Vanguard Latest News Tuesday 10th November 2020
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 10/11/20
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Obaseki’s inauguration will comply with COVID-19 protocols – PDP
The inauguration of Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo will hold on Thursday in strict compliance with COVID-19 protocols. Dr Tony Aziegbemi, the State Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), said this in Benin on Tuesday. Obaseki won the Sept. 19 Governorship Election for his second term by defeating his closest opponent, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu ofRead More
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US electoral process worth emulating – Kalu
… hails Biden, Harris By Victor Ajihromanus Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Kalu, has said the victory of US President-elect, Joe Biden, shows the country’s electoral process is a model worthy of emulation. Describing the victory as victory for the world, Kalu emphasised the role of theRead More
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NEWS EXTRA: Reporter shot dead in front of his house
Police on Tuesday reported that a radio commentator who survived a 2016 assassination attempt was shot dead in front of his house in the northern Philippines. According to a police report, Virgilio Maganes, 62, was about to enter his house in the town of Villasis when two suspects shot him six times. The police saidRead More
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Brazil halts trials of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine
Brazil’s health regulator said it had suspended clinical trials of a Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine after an “adverse incident” involving a volunteer recipient, a blow for one of the most advanced vaccine candidates. The setback for CoronaVac, developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech, came on Monday as US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said its own vaccine candidate hadRead More
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Former Malian President, Amadou Toumani Toure, dies aged 72
Mali’s former president, Amadou Toumani Toure, who steered the Sahel nation to democracy and led it for a decade before being ousted in a coup, has died in Turkey aged 72, a family member and a doctor said on Tuesday. Toure “died during the night of Monday to Tuesday in Turkey,” where he had beenRead More
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Mother of 15 advises women on family planning
Mrs Hussaina Salisu, a 54-year-old woman, who had 15 children from single births, has advised young mothers to carefully plan their families so as not to jeopardise the future of their children. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the woman, who had her first child at 14, gave birth to the 15 childrenRead More
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CBN opposes bid to remove Arabic from naira note
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has opposed a suit seeking to remove the Ajami (Arabic) inscriptions on naira notes. It told the Federal High Court that it would cost the country a “colossal sum of money” to discard the existing notes and print new ones without Ajami. The CBN said Ajami is not aRead More
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Ken Saro-Wiwa: ‘Their only crime was peacefully pursuing human rights for Ogoni people’
…says Nigerian government has not granted him an official pardon By Emmanuel Okogba In marking 25 years since the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa, daughter of the renowned environmental activist, Noo Saro-Wiwa took to Facebook to pay tribute and talk about how her father was treated during and after his passing. Noo explained that her fatherRead More
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BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu presents 2021 Appropriation Bill to Lagos House of Assembly
The Lagos State Governor, Babjide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday presented 2021 Appropriation Bill to the State’s House of Assembly. Details later…
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ECOWAS parliament meets amidst worsening food crisis in region
By Victoria Ojeme The ECOWAS Parliament is meeting in Guinea Bissau to discuss the way forward, as it concerns the food crisis that has hit the region during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) said over 17 million people in the Sahel and West Africa (7.1 million in Nigeria alone) need foodRead More
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