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Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:57:44 +0000JUST IN: No approved COVID-19 vaccines yet – NAFDAC
By Moses Emorinken, Abuja The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday stated that it has not approved any COVID-19 vaccine. It warned fake vaccines have started circulating in the country, urging the public not...
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:54:05 +0000Chelsea legend Drogba ends ten-year-old marriage
Didier Drogba has revealed his ten-year marriage is over after appearing in an intimate video in bed with a mystery woman. The Chelsea legend, 42, met Lalla Diakate in the late 1990s in Paris and they tied the knot in 2011. Steve Goodman reported in ...
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:48:18 +0000Gattuso reveals when Osimhen will return from injury
Napoli Manager Gennaro Gattuso has revealed Victor Osimhen is getting better following the shoulder injury he suffered in November 2020. The centre-forward picked up the problem on international duty with the Nigeria national team during their 2022 A...
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:34:34 +0000BREAKING: Former Bauchi lawmaker, Ningi, kidnapped
By David Adenuga Bauchi A former member of the Bauchi Assembly, Abdulmumuni Ningi, has been abducted by gunmen. The Nation gathered he was whisked away by gunmen around 8:00pm on Thursday within Bauchi metropolis. Confirming the incident to newsmen F...
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:30:26 +0000NIN: Panic over SIM deactivation
With the deadline extension granted mobile phone subscribers and operators to sync their subscriber identity modules (SIMs) with their National Identity Number (NIN) drawing nearer, deactivation fever has gripped subscribers. LUCAS AJANAKU and BLESSI...
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:03:48 +0000How 27 states forced Fed Govt to reopen schools
Yusuf Alli and Frank Ikpefan, Abuja STATES forced the Federal Government to agree to the reopening of schools on Monday, it was learnt on Thursday. Following the second wave of Coronavirus, the Federal Government through the Presidential Tas...
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 08:44:47 +0000Nigeria has not learned from civil war, says Kukah
Emmanuel Oladesu, Deputy Editor and Nwanosike Onu, Awka CATHOLIC Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, yesterday said Nigeria has not recovered from wounds of the civil war, 51 years after the unfortunate event. He also lamented that th...
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 08:39:39 +0000APC Kwara elders endorse new chair
From Jide Orintunsin, Abuja The leadership crisis rocking Kwara State All Progressives Congress (APC) took a new turn yesterday, as the Elders’ Forum supported the appointment of Alhaji Abdullahi Samari as the acting chairman by the national l...
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 08:34:34 +0000Southwest lawmakers back return of power to zone
Emmanuel Oladesu, Deputy Editor SOUTHWEST lawmakers, including some speakers and their predecessors, have backed the calls for power shift to the geo-political zone region in 2023. The speakers, who were joined by their predecessors, deputy ...
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 08:24:55 +0000Kanu’s death: Hospital deceived us, says widow
Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta, Nwanosike Onu, Awka, Sunny Nwankwo, Aba, and Tajudeen Adebanjo GLADYS, widow of former military administrator of Lagos and Imo states, Real Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu, on Thursday blamed her husband’s death on a privat...