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General Politics, Headlines, National Politics
Tuesday, December 15th, 2020

Nike Popoola The World Bank Group discussed a new five-year Country Partnership Framework from 2021 to 2024 with Nigeria and approved a $1.5bn package to help build a resilient recovery post-COVID-19. The bank disclosed this in a statement entitled “World Bank Group to boost Nigeria’s efforts to reduce poverty,” on Tuesday. It stated that Nigeria […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics
Tuesday, December 15th, 2020
The United States Attorney-General, William P. Barr, has resigned. Trump announced his resignation moments after the Electoral College confirmed Biden’s resounding victory on November 3. In a tweet, Trump stated, “Just had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr at the White House. Our relationship has been a very good one, he has […]
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Biafra, Headlines, South-East, South-South, Top Stories
Monday, December 14th, 2020

Gets Ohanaeze support The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has floated a security outfit for the South East and South-South regions. IPOB said it was moved to establish Eastern Security Network (ESN) by the failure of governments of the two regions to set up regional security outfits like their counterparts in other regions despite the […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics
Monday, December 14th, 2020
(NNP) The Electoral College in the U.S. is expected to meet on Monday to rectify Joe Biden’s win, a move that would extinguish all hopes of Donald Trump overturning the election of Biden on Nov. 3. Electors in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, will convene, most likely virtually, given the raging pandemic […]
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General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Lagos, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, December 13th, 2020

By Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has tested positive for the deadly COVID-19. The governor had gone into self-isolation after one of his close aides tested positive for the virus on Thursday. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, in a statement on Saturday, confirmed the development, saying that following Sanwo-Olu’s exposure to a […]
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Headlines
Sunday, December 13th, 2020
By Abankula Publisher of the Leadership newspaper, Sam Nda-Isaiah is dead. He was aged 58. He died on Friday after a brief illness, according to multiple sources, who attributed the cause of death to COVID-19. The pharmacist turned newspaperman attended a meeting of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria in Lagos early this week. After […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, December 11th, 2020
The Lagos State government has banned the burying of bodies within residential premises across the state as part of measures to prevent transmission of communicable diseases. It has also prohibited the use of residential areas as morgues, embalmment centres, and burial sites. This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary of Lagos State Law Reform Commission, […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, December 11th, 2020
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has issued six to eight weeks deadline to contractor handling the Pen Cinema Bridge to complete the project. The state government had shifted the completion of the project on several occasions. During the 2020 ministerial briefing in June, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and […]
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Abiodun Komolafe, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Friday, December 11th, 2020

By Abiodun Komolafe | NNP | December 11, 2020 – In times past, few among Nigeria’s founding fathers recognized the pivotal role of education and the place of enlightenment in the order of a society. However, not only did those who did embrace the idea with passion, they were also quick to recognize that knowledge acquisition comes at a price, which many may not be able […]
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Corruption Politics, Headlines, National Politics
Friday, December 11th, 2020

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abulrasheed Maina, who is facing money laundering charges, on Thursday, collapsed before trial Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Maina slumped shortly after the court resumed proceedings in the 12-count charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, […]