Year: 2020
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Local
Effiong Okon Akwa becomes Interim Administrator of NDDC as Buhari sacks Pondei
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of an interim administrator to oversee the affairs of the Niger Delta Development…
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Local
Buhari, Lawan, Tinubu, other dignitaries mourn Sam Nda-Isaiah
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock and sadness at the death of Publisher of Leadership Newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah, a man…
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Local
Joshua knocks out Pulev to retain heavyweight titles
London, Dec. 13, 2020 World boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua knocked out Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev near the end of the…
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Buhari condemns bandits’ attack on Katsina School, orders reinforcement of security; IGP reacts
By Ismaila Chafe, Abuja; Zubairu Idris, Katsina, Dec. 12, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attack carried out by…
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Health
COVID-19 vaccine: Fauci allays fears of African-Americans
Washington, Dec. 12, 2020 U.S. top infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, has addressed the rising concerns among the African-American community…
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Rude welcome home for Buhari as bandits abduct students of Katsina School; Governor orders closure of all boarding schools
In what can be said to be a rude welcome for President Muhammadu Buhari to his home state, Katsina, Friday,…
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Arts & Entertainment
Nda-Isaiah’s death painful exit of patriotic, detribalised Nigerian, says Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has described the death of the Publisher of Leadership newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah as painful,…
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Local
Environmentalist says pollution threat to fishing, ecosystem
An Environmentalist, Morris Alagoa, the Project Director, Ondewari Health, Education and Environmental Project (OHEEP), says pollution is a threat to…
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Cleric hails Obi’s imprint in Anambra health sector; Says his legacies stand out
The Chairman, Onitsha Archdiocesan Hospital Board, Rev Fr Patrick Omuta, has narrated how the former Governor of Anambra State and…
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Health
Governor Sanwo-Olu goes into self-isolation as aide tests positive to COVID-19
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has gone into self-isolation after one of his close aides tested positive for COVID-19…
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Buhari departs Abuja, arrives Daura on week-long private visit
President Muhammadu Buhari is in Daura, Katsina State for a week-long private visit. The aircraft carrying the President from Abuja,…
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Buhari won’t succumb to threats from unpatriotic citizens, Presidency tells “professional” critics
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Dec. 11, 2020 The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari will not succumb to threats or undue…
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Health
Pfizer vaccine’s expert, Nigeria’s Dr. Ogbuagu features on virtual discussion tomorrow, Saturday, December 12, 2020
Dr. Onyema Ogbuagu, the Nigerian Lead Researcher on Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine trial at Yale University, USA will be featuring in…
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Wike waves off decamped PDP members as political neophytes; Says one took 80% of kola brought for traditional rulers by President during campaign, was slapped
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has described two former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members, John Bazia and Michael West,…
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Local
Women groups, PwD want credible LG poll in Gombe; Votes will count this time… GOSIEC Chair assures
William Attah, Gombe Women groups and People with Disability (PwD) in Gombe State were unanimous in their call on the…
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Health
TTOG, Global Village Extra, GLDYNAMIC Solutions to hold Wellness Conference
TTOG and Global Village Extra (GVE) in collaboration with GLDYNAMIC Solutions is set to hold an hour long health and…
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Business and Economy
Dutch TV documentary: Shell denies alleged complicity of staff in vandalism
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) says the allegations in a Dutch Television documentary that its staff were…
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Group takes TY Danjuma Foundation funded sight restoration project to Edo community, carries out 209 surgeries
By Deborah Coker Ugoneki (Edo), Dec. 11, 2020 The Care Vision Support Initiative (CAVSI) has taken its sight restoration programme…
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Minister urges revival of Golden Age of African Writers
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called on the new Secretary General of the Pan-African Writers’…
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Lead Story
Nigeria’s Ambassador to the US, Justice Nsofor, dies at 85
Justice Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor, Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, has died, aged 85 on Thursday night. From Oguta, in…
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CBN releases categorisation for payment system
By Kadiri Abdulrahman Abuja, Dec. 11, 2020 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in line with its commitment to promote…
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Arts & Entertainment
WOMANIFESTO 2020: Fayemi, Ezekwesili, Ezeilo, others call for collaboration among Nigerian women
For Nigerian women to compete favourably on the nation’s socio-political field and assume leadership positions in various areas of human…
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Education
Why I contested to become Anambra Governor — Obi
Former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in 2019 general elections, Mr.…
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Obi makes case for physically challenged, says they need love, support
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has stressed the…
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RCCG Holy Ghost Congress 2020 goes onsite today, Friday, December 11; Theme: ‘It is Time to Fly’
The Holy Ghost Service of the 2020 Holy Ghost Congress of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, takes place…
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