Latest News in Nigeria Today Friday 27th March 2020
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Friday 27th March 2020 .
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Hearn wants Joshua vs Fury to take “PRIORITY” over Pulev fight
Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is still stubbornly kicking around the idea of a fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury coming before AJ’s defense against his IBF mandatory Kubrat Pulev on June 20. Hearn has already set aside July 25 as the backup date for the Joshua vs. Pulev fight if it needs toRead More
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Economic impact of COVID-19
Temi Okesanjo Coronavirus has affected hundreds of thousands of people, and the growing impact on the global economy calls for business leaders to take a lead in providing solutions on the evolving situations and implications of Covid-19 in the business sector. The question of whether the economy goes into a recession might be determined byRead More
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Father kills son for beheading his mother in Enugu
By Chinedu Adonu – Enugu The rustic Iheaka community in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, Wednesday, thrown into confusion as a man, Cyril Ugwu, allegedly beheaded his son, Kenneth Ugwu, who had earlier killed his mother for ritual. It was gathered that Kenneth Ugwu, a spare parts dealer in Lagos, reportedly returnedRead More
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Coronavirus: U.S. now global epicentre with confirmed cases
The United States on Thursday became the global epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic with the highest number of infections, according to data released by different institutions. Figures compiled by the John Hopkins University indicate that the U.S. was topping the chart with 85,505 confirmed cases. It was followed by China, where the virus broke outRead More
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COVID-19: Tambuwal orders closure of Inter-State entry routes
As part of efforts to curtail further spread of COVID-19 among Nigerians, the Sokoto state government has ordered the closure of all inter-state routes into the state effective from midnight of Friday, 27th March 2020.
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COVID-19 and recalcitrant faith leaders
The way leaders react to situations of emergency defines the character of such leadership. Take for instance, this raging new Coronavirus pandemic. Italy, Saudi Arabia and Iran are home to some of the holiest religious sites in the world. When COVID-19 hit, the city of Rome on March 12, 2020, temporarily closed all churches tillRead More
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LASEMA confirms pipeline leakage in Satellite town axis
The Director-General Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu yesterday said the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline along Ojukwu Str., Navy Town axis of Satellite town in Lagos is leaking.
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COVID-19 and that flight from Abuja
THE trip was not planned. As concerns over the spread of COVID-19 grew and the country inched more and more towards the abnormal, I figured travel might be restricted before the end of the week. A call that Tuesday morning confirmed that feeling: I decided to travel out of Abuja immediately. What I saw atRead More
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LASEMA boss confirms pipeline leakage
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline along Ojukwu Str., Navy Town axis of Satellite Town in Lagos is leaking, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. This was confirmed on Thursday by the Director-General Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu. He, however, gave the assurance that technicians from the NNPC haveRead More
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Reflections on the coronavirus crisis
LIKE everyone else, I was caught unawares by the global coronavirus crisis. One minute, we were being told about a deadly new zoonotic disease that had originated in the wild animal kingdom and was terrorising human inhabitants of the Chinese city of Wuhan.
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