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LASG seals 43 buildings at Airport road
The Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development says it has sealed 43 buildings on Airport Road for violating the physical planning laws. Mukaila Sanusi, for the ministry, said in a statement on Thursday that the Commissioner, Dr Idris Salako, supervised the exercise on Wednesday. Salako said most of the buildings, including 13…
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Mother fakes daughter’s kidnap, demands N2m ransom
Katsina A housewife, Fatima Bishir 22, is now in the Police net for faking the Kidnap of her five-year-old daughter in Katsina. SP Gambo Isah, the katsina Police command spokesman (PPRO) disclosed this on Thursday while parading the suspect before newsmen in katsina. He said the suspect also faked the Kidnap of her daughter to…
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Another Super Eagles player tests positive for COVID-19
News coming out of France reports that Super Eagles forward Samuel Kalu has become a coronavirus patient after testing positive. While Kalu’s club Bordeaux made the announcement on Tuesday without revealing his name, Nigerian publication Brila believes it is the 22-year-old Abia-born footballer. “Bordeaux forward, Samuel Kalu, has been tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the…
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GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Disquiet, war drums sounding louder in Southern Kaduna as Locals discover more corpses in Kukum-daji
The ugly scenery of the attack in Kukum-daji Kaura local government of Kaduna State became more bare as the darkness fades in the early hours of Monday. Few minutes ago TNG spoke to some locals who said as at 8:45am Monday, no security agent has visited the scene. According to the locals, more bodies are…
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Edo badly hit as Nigeria records 556 new cases of Coronavirus
Edo State on Sunday recorded the highest Coronavirus cases, as the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced 556 new cases. Edo takes the lead while Lagos followed in the new cases that put the nation’s total coronavirus figures at 36,663 and 789 deaths. However, 15,105 patients have been discharged upon treatment and recovery from…
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APC to Ondo guber aspirants: Your agitation against choice of primary late
The Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said aspirants who rejected the indirect mode of primary for the State Governorship Primary Election are late with their agitation. The Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/ Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee has chosen the indirect mode of primary for the state, appointing Governor of Kogi…
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Fire breakout at Nantes Cathedral in France, authorities suspect arson
A fire in the 15-century cathedral in the western French city of Nantes blew out stained glass windows and destroyed the grand organ on Saturday, and officials said they suspected arson. Prosecutor Pierre Sennes told reporters three fires had been started at the site and authorities were treating the incident as a criminal act. He…
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BREAKING: Buhari names Delta railway after Jonathan
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the naming of the Railway Complex in Agbor, Delta State after expresident Goodluck Jonathan. Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi disclosed this on his verified Twitter handle on Saturday. Today, we continued test-run of our new coaches on the completed Itakpe-Warri standard gauge rail line. We've named the largest station on this…
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Spanish Catholic priest who served in Nigeria for 28 years dies of COVID-19 in Enugu
The Catholic Diocese of Enugu has announced the death of its priest, Rev. Fr. Joachim Cabanyes, following COVID-19 complications. He died at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) isolation centre. Rev. Fr. Nkemjika Igweshi, Secretary to Most Rev. Callistus Onaga, Bishop of Enugu Diocese, announced the death to newsmen in Enugu on Saturday. Fr.…
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John Lewis, ‘conscience of US Congress’ is dead
John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and longtime member of the United States House of Representatives, died on Friday. Lewis, a member of Congress from Atlanta who had announced in December that he had advanced pancreatic cancer, was 80. “He loved this country so much that he risked his life and his…