Year: 2021
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Health
COVID-19 Vaccine: Lagos targets 60 percent rollout, engages Pfizer, other vaccine developers
•Sanwo-Olu reveals Lagos’ plans towards ending pandemic on Live TV interview Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has revealed the…
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Ndidi shines as Leicester City defeat Chelsea, lead English Premier League
Leicester (UK), Jan. 20, 2021 Leicester City claimed top spot in the ongoing 2020/2021 English Premier League (EPL) on Tuesday…
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Ekweremadu, Enugu West leaders pledge support to Ugwuanyi’s peace drive
…Commend governor’s good works amid challenges ..Frown at political jobbers sowing discord in the state Leaders of Enugu West Senatorial…
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Local
2021 Budget: Why selling national assets to fund budget deficit will be counter productive By Dr. Kazeem Bello
The fallout from the Minister of Finance’s Ministerial Briefing on the 2021 Nigeria’s National budget is mainly the proposed action…
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Oyo govt to partner Korean govt on quality education service delivery …We‘ll digitalise educational system in Oyo – Makinde
Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, said that his administration remains committed to digitalising the educational system in…
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Tiger Woods has another back surgery
Los Angeles (U.S.), Jan. 20, 2021 Golf star, Tiger Woods, has had another back operation and will skip at least…
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Education
LAUTECH ownership: Oyo to pay N8 billion to Osun in 3 years as asset sharing agreement
…approves N92 million for tribrid system of power supply to RCDC, Awe …as govt launches Keke Seyi within state secretariat…
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Health
WHO secures a billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines under its COVAX facility –DG
By Cecilia Ologunagba Abuja, Jan. 19, 2021 Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, says the organisation had secured two billion doses…
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Local
How N3bn from NIMASA was diverted by Ex-Air Force Chiefs – Witness
A prosecution witness in the ongoing money laundering trial of a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu…
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Education
Insecurity is being reversed, armed forces doing better – Senate President
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday lauded the efforts of the armed forces in restoring security to parts…
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Arts & Entertainment
Konga Clearance Sale kicks off with massive discounts
Over 65,000 mobile phones, 15,000 laptops/desktops/printers, 3,150 inverters and inverter batteries, 1550 TVs, loads of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG),…
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Health
WHO panel blames poor response for COVID-19 spread
Adeze Ojukwu The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response found critical elements to be “slow, cumbersome and indecisive” in…
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Your neighbour’s survival is also your own, President Buhari tells visiting Benin Republic President
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday reiterated the importance of good neighbourliness, saying the survival of your neighbour is also your own…
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Local
Insecurity: Presidency frowns at Ondo quit notice to herders, urges dialogue
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Jan. 19, 2021 The Presidency has expressed reservations over the recent Ondo State Government’s decision asking…
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Business and Economy
1m Nigerians to benefit from COVID-19 Cash Transfer, Osinbajo says
By Folasade Akpan Beneficiaries Abuja, Jan. 19, 2021 No fewer than One million Nigerians are to benefit from the Federal…
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Sanwo-Olu: Consider malaria-like symptoms COVID-19 unless proven otherwise
•Says 24,000 Students yet to report in public schools •Demand for Oxygen jumps from 70 to 350 cylinders per day…
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Arts & Entertainment
Hilary Kelechi Madu is new NSCDC boss
The Deputy Commandant General (DCG) Operations, of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), DCG Hilary Kelechi Madu, has…
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Lead Story
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: UN seeks more investments in social justice
United Nations, Jan. 18, 2021 The United Nations on Monday marked the Martin Luther King Jr. Day with top officials…
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Local
Aubameyang’s brace gives Arsenal win over Newcastle
London, Jan. 18, 2021 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struck twice as Arsenal defeated Newcastle United 3-0 in the English Premier League (EPL)…
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Local
Gov. Zulum lauds Military’s success in repelling insurgents attack in Marte
Marte (Borno), Jan. 18, 2021 Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has commended the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole for their…
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Corruption, insecurity, greatest threat to Nigeria’s unity — Obi
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has described…
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Local
Biden inaugural rehearsal evacuated amid fire near U.S. Capitol
New York, Jan. 18, 2021 Participants at a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration were evacuated from the West Front…
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Arts & Entertainment
POEM: SOMERSAULTS By Ozichukwu Chukwu
Somersaults, Almost produce same results. Some from haste; Others insatiable taste. Life’s an adventure, Each with its contour. No matter…
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Gov. Tambuwal applauds FG for siting NAF institute in Sokoto State
By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto. Jan. 18, 2021 Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State says the siting of the Nigeria Air…
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