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- March 27, 2020
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COVID-19: How pandemic is squeezing the Italian mafia
It was a glimpse of a glow of a cigarette behind the shutters of an abandoned house that led Italian police to the crime boss they had been tracking for…
Again, Nigeria loses 20 security operatives to bandits in bloody exchange
Barely 48 hours after about 50 Nigerian soldiers were brutally mowed down in a Boko Haram ambush, another team of 20 security personnel have reportedly been killed by bandits. A…
NEW SYMPTOMS: If there’s sudden loss of smell or taste, it may be COVID-19
A loss of a sense of smell or taste may be a symptom of COVID-19, medical groups representing ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialists have warned. Citing a growing number of…
COVID-19 Fallout: 80 countries seek financial help from IMF
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has said the human costs of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are already immeasurable. She also disclosed that nearly 80…
COVID-19: It’s time to shut down, CUPP tells Governors
Barely 24 hours after it served an advisory on 17 governors to self-isolate themselves, the Coalition of United Progressive Parties (CUPP) which has kept abreast of the emerging developments in…
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- March 24, 2020
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Operation Rewired: Wanted female FBI suspect, ‘Jay Jay’, bags two-year jail term
The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of a fugitive suspect, Joan Uruvbu (alias Jay Jay) on a two-count charge bordering…
US Surgeon-General on COVID-19: “This week, it’s going to get bad”
Monday, the Surgeon General of the United States, Jerome Adams, MD, said on the ‘Today Show’ that this week could get bad for many Americans who will face a growing rise of COVID-19 cases…
COVID-19: CUPP wants Bayelsa Governor, 16 APC Governors, others tested to curtail spread
…Wishes Kyari speedy recovery The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has drawn up an advisory list of top government functionaries that may have made contact with the Chief of…
INVESTIGATION: “Nigeria has less than 500 ventilators for COVID-19 patients”
As the COVID-19 infection spreads to six states in Nigeria, with fear that the infection could get worse, highly-placed health workers have said that the nation does not have up…
COVID-19: Aisha Buhari bars access to President Buhari as Kyari goes into quarantine
Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has blocked off all access to the President at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, following the President’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari’s reported COVID-19 infection.…
COVID-19: Uzodinma ignores directive on social distancing, holds elaborate swearing-in ceremony
…As Civil Society kicks Barely 48 hours after the Imo state governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma addressed Imo people in a statewide broadcast urging strict compliance to social restrictions, the government…
COVID-19: Ebonyi bans burials, weddings, seminars
Governor of Ebonyi state, Chief Dave Umahi, Monday banned all forms of public gathering including wedding ceremonies, burials, conferences and seminars in the state. The ban will stay in force…
Atiku’s son tests postive to COVID-19, hospitalized
…CUPP reacts One of the sons of Nigeria former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has tested positive to COVID-19. This was disclosed by Atku Abubakar himself through his Twitter handle,…
COVID-19: IGP orders enforcement of social restriction
…Warns against unnecessary arrests, detention Following the rampaging spread of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) across the world and the increasing number of confirmed cases in Nigeria, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP)…
COVID-19: Wake up Mr. President, we have an emergency – CUPP
In view of the growing spread of the COVID-19 pandemic with a total of 27 identified cases as at Sunday, the Nigerian opposition under the aegis of the Coalition of…
