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Yearly Archives: 2020

Eid-el Maulud: FG declares Thursday public holiday

The Federal Government has declared Thursday as a public holiday to mark this year’s Eidul-Mawlid celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy...

Buhari re-appoints Yakubu as INEC chairman

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has re-appointed Prof Mahmood Yakubu as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The Special Adviser to...

#EndSARS: We must regulate social media before it destroys us –FG

The Federal Government has warned that Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder if the issue of fake news is not urgently addressed,...

World 100m champion Coleman banned for Tokyo Olympics

World 100 meters champion Christian Coleman will miss next year’s Tokyo Olympics after being banned for two years for breaching whereabouts rules, the Athletics...

Fintiri threatens to withdraw C of O, demolish houses with looted items

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has given looters 12 hours to return all stolen items carted away in the unrest that followed the...

#EndSARS: Soldiers acted within rules of engagement -Army

The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Lagos, has explained that its troops were invited to enforce the curfew imposed on the state by...

FG begins payment of N30,000 grants to artisans

The Presidency on Tuesday said the payment of N30,000 one-time grant to 330,000 artisans across the country under the Economic Sustainability Plan has commenced. The...

NNPC demands calm as fuel queues surface in FCT, others

Petrol queues surfaced in parts of Abuja and neighbouring states of Nasarawa and Niger on Monday evening and intensified on Tuesday. Motorists besieged the few...

UCL: Real Madrid fight back to draw at Gladbach

Casemiro scored a last-gasp equalizer as Real Madrid fought back from two goals down to snatch a 2-2 draw at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Tuesday...

COVID-19 vaccine still possible in 2020 -Pfizer

Pfizer executives expressed measured optimism Tuesday over the prospect of providing a coronavirus vaccine in 2020 even as they signaled key data on the...

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