Latest News in Nigeria Today Thursday 7th January 2021
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Thursday 7th January 2021 .
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American democracy is “limping on both feet” after the storming of the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters, a senior Russian lawmaker said Thursday. Konstantin Kosachyov, the chair of the Russian upper house’s foreign affairs committee, said the stunning events in the US capital showed that Washington had no right to lecture other countries onRead More
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Again, Jonathan reacts to US election, says nobody’s political ambition is worth the blood of any citizen
By Nwafor Sunday Former President Goodluck Jonathan has reacted to the ongoing political activities in the United State. History is about to take place again in U.S. The whole world is watching the scenario and of course the ‘self-acclaimed-perfect-democracy-practicing country, as the Republican lawmakers early objected to counting Pennsylvania’s electors, delaying the certification of JoeRead More
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Inferno averted as petrol-laden tanker spills content in Apapa
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Several properties worth billions of naira were saved from being gutted by fire when the driver of a tanker conveying 55,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, while trying to negotiate a bend suddenly overturned and spilled its contents along Kirikri Road, Apapa, Lagos. The incident which occured at about 2 am,Read More
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Pandemic tips more into extreme poverty in Lagos
Shopkeeper Toyin Jacob never thought she would have to rely on handouts. Before 2020, food and cash distributions were for her neighbours in Makoko, a coastal community in Lagos. Thousands of families live in the floating slum, often in tightly packed huts with no running water or electricity. Until recently, 60-year-old Jacob was better off,Read More
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Electoral vote objections delay Biden certification in US Congress
Republican lawmakers early Thursday objected to counting Pennsylvania’s electors, further delaying the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory after the House and Senate rejected an earlier challenge to his win in Arizona. The overnight scenes in Congress — normally a ceremonial procedure but one that Donald Trump’s loyalists have sought to co-opt as the lastRead More
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Nigeria records 1,664 COVID-19 cases, new daily highest
Nigeria recorded 1,664 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 94,369. the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The daily increase was a new record and considerably higher than Tuesday’s 1,354 confirmed cases. It said that 22 states and the FederalRead More
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LUTH worries over increasing severe cases of covid-19
…Says most patients come in late, 20 on oxygen …FG to start administering vaccines on Nigerians soon …Lockdown looms in Lagos as Sanwo-Olu raises alarm over spike …Vaccination could jeopardise our natural immunity to COVID-19 —Virologist cautions …UNILAG loses another Professor to COVID-19 By Sola Ogundipe, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Gabriel Enogholase, Chioma Obinna, Adesina Wahab OmeizaRead More
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NIN holders to pay N15,000 to correct date of birth —NIMC official
THE National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, yesterday, declared that correction of details in the National Identity Number, NIN, would attract varying charges. The NIMC Regional Coordinator in Alausa, Lagos, Funmi Opensanwo, who spoke on a Television Programme, Sunrise Daily, said the charges vary from correction of details like name, address, card renewal or replacement, andRead More
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2023 Presidency: Anyone from South, not just S-East, can contest — Osoba
FORMER governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, has said it is the right of anyone in the Southern part of Nigeria to aspire to become the president of the country, ditching claims in some quarters that the South-East should succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. Osoba, who was a guest on ARISE News, said nobody fromRead More
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Insecurity: Amotekun can’t perform miracles in one month — Commander
By Adeola Badru Commander of the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, in Oyo State, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd), yesterday, declared that the security outfit cannot perform miracles by stemming the high rate of insecurity within one month of its inauguration. His reaction came on the heels of series of killings and kidnappings in theRead More
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