Hundreds protested Saturday in cities across America against coronavirus-related lockdowns — with encouragement from President Donald Trump — as resentment grows against the crippling economic cost of confinement. An estimated 400 people gathered under cold rain in Concord, New Hampshire — many on foot while others remained in their cars — to send a message […]
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The chief of staff to the Nigerian president Abba Kyari is dead, presidential spokesmen Femi Adesina said on Saturday morning. “Funeral arrangements to be announced soon,” Adesina said. Garba Shehu, the special assistant on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, said Kyari died on Friday. Kyari was suspected to have contracted the novel coronavirus […]
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Senator Ali Ndume (Borno South), on Friday, said he stands by his call for the immediate sack of the chairperson of the COVID-19 Palliatives Measures Committee of the Federal Government. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadia Umar Farouq, is the chairperson of the Committee. Ndume’s reaction followed a statement […]
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By Oyebola owolabi Uncertainties about delivery, breastfeeding and other maternal/child issues have become sources of worry for many expectant mothers. Some are too scared to even attend ante-natal clinics, let alone having their babies delivered in the hospital. The global lockdown is also not helping matters as many of them are worried about commuting to […]
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The House of Representatives has given China until Tuesday next week to explain reasons behind the recent reported maltreatment of Nigerians among other Africans in that country as the battle to contain the rampaging Coronavirus in Beijing intensifies. Indeed, the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, condemned the alleged inhuman treatment meted out on some […]
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A former Minister in Nigeria, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, has said that China should be made to pay compensation to African countries over the Coronavirus pandemic. The former World Bank official alleged that China failed to manage the coronavirus outbreak appropriately and also suppressed information, which negatively impacted the economies of several African nations, including Nigeria. […]
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Hajiya Binta Umar, the first wife of the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk Umar died on Friday in Daura at the age of 70, after a protracted illness. The death was confirmed by Malam Usman Ibrahim, the Sarkin Labaran Daura (Chief Information Officer) of the Emirate Council, on Friday in Daura, Katsina State. He […]
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The publisher of a leading local tabloid in Ebonyi State, The Voice newspaper, Chief Imo Eze, is dead. He died on Thursday night at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (AE-FUTHA), Ebonyi state after a protracted illness. The late veteran journalist served the first civilian governor of Ebonyi state, Dr. Sam Omiyi Egwu, […]
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Ever since Olori Badirat Olaitan Ajoke tied nuptial knot with revered octogenarian and monarch, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo, she has not failed to show the world that she was properly trained and nurtured for royalty all her life. The Marketing graduate of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, oozes royalty with blue blood flowing […]
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Ondo State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, has threatened to sanction any of its members caught violating the dusk till dawn curfew ordered by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN. Akeredolu had imposed the curfew to curb the spread of COVID-19 after a third person tested positive in the state. He said […]
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