Liverpool have won their first Premier League title in 30 years after Chelsea beat Manchester City 2-1 on Thursday. Jurgen Klopp’s men sealed a 19th league title for the club with a record seven games left to play after City’s defeat left them 23 points adrift of Liverpool at the top. Liverpool had moved within […]
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Nigeria has recorded 594 fresh cases of the novel Coronavirus infection on Thursday, June 25th, 2020. According to the data from the NCDC the cases were spread across 22 states including FCT, with Lagos accounting for the highest number of infections for the day with 159 cases. According to the NCDC the cases are, Lagos(159), […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Thursday emerged the governorship candidate for the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the state gubernatorial election. Kokomansion gathered that Obaseki emerged the party’s candidate after his closest rival to the PDP governorship election ticket Ken Imasaugbon stepped down from the race minutes into the primary election. He polled […]
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The ex-governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, is dead. The 70-year-old, who had been on a life support machine since last Friday at First Cardiology Hospital in Ikoyi, Lagos, after slipping into a coma following Coronavirus complications, finally passed away on Thursday. On Monday, a reliable source close to the ex-governor had told SaharaReporters that […]
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Volunteers have begun being immunised with a new UK coronavirus vaccine, developed by Professor Robin Shattock and his colleagues, at Imperial College London. About 300 people will have the vaccine over the coming weeks. The initial tests in animals suggest the vaccine is safe and triggers an effective immune response. Experts at Oxford University have […]
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A soldier attached to Battalion 93, Takum, Taraba State, Sgt. Ibrahim Muhammed, has confess to crashing a bus in which members of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT)were travelling after apprehending a suspected kidnap kingpin, Bala Hamisu (Wadume), on August 6, 2019. The 46-year-old member of the infantry regiment stated that he fired a shot at […]
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The Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Tuesday, arrested a man for raping a 3-month-old baby in Adogi village of Nasarawa State. In a statement by Ekunola Gbenga, Media Assistant to the Commandant General ‘NSCDC’ on Tuesday, said, Ahmadu Yaro, 27 was arrested Tuesday, for sexually assaulted and […]
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The total number of coronavirus in Nigeria rose to 22,020 on Wednesday, as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 649 new cases. According to the NCDC, new cases were reported in 21 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Statistics from the NCDC shows that Lagos remains the epicentre […]
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10 employees of Atlanta-based Delta Airlines have died of coronavirus (COVID-19), while 500 others have tested positive. Ed Bastian, chief executive officer of the airline, confirmed the spread of the disease among its employees during the company’s annual shareholder meeting. “We lost 10 employees to the coronavirus; every one of them breaks my heart,” he said. “Among […]
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League leader, Liverpool moved closer to winning their first Premier League title in 30 years after they battered Crystal Palace 4-0 at Anfield on Wednesday. The win for Liverpool means if Manchester City fail to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Thursday, the Reds will be crowned Premier League champions. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah, Fabinho […]
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