Latest News in Nigeria Today Thursday 27th February 2020
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Thursday 27th February 2020 .
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North Korea extends school breaks over coronavirus fears
North Korea has postponed the new school term to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, reports said Thursday, the latest measure as the ill-equipped country ramps up efforts to prevent a devastating outbreak. Pyongyang has not reported a single case of the virus now known as COVID-19, which originated in the central Chinese cityRead More
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Denmark announces first coronavirus case
Denmark reported its first coronavirus case Thursday, a man who had returned from a skiing holiday in northern Italy which has become a hotspot for the disease. “The man who came back from a skiing trip with his wife and son on February 24 has been suffering since then from a cough and a temperature,”Read More
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Babayaro slams Yobo’s appointment as Eagles assistant coach
Former Chelsea defender Celestine Babayaro has said that while he welcomes ex-players being involved in Nigeria coaching set-up he questions Joseph Yobo’s credentials. His comments come after his former international team-mate and ex-Everton star Yobo was appointed as assistant coach of the Super Eagles two weeks ago. Babayaro, who won an Olympic gold medal withRead More
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Nadal cruises into quarter-finals at Acapulco tennis
World number two Rafael Nadal stepped up his bid for a third ATP Mexico Open title with an impressive display of serving and shotmaking to beat Serbian youngster Miomir Kecmanovic on Wednesday. The Spaniard hit 20 winners as he kept his hopes alive of regaining the top ranking with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over theRead More
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Ndidi won’t be rushed back into action — Rodgers
Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has revealed the club are being extra cautious over rushing back Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi again. The midfielder staged an astonishing recovery from surgery in January, returning to action just 12 days after a piece of floating bone was removed from a meniscus. But after playing for almost an hourRead More
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Bayelsa, APC and the limits of mendacity
By Ikechukwu Amaechi Let me state from the outset that I am not a member of any political party. I used to have sympathy for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) until its leaders destroyed it for whatever reason prior to the 2019 elections. I spoke out against the injustice of the Peoples Democratic PartyRead More
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Japan woman tests positive for coronavirus after ‘recovery’
A woman in Japan who contracted the new coronavirus and was released from hospital after recovering has tested positive again, officials said Thursday. The case is the first time a patient apparently cleared of the virus has subsequently tested positive for it, a local official in Osaka said. The woman in her 40s was firstRead More
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Pakistan confirms first two cases of coronavirus
Pakistan has detected its first two cases of novel coronavirus, a public health advisor to Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted Wednesday, days after Islamabad closed its land border with Iran, where 19 people have died from the virus. “I can confirm the first two cases of coronavirus in Pakistan. Both cases are being taken careRead More
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UCH medical consultants down tools over mandatory Ph.D. certificate
Ola Ajayi – Ibadan Medical consultants in the University College Hospital, Ibadan, have embarked on an indefinite strike to protest a circular which prescribed acquisition of Ph.D. for clinical lecturers in Nigerian universities. The consultants under the auspices of Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria said the mandatory Ph.D. was not in tandem withRead More
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Cultists kill policeman, injures neighbor in Ikorodu
A Police Sergeant with Sagamu Road Division, Ikorodu, Lagos, Saheed Osiefa, has been shot dead while his neighbor a civilian has been hospitalised following gunshots received from a group of cultists.
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