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Nigeria’s President appoints dead man to run agency
Nigeria’s ageing leader has appointed a dead man to a senior government post — and not for the first time. President Buhari, 77, who was once compelled to deny rumours …

US Stocks record best of April earnings since 1987 as Amazon, Apple, S&P 500 hit a jump on advent of coronavirus drug
With most of the nation on lockdown, technology companies like Amazon and Apple benefited as consumers found other ways to spend their money. Apple said on Thursday that its revenue grew by nearly 1 …

All Civil Servants On Grade Level 14 And Above To Resume Work From Monday – FG
“Offices are to open Three (3) times a week, namely Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The closing time shall be 2.00pm on each day.”

Boris Johnson’s baby arrives amidst COVID-19 pandemics
Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds announce birth of baby

Double tragedy as Nurse loses husband and son!
– from COVID-19 related illness, and stabbing respectively London’s Metropolitan Police detectives continue to appeal for information following the fatal stabbing of 24-year-old Marketing graduate – David …

Poverty in the UK: what reports show in latest guide to the facts and figures
Being in poverty means different things to different people. That’s one of the reasons we have so many possible ways of measuring it in the UK. So one of the …

Coronavirus: What Buhari said about lockdown, testing, palliatives (FULL TEXT)
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has declared an overnight curfew from 8pm to 6am nationwide as part of efforts to curtail the spread of COVID-19. He has also …

NDDC Debunks Multi-Billion Fraud Allegation Rumours…”New Niger Delta Should Be Applauded And Not Attacked”
The Niger Delta Development Commission has been inundated with enquiries on many negative reports in online publications alleging acts of impropriety on the part of the commission. Given the extent …

Covid-19: Ooni donates motorised modular fumigators to Oyo, says homegrown efforts should be encouraged
“We have come to Oyo State to donate two modular fumigators to our forward-looking governor, who we are very pleased with. And we will continue from there.
“Coronavirus knows nobody. It is a leveller and we should all come together to fight it.
“From my business background before I became king, I had a fabricating yard and we came up with a technology of converting liquid to fog and it is very uncommon in Nigeria the way we fumigate. So, we decided to make it 100 per cent home-grown modular fumigator.
“It can be mounted at the back of any truck. We came up together with a lot of youths that are very agile to see how we can look at the opportunity from the disadvantage of the COVID-19 that is all over the world.”

Kim Jong-un dead – multiple sources claim North Korean dictator died Saturday night
KIM JONG-UN, North Korea’s Supreme Leader is dead – according to multiple sources coming out of North Korea and the Far East. It was being reported as fact by …

Makinde Floats New Public Health Facilities At Secretariat, Orders Senior Civil Servants To Resume April 27th, Relaxes Curfew Period
Makinde Relaxes Curfew Period, Opens Secretariat For Senior Civil Servants To Resume April 27th. The State Secretariat will be reopened on Monday April 27th 2020. Only civil servants at level …

UK Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 20,000 amidst A/E admission 50% Drop
The number of people to have died in UK hospitals after testing positive for Covid-19 is now 20,319, a rise of 813 from yesterday. This figure does not include deaths connected with the …

COVID-19: Nigeria hits 1,095 as NCDC confirms 114 cases, 80 reported in Lagos
NCDC confirms 114 new COVID-19 cases, 80 reported in Lagos The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 114 new cases of COVID-19 in eight states and the federal …

How Hushpuppi’s Cousin Flexing Mike Was Arrested, Charged For Gun Shooting In the UK
An upcoming Nigerian rapper in the UK who goes by the name, Flexing Mike who is also a cousin to popular Nigerian billionaire social media influencer, Hushpuppi has been arrested …

Manhunt Underway As Lebanese Puts Nigerian On Sale On Facebook
Following the outcry that greeted the sale of a Nigerian lady on social media in Lebanon, manhunt has begun to locate the culprit who advertised the lady with her passport …