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Day: July 1, 2020

Nigeria, Other African Oil Exporters Will Lose $34bn – IMF

IMF boss, Kristalina Georgieva
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is estimated to cost Nigeria and other oil exporters in Africa a total of about $34bn in revenue. According to the International Monetary Fund,Read More

CAC Deregisters Splinter Ohanaeze As Group Talks Tough

Ohanaeze Ndigbo
The Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, has allegedly withdrawn the registration of the splinter group of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, saying it has not fulfilled all the requirements for registration. The traditional rulerRead More

Police Arrest Human Parts Dealer In Rivers, Uncover Four Corpses

Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr. Joseph Mukan
The Rivers State Police Command on Tuesday nabbed a human parts dealer, identified as Anthony Ndubuisi, who allegedly kidnapped, killed and dumped the remains of his four victims in hisRead More

Illegal Entry: FG Rescues 39 Nigerians Detained In Ghana

Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa
The Federal Government has said it facilitated the release of 39 Nigerians arrested for illegally entering Ghana during the COVID-19 lockdown in the country. It said the citizens would beRead More

National Assembly, Discos Ask FG To Subsidise Electricity Consumption

Electricity power plants
The National Assembly and electricity distribution companies have asked the Federal Government to subsidise eletricity consumption. The Discos had on Monday told the National Assembly leadership that the only conditionRead More

Bauchi Vigilantes Torture Undergraduate To Death Over Mother’s Theft Allegation

Abdulsalam Ibrahim
A vigilante group in Bauchi State, Yan Committee, has tortured a 21-year-old undergraduate to death on allegations by his mother that he stole her wrapper. The incident was said toRead More

FG Inaugurates Committees For Recruitment Of 774,000 Nigerians

Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo
The Federal Government has inaugurated the States’ Selection Committees on Extended Special Public Works for the recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians to be engaged under the programme. A statement issued byRead More

FG 774,000 Public Jobs: MC Oluomo, Tinubu’s Daughter, Make 20-Man Lagos Selection Committee

The Chairman of Lagos State Chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, MC Oluomo
The Chairman of the Lagos State branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Musliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, has made the 20-man list for the selectionRead More

Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms 561 New Cases In Nigeria; 200 In Lagos, 119 In Edo, 52 In Kaduna, Others

There are 25,694 confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Nigeria, as of Tuesday, June 30th, 2020.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it has confirmed five hundred and sixty one (561) new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Of the newly-confirmed 561 coronavirusRead More