Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has according to reports, relaxed the Coronavirus curfew which was imposed on the state and also asked final year students in schools to resume on 29th June. All civil servants in the state were also directed to resume duties. Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, made this disclosure […]
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Nigeria on Monday recorded 573 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID019) pandemic, this is according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). In a tweet via its official handle, the NCDC also stated that the nation recorded four additional deaths within the past 24 hours. The country’s total infections have now risen to […]
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1. The Nigerian Navy Ship DELTA on 10 Jun 20, discovered a newly constructed illegal refining site around Bennett Island in Warri South LGA of Delta State. The site had 5 ovens, 5 coolers and 8 surface metal storage tanks cumulatively laden with about 943.3 barrels of product suspected to be crude oil. No arrest […]
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India’s government says it will provide 500 railway coaches to be converted into COVID-19 care centers as the nation’s capital is fast running out of hospital beds. “There should be infrastructure, there is need to be beds, patients are not being looked after, this is a deplorable state of affairs,’’ said a government official on […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, at the State House, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting, Adamu said he updated the president on sexual and gender-based violence across the country and the efforts of the Police towards addressing the menace. The IGP stated […]
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The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, has claimed that some traditional rulers in Katsina state are collaborating with bandits to harm their own people. Shehu said this while speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme, on Monday According to him, these traditional rulers […]
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The Faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to Oshiomhole in Edo State, has recommended the expulsion of Governor Godwin Obaseki, and the Chairman of the party, Anselm Ojezua as well as the state women leader, Dr Aisosa Amadasun from the party. Speaking at a news conference in Benin City on Sunday, the David […]
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Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has described the Northern Elders Forum led by Ango Abdullahi as “a mere irritant and featherweight”. Reacting to the group’s criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari over the rising insecurity in the north, Adesina described the group as a “one-man army” which is driven by political interests and its dislike for the president. […]
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Spanish giants, Real Madrid stayed two points behind Barcelona after a 3-1 win over Eibar on Sunday in a game which saw Marcelo take a knee and Eden Hazard suffer another injury. In their first game in three months following the suspension the the league due to coronavirus pandemic, Toni Kroos, Sergio Ramos and Marcelo […]
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The Oyo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested a suspect connected with the killing of the 29-year old pregnant post-graduate student of the University of Ibadan. The student, Azeezat Shomuyiwa, was murdered in Ijefun, Akinyele area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, last week. She was found dead in her home with […]
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