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The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said four children and their teacher who came in from the United States tested negative ...
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Daily Archives: March 12, 2020
Senate proposes jail terms for generator importers, sellers, users
The Senate on Wednesday proposed jail term for anybody who engaged in the importation, sales and use of electricity generating sets in Nigeria. The legislature ...
Read More »WHO declares coronavirus global pandemic
The new coronavirus outbreak can now be characterised as a pandemic, the head of the World Health Organisation said Wednesday. “COVID-19 can be characterised as ...
Read More »Rising debts, the biggest threat to 2020 budget – TheCitizen
By The Editor The biggest threat to the 2020 federal government budget is rising debt with debt servicing expected to consume 29 percent of revenue. ...
Read More »Reps suspend consideration of Buhari’s $22.7bn loan request
The House of Representatives has indefinitely suspended the consideration of the $22.79bn external loan request by President Muhammadu Buhari. The House had listed the report ...
Read More »Herdsmen have taken over Delta communities – State Assembly raises alarm
Worried by the rising insecurity in the country and the state in particular, over herdsmen attacks on its communities, the Delta State House of Assembly, ...
Read More »FG declares Eko Bridge unsafe for motorists
The Federal Government has declared the Eko Bridge in Lagos State unsafe for motorists and has shut it for repairs. The Controller of Works, Lagos, ...
Read More »Presidency, Kano govt deny roles in Sanusi’s removal, banishment to Nasarawa
The Presidency has condemned reports linking President Muhammadu Buhari to the dethronement of HRH Muhammadu Sanusi II from the position of Emir of Kano. In a statement, ...
Read More »ASUU: FG won’t pay striking lecturers, says Labour Minister
Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has insisted that the federal government would not back down on its stance on ”no work, no ...
Read More »Senate receives report on national security next week
The Chairman of the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on Security Challenges, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, on Wednesday requested a week extension to enable the panel conclude work ...
Read More »Coronavirus: U.S bans flights from Europe
US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday night that all flights from Europe to the United States will be temporarily halted for a period of ...
Read More »Denmark goes into lockdown like Italy
Denmark has followed Italy to take drastic measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announcing that the country will close ...
Read More »Group blackmails Jonathan over Bayelsa guber election
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied collecting N300m and bulletproof cars from the 2019 Bayelsa State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr David ...
Read More »Gov. el-Rufai appoints Sanusi as KASU Chancellor
The deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has gotten another appointment from the Kaduna State government. In a statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House ...
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