The All Progressives Congress, APC, has appointed Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as the chairman of its 104-member National Campaign Council for the October 10 Ondo State governorship election. This was contained in a statement titled: ‘Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu heads 104-member APC National Campaign Council for Ondo State Governorship Election’, signed by the Deputy […]
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Ex-Olympic boxer needs financial assistance after a major operation Nigeria’s ex-boxer and member of Los Angeles ’84 Olympic Games team, Jeremiah Okorodudu, is in need of financial assistance after undergoing a major operation in a Lagos hospital. Okorodudu, who rose to prominence as one of the country’s most celebrated boxers in the 1980s, is said […]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via a teleconference call at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on August 11, 2020. – Russia has developed the first vaccine offering “sustainable immunity” against the coronavirus, President Vladimir Putin announced on August 11. (Photo by Alexey NIKOLSKY / SPUTNIK / AFP) President Vladimir Putin […]
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Russia claimed Tuesday that it had developed the world’s first vaccine offering “sustainable immunity” against the coronavirus, as the pandemic marked another bleak milestone with 20 million infections globally. President Vladimir Putin said that one of his own daughters had received the inoculation, dubbed “Sputnik” after the pioneering 1950s Soviet satellite. Western scientists have previously […]
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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has reaffirmed its commitment to the principle of free and fair electoral process, insisting that under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari, the party has continued to deepen Nigeria’s democracy and improve the electioneering system. The party was referring to Buhari’s declaration during a meeting with the state governors […]
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Ganduje excited by protocols observance Niger pupils fear non-adherence to protocols There was a high turnout of pupils in the exit classes on Monday in many parts of the country as secondary schools reopened their gates for return of classes, after four months of COVID-19 lockdown. The reopening of the schools and the observance of […]
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Students and teachers of exit classes, SS3, on Monday, expressed happiness as they resumed to write the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations. after over four months of schools’ closure in the country due to COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Kayode Fayemi, had last week Wednesday, August 5, in a statewide broadcast, ordered the reopening of schools […]
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World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a $114.28 million funding to help Nigeria prevent, detect, and respond to the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a specific focus on state-level responses. The facilities are a $100 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA), and another $14.28 million grant from the Pandemic Emergency […]
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Mobilise protest against airport concession plan A coalition of aviation workers unions have requested for the details of a $500 million Chinese loan deal to build four terminals, especially the add-on plan to concession the airports. The unions, apparently miffed by the handling of the airport concession arrangement, said the “concession within concession” plot was contradictory […]
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Whether it was made in jest or earnest, the call by governing All Progressives Congress (APC) on some of its former leaders to return to the party comes as part of the immediate challenges the party is confronting. Although the party’s roll was increased by the re-entry of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, […]
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