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Gov. Umahi, Daughter test negative for Coronavirus
Governor of Ebonyi state, David Umahi on Friday announced his recovery after testing Negative for Coronavirus. In a statement by the Governor’s commissioner of information and state orientation, Barr. Uchenna Orji, the Governor said his daughter and three other members of his family have all tested Negative for the virus. He wrote; “The Governor of Ebonyi State, His Excellency Engr. Chief David Nweze Umahi has tested negative for coronavirus. “The Governor confirmed this in a statement he personally released on Friday, 31st July 2020. “He disclosed that his daughter and three of his close aides also tested negative for the…
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Loan agreement with China: No Country will sign away its sovereignty – Amaechi
Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has reacted to claims that the country in a loan agreement with China signed away its sovereignty. Speaking during an interview on AIT on Friday, Amaechi explained that the clause was only to guarantee the repayment of the loan and not for Nigeria to lose its sovereignty. According to him they approached China due to their low interest rate of about 2.8% for 20 years noting that that if the country stopped taking the loans, the infrastructure projects embarked on by the federal government will be affected. “No country will sign away its sovereignty.…
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Sex Toy Shop scandal: Court dismisses suit against Senator Abbo
An Abuja Magistrate court has dismissed the assault suit filed against senator Elisha Abbo by the Nigerian Police force. Despite a viral video of the lawmaker assaulting a woman, Osimibibra Warmate and a televised press conference in which the lawmaker apologised to the victim, the magistrate court dismissed the case on ground that the police failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he committed the crime. The presiding judge, Abdullahi Ilelah upheld a no-case submission filed by Senator Abbo saying the police did not convince the court that the lawmaker did assault Osimibibra Warmate on the 11th of may, 2019.…
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Insecurity: Nigerians know we have done our best – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians know the Buhari-led administration has done its best when it comes to insecurity in the country. A statement from the Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the President said this when he spoke to state house correspondents after observing the Eid El-Kabir prayers with his family members and close aides at the presidential villa in Abuja today, July 31. “I want Nigerians to be very conscious of their country and what we inherited when we came in 2015 was Boko Haram in the north-east and the militancy in the…
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Nigerian Woman in search of a child for eighteen years dies three days after welcoming a set of twins.
Mrs Chika Anthonia Voghor, a Nigerian Lady who was in search of a child for eighteen years dies three days after welcoming a set of twins. She was an indigene of Umunachi Mmukoro in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State and was married to her husband, Ediri Voghor, an Urhobo man from Delta state, as they waited to have their own children for over eighteen years. Speaking in an interview with Tribune, the devastated husband who is a patent medicine seller, said “We had our traditional wedding in 2002 and had our church wedding in 2003 at the…
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Mother of five allegedly murdered by her husband who is on the run.
38-year-old mother of five, Nafisa Ibrahim was found dead in her room in Kaduna state and her relatives have accused her husband of killing her as he is on the run. Malam Mohammed Bashir, who claimed to be the guardian of the deceased said they suspect the husband because the couple slept together in the room but when Nafisa’s body was discovered dead, he was nowhere to be found. He also added that a rope was found tightened on her neck and so her death is most definitely a murder. “The incident happened on Tuesday at the house where her…
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Court dismisses Trumps Policy on Immigrants
United States Federal Court has suspended President Donald Trump’s policy that affects poor immigrants in America. Immigrants cannot get green cards or visas if immigration officials establish they would depend on public benefits like food stamps. On Thursday, Justice George Daniels of the District Court in New York, ordered authorities to stop the implementation. Daniels ordered the rule be put on hold for immigrants residing legally in America until the COVID-19 crisis is over. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), in March, explained that immigrants seeking treatment for Coronavirus would not be affected. Daniels called the clarification “plainly insufficient”.…
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Conflict: We cannot toil with our integrity or Somalia will be child’s play – Akume warns
Minister of Special Duties, George Akume, has stressed on the need for peace in Nigeria. Akume who was Benue State Governor from 1999 to 2007 spoke at the Thanksgiving Service in honour of Yakubu Pam, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) on Thursday. Using Somalia that has experienced three decades of armed conflict as an example, warned that Nigeria cannot toil with it’s territorial integrity otherwise Somalia would be child’s play. “Nigeria cannot toil with unity and peace because if our territorial integrity is undermined, Somalia will be a child’s play.” he said ” I know the President is…
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British-Ghanaian rapper, Solo 45 sentenced for raping 4 women, 21 times
British-Ghanaian rapper, Solo 45, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for repeatedly raping and assaulting four women. The 33-year-old was convicted of 21 rapes, five counts of false imprisonment, two counts of assault by penetration and two of assault occasioning actual bodily harm by a court. He was declared guilty at Bristol Crown Court of 30 charges relating to a two-year period from February 2015 to March 2017. Police began investigating Anokye in 2017 after one of his victims reported to friends and police that she had been raped. After his arrest, officers discovered harrowing footage filmed by…
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Bomb Explosions rock Maiduguri
Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, has experienced at least two bomb explosion. This is coming less than 24 hours after the convoy of Babagana Zulum, the governor, was attacked in Kukawa local government area of the state. According to reports by The Cable, the first blast was said to have occurred around Gunge, a residential area, around 6pm. It was also reported that a security source had confirmed that the other blast went off around a place where cars are sold in the state capital. At the time of this report, it is unknown if Boko Haram insurgents are behind…
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You say there is no Boko Haram then who attacked us – Zulum questions Nigerian Army
Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum has criticized the Nigerian army following an attack on his convoy in Baga on Wednesday night. The governor and his entourage were at Baga town, one of the areas difficult to reach for humanitarian activities, when his convoy was ambushed by the terrorist group. Zulum who confronted the Commanding Officer in Mile 4, expressed his disappointment at the inability of the military to rid Baga and its environs of insurgents. He further questioned the authenticity of the army’s position that Boko Haram insurgents have been neutralised in the state, Channels Tv reports. “The army…
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Coronavirus: The test is a complete waste if it comes late – Bill Gates
Former CEO and founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates believes Coronavirus tests are a ‘complete waste.’ According to the Billionaire, the amount of time it takes for test results to come back means they don’t achieve the purpose for which they were carried out, which is timely isolation of the patient before spread of the disease begins. He believes people need to get results back sooner so that they’re able to “change their behaviour so they’re not infecting other people.” “The simplest thing, which has to do with such insanity, is you should not reimburse somebody for getting a test that…
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