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Fri, 23 Jul 2021 07:36:33 GMT
Govt Fails to File Extradition Charges As Benin Court Remands Igboho
[Daily Trust] Self-styled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, was arraigned before the Cour D'Appel De Cotonou on immigration-related offences by the government of the Benin Republic.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:12:20 GMT
Govt Receives Six Planes to Fight Insurgency
[Premium Times] President Muhammadu Buhari placed order for 12 Super Tucano fighter jets after extensive discussions with the U.S. government in April 2018.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 04:35:25 GMT
60 Killed, 698 Infected As Cholera Ravages Abuja
[Vanguard] Abuja -- The death toll in communities hit by the severe faecal-oral gastro intestinal infection, Cholera, in the nation's capital Abuja, has now risen to 60, Vanguard has learned.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 04:34:20 GMT
4,000 Children Orphaned By Covid-19 in 16 Months - World Bank
[This Day] An estimated 4,000 Nigerian children were orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 and July 2021, the World Bank has revealed in a new report.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 03:22:51 GMT
Malnutrition Among Children Is Rife - What Must Be Done
[The Conversation Africa] Malnutrition is one of world's major public health and development concerns. In Nigeria, the situation is dire. Currently, UNICEF says 5 in 10 children under five years old suffer from the effects of being malnourished. This...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:16:47 GMT
Nigeria Going Through Its Worst Unemployment Crisis - World Bank
[This Day] Nigeria is currently going through one of its worst unemployment crises in recent times, a new report by the World Bank has stated.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 06:19:25 GMT
Prices of Protein, Carbohydrate-Rich Foods in Nigeria Up 58%
[Premium Times] Market surveys in seven states show that the prices of the cost of protein-rich foods rose by an average of 60.5 per cent while carbohydrate quickened 59 per cent.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 06:19:25 GMT
Buhari Has No Third Term Ambition, Succession Plan - Ruling Party
[Premium Times] "Our statement is simple and straight forward. President Buhari has no third term ambition, a position he has personally reiterated."

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:00:29 GMT
Govt Expresses Fear Over Possible Delta Variant-Induced Covid-19 Spike
[This Day] The federal government has cautioned against a possible upsurge in COVID-19 cases that may be propelled by the spread of the new Delta variant of the virus recently discovered in the country.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 04:35:02 GMT
1.7 Million Children Living With HIV Missed Treatment in 2020 - UNAIDS
[This Day] The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has said that almost half of the world's 1.7 million children living with HIV (46%) did not get treatment in 2020.

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:11:02 GMT
1 in 3 Child Victims of Global Grave Violations Are in West, Central Africa - UNICEF
[Vanguard] The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF Executive Director, Henrietta Fore has raised alarm over the worsening degree of attacks against children and abduction of students in Nigeria and parts of Africa.

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 11:28:57 GMT
Islamic Group ISWAP Takes Aim At the State in Cameroon
[ISS] Since the Boko Haram crisis went regional in 2013, communities in Cameroon, Chad and Niger have suffered the consequences of violent extremism. Just like in Nigeria where the insurgency started, countries surrounding Lake Chad have served as sa...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:45:42 GMT
Should Government Build Rail Lines?
[This Day] I have spent the past weeks thinking of the problems of Nigeria. I have made copious iterations of solutions as regards the infrastructural deficit in Nigeria which needs a colossal amount of money to reduce. In fact Nigerian infrastructur...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:45:42 GMT
The Voice Nigeria Coaches Relive the Season As Grand Finale Holds Tomorrow
[This Day] Vanessa Obioha chats with the coaches --Darey, Waje, Yemi and Falz -- as the third season of the music reality TV show wraps up

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:45:41 GMT
Still On the Cholera Epidemic
[This Day] The authorities could do more to stop the recurring menace.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:45:38 GMT
Olympic Games Team Nigeria Athletes Aim to Rewrite History As Tokyo 2020 Begins
[This Day] The much-anticipated Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games officially begin today despite some sports like football and softball already recording some mind-blowing results. For Team Nigeria, the journey will start with medal hopefuls, Odunayo Adekuoro...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:45:33 GMT
Police Confirms Killing of Five Villagers By Gunmen in Nasarawa
[This Day] The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the killing of five villagers in a particular compound at Gidan Sule village in Keana Local Goverment Area of the state in the early hours of yesterday.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:45:32 GMT
Policy Somersaults and Growth of Nigeria's Aviation Industry
[This Day] Aviation industry stakeholders attribute stunted growth of the sector to policy summersaults and have called on government to review some policies that are antithetical to the development of the sector and its subsequent impact on the prof...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:45:27 GMT
The Arrest of Sunday Igboho
[This Day] Twenty days after his Ibadan home was raided by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, was arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic last Sunday, as he was about fleeing to Germany...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:16:49 GMT
Security Situation in North East, South South Much Better Now Than Before 2015 - Buhari
[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday did an overview of the security situation in some parts of the country since his assumption of office six years ago saying security has improved considerably in both the North East and South South geo-po...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:16:46 GMT
1.7 Million Children Living With HIV Missed Treatment in 2020, Says UNAIDS
[This Day] The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has said almost half of the world's 1.7 million children living with HIV (46%) did not get treatment in 2020.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:15:15 GMT
Nigeria Records 184 New Covid-19 Cases in Seven States, FCT
[Premium Times] Lagos reported 124 new cases and followed by Rivers State with 27.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:07:13 GMT
Some More - Nigerian U.S.-Based Singer MC Wallywa's Song Debuts On New Jersey Billboard
[Vanguard] Multi-talented Nigerian-born, American singer, emcee, rapper, engineer and songwriter, Mc Wallywa has got his highly anticipated afrobeat single "Some more", featured on a popular Bilboard in New Jersey, USA.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:07:01 GMT
Jos Residents Fume As Okada Riders Return to Streets
[Vanguard] In 2012, the Plateau Government banned commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada riders, and regulated the operations of commercial tricycles within Jos and Bukuru metropolise.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 07:36:27 GMT
Studying Boko Haram Key to Understanding Similar Uprisings - Blair
[Daily Trust] A former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has warned policymakers in Africa and the rest of the world that they must learn the lessons from the rise of the violent extremist group Boko Haram if they are to counter similar groups.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 07:36:21 GMT
It's Not Our Duty to Stop Agitations - Military
[Daily Trust] The military high command has said it is not the business of its personnel to stop agitations by secessionists.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 07:26:28 GMT
Security Agencies Must Inform Me Before Any Operation in Oyo - Makinde
[Vanguard] GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, yesterday, said the state will hold on to the firearms seized during the invasion of Igangan by men of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, until the Federal Government gives him audience to address the iss...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 07:26:27 GMT
Investment Announcements Down 13.4% to $10.1bn in H1'21 - NIPC
[Vanguard] Investment announcements in Nigeria dropped 13.4 percent to $10.1 billion in the first half of 2021, H1'21. This economy development indicated recorded $11.68 billion in the second half of 2020, H2'20.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 07:26:27 GMT
Who Is Sabotaging Nigeria?
[Vanguard] YOU claimed during the 2015 election campaign that you do not understand why we are talking about fuel subsidy; today you have been in government for over six years and subsidy cost has escalated under your regime. Who is sabotaging Nigeri...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 07:26:25 GMT
Osun Govt Reopens Inisha Central Mosque
[Vanguard] After almost three months under lock and key, Osun State Government has reopened Inisa Central Mosque, in Odo-Otin local government area of the state.



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