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Nigeria records 541 COVID-19 cases
Nigeria has registered 541 new cases of COVID-19 as active cases continue to soar in the West African country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control which made this known via its verified website on Monday morning, said the additional infections, though declined from the 655 recorded on Saturday, raised the cumulative cases to 182,503. The…
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Afghan women express fear as Taliban sack female bank workers in two provinces
Women in Afghanistan have expressed fear as Taliban forces sack female bank workers in two provinces that had earlier fallen under their jackboot. This is even as advertisements that featured women wearing wedding dresses appear to have been painted over in Kabul after Taliban fighters entered Afghanistan’s capital on Sunday, according to Independent. A man…
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BBNaija S6: At 14, I fell in love for the first time, says Jackie B
Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemate, Jackie B, has revealed that she fell in love for the first time when she was 14 years old. Jackie said this to Michael during bedtime on Sunday night, day 22 of the show, as Michael asked her to share a personal experience. According to her, she fell…
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BREAKING: Four feared dead as bandits abduct students in Zamfara college
Four persons were allegedly killed as suspected armed bandits abducted many students and teachers in Zamfara State. It was gathered that the bandits had attacked Zamfara College of Agriculture in Bakura Local Government Area of the state on Sunday when the incident happened. The college deputy registrar, Atiku Aliyu Bakura, confirmed the incident to BBC…
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Arsenal vs Chelsea: Romelu Lukaku begins training with teammates Tuesday
Romelu Lukaku will train with his Chelsea team-mates for the first time on Tuesday after a quarantine period following his club-record £97.5m move from Inter Milan. Lukaku is expected to be involved for Chelsea against Arsenal on Sunday, SkySports reports. He returned to Chelsea this week, 10 years after he first signed for the club…
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German forces to evacuate nationals from Afghanistan
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is planning to deploy soldiers to Afghanistan to help with the evacuation of German nationals and Afghans in danger from the Taliban, parliamentary sources said Monday. The government will seek a mandate from parliament to allow the deployment of as many as “several hundred soldiers”, the sources told AFP, citing a…
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Man allegedly trafficked girlfriend to Mali for prostitution
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons says it has arrested one Emmanuel Stephen for allegedly trafficking his 21-year-old girlfriend to Mali for prostitution. The agency’s Public Relations Officer, Vincent Adekoya, confirmed the arrest in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday. The statement said the suspect, who hails…
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Nigerians in US hold sports carnival
Nigerians living in the US have converged on New Jersey to celebrate the 12th Annual Nigerian Sports and Cultural Carnival organised by the Nigerian Sports and Cultural Organisation. The carnival featured the Yoruba board game “ayo”, soccer, table tennis, chess, draft, dancing competition and musical performance, awards presentation, among others. The Consul-General of Nigeria in…
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I told GEJ to take control before ‘Doctrine of Necessity’ was invoked -Otedola
Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, in his forthcoming book scheduled for release in November, has described the role he played in encouraging then Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan to assume the presidency when then President Umaru Yar’Adua became incapacitated. Otedola said that his action was predicated on the advice of an ex-maximum ruler who had told him to…
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Taliban declares ‘war is over’ as president, diplomats flee Kabul
The Taliban declared the war in Afghanistan over, after taking control of the presidential palace in Kabul while Western countries scrambled on Monday to evacuate their citizens amid chaos at the airport as frantic Afghans searched for a way out. President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday as the Islamist militants entered the capital…
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