President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Mr Boris Johnson over his election as new British Prime Minister, and also felicitated with Mrs Theresa May for providing visionary leadership for the country. In a message of goodwill issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Wednesday, the President said: “In Nigeria, we respect the choice […]
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Facebook Inc will pay record-breaking 5 billion dollars fine to resolve a government probe into its privacy practices and the social media giant will restructure its approach to privacy, an official said. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said this on Wednesday in Washington. The FTC voted 3-2 along party lines to adopt the settlement, which […]
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The United States government has announced visa restriction on Nigerians who have undermined the country’s democracy. This was made known in a statement signed by Morgan Ortagus, spokesperson of the US department of state. “The United States is a steadfast supporter of Nigerian democracy. We commend all those Nigerians who participated peacefully in the February and […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has certified Dolutegravir (DTG) as a safe and preferred first-line and second-line treatment drug for HIV/AIDS, adding that pregnant women can also use it. In a statement posted on its official website on Monday, it said initial studies had flagged DTG as having a possible link with neural tube defects […]
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Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje alongside Igbo leaders in Kano have rejected call by some Northern political leaders that Fulani herdsmen in the Southern part of the country relocate to the North. The leaders said at a dinner in Kano that the call was “divisive and retrogressive.’’According to a statement issued by Ganduje’s Chief Press […]
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Co–chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Bill Gates, has appreciated the success stories emanating from Kano state, in terms of improvement in coverage across Primary Health Care indicators. “Kano’s coverage for Penta 3 has improved from 19% in 2013 to 46% in the year 2018 but more needs to be done in terms […]
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Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Zarif said the United States is creating instability and insecurity in the Middle East and Latin America, the Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday. “The resistance of Venezuela to the United States is very important for the people of the world and the people of Venezuela,’’ Zarif was quoted as saying. […]
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The death toll from Ebola in Congo has surpassed 1,700, the Ministry of Health said on Friday. The ministry made the announcement shortly after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak in the central African country a global emergency. The recommendation by WHO given on July 10 came after the first Ebola case was […]
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Italian Police has arrested 19 suspected members of a Nigerian mob over mafia operations. Those arrested were identified as members and leaders of the clan, which reportedly punished anyone who rebelled against its operations. The police made the arrests in an operation called “Burning Flame,” coordinated in the Italian cities of Bologna and Turin. Over […]
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Britain on Friday said Iran had seized two ships in the Gulf, with Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt condemning the incidents as “unacceptable” and saying he was “extremely concerned”. “I’m extremely concerned by the seizure of two naval vessels by Iranian authorities in the Strait of Hormuz,” he said in a statement. “These seizures are unacceptable.” […]
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