Vanguard Latest News Saturday 20th June 2020
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 20/06/20
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Enugu Assembly member, Chijioke Ugwueze, dies aged 49
The member representing Isi-uzo Constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly, Mr Chijioke Ugwueze is dead. The death of the lawmaker came three days after the death of the Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Area, Chief Patrick Omeje. Confirming the sad development in Enugu on Saturday, the immediate younger brother of the deceased, MrRead More
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Charly Boy releases song ‘Mumu Don Do?’, featuring Oritse Femi
Foremost Nigerian showbiz maestro, singer and activist, Charly Boy has released a hit single ‘Mumu Don Do?’, featuring ace singer and performer, Oritse Femi. The maverick artiste, whose real name is Charles Oputa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday that the socially conscious ‘collabo’ was a ‘gift’ to his fans as heRead More
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16 youth renounce cult membership, surrender guns in Rivers
No fewer than 16 cultists of two separate cult groups have renounced membership of their cult groups in Rivers State. The repentant cultists also surrendered one AK-47 rifle, one pump action gun and three machetes. CSP Ebere Amaraizu, the National Coordinator of Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), said this in a statementRead More
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COVID-19: Bayelsa confirms 42 new cases, 6 deaths
By Emem Idio – Yenagoa THE Bayelsa State Task Force on Covid-19, says the State has recorded 42 new cases of Covid-19 in three days, another 6 deaths and 1 discharged within the same period. The Deputy-Chairman of the Covid-19 Task Force, Dr. Inodu Akpoku, who disclosed this in a statement in Yenagoa, weekend, saidRead More
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Osinbajo says there’s need for national debate to deliberate on Nigeria’s expensive governance
The Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has said that there is a need for Nigeria to call for a national debate to look into the numerous issues around the size and cost of its expensive and unsustainable governance. Osinbajo narrated that cutting the cost of governance is something that must be done but it could beRead More
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Health agency warns Nigeria still at risk of wild polio virus
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Friday said Nigeria was still at risk of Polio epidemic as Nigeria awaits to be formally certified polio-free in August. Its Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib, spoke at a Zoom meeting to celebrate the new status with some donor partners and stakeholders in Abuja. Shuaib, however,Read More
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COVID-19: Forced marriages, early pregnancies may increase as girls are sold for cash — Okonjo-Iweala
By Morenike Taire We have been presented the opportunity to reimagine and redesign our society into a vibrant and equitable one COVID-19 has unearthed massive inequalities within our societies and brought to glaring light the unique burdens that women carry the world over. Allocation of response resources should be targeted towards the immediate needs ofRead More
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Brazil becomes second country to hit one million coronavirus cases after US
…With a record 54,000 new infections in a single day Brazil has become the second country in the world to hit one million coronavirus cases after infections soared by 54,000 in one day. The South American country recorded more than 1,200 deaths for the fourth consecutive day bringing the total to nearly 49,000 yesterday. ItRead More
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Unusual school where only children of the poor are admitted
Full boarding with everything provided free Life now has a meaning for us — Students The rich must help the poor to secure our future — Oba Abolarin By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo There is something pleasantly unusual about Abolarin College located in Oke-Ila, a border community with Ekiti state in Ifedayo Local Government AreaRead More
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I will return PDP to winning ways in Edo — Obaseki
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Friday said he came to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after much consultation nationwide promising that he would bring the party to winning ways again and that he visited the secretariat to formally register with the party. He was received by members of the State Executive of theRead More
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