Ogun and Lagos state governments quarantine facilities visited by the Italian coronavirus victim

NIGERIAN authorities have moved swiftly to shut down and quarantine the two premises where the Italian contract worker reported to have been infected with the dreaded coronavirus has visited since arriving in the country.

 

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Solskjaer describes Ighalo as a natural striker after he opens his Manchester United account against Brugge

MANCHESTER United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has described Odion Ighalo as a natural striker after the targetman scored his first goal for the club during yesterday's 5-0 victory over Belgian clubside Brugge in the Europa League.

 

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Who else is perplexed as to why heavy industry has never really taken off in Nigeria?

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) With India recently overtaking Britain and now the world’s fifth largest economy, on course to soon become number three behind China and poised for over 10% GDP growth this year, I felt it was worthwhile checking out what they are doing right

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Pope Francis feared to have contracted coronavirus after he met with several victims

POPE Francis has become the latest victim suspected on contracting the dreaded coronavirus after he was forced to cancel a mass upon catching an unspecified illness after meeting with several infected people earlier this week.

 

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Epe traditional monarch confers chieftaincy titles on two US investors operational within his kingdom

OLOJA of Epe Kingdom in Lagos State His Royal Majesty Oba Kamorudeen Animashaun has conferred chieftaincy titles on two Caucasian American investors who have created jobs within his domain.

 

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Rohr says Leon Balogun may return to the Eagles now he is playing again with Wigan

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has revealed that the door is not shut on centreback Leon Balogun despite the defender suffering a loss of form lately that has resulted in him joining English Championship side Wigan Athletic in search of playing time.

 

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Leah Sharibu's mother plans to meet with Boris Johnson to help secure her daughters release

LEAH Sharibu's mother Rebecca intends holding a meeting with British prime minister Boris Johnson over the next few days to help secure the release of her daughter as she is getting exasperated with what she described as the inaction of President Muhammadu Buhari.

 

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All six southwestern states agree to pass one uniform Amotekun security bill into law

GOVERNORS of all the six southwestern state are going to sign into law a uniform bill establishing the regional security outfit Amotekun between now and next week following its passing by their respective state houses of assemblies.

 

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I hope those behind Amotekun realise that the statue of Sango has always been mounted outside the offices of our power companies

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Sango, the third alaafin of Oyo is regarded as Nigeria’s patron saint of electricity. His statue was erected outside the Nepa headquarters along Marina in Lagos as he is considered the embodiment of power. He and his famous axe are still mounted outside distribution companies today

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American inter-faith leaders warn that Nigeria may soon become the most dangerous place on earth

AMERICAN inter-faith leaders have declared that Nigeria a ticking time bomb which may soon become the most dangerous place on the planet if something is not done urgently to address the growing spate of insecurity across the country.

 

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