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Yearly Archives: 2020

NNPC, partners to invest 53% COVID-19 intervention fund on hospitals construction

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and its partners say they are investing 53 per cent of the N21 billion COVID-19 donations from the...

IGP tasks stakeholders on collaboration against rape, others

The Inspector General of Police IGP, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has called for improved collaboration between the Police and other stakeholders against rape, child molestation,...

Nigerian goalkeeper, defender sign contracts with West Ham Utd

Golden Eaglets goalkeeper, Jinadu Daniel, has signed his first professional contract with West Ham United. Daniel and another Nigerian defender, Joshua Okotcha, have also signed...

COVID-19: Nigerian govt denies approving airports to be reopened June 21

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has denied fixing June 21, 2020, for resumption of air travel in the country. PTF National Coordinator, Sani...

Sokoto uncovers ghost workers, job racketeers, saves N1.6bn

The Sokoto State Government has saved over N1.6bn as a result of its fishing out ghost workers and job racketeers. The government said the exercise...

COVID-19 hits 14,554 cases in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has just announced that the record for the COVID-19 in Nigeria has risen to 14,554. 681 new cases...

Plateau lifts lockdown indefinitely

Plateau State Government has lifted the lockdown imposed on the state to check the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the curfew imposed by...

Buhari addresses the nation tomorrow

President Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation tomorrow, Friday, to commemorate Nigeria’s Democracy Day. The time scheduled for the national broadcast is 7am. Bashir Ahmad, Personal...

Buhari postpones publication of Executive Order 10 in official gazette

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the suspension of the publication of the recently issued Executive Order 10 in the Federal Government’s Official Gazette. The publication,...

Mass graves found in Libyan city outside capital – Minister

Dozens of mass graves have been found in the Libyan city of Tarhuna, some 90 kilometres south of Tripoli, Interior Minister of the UN-backed...

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