The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, and Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, had an argument over the first degree certificate presented by the governor from the University of Ibadan. Oshiomhole, in Abuja at the inauguration of the APC’s screening and appeal committees for its members contesting governorship primary in […]
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The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has killed about 407,914 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT on Tuesday. At least 7,169,550 cases of coronavirus have been registered in 196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 3,148,200 are now considered recovered. […]
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Stoke City football club of England has confirmed that its manager, Michael O’Neill, has tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). City said that O’Neill tested positive for coronavirus following the latest round of testing on Monday. The Potters made this known in a statement on its official website on Tuesday night. “Stoke City can confirm […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) has confirmed 663 new Coronavirus cases in Nigeria. The NCDC confirmed this via its verified twitter handle on Tuesday. According to the NCDC the cases are, Lagos-170 Ogun-108 Bauchi-69 Ebonyi-49 Edo-33 Rivers-30 FCT-26 Jigawa-26 Delta-20 Anambra-17 Gombe-16 Kano-16 Imo-15 Abia-14 Borno-11 Oyo-11 Plateau-8 Kebbi-6 Kaduna-6 Ondo-4 Niger-2 Katsina-2 […]
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The Government of the state of Kaduna has lifted lockdown in the state. Governor Nasir El-Rufai disclosed this in a statewide broadcast on Tuesday. According to him, places of worship are also reopened but only on Sundays and Fridays. El-Rufai also announced that supermarkets, hotels, providers of personal services such as hairdressing and barbing salons […]
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Pierre Nkuruziza, Burundi’s President, is dead. The country’s government on Tuesday, said Nkurunziza, who is 55 years of age, died of a heart attack. “The Government of the Republic of Burundi announces with great sadness the unexpected death of His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi… following heart failure on June 8, […]
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Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, resumed duties at the Red chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday. Kokomansion understands that this is the first time Kalu is attending a plenary session since his release from prison. On his arrival at the Senate, Kalu who spoke to reporters said “I […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has said that the country might just be starting to experience the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director-General of the NCDC, stated this while speaking at the House of Representatives on Monday, when members of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) appeared before a joint committee of the […]
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The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has said the country may just be starting to experience the coronavirus pandemic. The PTF said Nigerians are avoiding being tested; a situation that is said to be responsible for the low testing ratio to the population. This was made known at the House of Representatives on Monday […]
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The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) chapter, on Monday urged the Federal Government to pay their allowances to avoid industrial action. Dr Lanre Olosunde, the branch President of ARD, in statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin warned that the strike would commence on […]
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