Resident doctors suspend their nationwide strike

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 The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended the nationwide industrial action.The association began the strike on Monday, September 7 to press home their demand which includes payments of its COVID-19 allowances, health insurance for frontline workers and others.The President of NARD, Dr Aliyu Sokumba, confirmed the suspension of the strike this evening. The suspension came after the Federal Government and the doctors reached an agreement at a meeting presided...

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Customs intercept Dubai-bound passenger with 2,886 ATM cards concealed in noodles carton in Lagos

Thursday, September 10, 2020 NEWS No Comments

A Dubai-bound passenger with 2,886 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card carefully concealed in a noodles has been intercepted by operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) command and handed over to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).The Kano passenger identified as Ishaq Abubakar with Passport Number A08333717, was intercepted on Thursday September 10 while travelling to Dubai via Emirates Evacuation flight.The...

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Nigeria will save over N1trn annually from removal of fuel subsidy – Sylva

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 The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva on Thursday September 10 said the Federal Government will be saving over N1trillion annually with the removal of subsidy from Premium Motor Spirit. Sylva told newsmen that the money will be used to fund other critical aspects of the economy.The Minister who maintained that the sustenance of the fuel subsidy regime was no longer tenable as it had always provided the leeway for rich and unscrupulous Nigerians to steal and enrich...

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Gunmen abduct residents of Abuja community, escape into Niger

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 Authorities say efforts are underway to rescue all the abducted victimsAFPAt least 10 residents were abducted when gunmen attacked Tungan Maje, a village in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja on Thursday, September 10, 2020.The spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, Anjuguri Manzah, said in a statement that the gunmen attacked around midnight.He disclosed that five of the 10 people abducted were rescued by a joint team of Police operatives from the command's Special Anti-Robbery...

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FG to spend $2.3bn on 1st phase of Presidential Power Initiative- Minister

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 The Minister of State for Power, Mr Goddy Agba says the Federal Government plans to spend 2.3 billion dollars on the first phase of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) projects aimed at increasing the nation’s power transmission capacity to 7,000MW.Jedy-Agba disclosed this during the Nigerian Energy Forum (NEF 2020) Webinar in Lagos, tagged “Energy Solution for Sustainable Recovery” on Thursday.According to Agba, the various interventions are grouped into phases with the near term...

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Police kill suspected robber in Delta State

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The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Hafiz Inuwa, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Warri on Thursday in a telephone interview.Inuwa said that the police were on the trail of the other fleeing members of the gang who escaped with various degrees of bullet wounds.“It is true and confirmed that the police encountered a robbery gang at a highway junction and one of them was gunned down, while the rest escaped with bullet wounds. We are on the trail of the fleeing suspects,’’...

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Trump goes on defensive after new book claims he intentionally misled the American public about the dangers of COVID-19

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 US President Donald Trump, has gone defensive after a new book revealed he knew how “deadly” coronavirus was as far back as February, but in public he was declaring to Americans it was no worse than the flu while insisting it was under control. The claims made in a new book by journalist, Bob Woodward, and released on Wednesday September 9, say Trump deceived Americans publicly but in private was really scared about the disease.Coming less than eight weeks before Election Day, the revelations...

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Napoli president, Aurelio De Laurentiis tests positive for Coronavirus after attending a meeting with 20 represetantives

Thursday, September 10, 2020 SPORT No Comments

 Napoli president, Aurelio De Laurentiis has tested positive for coronavirus after reportedly attending a meeting with 20 representatives from Serie A clubs. On Wednesday reports from Italian media claimed a top official had been diagnosed with COVID-19, with the news forcing all those who attended to get tests and go into self-isolation.The Club chiefs were meeting in person for the first time in months to discuss preparations for the 2020-21 campaign.  On Thursday morning September...

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Man allegedly strangles 17-month old stepson in Jigawa (photo)

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The operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Miga, Jigawa state have arrested 40-year-old Usman Sama'ila, pictured above, for the alleged murder of his seventeen (17) month old stepson, Adamu Gambo.A statement released by the spokesperson of the Jigawa command of NSCDC, SC Adamu Shehu, said the suspect allegedly took his stepson to a farm where he strangled him until he eventually died.Shehu said the suspect tried to cover up his heinous crime but it was discovered and reported...

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BBNaija star, Mike Edwards and wife reveals his baby's face in adorable family photos

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BBNaija season 4 housemate, Mike Edwards and his wife, Perri, welcomed their son, Matthew, on August 26. Read here.The first time parents shared family photos revealing the face of their adorable baby.See more photos below&nb...

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Ronald 'Khalis' Bell, co-founder of Kool & the Gang band group, dies at 68

Thursday, September 10, 2020 ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, VIRAL No Comments

Ronald “Khalis” Bell, a co-founder and singer of the band group, Kool & the Gang, has died at the age of 68.  Bell died at his home in the US Virgin Islands Wednesday morning, September 10 with his wife Tia Sinclair Bell by his side, publicist Sujata Murthy said. The cause of death has not been released.In 1964, Bell and his brother, Robert “Kool” Bell, joined their neighborhood friends Dennis “D.T.” Thomas, Robert “Spike” Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, and Ricky West to form a musical...

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Edo Commissioner resigns from Governor Obaseki’s cabinet 10 days to election

Thursday, September 10, 2020 NEWS No Comments

 Edo state commissioner for minerals, oil and gas, Joseph Ikpea on Wednesday September 9 resigned from Governor Godwin Obaseki's cabinet.  The Commissioner who resigned from his position 10 days to the governorship election in the state, cited not being able to abandon the All Progressives Congress (APC) which he helped grow in Esan south local government area as the reason for his resignation.  Ikpea who became the third commissioner to resign from Obaseki's government,...

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FFK berates Tinubu for failing to stand up to greet Ooni of Ife at a function

Thursday, September 10, 2020 NEWS No Comments

 Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, has berated former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, for failing to stand up to greet the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, at the Coronation of the Oniru of Iruland in Lagos state on Sunday, September 6.The Ooni of Ife had arrived at the event and was walking to the high table when he stopped by to greet Tinubu.Some Nigerians took to social media to bash Tinubu for failing to accord the monarch his respect by standing up to greet him. Others...

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Nigeria records 176 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths

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 A  total of 1,070 Coronavirus deaths has been recorded in Nigeria. The total of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria as of Wednesday, September 9, 2020, has risen to 55, 632, following the announcement of 176 more cases. The new cases according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) were confirmed in 16 states and the Federal Capital Territory, AbujaIn its daily updates on the spread of the disease in Nigeria, the NCDC said 40 of the new cases were recorded in Abuja, followed...

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