Iran’s deputy health minister, Iraj Harirchi, has placed himself in isolation after testing positive to coronavirus. The country’s ministry of health announced that Harirchi had contracted the disease on Tuesday. Harirchi, who has spearheaded Iran’s efforts to contain the virus, also confirmed that he had the disease. In a video he aired from his house, […]
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The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has disbanded the Zonal Intervention Squad (ZIS) unit in Ogun State. The move followed the extra-judicial killing of Kazeem Tiamiyu, a Remo Stars FC footballer over the weekend. Peter Ogunyonwo, a deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), who represented the IGP, disclosed this on Tuesday, when he accompanied governor […]
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A former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh has been sentenced to 39 years in prison for money laundering. Okon Abang, judge of a federal high court Abuja, handed down the sentence on Tuesday. The judge had earlier found him guilty of the seven-count charge filed against him by the Economic and […]
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The Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Oyo state has made a case for the inclusion of its members in operation Amotekun, a security outfit. During a public hearing on the Oyo state security network agency bill 2020, also known as Amotekun bill, on Monday, Yaqub Bello, a former chairman of MACBAN […]
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Moves for reconciliation in the Rivers All Progressives Congress (APC) may not be out of place but those making the moves must first find out the real mission and agenda of those perpetually hanging the Party in court with active support of those who boast of controlling the Judiciary. Those destroying the Party with litigation […]
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Italy on Monday reported its fourth death from coronavirus. The fourth casualty is an 84-year old man in the northern Lombardy region. It was the third death in Lombardy, where villages have been put under lockdown and security measures enforced in a bid to stem the spread of the disease, the region’s health department said. […]
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A former minister of aviation and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Femi Fani-Kayode, has alleged that someone is making money from the continued captivity of Leah Sharibu by Boko Haram. He stated that the person is collecting money in the abducted schoolgirl’s name. Writing on Twitter, the former minister said he got […]
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According to data released by National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s gross domestic product grew by 2.27% in 2019. Recall that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had projected that the nation’s economy would grow by 2.1% in 2019. Nigerian Gross Domestic Product report released by the bureau on Monday, indicated that the economy grew by 2.55% […]
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested members of ‘Aiye’ and ‘Eiye’ confraternity who engaged themselves in a battle for supremacy over the weekend at Iso Isu area of Ijora Badia. A statement signed by the Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana and released to newsmen on Sunday in Lagos, said that they were […]
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang boosted Arsenal’s hopes of gate-crashing the race to reach the Champions League as his double clinched a 3-2 win against Everton on Sunday. For much of a troubled season Arsenal have been written off as also-rans in the battle to qualify for Europe’s elite club competition. But, recovering from the wreckage of the […]
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