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Plateau killings: Kaduna govt evacuates students from UNIJOS
The Kaduna State Government on Thursday announced the evacuation of its indigenes who are students of the University of Jos and other tertiary institutions in Plateau State. This followed the escalation of killings in Jos, Plateau State and the reimposition of curfew in some parts of the state. The Executive Secretary, Kaduna State Scholarship and…
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Nigeria’s economy grew by 5.01% in second quarter -NBS
Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product grew by 5.01 per cent, year-on-year, in the second quarter according to the National Bureau of Statistics. NBS disclosed this in its GDP Report for Q2 released on Thursday. According to the report, the 5.01 per cent marks three consecutive quarters of growth following the negative growth rates recorded in the…
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BREAKING: Nigeria win first gold at Tokyo Paralympics
Latifat Tijani has won Nigeria’s first gold medal at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympic Games. She won the gold on Thursday in women’s 45kg powerlifting. Tijani defeated China’s Zhe Cui to lift 107kg. Latifat Tijani was gold medalist at the Brazzaville 2015 Africa Games and silver medalist at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, who will also be…
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Man City offered chance to sign Ronaldo
Manchester City have been offered the chance to sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus. Ronaldo is out of contract next summer and Juventus want to sell him to save on the £500,000 a week wages they pay him plus tax. Ronaldo is willing to leave and his agent Jorge Mendes has been looking for a club…
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BBNaija S6: Boma’s closeness to Angel is strategic, says Peace
Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemate, Peace, stated that Boma’s closeness to Angel is strategic. Peace made this statement while discussing with Nini in the garden on Wednesday night. The duo discussed Boma’s behaviour towards the girls and the rest of the housemates. During the discussion, Peace stated, “I might be wrong but I…
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Former England captain Ted Dexter dies
Former England captain Ted Dexter, “one of England’s greatest ever cricketers”, has died aged 86, the Marylebone Cricket Club announced on Thursday. Dexter skippered England in 30 of his 62 Tests with the MCC commenting he had played “the game with the same sense of adventure and fun that captures much of the story of…
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Two Nigerians plead guilty to defrauding US postal customers of $.5m
Two Nigerians have pleaded guilty to defrauding postal customers of $565,000 in Maryland, United States. According to a statement on Wednesday by the Federal Court in Maryland, Johnson Ogunlana, 25, of Maryland; and Samson Oguntuyi, 29, of Georgia, “pleaded guilty on the eve of trial to federal charges related to schemes to defraud financial institutions,…
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Nigeria records 637 COVID-19 cases, seven deaths
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections on Wednesday stood at 188,880. A total of 637 additional infections and seven deaths were recorded on Aug. 25, the NCDC announced via its verified website on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria, however, reports that the new infections indicate a decrease from…
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Japan stops use of 1.63m Moderna vaccine doses over contamination
Japan will halt the use of 1.63 million doses of Moderna’s Covid vaccine after reports of contamination in several vials, drugmaker Takeda and the health ministry said Thursday. Takeda, which is in charge of sales and distribution of the Moderna shot in Japan, said it had “received reports from several vaccination centres that foreign substances…
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BBNaija S6: Housemates apologise as Liquorose warns against disrespect
Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye Head of House, Liquorose, read the riot act to housemates for disrespecting her office and countering her suggestions. Liquorose said this on Wednesday night after the Supa Komando task, as a result of the failure of the first part of the task. The initial part of the task involved…
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