The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 1,386 new cases of Coronavirus on Wednesday, 20th of January 2021. According to NCDC, the new cases were confirmed in Lagos-476, Rivers-163, FCT-116, Kaduna-114, Oyo-68, Plateau-62, Ogun-56, Imo-55, Osun-55, Edo-51, Anambra-50, Kwara-44, Kano-17, Ebonyi-14, Cross River-10, Delta-10, Jigawa-8, Bayelsa-6, Ekiti-6, Borno-2, Taraba-2, and Zamfara-1. The agency […]
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Former US president Barack Obama congratulated his “friend” Joe Biden on Twitter, saying “this is your time”. Biden served as Vice President in Obama’s administration. Obama is slated attend the swearing in ceremony set to begin shortly at the Capitol. Sharing a picture of the pair, Obama wrote on Twitter; “Congratulations to my friend, President […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has extended the deadline for citizens to register and link their National Identification Number (NIN) to their SIM cards before February 9, 2021. This information was posted on the official Twitter handle of the NIMC (@nimc_ng). The NIMC had initially given a January 19 deadline for those with NIN and […]
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Three persons were reportedly burnt to death and six others critically injured on Tuesday morning in Abeokuta, Ogun state, when a tanker fell on ever busy Presidential Boulevard road, following an accident. The tanker which was conveying petroleum product fell after suffering a brake failure while it was descending the Kuto Bridge. Thenation reports that […]
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The presidential taskforce on COVID-19, has (PTF) commented on the possibility of a second lock down amid the rising cases of Coronavirus. Chairman of the PTF, Boss Mustapha who had spoken at a press briefing on Monday January 19 said the country is in a “difficult situation”. He asked Nigerians to take responsibility to avoid […]
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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha has said that the PTF has authorised the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to immediately implement the 450 tests per Local Government Area (LGAs) plan, nationwide. “The PTF has also authorized the NCDC to immediately implement the 450 tests per LGA plan, nationwide, immediately. […]
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The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit has gotten a order from Court authorising it to publicly auction 88 vehicles impounded by the Agency for contravening the One-Way Traffic Law and forfeited to the Government by an order of a Lagos State Mobile Court. Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, disclosed that the […]
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The Nigerian Federal Government has disclosed that it was not in support of the resumption of schools on Monday, January 18, 2021. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu made this known during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19, on Monday.Adamu, said the government did not agree with the states on the […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 1,444 new cases of Coronavirus on Sunday, 17th day of January 2021. According to NCDC, the new cases were confirmed in Lagos-901, Plateau-136, Kaduna-57, FCT-54, Ebonyi-53, Akwa Ibom-52, Nasarawa-32, Osun-29, Ogun-28, Imo-16, Oyo-16, Edo-15, Kano-14, Rivers-10, Ekiti-7, Borno-6, Abia-5, Benue-4, Yobe-4, Kebbi-3 and Anambra-2 The agency […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended Ibrahim Magu as Acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Magu had spent the night in a police cell at the Headquarters of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) in Abuja. This comes after a six-hour grilling by a presidential panel, chaired by Justice Ayo Salami, […]
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