroneous and false.


https://newsdigest.ng/state-news/2018/05/07/six-days-oau-senate-shut/

NEWS DIGEST – There is a huge drama currently with the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti state as the state APC has split into chapter, The Nation reports.

Scores of All Progressives Congress (APC) members on Monday stormed party secretariat and ‘dissolved’ the state exco led by Chief Jide Awe.

They installed a new caretaker exco led by Mr. Kayode Egunjobi.



https://newsdigest.ng/politics/2018/05/07/apc-factions-ekiti/