Latest News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 27th January 2021
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Wednesday 27th January 2021 .
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COVID-19: Bill Gates advises Nigeria to wait for GAVI vaccines
American Philanthropist, Bill Gates, has advised the Nigerian government against diverting its limited health fund into trying to pay a high price for COVID-19 vaccines. Gates gave the advice on Tuesday night during a virtual press conference ahead of the launch of the 2021 Bill and Melinda Gates Annual Letters. He said waiting for theRead More
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5 persons escape death in Osun road accident
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osun, on Wednesday in Osogbo, said no fewer than five persons escaped death in an accident on the Ipetu-Ijesa-Akure Highway. The Sector Commander, Mrs Kudirat Ibrahim, said this in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi. Ibrahim noted that five persons: two men and three female,Read More
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CLO hails Buhari for appointing new service chiefs
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing new service chiefs to oversee the security of the country.
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Ex-convicts to die by hanging for robbery in Ogun
An Abeokuta High Court, yesterday, sentenced two ex-convicts to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery. At their trial, Lekan Akinola, 40, and Dare Sowunmi, 27, had pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of conspiracy and armed robbery levelled against them. However, delivering her judgment, Justice Ayokunle Rotimi-Balogun, said the court was convincedRead More
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Bizman drags brother-in-law to court over N69,000 debt
A businessman, Abdulkadir Oyeleke, yesterday, dragged his brother-in-law, Malam Sani, before a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, seeking recovery of N69,000. Oyeleke told the court that in January 2020, Sani’s wife, who was his elder sister, visited him in his shop and saw some ready made brocade-designed clothes and told him thatRead More
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Gunmen kill 2 policemen, one other in Taraba, Delta; abduct 14 in Kogi
By Jimitota Onoyume, Boluwaji Obahopo & Femi Bolaji Two policemen were, Monday, reportedly ambushed and killed by gunmen while returning to their duty post in Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State. The police also confirmed the death of a comminity leader in Warri, Delta State. These came as wife of the late ZonalRead More
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Give jobs to our people – EKID PEOPLE’S UNION tells oil firms in Akwa Ibom
By Gabriel Ewepu Worried by the growing level of unemployment in Akwa Ibom State, Ekid People’s Union has asked oil companies operating in the state to fashion out means and ways of generating jobs for the citizens. The National President of the Ekid People’s Union, Dr Samuel Udonsak, particularly pleaded with ExxonMobil and other oilRead More
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EFCC arrests 21 suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan, P-Harcourt
No fewer than 21 suspects have been arrested by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Ibadan and Port Harcourt on suspicion of defrauding their unsuspecting victims through the internet. Announcing the arrest of 13 of the suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan, the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwajuren, in a statement, yesterday, said the suspect wereRead More
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Man crushed to death during Task Force raid in Lagos
…We are not responsible —CP reacts By Evelyn Usman A middle-aged man was crushed to death in Bolade, Oshodi area of Lagos, yesterday, during a stampede caused by commercial bus drivers, who were trying to evade arrest by policemen attached to the Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit. The operatives, as gathered,Read More
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Stray bullet kills plantain seller, as cult groups clash in Oyo
By Ola Ajayi A 60- year-old woman, identified as Iya Oluso, who sells roasted plantain at Ilupeju area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, was reportedly hit by a stray bullet during a bloody clash between two rival cult groups Monday. It was gathered that the fight between the groups started Sunday at a partyRead More
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