Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 1.87% in the first quarter of 2020, this is according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The National Bureau of Statistics revealed in ‘Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product’ report for first quarter 2020 on Monday. The Bureau noted that there were earliest signs of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 […]
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Iran on Monday reopened major Shiite shrines across the Islamic republic, more than two months after they were closed because of the Middle East’s deadliest novel coronavirus outbreak. At Tehran’s Shah Abdol-Azim shrine, worshippers had to wear a mask, walk through a disinfection tunnel and have their temperature checked as they began returning from the […]
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Music executive and former manager of the now-defunct P-Square, Jude Okoye, has responded to allegations by Cynthia Morgan and a case of maltreatment made against him by singer Akinmayokun Awodumila, popularly known as May D. Recall that May D in a series of tweets on Sunday revealed he shared the boys quarter in the Okoye’s […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has said 69 stranded persons -including 50 trafficked Nigerian ladies- arrived in the country from Lebanon on Sunday. According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, who disclosed the information via his Twitter handle, the Lebanese Government and the Lebanese community in Nigeria played a vital role in the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria says the country no longer has money to import food owing to the impact of COVID-19 on the nation’s economy. Buhari made the remark while speaking with journalists during the Eid celebrations at the state house on Sunday, describing the impact of the virus as “frightening”. He said the pandemic […]
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Lagos State Government on Sunday announced that the Marine Beach Bridge, inwards Apapa area of the state, would be shut for five months. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said the closure was for emergency repair works and would start from Wednesday, May 27. Oladeinde, in a statement, said the repair works by the […]
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By Tunde Asaju Check this glossary of terms – full body slam, choke hold, choke slam, hip toss and you would be forgiven for thinking of the dangerous exploits of professional wrestling. You are wrong. These are the ‘deliverance’ moves of the latest rave in miracle land, Chukwuemeka Ohaenemere Odumeje, aka Indabosky Bahose, aka the […]
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The President of Senegal, H.E. Macky Sall, President of Liberia, H.E George Weah and United States Senator Chris Coons will form part of a high-level leadership panel to be moderated by the Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, to discuss Africa’s economic recovery in the 2020 edition of […]
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About 183 million people in 47 countries, including North Korea, are facing the possibility of severe food insecurity as border closures and disruptions in global supply chains have restricted their access to farming products, a UN food agency said. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) also estimated in a report that around US$350 million will […]
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At least four people have been confirmed dead and another 24 injured as an earthquake shook southwestern China, local authorities said Tuesday. The shallow quake in Qiaojia county struck late Monday evening, the Yunnan government said on its social media account. Video clips on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo showed shoppers taking cover in a store […]
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