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Dubai suspends live entertainment in hotels and restaurants

Dubai has suspended entertainment activities in restaurants and hotels as a precaution against the continued rise in coronavirus cases in the country. In circular to owners and managers of hotels and restaurants in the emirate, the Dubai Department of Tourism ...

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Rapist jailed for life for defiling his 3-year-old step daughter in Akwa Ibom

  A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to live imprisonment for defiling his three-year-old stepdaughter in Ikot Akpe, Uyo local government area of Akwa Ibom state. The convict, Iniobong Okon Moses, a native of Afaha Udo Eyop in Ibesikpo Asutan ...

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Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections hit 114,691

  Nigeria’s COVID-19 caseload is now 114,691 from 1,198,758 samples tested, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The COVID-19 death toll in the West African country is now 1,478 as at January 21st, 2021. According to the ...

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China’s richest man, Jack Ma makes first appearance since October

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has made his first appearance since Chinese regulators cracked down on his business empire. His absence had fuelled speculation over his whereabouts amid increasing official scrutiny of his businesses. The billionaire met 100 rural teachers ...

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Yoruba elders back Akeredolu on quit notice to herders

Elders in the South West have thrown their weight behind the governor of Ondo State, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu’s quit notice to herders to quit the forests in the state following the growing cases of kidnappings traced to criminals hiding in ...

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2 Osun lawmakers test positive for COVID-19

Two members of the Osun state cabinet have tested positive for the coronavirus and have already started self-isolation and treatment. Mrs. Funke Egbemode, Osun State’s Commissioner for Information disclosed on Wednesday. While briefing journalists, Egbemode said that the two unnamed ...

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43 Europe-bound Nigerians, Ghanaians drown in Mediterranean sea

A Europe-bound migrant boat capsized in rough seas off the coast of Libya on Tuesday claiming the lives of at least 43 people, including Nigerians and Ghanaians. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for ...

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Meet 22-year-old Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history

Amanda Gorman became the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history when she recited her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President Joe Biden’s swearing-in ceremony Wednesday. The 22-year-old Los Angeles resident and daughter of a school teacher began writing at ...

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Three die as bus rammed into truck in Port Harcourt

Three passengers were feared dead in an accident involving a commercial bus with 14 passengers and a heavy duty truck in Obio-Akpor local government area of Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses said the commercial bus which was on top speed ...

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We’re looking forward to working with Biden and Harris – President Buhari

  President Buhari has congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, on their inauguration as the 46th President and Vice President of the United States of America. In a statement released by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, ...

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Trump talked out of pardoning self and Republican lawmakers

President Donald Trump received an unsettling warning on his final Saturday night in the White House. Huddled for a lengthy meeting with his legal advisers, Trump was warned the pardons he once hoped to bestow upon his family and even ...

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African countries to pay between $3 and $10 per vaccine dose

African countries will pay between $3 and $10 per vaccine dose to access 270 million Covid-19 shots secured this month by the African Union (AU), according to a draft briefing on the plan prepared by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) ...

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Zimbabwean foreign affairs minister dies of covid-19

Zimbabwe’s foreign affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo is dead. He died Wednesday, a day after testing positive for the coronavirus, acting chief secretary to the president and cabinet George Charamba said in a statement. A close family member of Moyo also ...

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Lady drags pastor to court for deceiving her with marriage promise in Adamawa

One week after the police in Adamawa State detained two Pentecostal pastors in connection with alleged infidelity, another female evangelist, Kwanye Tumba, has dragged the Pastor of House Chapel in Karewa, Yola North LGA of the state, to Criminal Area ...

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Deeper Life School: Court commences trial under closed-door

The trial of the Deeper Life High School s3xual abuse case commenced on Wednesday in Uyo, with the magistrate court holding its proceedings under closed-door. Two students of the school, both of them 13 years old, accused of s3xually molesting ...

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Woman gives birth to baby girl fathered by her stepson

A weight-loss influencer who traded in her husband for her stepson has announced the birth of their first child together.   Marina Balmasheva, 35, from Russia, married her new husband Vladimir ‘Vova’ Shavyrin, now 21, ahead of welcoming their baby ...

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BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine found effective against Covid-19 variant

The Covid-19 vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer is likely to be effective against a rapidly spreading strain of the virus that was first discovered in the UK, a laboratory-based study by the companies has shown. The variant, known as ...

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Full Transcript of Donald Trump’s Farewell speech

Below is the full transcript of Donald Trump’s farewell speech as he leaves office; ”My fellow Americans: Four years ago, we launched a great national effort to rebuild our country, to renew its spirit, and to restore the allegiance of ...

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