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Anambra Airport, Stadium, Int’l Conference Centre Ready In 2021 – Obiano
Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano on Thursday said he will deliver three legacy projects to the people of the State in 2021. The projects are the Anambra Airport at Umueri, the International Conference Center ICC in Awka, and the Capital City Stadium in Awka. The State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C. Don Adinuba, told The Nation Thursday that...
Nigeria Overtakes India As World Capital For Under-five Deaths
Nigeria has taken over from India as the world capital for under-five deaths, according to the 2020 mortality estimates released by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The development comes two years earlier than the World Bank projected. The global bank had said in 2018 that Nigeria will take over India as the world capital for deaths of children under the age...
Trump Nominated For 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
US President Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel peace prize. According to Fox News on Wednesday, Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian parliament, submitted Trump’s name for the award for helping to broker the Israel-UAE peace deal. Trump’s nomination comes amid racial tension and violence in the US. In May, there was an outbreak of protests across US states...
Man City Stars Test POSITIVE For COVID-19
Manchester City has confirmed that Riyad Mahrez and Aymeric Laporte have tested positive for coronavirus. Both players will now undergo a period of self-isolation and the club confirmed that neither player is showing any symptoms of the virus. Though the Premier League returns this Saturday, Pep Guardiola's side does not play their first game until September 21, when they travel to Molineux...
“Ghana Persecuting Us Since 2007” – Nigerians Tell Gbajabiamila
THE leader of Nigerian traders in Ghana, Chief Chukwuemeka Nnaji, on Wednesday told the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, how Nigerian traders had been subjected to hardship by the Ghanaian authorities since 2007. He added that Nigerian traders had their businesses registered with appropriate agencies while they pay their taxes as and when due, yet they were...
Two Policemen Die As Oshiomhole Escapes Death In Convoy Crash
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Tuesday escaped death by the whisker in a convoy accident. It was learnt the incident occurred around 12noon at Benin-Lagos bypass before Oluku junction when Oshiomhole was on his way to Usen in Ovia local government of Edo for campaign. Two policemen attached to the convoy dead while...
“Igbos Were Destroyed By Nigeria’s Civil War, Study Them If You Want To Be Wealthy” – Reno Omokri
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has advised his followers who want to be wealthy to take out time to study the Igbo people of Nigeria. Omokri recalled in a tweet on Tuesday how the Igbos were economically stifled and wasted during the 3-year bloody civil war with every Igbo family given just £20 each irrespective of...
“Aso Rock Needs Cleansing” – Primate Elijah Warns Buhari
The leader of INRI Evangelical spiritual church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to be wary of COVID-19 in the Presidential Villa. Primate Ayodele advised Buhari to be “vigilant and be mindful of the people he hosts.” In a series of prophecies, the clergyman disclosed that Nigeria would lose some prominent men to COVID-19 between July and August. A statement...
COSEYL Canvasses Support For ABN TV Over Damage Of Equipments
The umbrella body of youth leaders in Igbo land, Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has expressed regret over the damage of broadcast equipment belonging to ABN TV due to Monday night heavy downpour. COSEYL while describing the incident as unfortunate and disheartening especially at this period of economic hardship said it is not a personal loss but a...
Atiku Defends Buhari Over Aso Villa Meeting
Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has absolved President Muhammadu Buhari of wrongdoing over the All Progressive Congress (APC) meeting held inside Aso Villa in Abuja. Atiku Bagudu, Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi that the president did not violate any constitutional provision. Buhari and the APC were criticized for holding a party meeting within the precinct of...
