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Lassa Fever: Enugu Confirms Second Death
Gideon Arinze in Enugu Enugu State Ministry of Health said it has recorded a second case of Lassa Fever death in the state. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Ifeanyi Agujiobi, who confirmed the case while addressing newsmen yesterday, said the victim, a 24-year-old pregnant woman died on Thursday night at the University of
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Trump’s Spiritual Adviser, Paula White, Adopts MFM Prayers
Pastor Paula White, spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump of United States, is causing some stir within the United States public sphere with her new firebrand prayers. The source of the prayers, according to the Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com), was linked to the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) church as revealed by a professor
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Uzodinnma Meets Buhari, Boasts S’Court Won’t Reverse His Victory
Oshiomhole: Returning officer who declared Ihedioha winner senile Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma was yesterday in Abuja formally introduced to President Muhammadu Buhari by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, as the new governor of the state and he came out of the meeting expressing optimism that
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Coronavirus Spread: WHO Lists Nigeria Among High Risk Countries
FG sets up vigilance group Lai Mohammed: We won’t stop Nigerians from travelling to China Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja and Martins Ifijeh in Lagos The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday listed Nigeria among 13 African countries identified as high-risk for the spread of the deadly coronavirus. A statement from WHO said the identified African countries
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Trump Bans Nigerians from Being Issued US Immigrant Visa
Restriction takes effect February 21, Eritrea, Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan also affected Bennett Oghifo with agency report President Donald Trump of the United States has imposed an Immigrant Visa ban on Nigeria and three other countries – Eritrea, Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan, in an expansion of its policy blocking travel from seven other nations. Immigrant visa is issued to
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Lifts Force Majeure on Bonny Light Exports
OPEC January output drops on new cuts, Libyan unrest Chika Amanze-Nwachuku with agency report The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) on Friday lifted a force majeure on Bonny Light crude oil exports, Nigeria’s major oil revenue source. The Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary, on January 20, shut down the Nembe Creek Trunk Line
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Dickson: Why Total Dependence on Oil is Not Sustainable
Emmanuel Addeh in Yenagoa Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State yesterday argued that complete dependence on proceeds from oil and gas by Nigeria, particularly the Niger Delta, was no longer sustainable, given the new direction the world was moving. Speaking during the third matriculation ceremony of the University of Africa, (UAT), Toru Orua, Sagbama Local Government
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LG Crisis: Oyo PDP Blasts APC over Attack on Afenifere
Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan The Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday came hard on the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, describing as tactless and disrespectful its attacks on the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere for intervening on what it termed the needless crisis being caused by the party over local government
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US Embassy Refutes Denying Oyedepo Visa
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has denied reports that it rejected the visa application of Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners’ Chapel International. The US, in a tweet yesterday, however, said, “FalseNews Alert! Be advised, the reports making the rounds about a visa being denied to Nigerian Bishop Oyedepo
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Corruption in Nigeria Like Terrorism, Says Catholic Bishop
Omon-Julius Onabu in Asaba Catholic Bishop of Warri Diocese, Most Rev. (Dr.) John Okeoghene Afereha, has likened corruption in Nigeria to terrorism, saying corruption and terrorist activities of Boko Haram are walking side-by-side to negatively impact the lives of ordinary citizens of the nation. Afereha asserted that corruption in Nigeria has become so pervasive that it
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