Year: 2020
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Makinde hosts TETFUND boss, says Oyo will remain focused on educational development …commends Bogoro for being apolitical …as UI, LAUTECH VCs, others laud TETFUND
Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has declared that the state under his watch would continue to make education its…
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Dry taps to flow again in Rivers State By Paulinus Nsirim
In continuation of his unwavering commitment to improve the living standards of Rivers people and prepare every sector in the…
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Local
U.S. remembers Sept. 11 attack with smaller events due to pandemic
Washington, Sept. 11, 2020 The U.S., on Friday remembered the nearly 3,000 people killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaeda…
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Arts & Entertainment
Zoho Workplace reimagines work, brings business context to productivity Apps
Lagos Zoho Corporation has announced major updates to Zoho Workplace — a single software platform that brings together collaboration, productivity,…
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Women Affairs Minister advocates death for rapists; Commissioner hails castration law in Kaduna
By Muhammad Adam (Girei, Adamawa Sept. 11, 2020)/Hussaina Yakubu (Kaduna Sept. 11, 2020) Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has…
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Local
Trump claims Biden is taking drugs to give speeches
Washington, Sept. 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump claimed, without offering any proof, that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is taking…
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Lead Story
United Nations General Assembly adopts resolution for global response to COVID-19
By Harrison Arubu United Nations, Sept. 12, 2020 The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), on Friday adopted an “omnibus resolution’’…
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Health
Bauchi govt removes 1,269 health ghost workers on payroll
By Ruth Yarnap, Bauchi In his determination to sanitize the nominal payroll system of the state, Bauchi state Governor,Bala Abdulkadri…
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Health
Borno’s PHC: Gates, Dangote, health Minister shower praises on Zulum’s approach
Mr. Bill Gates, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ohanire, on Thursday took turns to pour…
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Fire destroys 5,141 INEC card readers for Ondo governorship election
By Muftau Ogunyemi Akure, Sept. 10, 2020 Fire on Thursday razed down the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission…
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Local
Stop sale of Ebonyi government properties in Lagos, ex- Commissioner charges Gov. Umahi
The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has been called upon to set up a panel of inquiry to probe allegations…
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Africa
President Buhari receives AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina; Says: “Nothing succeeds like success”
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday received in audience at State House, Abuja, the newly re-elected President of the African Development Bank…
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Local
Messi ban now over, AFA president says
Buenos Aires, Sept. 11, 2020 Lionel Messi can play in Argentina’s opening 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier next month, Claudio…
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Business and Economy
First Bank MD, Adeduntan, receives Forbes Best of Africa Award; President Buhari hails
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Dr Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan, the Managing Director of First Bank Nigeria Limited, for being named…
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Local
APGA tussle: Njoku asks court to compel INEC to recognise him as chairman
By Wandoo Sombo Abuja, Sept.10, 2020 Mr Edozie Njoku has approached the Federal High Court, Abuja seeking an order of…
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Notes from Ministerial Performance Review Retreat By FEMI ADESINA
“You can’t manage what you can’t measure,” posits management thinker, Peter Drucker. And that was one of the reasons that…
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Local
Detention over call for Oodua Republic: Release Opeyemi Owatimeyin now, says Yoruba World Congress
The Yoruba World Congress, YWC, has condemned, in strong terms,the arrest of Opeyemi Owatimeyin by security agents and keeping him…
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Now, your suffering commences… By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 An authoritative report once described Nigerians as the happiest people in the world. That report came…
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Doctors’ strike: FG approves additional N8.9bn for June COVID-19 hazard allowance
By Joan Nwagwu Abuja, Sept. 10, 2020 The Federal Government has approved additional N8.9 billion to pay up the large…
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Local
Continuity: Again, Dickson steps up for Bayelsa West By Daniel Iworiso-Markson
The forthcoming election for who represents the West Senatorial District of Bayelsa State brings back the tried and tested Henry…
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Local
Zulum visits Power Company, requests 132 KV to Dikwa, Marte
*Says Marte will aid CBDA’s irrigation *Wants Gwoza connected from Bama Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was at headquarters…
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Education
Uyo-based author cries out to Gov. Emmanuel over N50m debt
By Dennis Udoma, Uyo An Uyo based author, Mr Nduonyi Effiong has appealed to Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom…
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Local
Edo 2020: Dep Gov’s wife petitions Police, DSS over threat to her life by Oshiomhole
Ahead of the September 19, 2020, Governorship election, Edo State is presently rocking with the weighty allegation that the former…
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Arts & Entertainment
CBN Spokesman, Isaac Okorafor, gives daughter, Cecilia, out in marriage, Saturday
Spokesman of Nigeria’s Central Bank, CBN, the Director, Corporate Communications, Mr. Isaac Okorafor and his family will, on Saturday, September…
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CBN slams NESG, says it’s now a shadow of its old self with sinister motives, malicious intent
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has taken the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, to the cleaners over its press…
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