Year: 2020
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Local
Kalu’s release: Kinsmen hail Supreme Court’s judgment as lawyers differ on reversal of conviction
By Ikenna Uwadileke (Abuja)/Chinyere Omeire (Lagos) Dr Orji Kalu’s kinsmen on Friday hailed the verdict of the Supreme Court, which…
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Soccer: Barcelona FC return to training
Barcelona, May 8, 2020 (Reuters) Barcelona Football Club trained on Friday for the first time in nearly two months as…
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Business and Economy
NDDC: Why sponsors of false allegations are after us – Interim Management Committee
The Interim Management Committee, IMC, of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has denied allegations of corruption in its operations, stressing…
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Health
COVID-19: Enugu govt distributes one million free face masks to residents …Empowers over 30,000 youths on production
Enugu State Government in furtherance of its efforts to contain the spread of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the state, on…
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Orji Kalu: EFCC set for fresh, immediate re-trial
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that the judgement of the Supreme Court, Friday, quashing the…
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Ex-Gov Kalu speaks as Supreme Court voids his 12-year jail term, orders fresh trial
By Ebere Agozie Abuja, May 8, 2020 The Supreme Court, on Friday, nullified the judgment that convicted and sentenced Orji…
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Averting the road to Venezuela By Femi Adesina
Let’s tell the story of Venezuela, because it bears striking similitude with that of Nigeria. Just like us, Venezuela is…
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In ‘defence’ of Bill Gates By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Bill and Melinda Gates and or their Foundation have been in the news for the wrong…
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Rivers set for coronavirus testing with Shell-donated PCR machines, ventilators
Rivers State is set to start testing for COVID-19 in Port Harcourt with the receipt of the state’s first set…
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Business and Economy
CACOVID strengthens Rivers, Enugu States against COVID-19
The private sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has strengthened the fight against the scourge with the handover of fully equipped…
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Health
COVID-19: Obi is man of the people – Bishop Chukwuma; Lauds him for reaching out
The Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Chukwuma, has described…
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Ijaw youths urge restraint in military operation in Bayelsa community
By Nathan Nwakamma Yenagoa, May 5, 2020 The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) on Tuesday urged the military authority to exercise…
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Health
Gov Bala insists Chroloquine cures Coronavirus
From: Ruth Yarnap, Bauchi Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi state has said that Chroloquine, Zithromax, Zinc and victim C…
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Gombe covid-19 patients go berserk over poor treatment from taskforce
William Attah, Gombe No fewer than 20 persons confirmed to be carrying covid-19 virus from two isolation centres in Gombe,…
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Health
Maisandari’s turn: Another 4,000 get food in Zulum’s Covid-19 palliatives
Borno Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s palliative distribution train berthed at highly populated Maisandari ward in Maiduguri, the state capital, where…
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NNPC further reduces ex- depot price of petrol (PMS)
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Wednesday announced a reduction in the ex-depot price of petrol from N113.28k per…
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Date for evacuation of Nigerians from America now Saturday, May 9, 2020
The Consulate General of Nigeria in New York, United States of America, has announced a change in the aircraft…
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Mercy Johnson welcomes 4th child
By Taiye Olayemi Lagos, May 4, 2020 Mercy Johnson’s husband, Prince Okojie, has announced the birth of their 4th child…
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U.S . Treasury borrows record 3tln this quarter, as virus hits
Washington, May 4, 2020 The U.S. Treasury announced its borrowing will reach a record 3 trillion dollars in the current…
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Zulum appoints new Shehu of Bama, asks monarch not to operate from ‘diaspora’
Borno Governor Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has appointed a new Shehu of Bama but with a condition that the monarch…
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Health
COVID-19: President Buhari assures of intensified effort to alt community spread; Seeks international cooperation
President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday in Abuja, said only a collective international approach will mitigate the devastating effect of COVID-19, while…
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Nestlé provides over USD 3.4 million for COVID-19 relief in Central and West Africa
ACCRA, Ghana, May 4, 2020/ Nestlé (https://www.Nestle.com/) is supporting more than 850,000 vulnerable people in Central and West Africa as…
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Health
Stop rejecting patients, especially emergency cases, FG tells medical facilities
By Abujah Racheal Abuja, May 4 , 2020 The Federal Government has advised medical facilities in the country to stop…
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Food, Abba Kyari dominate Google search in Nigeria
By Stellamaris Ashinze Lagos, May 4, 2020 Google on Monday, said the trending search term on Google Nigeria over the past…
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Business and Economy
Dead Fishes: Shell denies discharge of toxic chemicals from Focados terminal
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on Monday said that the dead fishes floating and littering the Niger Delta coastline…
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