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Buhari, Tinubu’s relationship intact -Presidency

June 27, 2020 Latest News 298

By Our Correspondent The Presidency has dismissed reports insinuating that President Muhammadu Buhari and APC chieftain Bola Tinubu have fallen apart, following the dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) on Thursday. Malam Garba…

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Video of sex in UN official car deeply disturbing – Official

June 27, 2020 Latest News 317

Agency Report The United Nations (UN) says it has launched an investigation into a viral video showing a couple apparently having sex in one of its official cars in Israel. Spokesman of the Secretary-General, Mr…

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Buhari, Makinde mourn former Oyo Governor, Abiola Ajimobi

June 25, 2020 Latest News 215

By Our Correspondent President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with government and people of Oyo State over the passing of former governor, Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi, whose contributions to the development of the state, and nation, will…

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Over 1,000 Europen lawmakers sign letter opposing Israel’s annexation plan

June 24, 2020 Foreign 130

More than 1,000 elected officials from 25 European countries have signed a letter opposing Israel’s latest planned annexation of Palestinian territory, Haaretz has reported. With the illegal annexation of the occupied West Bank just days away, lawmakers…

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Annexation is still inadmissible, even by Israel

June 24, 2020 Foreign 98

Israel’s project to annex 40 per cent of the occupied West Bank is hanging in the balance and without the long-awaited green light from the Trump administration, it will remain stalled. After his abysmal mishandling…

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Iran arrests men for ‘selling babies on Instagram’

June 24, 2020 Crime/Judiciary/Security 121

Three men have been arrested in Iran on suspicion of trying to sell two babies on Instagram. Tehran’s Police chief, Brig-Gen Hossein Rahimi, said one of the children was 20 days old. The other was…

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U.S. sees worst single day coronavirus spike since April

June 24, 2020 Americas 142

Agency Report The United States recorded its worst single-day new coronavirus caseload since April, according to data tallied by CNN, The New York Times and Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. reported between about 35,000 and…

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Egypt confirms 1,332 new COVID-19 cases, tally surpasses 58,000

June 24, 2020 Africa 110

Agency Report Egypt confirmed on Tuesday 1,332 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total cases registered in the country since mid-February to 58,141, said Egyptian Health Ministry. The new infections mark the lowest in five days…

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AfDB ranked 4th in transparency among global development institutions

June 24, 2020 Africa 91

By Our Correspondent Publish What You Fund, a global index body, has ranked the African Development Bank (AfDB) fourth out of 47 global development institutions on its Aid Transparency Index. The bank’s Communications and External Relations…

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Adamawa earmarks N550 million for fertiliser towards 2020 farming season

June 24, 2020 Agriculture 71

From Our Correspondent The Adamawa State Government has earmarked N550 million for the procurement of fertiliser for the 2020 farming season. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Umar Pella, disclosed this shortly after the State…