Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 661 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday to bring the total number of the virus in the country to 19,808. NCDC made the announcement on its website late Saturday said 6718 cases have been discharged and 506 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital […]
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Bruno Fernandes’ penalty salvaged a 1-1 draw for Manchester United at Tottenham as the Red Devils had another late spot-kick overturned by a VAR review on Friday. Jose Mourinho was on course to get the better of his former club when Steven Bergwijn’s strike gave Spurs a half-time lead. However, United’s second half pressure finally […]
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Nigeria on Friday recorded 667 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, pushing its total infections past the 19,000 mark. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said Lagos reported the highest number of new cases with 281, Abia with 48, Oyo with 45, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with 38 cases. Other states […]
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There seem to be no end in sight to the series of drama in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria. In a fresh twist to the leadership controversy of the APC, a Rivers State High Court on Friday, granted an ex parte order restraining Mr Victor Giadom from parading himself as national chairman […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo, has officially joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The announcement was made on the official Twitter handle of the PDP on Friday afternoon. “Breaking News! The governor of Edo State, H.E. @GovernorObaseki has defected to our great Party, the @OfficialPDPNig. The declaration was made this afternoon at the state Secretariat […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Thursday said it plans to fund the value chains of nine agricultural commodities to the tune of N432bn in the 2020 planting season. CBN outlined the nine commodities to include rice, cotton, oil palm, tomato, cassava, poultry, fish, maize, cocoa and livestock/diary. Senior officials of the bank disclosed […]
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The sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, says the recent killings by insurgents and bandits would have been avoided if the government had risen to the occasion. In a statement issued through Abubakar Aliyu, secretary-general of Jamaatu Nasril Islam (JNI), the sultan, who is JNI president-general, asked the government to do more to stem the tide […]
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Nigeria on Thursday recorded its highest single-day coronavirus (COVID-19) infections with 745 new cases. This was revealed in a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). According to the NCDC, Lagos State had the highest number of infections for the day with 280 cases and is followed by Oyo and Ebonyi states with […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said Instagram celebrity, Ramoni Igbalode better known as Hushpuppi is being investigated by the agency over alleged cyber crimes. Nigeria’s anti-crime body stated this in a tweet on its official handle on Thursday where it explained that the agency has “grisly details of his money laundering transactions.” […]
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The director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Musa Nuhu, says the June 21 date for resumption of domestic flights is not feasible. Responding to questions on Thursday during the daily briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19, Nuhu said the agency will not approve the resumption of flight operations until it gets […]
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