Year: 2020
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Business and Economy
Trump takes credit as U.S. economy adds 7.5m jobs
By Harrison Arubu New York, July 2. 2020 Beating his chest, U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said the country’s…
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Health
Ondo Commissioner for Health is dead
By Ojo Oluwafemi Akure, July 2,2020 The Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, is dead. Family sources told…
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Local
Senate President condoles with Borno Governor over death of Chief of Staff
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has sent his condolences to the Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, over the…
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Local
Reading the mind of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Political chicanery did not just start yesterday. Deceit and tomfoolery are as old as society itself.…
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Lead Story
Senate receives Buhari’s request to confirm Oma Djebah, Debo Adesina, others Ambassadors-designate
The Senate on Wednesday received a request for the confirmation of two frontline journalists, Oma Djebah, former Editor of Thisday…
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Arts & Entertainment
When Obasanjo fired letter bomb at Goodluck Jonathan By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nigerians forget all too quickly. Many of my countrymen and women have of course forgotten the bomb of a letter…
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Business and Economy
President Buhari Appoints Prof Adesoji Adesugba as MD, Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor Adesoji Adesugba as the new Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing…
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Health
COVID-19: Worship centres reopen in Ekiti from July 17, schools July20, but…
…..TO BE ISSUED CERTIFICATE OF READINESS BEFORE OPENING …..FRONTLINE MEDICAL PERSONNEL GET N2.5 BILLION LIFE INSURANCE ….RESIDENTS WITHOUT FACE MASKS…
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Local
Senate President tasks govt tax collectors to widen tax net
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday tasked the Federal Inland Revenue Service(FIRS) to consider widening the tax…
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CPJ condemns Ethiopian internet shutdown and Oromia Media Network raid
Nairobi, June 30, 2020 In response to a nationwide internet shutdown in Ethiopia and a police raid on the Oromia…
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President Buhari again warns public servants against influence peddling
President Muhammadu Buhari has again warned political appointees and other government officials against using their positions to bestow undue…
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Arts & Entertainment
Nigerian journalist Ike-Jacobs Nwosu beaten at Imo state legislature
Abuja, June 30, 2020 Nigerian authorities should investigate the attack on journalist Ike-Jacobs Nwosu and hold those responsible to account,…
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Lead Story
Buhari says delivery of AKK project is part of Next Level Agenda … Commends Corporation, Stakeholders for embarking on project despite COVID-19 pandemic
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that delivery of the 614km Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline project is part of his Administration’s…
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Local
Over N500billion Debt: AMCON takes over factory, assets of Polema Industries Ltd. in Aba
In an unrelenting effort to fulfil its mandate, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has again taken over a…
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Health
COVID-19: CACOVID donates 150-bed Isolation Center, multi-million Naira medical equipment to Lagos
The Private Sector led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has donated a 150-bed fully equipped isolation facility with medical equipment worth…
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Business and Economy
New reforms at Mining Cadastral By Bolade Nafisat
The coronavirus pandemic’s disruption and destabilization of the Nigerian economy enforces urgency of economic diversification. For Nigeria, the task falls…
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Lead Story
PMB flags-off construction of 614km Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Gas Pipeline Tuesday
The Federal Government’s aspiration to boost domestic utilisation of gas in Nigeria will receive a boost tomorrow as President Muhammadu…
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Local
As Ondo governorship election hot up…8 By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 For good reasons, South-westerners are nostalgic about the tenure of Chief Obafemi Awolowo as the first…
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Business and Economy
COVID-19: NIMASA issues Advisory on vessels from high risk countries
The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has notified stakeholders about 13 vessels from five countries…
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Chichidodo government By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It is in the DNA of every Nigerian government to talk tough on fighting corruption. This useable tactic of mass deceit…
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Shell’s 20km gas pipeline connects industrial zones in Aba
Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) has completed the final phase of its 20km domestic gas pipeline expansion project in Abia State,…
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CBN disowns fake Twitter handle
ABUJA The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has described as fraudulent the operations of a twitter handle, @YusufPhilipYila, purported to…
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Wike says he is not running for presidency
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says he is not nursing the ambition of running for the office of the…
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Local
Anambra Guber: I did not give Peter Obi $1 million bribe — Maduka
The founder of Las Vegas Pain Institute and Medical Centre who is also seeking the governorship of Anambra State…
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Obiano did not inherit 96 roads from Obi: Ex-Commissionerg
A Commissioner for Information during the administration of Mr. Peter Obi in Anambra State, Chief Barr. Joe-Martins Uzodike, has said…
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