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Yearly Archives: 2020

COVID-19 protocols violators to pay N100m fine in Rivers

The Rivers State Executive Council has reviewed some COVID-19 protocols with particular emphasis on burials and weddings, imposing a fine of N100m to violators...

God will punish me if I was involved – Ex-minister accused of stripping staff naked

Former Minister of State for Petroleum, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has called on God to “punish” him, if he was involved in the stripping of...

UFC: Adesanya calls out Cannonier after Costa win

Nigerian-born Israel Adesanya has called out Jared Cannonier as his next opponent after his second-round knockout victory over Brazilian Paulo Costa to retain his...

Blasphemy: Polish, 119 others offer to serve 10-year jail term for Kano boy

Dr Piotr Cywiński, the Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Warsaw, Poland, says he and 119 other volunteers across the world are offering...

Son allegedly kills, buries dad in Anambra shallow grave

A 26-year-old man, Chisom Ogum, has allegedly killed his septuagenarian father, Christopher Ogum, in Anambra State. The incident occurred in Umuomaku in the Orumba South...

Nigeria records 136 new cases of COVID-19, total now 58,198

Nigeria on Saturday night recorded 136 new cases of Coronavirus. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), the total number of confirmed cases...

WAEC to release 2020 SSSCE results late October

The West African Examinations Council has said that it has a 45-day timeline from its last paper to release the results of the 2020...

Welfare: Ekiti health workers begin seven-day strike Monday

Health workers at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, have said they will start a seven-day warning strike on Monday, regardless of...

Strike: We’ll enforce the law, police warn NLC, TUC

Ahead of the planned strike action and protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress from Monday over the recent hike...

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