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Day: December 11, 2020

FG Directs COVID-19 Isolation Centres To Prepare For Reopening

Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire
Says Nigeria to receive 20m doses of vaccine early next year The Federal Government has asked COVID-19 treatment centres across the country to prepare for reopening. Some of the centresRead More

Buratai, Others Self-isolate As COVID-19 Scare Hits Army

Ex-Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai
GOC’s death from virus causes panic COAS scales down son’s wedding The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, General Officers Commanding (GOCs), field commanders and other participants, whoRead More

Nigeria Tolerates Religious Violence, US Govt Insists

US Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom, Samuel Brownback
The United States has shed more light on why it added Nigeria to the religious freedom blacklist, attributing it to the Federal Government’s alleged violations of religious freedom. The US,Read More

W’Bank Considers Nigerian States’ $1.5bn Loan Request Next Week

World Bank’s Country Director for Nigeria, Mr. Shubham Chaudhuri
Insists deepening reforms critical in mitigating COVID-19 crisis The World Bank will next Monday deliberate on a fresh loan request of a total of $1.5 billion by states in Nigeria.Read More

Crude Oil Price Hits $50 On COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

Crude oil
New price portends higher cost of petrol Brent crude hit $50 a barrel yesterday, for the first time since oil prices crashed in early March, as hopes of swifter-than-thought COVID-19Read More