At least, 146 people have died in Kebbi State, according to a health official, as the cholera outbreak in Nigeria spreads into the state. The cholera outbreak is spreading in Nigeria with states in the north-west region recording high casualties. Katsina State had recorded 75 deaths as of Tuesday, while Zamfara had reported 30, Sokoto […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday refused to grant an order of interim injunction sought by former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and the Imo State Government stopping them from confiscating his properties located in various parts of the country. Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed held […]
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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, says he almost left the opposition over the alleged poor management of the party. He alleged that the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus-led national working committee turned the party into a “private company“ The PDP Board of Trustees member, however, said he had […]
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Mohammed Fawehinmi, son of the late activist-lawyer Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN, has died. He was 52. He complained of breathing difficulties on Wednesday morning following which he was taken to a hospital. He died shortly after. Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, confirmed the death in a post on his Facebook page. […]
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Twitter has said that it looks forward to Nigeria lifting the suspension on its services after an advanced negotiation. The Federal Government banned Twitter on June 5 after the microblogging site deleted a remark from President Muhammadu Buhari’s account. Over two months after, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said that the social […]
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Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday in Benin, said that the security situation in the state was relatively calm, adding that efforts were ongoing to sustain it.He stated this while reviewing the state security situation for the month of July, after a joint security meeting with all heads of various security agencies in the […]
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Three new candidate drugs are being tested in the latest phase of global Solidarity clinical trials to find effective treatments against COVID-19, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Wednesday. The therapies — artesunate, imatinib, and infliximab — will be tested on hospitalised COVID-19 patients in 52 countries under the Solidarity PLUS programme. There have […]
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A July 2014 file photo shows the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, California. Photo: AFP Nigeria’s minister for information Lai Mohammed Wednesday said social media giant Twitter has agreed to open an office in the country, months after it opened its first African office in Ghana. “I know that one of the conditions that we […]
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Lionel Messi has been reunited with his old Barcelona team-mate Neymar in an all-star attack at Paris Saint-Germain, but the question now is whether the arrival of the Argentinian superstar could actually push Kylian Mbappe out of the French giants. PSG’s plan is to have the three forwards playing together in an all-star attack that […]
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Vehicles to pay N200, N500 per trip Exemption for diplomatic, military vehicles, tricycles, motorcycles The Federal Government on Wednesday announced the reintroduction of toll plazas on selected dual carriageways across the country. This development is coming 18 years after former President Olusegun Obasanjo dismantled all toll plazas on federal roads across the country in 2003. […]
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