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Yearly Archives: 2020

Obasanjo, Ramaphosa, 138 world leaders demand free COVID-19 vaccine

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is among 140 current and former world leaders calling for “a people’s vaccine” against the coronavirus (COVID-19). The leaders signed...

Mobile courts convict 874 lockdown violators in Kano

Kano State government has said the 11 mobile courts established by the Chief Judge, Justice Nura Sagir Umar, have sentenced over 874 violators of...

COVID-19 cases jump to 5162

Nigeria has just confirmed 193 new cases of COVID19 across several states of the country. According to the National Centre of Disease Control, NCDC, Lagos...

Fed Govt frowns as states reopen Mosques, Churches

In one fell swoop, four states in the North – Borno, Gombe, Adamawa and Zamfara – on Thursday reopened Mosques and Churches. It was a...

Fed Govt launches school feeding in FCT

The Federal Government has launched the distribution of school feeding programme in the FCT. The distribution is part of measures put in place by the...

Malabu Oil Block: ex-minister Orubebe’s wife quizzed over N360m deals

Former Niger Delta Affairs Minister Godsday Orubebe’s wife Maureen, has been grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a N500 million...

IPPIS: Paying lecturers without biometrics fraudulent, says ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday said the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation used the controversial Integrated Payment and Personnel...

BRT crushes Lagos businesswoman to death, driver flees

A driver with the Bus Rapid Transit, Collins Nnodi, has gone into hiding after crushing a businesswoman, Mrs Grace Okeleke, to death at the...

Police confirm abduction of Kaduna APC vice-chairman, daughter

The Police Command in Kaduna on Thursday confirmed the abduction of the Vice-Chairman, All Progressive Congress, APC, Kaduna State chapter, Shu’aibu Idris-Lauge and his...

Elections Body Proposes New Date For Malawi Presidential Polls

Malawi Electoral Commission, MEC, has proposed June 23 for the country's rerun presidential polls. It has also asked parliament to endorse the new date. Earlier,...

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