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Nigeria considers imposing new visa restrictions on Americans in response to US ban

 

NIGERIA is considering imposing visa restrictions on visitors from the US and several other countries in response to them  introducing similar limitations on the rights of Nigerians to visit their countries.

 

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Buhari's adviser Prof Itse Sagay questions neutrality of panel probing Ibrahim Magu

 

ONE of President Muhammadu Buhari's advisers the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (Pacac) Professor Itse Sagay has criticised the panel probing former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) acting chairman Ibrahim Magu.

 

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Russia becomes first country to approve Covid-19 vaccine which Putin even tried on his daughter

 

RUSSIA has become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a Covid-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing which President Vladimir Putin says will soon be widely dispensed across the country.

 

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Kano Sharia court sentences musician to death for claiming African prophet is higher than Mohammed

 

NIGERIAN musician Yahaya Sharif-Aminu has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Kano State Sharia Court for blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad after he composed as song saying a West African cleric was a higher messenger of Islam.

 

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Stoke City join the race to bring Mikel to England as the club chases promotion to Premier League

ENGLISH Championship side Stoke City have joined the race to sign former Super Eagles skipper Mikel Obi as the demand for his services intensifies in the run-up to the start of the 2020/21 season.

 

Mikel, 33, is currently a free agent after parting company with Turkish club Trabzonspor in March following a dispute over the coronavirus pandemic. In 2006, Mikel joined Chelsea where he played for 11 years before moving to China with Tianjin Teda in 2017.

 

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Rather than taking out all these loans to meet recurrent costs like salaries, it would make more economic sense for Buhari to approach the World Bank and IMF for cash to fund housing

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Given that there are 200m Nigerians with about 50% of them being 18 and over, we should have a 20-year plan to build 40m housing units over the next 20 years

[2] Of these 40m, the federal government will build at least 5m housing units in Abuja and Lagos each

[3] All 36 state and the 774 local governments must build houses as a matter of law

[4] Each state must build at least 10,000 housing units a year

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Innoson say it sources 60% of its parts locally and manufactures all its carcases in Nigeria

 

NIGERIAN automobile maker the Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company has revealed that it has now developed to a stage whereby it uses as much as 60% of locally manufactured components in producing its vehicles.

 

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Kwara State receives $100m World Bank grant to assist its war against coronavirus

 

KWARA State government has received a sum of N100m ($260,282) World Bank to assist it as officials seek to strengthen the management of the health and social apparatus against the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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Nigeria faces prospect of petrol shortages again as Lagos State tanker drivers go on strike

 

PETROLEUM tanker drivers in Lagos State have commenced an indefinite strike today that could lead to significant petrol shortages across the country following the breakdown of negotiations between their union and the government.

 

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Church attendance is low in Lagos as state government permits services for the first time since March

CHURCH services resumed across Lagos State yesterday as the government eased the restrictions imposed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic with attendance being very poor as worshippers stayed away to avoid infection.

 

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