Monthly Archives: April 2020

Buhari Addresses Nigerians Today

The President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians at 8 pm today (Monday). Personal Assistant on New Media to the President, Bashir Ahmad, made this known via a tweet. He tweeted, “Buhari will address the nation later today, at 8:00 pm. Television, radio, and other electronic media stations are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the NTA and ...

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Anambra Opposition Parties Only Interested In Castigating Govt — ASATU President

Raymond Ozoji, Awka National President of the Anambra State Association of Town Unions (ASATU), Chief Alex Onukwue, has observed that opposition elements in the state are not interested in solutions but only in destructions and campaigns of calumny. Onukwue also observed that when Anambra state was under total lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the opposition elements cried foul, saying ...

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COVID-19: Infected Nigerians Will Be Treated In China – FG

The Federal Government has said that Nigerians infected by the coronavirus would not be evacuated to the country, adding that they would receive treatment in their country of residence. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the positive cases could not wait till they were repatriated home before starting treatment, noting that this would be dangerous to their host community. ...

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We Have Not Cancelled 2020 School Certificate Exams – WAEC

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it has not cancelled the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school candidates. In a statement on Sunday, the Head of National Office, WAEC, Nigeria, Mr Patrick Areghan, urged Nigerians to disregard the fake publication circulating on social media. He added that the examination body only announced a postponement until normalcy ...

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Bandits kill 4 In Niger Communities, Rustle Cattle, Burn Houses

Armed bandits at the weekend killed four people and rustled 150 cattle in about six communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The heavily armed bandits allegedly arrived the area at about 7:00am Sunday morning and moved from one community to another on their motorcycles; numbering about 30 with each motorcycle carrying three persons. A witness in one of ...

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Nigeria Records 91 Fresh Cases Of COVID-19, Total Now 1,273

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 91 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. This brings the total number of cases to 1, 273. In a tweet late Sunday night, the NCDC also confirmed that the death toll had risen to 40. It said that 43 of the new cases were confirmed in Lagos, 8-Sokoto, 6-Taraba, 5-Kaduna, 5-Gombe, 3-Ondo, ...

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Elegushi: Celebrating A Decade Of Royal Excellence  

By Temitope Oyefeso On this day, a decade ago, Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi (Kusenla III) was presented with the staff of office by the Lagos State Government, making him the second monarch of Ikate-Elegushi Kingdom, a riverine community in Eti-Osa LGA that was rapidly evolving into a prime real estate hub. He was unanimously and enthusiastically chosen to succeed his ...

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Relaxation of Lockdown: Obi Calls For Caution

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has advised circumspection towards relaxing the lockdown across different states in the country, saying that such moves if not carefully done would defeat the preventive approach to COVID-19 which the peoples of the world have adopted. In a statement released by his media office ...

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Kaduna Extends Lockdown By 30 Days

Kaduna State Government has extended the lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic in the state by 30 days. This was contained in a statement on Sunday signed by Muyiwa Adekeye, media aide to Governor Nasir El-Rufai. The government had imposed its quarantine orders on the state for one month beginning March 26. According to the statement, the governor’s extension decision ...

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Your Sinister Intention For Nigeria Won’t Happen — APC Tells PDP  

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned what it calls the latest attempt by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rubbish the commendable efforts of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in tackling the scourge of Covid-19 pandemic currently ravaging the world. “This is yet another infantile and desperate attempt by the opposition party to play petty politics with a ...

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