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Convert isolation centres to diseases emergency units, institute advises FG
The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria has advised the Federal Government to convert the COVID-19 pandemic isolations centres across the country to Emergency Infectious Disease Centres for future outbreaks. The Chief Executive Officer of the institute, Dr Patrick Dakum, gave the advice in Abuja at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja on Sunday….
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Fuel scarcity: Probe spending on refineries or face legal action, SERAP tells Buhari
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and anti-corruption agencies to probe the spending on the country’s four refineries. The organisation also asked the president to order a probe into the alleged…
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Keyamo loses dad at 83
The Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has lost his father, Pa Matthias Keyamo. The late Keyamo died at age 83 on Saturday at his residence in Delta State. In a statement on Sunday by Keyamo’s Media Aide, Tunde Moshood burial details will be announced later by the family. It read, “The minister…
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22 fans injured at Mexican football match violence
At least, 22 people were wounded when violence erupted Saturday in the stands of a Mexican football match, which was called off when the clash spilled onto the field. The game between Queretaro and Atlas at La Corregidora stadium in the city of Queretaro — the ninth round of the 2022 Clausura football tournament —…
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Don’t return Nigeria to a foreign hospital bed
Abba Kyari, a suspended Nigeria Deputy Commissioner of Police, appears to be heading to the United States, no visa required, as Nigeria finally surrenders to that country’s extradition squeeze. It could have been no less embarrassing. Kyari was no ordinary cop, according to the legend he was the “Super Cop.” But he may have been…
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Kenya’s Kipchoge wins Tokyo marathon in fourth-fastest time in history
Kenya’s double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge said he would aim for “one thing at a time” after narrowly failing to beat his own world record in a dominating performance at the Tokyo marathon on Sunday. Kipchoge won the race in 2hr 2min 40sec, the fourth-fastest time in history, to give him victories in four of…
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I’ve grown thick skin to funny comments about my dancing career – Professor of Dance, Ojuade
A professor of Performance Studies and Practice at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Jeleel Ojuade, tells ALEXANDER OKERE about his passion and career in dance study When were you appointed a professor and what did that attainment mean to you? The announcement of my appointment as a professor was made in 2019 at the…
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Russia-Ukraine war: 306 Nigerians arrive Abuja from Hungary
The fourth batch of 306 Nigerians fleeing from the war in Ukraine has arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from Budapest, Hungary. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the evacuees arrived via Air Peace Airline at 12:35 a.m on Sunday. The stranded Nigerians were successfully evacuated following the intervention of the Federal…
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How operation ‘see-and-buy’ denied me PDP gov ticket – Oni, ex-Ekiti gov
Former governor of Ekiti State and the candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the June 18 governorship election, Chief Segun Oni, tells ABIODUN NEJO that people are tired of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, amidst other national issues The crowd was huge when you officially returned to Ekiti with the…
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Nigeria, a country with too many sovereigns
Colonial rule in Nigeria was conducted through Indirect Rule. It was a system of “native administration” patented in Northern Nigeria, which became the model exported by the British across their colonies. For all practical purposes, this system of government gave to most Emirs and other rulers in Chiefly communities, “more power than they had in…
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