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Vacant Bayelsa East Senate seat: Group drums support for ex-Dep. Gov., Ebebi
A coalition of support groups on Thursday threw its weight behind Peremowei Ebebi for the Bayelsa West Senate seat vacated…
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Dangote Fertilizer Contractor staff tests negative to COVID-19
teAn Indian staff of Onshore Construction Company, an instrumentation contracting firm with Dangote Fertilizer Limited, who had shown symptoms associated…
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Coronavirus: Buhari’s daughter, back from UK, in self-isolation; First Lady shuts office; Prince Albert of Monaco tests positive; Trump endorses chloroquine for treatment; Italy’s death toll surpasses China, hitting 3,405; New York shops for ventilators in China
By Ahmed Ubandoma Abuja, March 19, 2020 One of President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughters, who returned to Nigeria from the United…
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Coronavirus: Konga customers to benefit from N10m fund, free delivery for purchases
Konga, Nigeria’s foremost e-commerce giant, has announced a N10m intervention package to cushion the effects of the dreaded coronavirus on…
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Covid-19: Wake up from slumber… Gombe Situation Room tells Governor Inuwa.
William Attah, Gombe The Gombe Civil Society Situation Room has called on the Gombe State Government to urgently wake up…
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Coronavirus: To secure IDP camps, Zulum summons UN agencies, stakeholders; Meeting adopts Borno’s emergency response plan
To prevent spread of Coronavirus with potential for wild-fire effect at internally displaced persons’ camps, Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara…
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Dangote Group Company to launch N4trn fertiliser project in Nigeria soon
By Nicholas Obisike Enugu, March 19, 2020 Dangote Group of Companies has embarked on a fertiliser project of N4 trillion…
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COVID-19: UN Correspondent tests positive; Cases top 200,000 globally, death toll over 8,000 – WHO
By Harrison Arubu/Cecilia Ologunagba United Nations, March 19, 2020 An accredited journalist covering the United Nations headquarters in New York…
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Shuaibu resumes duties at APC National Secretariat
By Deji Abdulwahab Abuja, March 18, 2020 Alhaji Lawal Shuaibu, the Deputy National Chairman, North, All Progressives Congress (APC) whose…
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COVID-19: CBN to inject N1 trillion stimulus on economy …Meets with bank chiefs on March 21 …Health sector to get additional N100b loan boost
ABUJA Two days after it unveiled a six-point palliative to ameliorate the continued impact of the corona virus on the…
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UN says coronavirus pandemic could leave up to 24.7m unemployed
Geneva, March 18, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic could cost up to 24.7 million jobs around the world if governments fail…
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COVID-19: FG reduces 2020 budget by N1.5trn, suspends recruitment, reviews Social Investment Programmes
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, March 18, 2020 The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved reduction in the size of…
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Ekiti Govt. confirms one case of Coronavirus in the state; As Lagos shuts down schools
Idowu Ariwodola Ado Ekiti, March 18, 2020 Ekiti State Government on Wednesday formally confirmed that one positive case of the…
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Trump deploys US Navy hospital ship to New York, says Gov. Cuomo
By Harrison Arubu New York, March 18, 2020 President Donald Trump is sending a United States’ Navy hospital ship to…
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Collapse of oil price: Buhari heeds Atiku’s counsel, crashes price of petrol to N125 per litre
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says that the new N125 pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also…
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COVID-19: Enugu govt takes proactive steps, approves N330m, relocates state Isolation Centre to ESUT Teaching Hospital
The Enugu State Executive Council (EXCO) has approved the sum of three hundred and thirty million naira (N330m) to prevent…
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Nigeria confirms 5 fresh cases of COVID-19; One a six-week old baby from the US
By Cecilia Ologunagba/ Racheal Abujah Abuja, March 18, 2020 The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) on Wednesday confirmed five new…
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Still on Sanusi and elite conspiracy… By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Elites are powerful, very powerful; especially so the political elites otherwise also called the power elites.…
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Powerful, progressive, versatile: The new Kia Sorento
New Sorento sits at the heart of Kia’s comprehensive global SUV line-up Stylish, modern exterior design, with a high quality,…
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How not to steal from the Chimamanda brand By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
At the drop of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s name a very unfortunate writer can get quite far in recognition. Many literary…
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Dangote Fertilizer’s Indian contractor staff tests negative to coronavirus
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has said that the Indian Dangote Industries Limited, DIL, contractor who was…
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Convid-19: Atiku calls for fuel price reduction; warns against return to recession
By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, March 17, 2020 Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called for policy measures to protect Nigeria’s…
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Mother’s Day: Konga celebrates mothers, pledges continuous support
Ahead of the 2020 celebration of Mother’s Day on Sunday, Nigeria’s foremost e-commerce giant, Konga has underlined its determination to…
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Oil price crash: N’Assembly, Executive to cut down N10.59trn budget for 2020
The Senate, on Tuesday, said that a cut to the N10.594 trillion budget for 2020 passed by the National Assembly…
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