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COVID-19, Headlines, Health, National Politics, Women Politics
Wednesday, December 16th, 2020
Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said Nigeria and other African countries to access COVID-19 vaccines from the end of January through the first quarter of 2021. The statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday quoted the former Finance Minister as disclosing this after a closed-door meeting with the Minister […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Katsina, State News
Tuesday, December 15th, 2020
Friday Olokor, Abuja The Nigeria Union of Teachers has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike following a continued threat to the lives of its members and students. The organisation, therefore, called on government at all levels to ensure adequate security and 24-hour surveillance around schools in order not to escalate the disruption of the […]
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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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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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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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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, […]
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Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, December 9th, 2020
I have no case to answer on allegations against me – Maina Abdulrasheed Maina Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that he had no case to answer in the allegations levied against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The former pension […]
