Latest News in Nigeria Today Monday 22nd June 2020
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Monday 22nd June 2020 .
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ICYMI Mass defection of your members imminent, PDP taunts APC
…Condemns attack on Ondo deputy governor By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA – The major opposition party in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday has told the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Nigeria Police to stop fighting a lost battle, saying nothing can stop the imminent mass defection of its member into to theRead More
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COVID-19: Akwa Ibom seals Christ Embassy Church over alleged attack on monitoring team
By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo Akwa Ibom state government has sealed off Christ Embassy Church, Nung Akpa Ime branch Uyo, for alleged attack on members of the joint monitoring team enforcing compliance of the guidelines approved for reopening of churches in the state. Chairman of the state COVID-19 Management Committee, and Secretary to State Government,Read More
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Edo 2020: PDP nominates Bauchi governor as chairman electoral committee
By Charly Agwam – Bauchi The governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed has been appointed by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as Chairman, electoral committee for Edo State 2020 gubernatorial primary election. The Senior Special Assistant to the governor, Muhktar Gidado made this known in a press statement onRead More
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E2%80%95-ndume/ Presidential System too Expensive: I have been Vindicated ― Ndume
By Henry Umoru ABUJA – FORMER Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, All Progressives Congress, APC, Borno South said Sunday that Vice – President Yemi Osinbajo and a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammad Sanusi, have vindicated his position on the high cost of running a presidential democracy. According to Ndume, he hadRead More
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*-workers-not-on-essential-duties-fcta-warns/ COVID-19: Commercial s** workers not on essential duties, FCTA warns
By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has warned commercial s** workers operating in the territory to respect all the COVID-19 protocols, especially the 10p.m. to 4a.m. curfew, noting that they are not on the exemption list of workers on essential duties. The Administration also warned operators of nightclubs, bars, andRead More
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Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases rise to 20,244
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases have exceeded 20,000 as the country recorded 436 new infections. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in a tweet on Sunday night. It said “On the 21st of June 2020, 436 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria No new state has reported a case inRead More
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South Korea says Bolton’s Trump-Kim narrative ‘distorted’
South Korea’s presidential office on Monday accused former US national security advisor John Bolton of distorting facts and jeopardising future negotiations with his scathing account of Donald Trump’s North Korea summit strategy. Bolton’s forthcoming memoir “The Room Where it Happened” takes both Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in to task for their handling ofRead More
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COVID-19 Pandemic: CSOs to FG, no to electricity tariff hike in July
Demand forensic audit of power sector Urge Nigerians to rise against move By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Sunday, declared no to electricity tariff hike from July as insisted by the Federal Government last week Tuesday. Making their views known to Vanguard on the proposed electricity tariff hike in 10 days’ time,Read More
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E2%80%95-official/ Chinese firm sued by US over ‘fake’ masks not certified ― Official
A Chinese company sued for selling nearly half a million fake and substandard N95 respirators to US buyers in April is not a certified maker of medical masks, Chinese authorities said on Monday. Guangdong-based King Year Packaging and Printing is not on a list of enterprises approved or registered as meeting foreign standards, China’s Commerce MinistryRead More
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Malami recommends CP, retired DIG, AIG as replacement for Magu
The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami(SAN) has recommended three persons for President Muhammadu Buhari to pick a replacement for Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The three names Malami sent to Buhari in a memo, according to THEWILL, are Deputy Inspector-General of Police,Read More
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