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Russia becomes first country to approve Covid-19 vaccine which Putin even tried on his daughter
RUSSIA has become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a Covid-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing which President Vladimir Putin says will soon be widely dispensed across the country. Yet to be given...
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Kwara State receives $100m World Bank grant to assist its war against coronavirus
KWARA State government has received a sum of N100m ($260,282) World Bank to assist it as officials seek to strengthen the management of the health and social apparatus against the coronavirus pandemic. Relatively unaffected by the...
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Church attendance is low in Lagos as state government permits services for the first time since March
CHURCH services resumed across Lagos State yesterday as the government eased the restrictions imposed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic with attendance being very poor as worshippers stayed away to avoid infection. Like most nations on...
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Rotimi Amaechi's railway masterplan should look something like this
Ayo Akinfe A rail network will be constructed across the country over the next 20 years linking all 36 states, employing no less than 10m people. This will also involve the manufacturing of carriages, tracks, signal boxes, equipment, etc ...
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About 350 Nigerians to be evacuated from the UK to Abuja by Air Peace on August 15
NIGERIAN high commission officials in the UK have revealed details of the next evacuation flight of its citizens from the UK due to take place on August 15 involving a chartered flight from Gatwick Airport to Abuja. Like most other...
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World Bank board meeting postponement delays release of Covid-19 loan to Nigeria
WORLD Bank officials have delayed the first tranche of a $2.5bn loan to be paid to Nigeria as part of the Covid-19 relief package because a meeting of its board of directors due to hold yesterday where the payment was to be authorised was...
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Aviation minister intervenes as National Association of Air Pilots and Engineers threatens strike
NIGERIA'S aviation minister Senator Hadi Sirika has intervened in the industrial dispute between the National Association of Air Pilots and Engineers (Naape) and Bristow Helicopters which threatens to paralyse flights across the...
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US embassy says 250 ventilators Trump promised Buhari will be delivered next week
WASHINGTON has pledged to deliver the 250 ventilators that President Donald Trump promised Nigeria when the coronavirus pandemic was at its height in April next week some five months after the original delivery date. On April 28,...
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