India on Monday saw a new global record of 352,991 daily new COVID-19 infections as a second wave of the pandemic overwhelmed the health systems. This prompted countries like the US, Britain, France and Germany to offer support. The South Asian country had registered 2,812 COVID-19 deaths in the past …
Read More »Stop interference under guise of human rights, China tells West
China has expressed strong dissatisfaction with and firm opposition to several countries’ recent malicious slander of the decision from the National People’s Congress to improve the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, HKSAR. It also as gross interference in Hong Kong affairs and China’s internal affairs, the …
Read More »Navy releases list of successful candidates for DSSC Course 28
The Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Suleman Dahun, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. It said candidates who attended the Selection Board interview in Lagos from Dec. 16, 2020 to Jan. 4, 2021, should check www.joinnigeriannavy.com for the list and other information. The statement added that …
Read More »Man City cruise into Champions League quarter-finals
Pep Guardiola told his Manchester City players to forget their previous Champions League failures after cruising into the quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach on Tuesday that sealed a 4-0 aggregate victory. The Champions League is the one trophy that has remained elusive to Guardiola during his five …
Read More »Army kills 43 terrorists, rescues 64 captives in Borno, Kaduna
Operation Lafiya Dole has killed 41 Boko Haram terrorists in the Gulwa/Musuri/Gambouru axis of Lake Chad region in Borno State. Also, yesterday, Operation Thunder Strike in Kaduna State killed two armed bandits and rescued four victims in ‘35’ village, Chikun Local Council. The 45-minute Borno operation also led to the …
Read More »NCDC records 179 new COVID-19 infections, total now 161,074
The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country have tested 1,684,305 people since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced on Feb. 27, 2020. The health agency sadly reported two COVID-19 additional deaths, …
Read More »Be vigilant, we can’t secure all schools, Federal Government tells parents, others
The Federal Government has emphasised the need for Nigerians to be vigilant to end attacks on schools and abduction of students. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, who stated this in an interview with The interview on Monday, indicated that government could not secure every school in the …
Read More »Masked witness testifies in Offa robbery case
A masked witness, yesterday, gave detailed account of the robbery in Zenith Bank, Offa, Kwara State, on April 5, 2018. He spoke before a Kwara State High Court in Ilorin. The suspects in the bank robbery – Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Azeez Salawu and Niyi Ogundiran – were …
Read More »Be vigilant, we can’t secure all schools, Federal Government tells parents, others
The Federal Government has emphasised the need for Nigerians to be vigilant to end attacks on schools and abduction of students. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, who stated this in an interview on Monday, indicated that government could not secure every school in the country. According to …
Read More »Nigeria must prevent COVID-19 third wave, PTF warns
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday warns Nigerians to be careful so that the country does not slide into possible third wave of the coronavirus. Italy, France and Germany are some of the countries currently experiencing third wave of the virus, with Italy scheduled for fresh lockdown, whereby …
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