Latest News in Nigeria Today Sunday 1st March 2020
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Sunday 1st March 2020 .
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Coronavirus prevention: Prices of ginger, garlic soar in Kaduna as misinformation spread
With rumours that a mixture of certain spices can help in coronavirus prevention, the prices of garlic and ginger have soared in Kano. But WHO says otherwise
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EFCC frees NFF Vice President Seyi Akinwunmi
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) vice president, Seyi Akinwunmi has been released by the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after being questioned in an ongoing financial probe. The investigation by the EFCC is looking at wide-ranging fraud allegations over how money meant for football sponsorship and development cannot be properly accounted for, according to theRead More
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Gen. Buratai and why the awards still keep coming
Henchman of the counter-insurgency operations in Nigeria and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai is a household name in Nigeria. Any time his identity is echoed, it reverberates with an uncommon fondness of millions of his fans.
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Loyalty and Hilary: Okowa’s man friday
Power and authority come with so much awe. When it pertains the seat of the governor, the office can rave magnetic charm. The attraction is so entrancing. Like most prestigious political positions in Nigeria, gubernatorial privilege draws spontaneous respect and unsolicited acclaim. Everyone is a friend of the governor. Even enemies pose as allies. That is the danger. The dilemma of the protagonist called His Excellency.
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Imo Judicial Commission denies taking instructions from Ihedioha
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Contracts Awarded in Imo State between June 2011 and May 2019 has said there is no iota of truth in allegations that “Imo probe panels are still taking instructions from Chief Emeka Ihedioha.”
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Ondo 2020: Adetula throws hat in the ring
As political activities in Ondo State gather momentum preparatory to the forthcoming gubernatorial election scheduled to hold later this year, the media space is awash with political developments and reports from across the State, while political analysts have pontificated that the next few months would be characterised with deft political manoeuvrings and manipulations.
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Kano opens emergency hotlines for coronavirus monitoring
Kano State government appealed to the public to follow precautionary measures recommended by the Ministry of Health and other relevant government agencies.
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The righteousness of God (1)
Femi Aribisala In Matthew chapter 9, Jesus sat down to eat with some people. When the Pharisees saw this, they condemned him for eating with tax collectors and sinners. This immediately raises some obvious questions. How did the Pharisees know that the people with Jesus were sinners? How did the Pharisees themselves come to beRead More
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Obasanjo at 83: A Leader and His Country
I can think of no one to whom Madeleine Albright’s witticism on her own life applies as much as our very own Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, former President of Nigeria and two-time head of state who led Nigeria from 1976 to 1979 as a military leader, and from 1999 to 2007 as a democratically elected president. Retired military general, farmer, politician, author, traditional titleholder, and with an earned Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) obtained at 80, Obasanjo remains an enigma, a deep, restless and controversial leader whose footprints remain indelible in the sands of contemporary Nigerian history. On January 12, 1970, then Col. Obasanjo, Commander of the Nigerian Army’s Third Battalion, accepted the instrument of surrender from the Biafran military high command led by Phillip Effiong in Amichi, ending Nigeria’s three-year civil war. Since that day, Obasanjo has remained a permanent fixture in Nigerian national life, in and out of office.
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NiMET to open six regional research centres
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMET, has concluded arrangements to establish Regional Centre of Excellence in Meteorological Research in the six geo-political zones of the country with the University of Ilorin hosting that of the North Central.
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