Month: June 2020
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NAF offers free medical treatment to IDPs in Katsina
June 25, 2020 (NAN) The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has conducted free medical treatment for persons displaced by bandits’ attacks in 20 communities of Faskari Local Government Area (LGA), Katsina State. The service also distributed food items and other relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the area. The Chief of Air Staff (CAS),…
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Impending domestic flight resumption: Air Peace begins shakedown flights
Air Peace says it has began shakedown flights of several of its fleets of aircraft, as the resumption of domestic flight operations drew closer. Spokesperson of the airline, Stanley Olisa said in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, that the shakedown flights were part of measures the airline had developed to guarantee safety of both…
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COVID-19: NCDC records 649 new cases, as total infection hits 22,020
Nigeria has recorded 649 new cases of COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the total number of infections in the country, as at June 24, to 22,020. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on Wednesday through its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 649 new confirmed cases were from 23 states, with nine…
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Pope writes to hospitalised Zanardi saying he has given “lesson of humanity’’
Pope Francis has written to former Formula One driver and Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi, telling him his life is a “lesson of humanity”. The Italian is in intensive care after suffering severe head injuries in a handbike accident on Friday. In a handwritten letter published by a sports newspaper in Italy, Pope Francis said the…
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Chinese, Dutch leaders exchange congratulations on birth of panda cub
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, recently exchanged congratulatory messages with Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on the birth of a giant panda cub in the European country. Xi and Peng said in their letter that the new cub, born in May by giant panda Wu Wen in a Dutch Zoo,…
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FCT inaugurates ICT centre for management of school records
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Acting Education Secretary, Mr Umar Marafa, has inaugurated an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centre at the Department of Quality Assurance to enable it collect, organise and manage school records. At the handing over ceremony of the ICT centre provided by Mercy Multi Dimensional Project International in Abuja on Wednesday,…
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Death toll from Mexican quake rises to 10 as residents clear rubble
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck southern Mexico on Tuesday has risen to 10 people, authorities said, as locals began clearing the rubble and assessing the damage from the temblor. The area surrounding the popular Huatulco beach resort in the southern state of Oaxaca was hardest hit by the 7.4 magnitude quake,…
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Nobel laureates, leaders warn virus restrictions threaten democracy
Measures introduced to stem the coronavirus pandemic pose a threat to human and political rights – also in democracies, warned over 500 signatories to an open letter published on Thursday. “Even some democratically elected governments are fighting the pandemic by amassing emergency powers that restrict human rights and enhance state surveillance without regard to legal…
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Ghana pledges to restore Nigeria’s diplomatic property to original state
The Ghanaian government on Thursday reiterated its commitment to restoring to its original state, the residential building of the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana that was demolished a few days ago following an attack.. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that armed men had attacked the mission on Friday night and demolished the official…
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Gombe Gov, Yahaya greets Speaker Gbajabiamila at 58
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe has felicitated with the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila as he clocks 58 years today. In a congratulatory message, issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Ismaila Uba-Misilli in Gombe on Thursday, the governor said Gbajabiamila has shown great leadership skills in the service to his…