Latest News in Nigeria Today Friday 19th June 2020
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Friday 19th June 2020 .
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Nigeria, Cameroon declared polio-free
The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Nigeria and Cameroon to be free of polio, a crippling disease that usually affects children under five. Afghanistan and Pakistan are now the only countries with cases of the wild poliovirus. The UN health agency is expected to formally present Nigeria with a certificate and also declare AfricaRead More
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Warner Records signs 12-year-old Black Lives Matter protest singer
A 12-year-old whose song protesting police killings of African Americans in the US went viral has been signed by Warner Records, his producer said on Instagram Thursday. Keedron Bryant’s song I Just Wanna Live, about his fears growing up as a black man in America, will be released on Friday, which is the Juneteenth holiday markingRead More
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Fight against Covid-19: USAID donates vehicle to Kaduna
As part of strategy for the safe reopening of Kaduna State, Governor Nasiru Ahmed El -Rufai has said that his administration is deploying improved testing capacity and other public health measures.
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Invite us to negotiate peaceful exit of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu tells FG
THE leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has condemned the arrest of the convener of the Katsina protest over the unending killings of the people there, saying that more protest would be witnessed in the north over the spate of insecurity.
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Lockdown prevents 0.8m unplanned pregnancies, 300,000 unsafe abortions in Nigeria
As demand for family planning services spike By Sola Ogundipe No less than 793,601 unintended pregnancies and 279, 538 unsafe abortions were prevented in Nigeria, during the three months of COVID-19 lockdown between March and May 2020. Over the same period, an estimated 3,968 maternal deaths, including 19,781 child deaths, were averted as a resultRead More
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Photos, Videos: Flood submerges Lagos
Many local governments in Lagos were on Thursday morning submerged in flood following an early morning downpour.
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Inside China’s lab, race for vaccine, shortage of monkeys
Inside one of the Chinese labs racing to create a coronavirus vaccine, researchers work weekends, lab monkeys are in short supply and plans are being made for human trials abroad. Yisheng Biopharma, a company based in the northeastern city of Shenyang, has been working non-stop since January to find the silver bullet against the diseaseRead More
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16 bodies, bags of human remains found in Mexico
At least 16 bodies and more than two-dozen bags full of human remains have been found outside Mexico’s city of Guadalajara, state prosecutors said. The gruesome discoveries — announced Thursday — were made over the last ten days, in four different regions in the country’s west. The remains of 14 people were found on theRead More
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Breaking: WHO declares Nigeria Polio free
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Nigeria free of wild polio, following the completion of documentation for the free status.
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Billionaires at war over land: The story of abducted Anambra billionaire ‘Pius Nweke’
THERE was a national outcry, last week, after Anambra state billionaire, philantropist and CEO of Best Aluminum, Chief Pius Nweke was abducted and flown to Abuja by some policemen who alleged that he was in possession of a gun.
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