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Trump finally dons mask as US sets new virus case record

United States President Donald Trump finally yielded to pressure and wore a face mask in public for the first time on Saturday as the US posted another daily record for coronavirus cases, while Disney World reopened in a state hit ...

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COVID-19: ECOWAS/WAHO donate $8 million worth of medical supplies to Nigeria

The federal government on Saturday, received some consignments containing critical medical equipment donated by the Economic Community of West Africa, ECOWAS and the West African Health Organisation, WAHO. The equipment, given to the country through WAHO, is aimed to support ...

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Five dead from shooting at South African mega church

At least five people were killed and 40 others, including off-duty police officers, arrested Saturday after gunmen stormed a South African church, reportedly over a leadership dispute, the national police commissioner said. According to a statement by South Africa’s top ...

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Sheffield United 3-0 Chelsea: The Blues Champions League hope dealt a huge blow

  Chelsea’s Champions League ambitions suffered a setback as they slumped to a 3-0 Premier League defeat at top-six hopefuls Sheffield United. The Blues had responded to their 3-2 defeat to West Ham on July 1 with back-to-back wins over Watford and Crystal Palace but were easily ...

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Inside story of the cold war within Oniru Royal family

There is the popular African proverb that says that when brothers fight to death, a stranger inherits their property. This powerful axiom could best illustrate what might likely be happening to one of Lagos’ popular families: Abiodun-Oniru siblings. For some ...

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Former Oyo Commissioner, Fatai Abimbola dies in car accident

A former Commissioner in Oyo State, Honorable Fatai Abimbola is dead. Daily post gathered on Saturday that Abimbola, a native of Ibadan, the state capital died in a road accident on Friday. Abimbola who is fondly known as Abogun served ...

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Photos: Asiwaju Bola Tinubu visits Ajimobi’s family

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday, paid a condolence visit to Mrs Florence Ajimobi, wife of Late Former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi. The APC national leader was accompanied by ...

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35-years-old Anambra man arrested for killing son with cutlass

A 35 year-old Nigerian from Anambra state has been arrested for killing his four-year-old son with a cutlass and also burying the body in a shallow grave. The killer, Christian Alisigwe was arrested by policemen of Anambra Police Command on ...

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Lagos government shuts down illegal COVID-19 lab in Ikoyi

The Lagos State Ministry of Health on Saturday said it had shut down the operations of a private laboratory in Banana Island carrying out COVID-19 tests without the required government approval. Banana Island is one of the most expensive neighborhoods ...

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Three persons kidnapped as gunmen attack Ekiti community

Unknown gunmen on Friday evening attacked Isinbode Ekiti in the Ekiti East Local Government Area of Ekiti State and whisked away three persons. Sources said that the gunmen, who numbered about 10 attacked a sawmill located along Isinbode – Ode ...

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I Never Sold My Abuja Property To Kiki Osinbajo – Owner Faults Claim

Dr Ayuba Musa has waded into the controversy of the property housing GLAM’D Africa, a business owned by Kiki Osinbajo. Musa’s reaction was sequel to a social media post by Jackson Ude, a New York based blogger, that Vice President ...

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Update: Nigerian doctors stopped at Lagos airport promised millions by UK firm

The 58 Nigerian doctors who were prevented by the Nigeria Immigration Service from boarding a plane to the United Kingdom were expected to earn between £51,384 (N25.1m) and £98,112 (N47.9m) per year depending on the experience they have. This is ...

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Nigerian advertised for sale on Facebook, 28 others return home from Lebanon

Peace Busari, a Nigerian woman offered for sale on Facebook by a Lebanese, Wael Jerro, is on her way home from Lebanon. The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this on Saturday. Also on the repatriation flight are ...

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Harvard University moves classes online for next academic year but fees stay the same at $50,000

Harvard University has announced that all learning for the next academic year will be done remotely – but says tuition will remain at nearly $50,000. The announcement came as federal immigration authorities say international students will be forced to leave ...

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Nigeria records 575 new COVID-19 cases, total now 31,323

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday announced that Nigeria recorded 575 new cases of COVID-19, bringing total cases reported in the country to 31,323. According to NCDC‘s post on Twitter, Lagos which remains the epicenter of the deadly virus ...

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How we terrorized residents of Ibadan, Lagos, killed two persons — Suspect

At 23, Enioluwa Adedayo, popularly known as Judgement, had made himself a dreaded armed robber terrorizing residents of Ibadan, Oyo State, and parts of Lagos State as he brazenly robbed people on his motorbike at the early hours of the ...

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Photos from Regina Daniels and Ned Nwoko’s son naming ceremony

Here are photos from the naming ceremony of the son of actress Regina Daniels and her billionaire husband, Ned Nwoko which was held yesterday. The baby was named Munir Neji Ned Nwoko. See more photos below…         ...

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Covid-19: Drama as Obasanjo locks out mourners at mother in-law’s burial in Ogun state

There was a mild drama in Isara Remo, Ogun East Senatorial District yesterday as former President Olusegun Obasanjo locked mourners outside during the burial of his mother in-law. The move was in ex-President’s strict enforcement of the Covid-19 protocols regarding ...

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Offa bank robbery suspect narrates how police killed his colleagues

One of the suspects on April 5, 2018, Offa bank robbery, Azeez Salawu, yesterday told the court in Ilorin, Kwara state, how six suspects were killed in his presence by the policemen in Abuja. Azeez gave graphic details of how ...

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One dead, six rescued as three-storey building collapses in Lagos [photos]

One person was confirmed dead, while six others were rescued from the rubbles of a three-storey building, which collapsed on Freeman Street, Lagos Island, Lagos State, Saturday morning. The incident occurred at about 4.05am and the building suffered a total ...

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Magu: Alleged cover-up in EFCC as unknown men attack NFIU office, destroy computers

There is an alleged plot to frustrate the probe of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the ongoing investigation of its suspended chairman, Ibrahim Magu, after some unknown people broke into the office of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence ...

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Over-jealous man stabs pregnant ex-girlfriend to death and killed their baby

A man has been found guilty of the murder of his heavily pregnant ex-girlfriend and the manslaughter of their baby son. Aaron McKenzie, 26, of Peckham, south London, broke into Kelly-Mary Fauvrelle’s bedroom in the middle of the night and ...

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270 Nigerians successfully evacuated from Egypt

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has evacuated 270 stranded Nigerians in Egypt. This was revealed via the official Twitter handle of NIDCOM on Friday. According to the tweet, the evacuees would arrive at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, at ...

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