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Yearly Archives: 2020

Keniebi Okoko, Bayelsa billionaire dies during liposuction surgery

Keniebi Okoko, Bayelsa-born billionaire businessman and philanthropist, has died in Lagos, throwing many Bayelsans into mourning. Some reports said Okoko, son of Professor Kimse Okoko,...

Lagos records seventh COVID-19 death

The Lagos State Government has announced another COVID-19 death, bringing the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in the state to seven. The state Ministry...

Nine coronavirus patients discharged in Abuja

Nine coronavirus patients have been discharged in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. FCT Minister, Mohammed Bello, disclosed this on Wednesday via Twitter. He said the nine patients...

Lawyers flee as accused coughs in court

There was drama on Tuesday inside an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo, when an accused arraigned for assault, suddenly coughed while his...

COVID-19: Daura gets fully-equipped isolation centre

The National Lottery Trust Fund has built and handed over a fully-equipped COVID-19 Isolation and Treatment Centre to the Katsina State Government. The facility is...

Fire guts CAC headquarters in Abuja

Exactly one week after the headquarters of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation was gutted by fire, there has been another fire...

CDHR CONDEMNS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN ENFORCING LOCKDOWN ORDER

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, a non governmental organization, has lamented the gross abuse of human rights perpetrated by state...

Wanted Brazilian drug lord, two Nigerians arrested in Mozambique

Two Nigerians have been arrested in Mozambique alongside one of Brazil’s most wanted criminals and drug lords accused of running international cocaine operations. According to...

Two govs test positive for coronavirus

Two Brazilian state governors who have criticized President Jair Bolsonaro’s calls to relax COVID-19 containment measures said Tuesday they had tested positive for the...

COVID-19: Police close Anambra food markets

The Anambra State Police Command has ordered the closure of food markets in the state as a measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus...

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