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Wed, 13 Jan 2021 06:01:34 GMT
Nearly 80% of Farmers Affected By Floods, Drought in 2020 - Report
[Premium Times] The survey was carried out in seven states.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 04:51:32 GMT
Soldier to Die By Firing Squad
[Premium Times] The condemned soldier, according to the court-martial, failed to provide a convincing defence in his testimony.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 04:18:26 GMT
How Imo State Harnessed the REDISSE Project to Improve Its Covid-19 Response
[Nigeria Health Watch] As at January 12, 2021, Nigeria has had over a hundred thousand confirmed cases of the novel 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection. The pandemic has continued to challenge healthcare systems across states, forcing them ...

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 04:17:56 GMT
How Bad Roads, Multiple Taxes, Extortion, Others Contribute to Food Inflation - Report
[Premium Times] In November, Nigeria's inflation rate hit 14.89 per cent, with food inflation rising at 18.30 per cent.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 04:17:47 GMT
Scientists Brief VP On Potential Drug for Coronavirus
[Premium Times] The team is composed of LUTH and Diaspora-based professors and scientists.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 04:16:54 GMT
Informal Waste Management in Lagos Is Big Business
[The Conversation Africa] The megacity of Lagos has an estimated population of 24 million. And it's constantly growing, putting additional strain on a city that already has serious challenges. They include heavy traffic congestion, flooding, air poll...

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:12:13 GMT
Nigerian Pastor Still in Captivity Three Months After Abduction
[Premium Times] Mr Zango, alongside two women, were abducted by the Boko Haram terrorists on October 19, 2020.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:22:55 GMT
No Provision Yet for Covid-19 Vaccines in 2021 Budget - Finance Minister
[This Day] Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has said that there is no provision in the 2021 Budget to fund the acquisition of COVID-19 vaccines.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 06:01:43 GMT
Govt Targets 11.95% Inflation After Missing Single-Digit Plan for Four Years
[Premium Times] The government hopes that taming food prices and the steep cost of doing business will help push inflation, which touched its near three-year high of 14.89 per cent in November, down to 11.95 per cent.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 04:17:57 GMT
Filmmaker Acquires Rights to Produce Shina Rambo Biopic
[Premium Times] Shina Rambo reveals that he took to armed robbery and crimes to seek revenge for his brother whom he alleged was killed by the police

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:47:04 GMT
How Ministry of Health Mismanaged N4.6 Billion Ebola Fund - Senate
[Vanguard] Abuja -- The Senate has uncovered how the Ministry of Health mismanaged a total sum of N4.6 billion fund that was meant to tackle Ebola scourge in Nigeria.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:57:46 GMT
Kalu Felicitates Alaafin On 50th Coronation Anniversary
[Vanguard] The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has felicitated with Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, Alaafin of Oyo on his 50th coronation anniversary.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:53:38 GMT
2023 Presidency - Are South-East Govs, Other Political Leaders Singing Discordant Tunes?
[Vanguard] Last week, some leading Igbo politicians, including members of the national and state Assemblies, ministers and other stakeholders, met at Igbere, Abia State, to chart the way forward to realize the much clamoured 2023 Nigerian President o...

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:37:58 GMT
Police Arrest Two Pastors Over Alleged Extra-Marital Affair
[Premium Times] An angry husband, who accuses his wife of engaging in extra-marital affair, invites the police.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:37:57 GMT
Family Announces Burial Plans for Ex-Kwara Deputy Governor
[Premium Times] Mr Sayomi was the deputy governor of the state from 1999 to 2003.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:37:54 GMT
Nigeria Records 12 New Deaths From Covid-19
[Premium Times] The 1,270 new cases on Tuesday pushed the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 102,601.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:34:48 GMT
INEC to Introduce New Technologies Ahead of 2023
[Leadership] The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it was reviewing its adopted technologies for elections, with the view of introducing new ones to improve conduct of the elections ahead of 2023.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:18:09 GMT
Osinbajo Welcomes Research Efforts
[Leadership] Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has welcomed efforts by a team of Nigerian professors and scientists investigating the effectiveness of, and roles that Ivermectin drug can play in the treatment of the coronavirus disease.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:17:50 GMT
Soldier to Face Firing Squad for Killing Officer
[This Day] Maiduguri -- A soldier, Private Azunna Mmadu-Abuchi, has been sentenced by the Nigerian Army court martial to death by firing squad for shooting his superior officer to the death.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:09:24 GMT
Apologise Now or Quietly Leave Sokoto - Muslim Group Warns Kukah
[Vanguard] A Muslim group based in Sokoto, Muslim Solidarity Forum, has called on the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Mathew Kukah to tender an unreserved apology to the entire Muslim Ummah over his recent "malicious comments" against Islam or quiet...

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:41:24 GMT
'No Nation Can Develop Without Proper Census'
[This Day] As the National Population Commission of Nigeria prepares to embark on its Enumeration Area Demarcation exercise, the Commission has been urged to see the exercise as the fundamental bedrock of any credible national head count.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:34:09 GMT
Ondo Court Remands Man in Custody for Impregnating Daughter
[This Day] A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ore, Ondo State, yesterday remanded one Peter Moses, in prison custody for allegedly impregnating his 17-year-old daughter.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:34:05 GMT
Soldiers, Local Security Outfit Repel Bandits' Attack On Niger Community
[This Day] A combined team of soldiers and local vigilante outfit yesterday repelled a bandits attack on Erena, a town in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:31:41 GMT
Debt Servicing Gulped N3.27trn in 2020 Budget - Govt
[Leadership] The federal government has disclosed that out of N6.46 trillion spent on recurrent expenditure in 2020, the sum of N3.27 trillion was spent on debt servicing, while the balance of N3.19 trillion was spent on personnel cost, including pen...

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:26:51 GMT
Court Martial Sentences Soldier to Death By Firing Squad
[Vanguard] A court-martial sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State capital yesterday sentenced Trooper Azunna Maduabuchi to death by firing squad for killing the adjutant of his unit, one Lieutenant Babakaka Ngorgi.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:12:42 GMT
Listen to Nigerians On Insecurity, Catholic Bishops Urge Buhari
[Vanguard] Abuja -- The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, on Tuesday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to listen to the cries of Nigerians.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:04:29 GMT
Youths Shut Down NDDC Hqtrs Over Akwa's Alleged Divide and Rule Tactics
[Vanguard] PROTESTING youths, yesterday, shut down Port Harcourt, Rivers State headquarters of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, over alleged divide and rule by the commission's Sole Administrator, Effiong Akwa.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 06:01:45 GMT
2021 Budget - Govt to Inject N765bn Into Social Investment Programmes
[Premium Times] The programmes got the highest chunk among the selected projects listed in 2021 approved budget.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 06:01:44 GMT
N40 Billion Earned Allowance - NASU, SSANU Begin 3-Day Protest
[Premium Times] NASU and SSANU are demanding the equitable share of the N40 billion 'Earned Allowance' to university-based unions.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 04:51:52 GMT
Abacha Loot - Court Halts Govt's Appointment of Consultant On Project Monitoring
[This Day] Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday restrained the federal government from taking further steps in the appointment of consultants that will monitor projects the repatriated $311 million Abacha loot is being chan...



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