Latest News in Nigeria Today Thursday 17th September 2020
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Thursday 17th September 2020 .
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Mali junta moves to appoint interim president after embargo threat
Mali’s ruling junta said on Wednesday that it is making moves to appoint an interim president This comes after West African leaders imposed economic sanctions after the coup, but they appear to have had a limited effect so far. ECOWAS leaders had given one week for a civilian interim president and prime minister to beRead More
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EDO 2020: With over 30,000 security personnel, there should be no rigging, violence – ADP
…Call on UK, EU, US, others to increase penalty for election riggers The Action Democratic Party (ADP), has called on the Federal government of Nigeria, led by President Muhammadu Buhari, to ensure that, free and fair elections are conducted both in Edo and Ondo State, to show loyalty and his readiness to leave a goodRead More
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We’ll have Covid-19 vaccine in 2021 – India
Indian Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday that India would have a vaccine against the coronavirus disease by early next year.“We are expecting that our country will have COVID vaccine by the early next year,” Vardhan said in a statement to the Parliament. The health official added that India was developingRead More
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IMF to disburse 1bn dollars to Angola to address COVID-19 crisis
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday said it would disburse 1 billion dollars to Angola to address the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The IMF executive board made the decision after completing a third review of Angola’s three-year economic programme under its Extended Fund Facility approved at the end of 2018, bringing the totalRead More
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Explosives ‘large enough’ to blow up Khartoum seized in Sudan
Sudan has arrested 41 people and seized a large amount of explosives big enough to blow up the capital Khartoum, authorities said on Wednesday. The materials included ammonium nitrate, the same chemical that caused a deadly explosion in Lebanon on August 4. “Forty-one people were arrested in possession of explosives, enough to destroy (the capital)Read More
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Akeredolu and plight of the Ijaw community in Ondo State
By Fidelis Soriwei IN 2017, when Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, was elected Governor of Ondo State, the people of Arogbo heaved a huge sigh of relief. His emergence inspired so much hope in the minority Arogbo Ijaw Community òf Ese-Odo Local Government Area of the State. First, the people believed that Akeredolu, a former President òfRead More
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COVID-19: South Africa relax lockdown restrictions
South Africa will move to lockdown alert level 1 from midnight on Sunday, 20 September. President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement during a live address to the nation on Wednesday evening. The president said following consultations with provincial and local government representatives, and drawing on the advice of scientists and engagements with various stakeholders, theRead More
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TikTok, Oracle face several hurdles to keep afloat
TikTok has found a dance partner to keep it going in the US, but it has to convince the feds not to let the deal flop. American software firm Oracle said it would become the “trusted technology provider” for ByteDance — the Chinese tech giant behind the popular app known for its viral dance videosRead More
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Fuel: The day of reckoning is here
IT is a factual error to conflate the subsidy uprising of 2012 and the crisis of 2020. True, both speak to a national emergency, but the circumstances are starkly dissimilar. Nigerians that marched across the nation in the harmattan-scorched January of 2012 were actually protesting a touted rising economic tide that didn’t in any way raise their individual boats.
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FG projects Nigeria’s economy to recover in Q1’21
The federal government has projected that Nigeria’s economy will recover from the effect of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the first quarter of 2021. This aligns with the projection of several analysts who are of the view that the recovery may have even started projecting that the huge drop in the nation’s Gross Domestic Product,Read More
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