Latest News in Nigeria Today Thursday 3rd December 2020
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Thursday 3rd December 2020 .
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Reps pass bill to make DISCOs refund electricity consumers cost of equipment repairs
By Levinus Nwabughiogu House of Representatives Wednesday passed to second reading a bill to make electricity distribution companies, DISCOs, reimburse consumers who incur expenses in the acquisition of power equipment. The bill titled “A bill for an Act to Amend the Electric Power Sector Reforms Act to Provide for Electricity Distribution Companies to Reimburse anyRead More
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US coronavirus hospitalizations hit all-time high
The number of people hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States surpassed 100,000 – an all-time high – as the pandemic rages on and strains health care systems. A record 100,226 Americans were in hospital with Covid-19 as of Wednesday, according to data compiled by the Covid Tracking Project, the latest in a weeks-long streakRead More
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Senate urges FG to investigate deaths caused by strange ailment in Benue
By Henry Umoru The Senate Wednesday asked the Federal Ministry of Health, the National Arbovirus and Vector Research Centre (NAVRC) to as a matter of urgency, investigate the outbreak of a strange ailment suspected to be yellow fever in Epeilo-Otukpa and Itabono-Owukpa communities in Benue State that has claimed many lives. The Senate has alsoRead More
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Trump repeats unproven voter fraud claims in 46-minute-long video
US President Donald Trump repeated unproven claims of voter fraud in a 46-minute-long video address posted on social media on Wednesday. US President-elect Joe Biden won the November 3 election, but Trump has refused to concede and continues to argue without evidence that there were irregularities with voting booths and mail-in ballots. “Within days afterRead More
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Former French president Giscard d’Estaing dies aged 94
Former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing has died at the age of 94, sources close to him confirmed to dpa. He died at his home in the central French department of Loir-et-Cher on Wednesday from complications linked to Covid-19. No date was announced for his funeral, which will take place with family. Giscard d’Estaing spentRead More
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COVID-19: NCDC reports 122 new infections in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 122 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The public health agency stated that the new infection were reported from 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The agency said thatRead More
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2023: Nigeria credible polls, PDP counsels re-appointed INEC chairman
By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has counseled the reappointed chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to go to Ghana and the United States and take a study from their electoral bodies on how to conduct free, fair, transparent, and credible general election. The PDP inRead More
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Umahi, asset to the nation — Northern Group
*Umahi sacks Anyim’s kinsmen *Anyim’s letter, mere pettiness —Ebonyi APC Chairman *Letter is unfounded, irresponsible —Ebonyi govt *Blame yourself, not Anyim, Ebonyi indigenes in Onitsha tell Umahi By Peter Okutu, Chimaobi Nwaiwu & Ibrahim Hassan Wuyo The defection of Ebonyi State governor, Dave Umahi is still generating heat in the southeast. Vituperative utterances between UmahiRead More
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Tompolo demands release of jetty, other property seized by EFCC
*As Ijaw youths protest against agency By Jimitota Onoyume Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo) has called on the Federal Government to order the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to release his property, beginning with his jetty operated by his firm, Mieka Dive Limited, in Warri, Delta State. No fewer than 50 youths, mainly of IjawRead More
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Wike presents N448bn 2021 budget to House of Assembly
By Davies Iheamnachor Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has presented a N448,660,773,476 budget for 2021 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly for consideration and approval. The 2021 budget christened, “Budget of Recovery and Consolidation,” has N305, 894, 284.061 as Capital Expenditure, while N142,776,489,415 is earmarked for Recurrent Expenditure. The governor, while presentingRead More
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