Vanguard Latest News Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 03/03/21
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TABLE-TENNIS: Aruna to battle Indian star in main draw of WTT
Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna has been pitched against India’s Sathiyan Gnanasekaran in the main draw of the men’s singles of $200,000 prize money World Table Tennis (WTT) Middle East Hub taking place in Doha, Qatar. The only African that progressed to the fourth stage of the preliminary round of the men’s singles, Senegal’s Ibrahima DiawRead More
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Facebook launches ‘LeadHERs’ to inspire female entrepreneurs
Facebook on Wednesday announced the launch of its book ‘LeadHERs: Life Lessons From African Women’ as part of its commitment to celebrate International Women’s Month. Facebook in a statement in Lagos said “the book was a collection of beautifully inspired stories and life advice from 19 women who were breaking boundaries in fields such asRead More
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Switzerland trains sniffer dogs for detecting COVID-19
Researchers in Switzerland have launched a training trial to see if sniffer dogs can find out people infected with COVID-19, media reports said on Wednesday. Three dogs are being trained by researchers from Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) for four weeks by exposing to samples of sick and healthy people. The dogs will thereafter go throughRead More
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Smart Asekutu emerges PDP chairmanship candidate in Warri North
IJAW people in Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, were filled with joy, yesterday, as the first Ijaw chairmanship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 27 years, Hon Smart Asekutu, visited Ogbudugbudu and other Ijaw areas in continuation of his campaign for the March 6 local government polls.
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Oil up as OPEC+ considers rollover rather than raising output
Oil prices rose on Wednesday, boosted by expectations that OPEC+ producers might decide against increasing output when they meet this week. Signs of progress in the coronavirus vaccine rollout in the United States gave further support. Brent oil was up $1.28, or two per cent, to $63.98 a barrel by 1050 GMT. U.S. West TexasRead More
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Court fixes May 17 for EFCC’s report in Diezani’s trial
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed May 17 for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to give a report on how it has complied with the court order in the trial of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu fixed the date following the absence of the EFCC’s lawyer,Read More
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Two men in court for allegedly swindling woman of N51m
Two unemployed men, who allegedly obtained N51 million from a woman under false pretences, were on Wednesday docked before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The defendants: Rasheed Agboola, 30, and Ibrahim Adewale, 27, live on Owoyemi Street in Ajegunle area of Lagos. The duo are being tried for conspiracy, stealing and obtaining money on falseRead More
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Forget ESN, create your security outfit, hand it to South-East govs, IPOB replies Uwazuruike
The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, has challenged the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Biafra, MASSOB-BIM, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, to form his own security outfit and hand it over to South-East leaders instead of suggesting that Eastern Security Network, ESN, be turned over to them.
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Reps raise alarm over second wave of Ebola
The House of Representatives has warned of a second outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the country, urging the country’s health officials to embrace preventive measures.
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Senate seeks to establish Hospital to treat leprosy, skin cancer, diseases
The Senate on Wednesday considered a bill seeking to revive an international hospital that would specifically focus on the treatment of leprosy, skin cancer and other skin related diseases. The National Dermatology (Specialist) Hospital Bill, 2021, which scaled second reading during plenary was sponsored by Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed (APC, Adamawa Central). Leading debate onRead More
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