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#BUA Chairman, AbdulSamad Rescues Kano,Lagos with N3.3b
Abdulsamad Rabiu of BUA Group, has pledged to commit an additional N3.3 billion grant immediately through the PTFCOVID19, NCDC and other stakeholders to re-equip two existing infectious disease facilities in Kano and Lagos.
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The Return of Geo-Economics by Prof Michael Lind
Debates about national security and the global economy are merging into a single debate about relative national power. Such developments raise an obvious question—if considerations of national security and industrial self-sufficiency are so important, then why has free trade ever existed at all? The answer is that free trade is something of a historical aberration; […]
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Strange Deaths: FG should Hasten Testing Support for #Kano-Ganduje
Fear has enveloped residents of Kano metropolis as more people continue to succumb to a strange illness that has hit some parts of the city. Governor Abdulahi Ganduje has repeated his earlier call for testing assistance from the Federal Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that scores of people, including elites and prominent […]
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PM Johnson Returns to Work Monday
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return to work on Monday after recovering from the novel coronavirus, a government spokesperson confirmed to dpa. He has been recuperating at Chequers, the prime minister’s residence outside London, after he was released from hospital on April 12. Johnson spent a week undergoing treatment for COVID-19, the respiratory disease […]
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COVID-19 Lockdown: Borno Threatens Clerics with Prosecution
Three Islamic clerics may be prosecuted by Borno state Ministry ofJustice; for allegedly flaunting the lock down of Maiduguri metropolisagainst coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The suspected clerics could also face wrath of law; for conductingJummat prayers in mosques at the weekend. Confirming the incident Sunday in Maiduguri, Borno state COVID-19response team, Umar Kadafur, who doubles as […]
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#Kano Deaths: #PDP Demands Investigation, Calls for Presidential Visit
… Berates Ganduje For Abandoning Governance The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded an immediateinvestigation into the disturbing mass death in Kano state, urging aPresidential visit to the state, where no fewer than 640 citizens hadreportedly died under mysterious circumstances in the last one week. The party’s call is predicated on conflicting reports emanating fromKano […]
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Op-ed: #Kano now Killing Field for #Coronavirus Pandemic in #Africa
By Prof. Usman Yusuf I raised alarm in an article I wrote which was published in the Daily Trust Newspaper (page 6) on April 22nd, 2020 on how COVID-19 was ravaging Kano city. I opined that if urgent action was not taken by the Federal Government, the city could become the epicenter of the virus […]
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Op-ed: Beware of Unintended Consequences:A Warning to Policy Makers
By Moses Oladele Idowu OPEN LETTER TO THE GOVERNORS OF 36 STATES Your Excellencies, I want to begin this address by placing on record my acknowledgment and appreciation of your special efforts, exertions and labour in the midst of this trying period occasioned by a disabling pandemic and the challenges associated with it. I acknowledge […]
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Op-ed: The Allegory of Nigerian Youth by Faith Berewa
Away from the Covid-19 Pandemic, I saw a news item which I initially ignored. I stumbled into it some days later so I decided to go through. According to the Punch, the President has approved the temporary employment of 774,000 Nigerian youths, to clear gutters, sweep the streets and markets for a period of three […]