Guardian Newspaper Headlines Today Thursday 22nd October 2020
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FG calls for cooperation in monitoring illegal minerals trans-border trade
The Federal Government has called for collaboration of West African leaders in monitoring and halting illegal trans-border trade of solid minerals within the Sub-region. Dr Uchechukwu Ogah, the Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, stated this in a statement issued by Mr Tine Iulun, the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations Unit of the …
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Lagos may relax curfew by Friday, says Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state to curb arson and widespread violence in the state may be relaxed on Friday. “Once we see the streets are cleared up and all the agitation and high nerves have gone down, we might slow down the curfew by tomorrow (Friday) …
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COVID-19: NCDC reports 37 new infection in Nigeria
Thirty-seven new Coronavirus infections have been reported across Nigeria with no COVID-19-related deaths in eight states and the Federal Capital Territory.
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20 killed by ‘bandits’ in Zamfara
Gunmen stormed a village in northwest Nigeria killing 20 people in the latest attack by criminal gangs in the violence-wracked region, police said Wednesday. A gang of motorcycle-riding gunmen called ‘bandits’ by locals shot residents in Tungar Kwana in the northern Zamfara state, police spokesman Mohammed Shehu said. Violence in Zamfara that began more than …
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African Union ‘strongly condemns’ violence in Nigeria
The African Union Commission chairman on Thursday strongly condemned deadly violence in Nigeria’s biggest city Lagos and called on all parties to “privilege dialogue”. Moussa Faki Mahamat “strongly condemns the violence that erupted on 20 October 2020 during protests in Lagos, Nigeria that has resulted in multiple deaths and injuries”, his office said in a …
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Buhari under attack over Lekki massacre
The Presidency, yesterday, came under attack from former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka over Tuesday’s shooting of ENDSARS protesters by the Nigerian Army at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos.
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Don’t give up, IPOB urges demonstrators
Following the unleashing of armed soldiers on the peaceful EndSARS protesters, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has told the demonstrators not to be deterred by efforts by governments to halt the protests.
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Africa records 11% increase in fresh COVID-19 cases, 8% of deaths
The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) latest report published yesterday has shown an increase in fresh COVID-19 cases and deaths in Africa in the last seven days
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Bayelsa communities vow to halt SPDC’s operations over oil spill damages
Irked by Shell Development and Petroleum Company’s (SPDC) attempt to hijack regulatory control and refusal to pay compensations for an oil spill, which occurred in 2019 in Ikarama Community, Yenagoa Council Area of Bayelsa state
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Buhari, others must pay for genocide, southern leaders insist
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has condemned what it described as premeditated killing of peaceful Nigerian protesters with the “kind of force that has yet to be seen deployed against the Boko Haram insurgency by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.”
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