South Africa on Thursday confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus, a 38-year-old male who travelled to Italy, health ministry announced. It is the first case in southern Africa and the latest confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria and Senegal. “This morning,… the National Institute for Communicable Diseases confirmed that a suspected case of […]
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The United States Department of State has announced a reward of $7 million (N2.5 billion) for anyone with credible information that can lead to the arrest of Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram insurgent group. The Rewards for Justice Program (RJP), the counterterrorism rewards program of the US Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service, disclosed
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President Donald Trump donated his quarterly salary to help “confront, contain, and combat the coronavirus.” Trump made the payment after taking a trip to the National Institute of Health on Tuesday afternoon to meet top immunologist Anthony Fauci as the US now has 100 confirmed cases of coronavirus with nine deaths recorded in Washington. Trump’s
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The Minister of Health, Osagie Emmanuel Ehanire has disclosed that the Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has been quarantined for two weeks. Ehanire revealed this on Tuesday when he paid a scheduled visit to the Senate Presdent, Ahmad Lawan, in #Abuja to brief him on the government efforts
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An order of interim injunction has been granted by a Federal Capital High Court, stopping Comrade Adams Oshiomhole from parading himself as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The injunction was granted on Wednesday by Justice Danlami Senchi who warned that political parties must be bound by their constitution and having been
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American jurist and television personality, Judge Judy, has announced that she is bringing her blockbuster first-run syndicated series “Judge Judy” to an end after 25 years. During her Monday appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres, the 77-year-old told DeGeneres that the 2020-21 season of Judge Judy will also be its last. The Hollywood Reporter also confirmed that Judge Judy will
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A suspected child trafficker identified as Mary Yakubu has been arrested with 23 children by the Taraba State Police Command. The suspect who was paraded before newsmen on Monday March 2, was nabbed with children between the ages of four and seven, comprising of 14 boys and nine girls. Taraba State Police Spokesperson, David Misal said the
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Suspected gunmen have abducted a Catholic priest, Reverend Father David Echioda, in Otukpo area of Benue State. According to reports, Reverend Echioda was kidnapped along Alla-Akpa Road while returning from Sunday mass at Utonkon, Ado Local Government Area of the state on Sunday March 1st. The Director of Information, Catholic Diocese, Otukpo, Reverend Father John
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The results of the first series of the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) for this year have been released. WAEC released the results 30 days after the conduct of the examination across Nigeria. This was disclosed by the Head of WAEC in Nigeria, Mr Olu Olanipekun during a press briefing in Lagos
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The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a suspected criminal syndicate of bankers that allegedly specialize in forging signatures of deceased bank customers, and stealing from their accounts. According to the EFCC, the suspects also execute fraudulent financial transactions, including unauthorised debits of depositors’ funds. A statement from the antigraft agency
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