Vanguard Latest News Wednesday 26th February 2020
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 26/02/20
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Greece, Brazil confirm first cases of Coronavirus
WHO says world not ready for pandemic Several European countries have announced their first coronavirus cases, all apparently linked to the growing outbreak in Italy. Austria, Croatia, and Switzerland said the cases involved people who had been to Italy, as did Algeria in Africa. The first positive virus test has been recorded in Latin AmericaRead More
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Military power alone can’t defeat Boko Haram, says Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Tukur Buratai, has declared that the war against Boko Haram could not be won by military might alone due to series of indoctrination that has been carried out in the north for more than two decades. Buratai said that only 25 per cent of the war falls within the ambit of the military. The rest, according to him, is for the civil populace to handle. He made these declarations yesterday in Lagos during the 2020 Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Security Meets Business Dialogue. Buratai stated that: “We are fighting the mind. So, can the military fight the mind of the people? That is not the job of the military.
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Inter’s European tie to be played behind closed doors
Inter Milan’s Europa League last-32 second-leg tie against Ludogorets at the San Siro will be played without fans due to the coronavirus outbreak in Italy, UEFA announced on Wednesday. Inter are set to host the Bulgarian outfit on Thursday with the Italian side leading 2-0 after the second leg. “All other UEFA matches scheduled thisRead More
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Egypt to bury ousted President, Mubarak with military honours
Egypt was to hold a military funeral Wednesday for former president Hosni Mubarak, whose three decades of strong-arm rule ended in the Arab Spring protests of 2011. The government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared three days of mourning for Mubarak, who died aged 91 in a Cairo military hospital on Tuesday after years spentRead More
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South-East govs 90 days to establish regional security outfit
By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri The Igbo National Council, INC, on Tuesday, handed down a 90-day ultimatum to the governors of the five states of the South-East zone to establish a regional security outfit just like the North and southwest zones did. The warning came from the statement issued in Owerri, by INC National President,Read More
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ISWAP terrorists abduct head of civilian JTF in Chibok
Mohammed Abba, the head of the civilian joint task force, JTF, in Bambula community in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, has been abducted by suspected members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP.
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Mexico returns ancient sculpture to Nigeria
The Mexican government delivered to Nigeria on Tuesday an ancient bronze sculpture seized by customs agents at Mexico City airport as its buyer tried to bring it into this country. The sculpture, from the 6th century southwestern Yoruba city of Ife, shows a man wearing woven pants and a hat, sitting with his legs crossed and holdingRead More
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France reports first French death from coronavirus
A 60-year-old man has become the first French victim of the coronavirus in the country, the health ministry announced Wednesday. The man died overnight after being rushed to a Paris hospital in serious condition on Tuesday evening, bringing the death toll in the country to two, said the ministry’s deputy head Jerome Salomon. The firstRead More
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Customer stabs, kills one AEDC worker, injures another
Tragedy struck Tuesday as two staff of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, were attacked by an angry electricity consumer in Kabusa area of Abuja leaving one dead and the other seriously injured.
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Illegal structures: Lagos set to clean up Mile-2 area, issues a 7 day removal order to occupants
By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government, through Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences Unit, on Wednesday, issued a 7-day ‘Removal Notice’ to owners, occupants of illegal structures around government public schools at Mile 2, along Badagry Expressway and environs. Other identified illegal structures include: Shanties, mechanic workshops, petty traders, containarised kiosks and commercial busRead More
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