General Buratai’s silent strides and the need for public support
Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai
By Maiwada Dammallam
Yesterday I had fruitful conversation over breakfast with the amiable, agile and very alert Chief of Staff of the Nigerian Army,…
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COVID-19: Plateau exco in self isolation as commissioner test positive
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State
By Raymond Gukas, Jos
Confussion has plagued the Plateau State executive council after one of its own and Commissioner of Commerce and…
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20 APC groups back Buhari, military on fight against insecurity
Officials of the youth group address the media in Abuja Thursday
By Dave Iyima
At least 20 All Progressives Congress' groups, under the aegis of APC Youth Movement and…
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AfDB names three persons to review report on Adesina
AfDB President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina
The bureau of board of governors of the African Development Bank Group has constituted a panel to conduct an independent review of the…
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In ageing Japan, 17,479 dementia patients reported missing in 2019
A street at Shibuya in down town Tokyo, Japan. Photo: Anthony Maliki, Apex News photos
The number of people with dementia who were reported missing grew 3 per cent…
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Governor AbdulRazaq, Kwara congratulates ambassadorial nominees
Kwara Governor AbdulRazaq
By Emmanuel Kehinde, Ilorin
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the three non-career ambassadorial nominees from the…
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Haile Selassie: Statue of former Ethiopian leader destroyed in London park
Haile Selassie was Ethiopia's last emperor
A statue of former Ethiopian leader Haile Selassie has been destroyed in a park in Wimbledon, south-west London.
Police are…
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Nigeria records 790 new highest daily figure of COVID-19 cases
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded its new highest daily figure of 790 COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 26, 484.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this…
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Global tourism stands to lose up to $3.3trn from COVID-19: U.N. study
Sensoji Buddhist temple, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan is popular with tourists from around the world. Photo: Anthony Maliki, Apex News photos
Global tourism revenues are expected to…
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Agric Budget: Stakeholders urge Kogi to meet Maputo benchmark
Stakeholders at a one-day Consultative Meeting on Public Financing of Agriculture have called on Kogi government to ensure its annual budget for the Agriculture sector met Maputo…
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Coronavirus: ‘I’m all for masks,’ says Trump in change of tone
United States President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump, who has often pushed back against mask guidance from health officials, says he would wear one "in a tight situation…
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Ondo guber poll: Former reps Speaker, Dogara heads PDP screening committee
Former House of reps Speaker, Yakubu Dogara
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, as…
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We are raising a pool of detrabilised Nigerians through Sir Kashim Fellowship – Gov. El-Rufai
Sir Kashim Ibrahim was Governor of Nigeria's Northern Region
The third set of young Nigerians for the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Fellowship (KIF) were unveiled on Wednesday by Gov.…
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Tragedy as truck runs over tricycle, kills one in Anambra
The scene of the accident
BY SUNNY A. DAVID
Tragedy struck in Onitsha, Anambra State, when a truck rammed into a tricycle and killed one person in the process.
The…
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Man stabs trader to death in Anambra
By Sunny A. David
A 37-year-old man, Babangida Eluemuno has been arrested for allegedly stabbing to death, a teenager, Arinze Omeh at his residence, 9 Agba street, Inland-Town,…
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Three-storey building gutted by fire in Anambra
Anambra State Chief fire fighter, Engineer Martin Agbili
By Sunny A. David
A three-storey residential building was on Tuesday gutted by fire in Umuoji Street by Old Road,…
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