Vanguard Latest News Friday 14th August 2020
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 14/08/20
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Black-Owned Businesses: Beyonce promotes Nigerian, Kenyan, others, on website
Popular American songwriter and musician, Beyonce has leveraged on her newly released song, Black Parade to promote African businesses across different industries. Beyonce took to Instagram on the 20th of June with a heartfelt message on how her song, Black Parade will benefit Black-Owned businesses. READ ALSO: Nigerian model drags Beyonce on Social Media for cultureRead More
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Arsenal sign Willian from Chelsea on free transfer
Arsenal completed the signing of Willian on a three-year deal on Friday after the Brazilian winger’s contract at Chelsea expired. The 32-year-old won two Premier League titles, an FA Cup, a League Cup and the Europa League during seven years with the Blues, but moves across London on a free transfer with Chelsea unwilling toRead More
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Iran condemns Israel-UAE deal as ‘strategic stupidity’
Iran on Friday strongly condemned an agreement between Israel and the UAE to normalise ties, blasting it as an act of “strategic stupidity” that would only strengthen the Tehran-backed “axis of resistance”. The agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, announced by US President Donald Trump on Thursday, is only the third such accordRead More
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Vietnam says looking to buy Russia coronavirus vaccine
Vietnam’s health ministry is looking to buy a bulk order of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine, state media said on Friday, despite global scepticism over its effectiveness and safety. The communist nation of 95 million people has been widely praised for its effective handling of the pandemic and went nearly 100 days without recording a locally transmittedRead More
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Stay or go? Britons in France face COVID-19 dilemma over two-week quarantine
Hoards of Britons holidaying in France were on Friday faced with the choice of returning in a hurry or staying put, after the UK announced sudden quarantines as part of a global step-up in travel restrictions. The two-week self-isolation period for travellers arriving in the UK from over the Channel comes as French authorities battleRead More
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Military air raid knocks out ISWAP camp, kills several terrorists in Borno
The Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, has knocked out another Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists’ camp at Tongule in the Lake Chad area of Northern Borno and eliminated scores of their fighters.
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Edo Guber: 12 male, 2 female candidates jostle for office
By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin-City The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that 14 political parties have presented candidates for the forthcoming Edo governorship election. Professor Bolade Eyinla, the Technical Advisor to INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said this during a virtual meeting with journalists in Edo organised by the International Press Council, IPC,Read More
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Delta SUBEB chairman urges contractors to deliver classrooms projects within 90 days
Mr Sunny Ogwu, Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), says contractors handling various classroom projects to deliver within 90 days. Ogwu, in a statement on Friday in Asaba, said the projects were under the 2019 Universal Basic Education Commission and the State Universal Basic Education Board’s intervention projects. He spoke after an inspection tourRead More
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Edo 2020: INEC to deploy 20,000 ad-hoc staff
By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin-City The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it would deploy no fewer than 20,000 ad-hoc staff for the conduct of the September 19 governorship poll in Edo State. Professor Bolade Eyinla, the Technical Advisor to INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said this during a virtual meeting with journalists inRead More
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Breaking: Nigeria records 27.1% unemployment rate, says NBS
National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, Friday said that Nigeria’s unemployment rate rose to 27.1% in the second quarter of 2020.
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