Year: 2020
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Local
Brazil’s richest man, banker, Joseph Safra dies at 82
Buenos Aires, Dec. 10, 2020 Joseph Safra, regarded as Brazil’s richest man, died on Thursday at the age of 82,…
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Africa
President Buhari congratulates Ghana’s Akufo-Addo on re-election as President; Hails TY Danjuma on 83rd birthday
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana on his re-election for a second term in…
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Dave Umahi’s heart of Lion By FEMI ADESINA
There were three prominent red caps dotting the hall, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) held its National Executive Committee…
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Ijaw leaders seek Federal High court order to halt marginal fields licencing rounds
Three Ijaw leaders have approached the Federal High Court in Yenagoa to stall the process leading to the bid for…
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Local
The South-west’s Frankenstein monster By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Last week we spoke of the North’s Frankenstein monster; today, we shall be speaking of the…
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Business and Economy
NCDMB lauds impact of local content on oil, gas industry
By Solomon Asowata Lagos, Dec. 9, 2020 The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday said the development…
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Lead Story
NNPC committed to bringing down cost of production, remaining competitive
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has, for the umpteenth time, pledged its commitment to bringing down the unit cost…
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Local
Gunmen Abduct Taraba Assembly Minority Leader
Jalingo, Dec. 09, 2020 Mr Bashir Mohammed, member representing Nguroje Constituency in the Taraba House of Assembly, has been kidnapped…
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Lead Story
Call Abdullahi, Northern Elders Forum to order, Ohanaeze Ndigbo President General, Nwodo, urges Federal Government
The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, has frowned at the incendiary, unsubstantiated and provocative statement credited…
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Dabiri-Erewa to launch Women-Empowerment Network on Saturday at 2020 Happy Conference
ABUJA: Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), will on Saturday present to the public the Aspire Women…
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Education
Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu invests 11 professors
By Emmanuel Acha Enugu, Dec. 8, 2020 Godfrey Okoye University, a Catholic owned institution in Enugu State on Tuesday admitted…
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Obi proffers solution to endemic corruption
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has condemned the high…
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British grandma first in world to get Pfizer vaccine outside trial; UK expects COVID-19 restrictions lifted in spring 2021- Secretary
London, Dec. 8, 2020 Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother, on Tuesday became the first person in the world to receive…
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Local
Trump asked Pennsylvania for help in revising election results – Reports
U.S. President Donald Trump called the speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives twice asking for assistance in revising his…
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Why we can’t provide U.S. with additional vaccine doses – Pfizer
Moscow, Dec. 8, 2020 U.S. pharma company Pfizer has informed President Donald Trump’s administration that it will not be able…
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Business and Economy
Nigerian Oil and Gas sector now fully indigenized, says NCDMB Boss
By Nathan Nwakamma Port Harcourt, Dec. 8, 2020 The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Tuesday disclosed that…
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Lead Story
Biden chooses retired general Lloyd Austin as (first black) defense secretary – sources
Washington/Wilmington/, Del., U.S., Dec. 8, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden has chosen retired General Lloyd Austin, who oversaw U.S. forces in…
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Local
BPE outlines steps, with timelines, to showcase achievements through implementation of PPP projects
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has outlined steps with timelines in the next 12 months to two years; to…
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Zulum visits Gwoza towns, shares food, N24m cash to 1200 vulnerable citizens .. Inspects 350 houses, others at Ngoshe, Warabe, Pulka
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, used the whole of Monday for humanitarian activities in Ngoshe, Warabe and Pulka,…
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Lead Story
Ohanaeze Ndigbo names 40 member Electoral Committee; Ohuabunwa, Obi, Nwosu, others listed
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex socio-cultural organization of Ndigbo worldwide, has constituted a 40 member Electoral Committee for its January 2021…
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Local
Georgia recertifies U.S. presidential election results, confirms Biden victory
Washington DC, Dec. 7, 2020 Georgia recertified the state’s results in the Nov. 3 presidential election on Monday, confirming that…
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Arts & Entertainment
Double honours for Ekeh, Zinox boss, in Abuja, Enugu
Serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, has been honoured with two distinguished recognitions in the Federal…
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Education
Remember to give back to society, Obi urges graduating students of Grundtvig International Secondary School
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has urged the…
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Local
My Position Has Not Changed By Adams Oshiomhole
In reporting the legal action taken by a member of the dissolved National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives…
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Arts & Entertainment
POEM: IMEOBI: Sacred Spot on The Public Square By Ozichukwu Chukwu
Looking for House of Gold in Coal Camp. Imeobi, the melting pot of commonwealth, encouraging individuality, promoting consensus, became Hotbed…
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