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Osinbajo's post-coronavirus economic plan involves expanding farmland and launching a public works programme

VICE president Professor Yemi Osinbajo has warned that nearly 40m Nigerians might lose their jobs this year as a result of the economic fallout from the shutdown introduced in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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Dele Alli suspended for one match after posting tasteless joke about Asian man and Covid-19 on Snapchat

NIGERIAN-born playmaker Dele Alli has been suspended for one match by the English Football Association over a post he wrote on social media about coronavirus in which he appeared to be mocking an Asian man.

 

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Flying Doctors Nigeria unveils mobile isolation transport unit for Covid-19 patients

DIASPORA mobile clinic Flying Doctors Nigeria has unveiled a new piece of equipment known as the isolation pod that will serve as a temporary shelter to provide quarantine services for patients infected with the Covid-19 virus.

 

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APC's Edo State battle gets messier as party secretariat rejects Obaseki's nomination

GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki has been disqualified from standing as a candidate in the Edo State primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) due to take place on June 22 when the party will elect a gubernatorial candidate.

 

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Ohanaeze Youth Council warns Atiku to stay clear of 2023 presidency in Democracy Day message

IGBO young people's organisation the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has warned former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to respect the principle of a rotational presidency and shelve plans to run for office in 2023.

 

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10 sectors in which Nigeria should be looking for cheap companies hit by Covid-19 to buy and then privatise with the government holding a stake of no more than 25%

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Airlines
(2) Steel plants
(3) Food processing plants
(4) Machine tool manufacturers
(5) Car assembly plants
(6) Railway carriage manufacturing
(7) Aircraft manufacturers
(8) Shipbuilding firms
(9) Mobile/laptop/iPad manufacturers
(10) Fashion labels

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Lagos to being offering drive-through concerts after initial completion of trial run in Lekki

LAGOS is all set to begin hosting drive-through entertainment concerts after the successful completion of a pilot project at Bay Lounge along Admiralty Way in Lekki which got the approval of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (Lasepa).

 

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Nigeria's U17 goalkeeper and defender Okotcha sign professional contracts with West Ham

NIGERIA'S U17 goalkeeper Daniel Jinadu has signed his first professional contract with English Premier league side West Ham alongside fellow compatriot Joshua Okotcha at a recent ceremony in which the club promoted several youngsters to its first team.

 

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Lagos teenager gets acquitted after she is charged with murdering a man who tried to rape her

ANTI-rape campaigners celebrated a significant victory earlier today when a Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State discharged and acquitted a 15-year-old girl accused of murdering her father’s 51-year-old friend who tried to rape her.

 

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Australian premier wants racism protesters punished for breaching Covid-19 lockdown

AUSTRALIA'S Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for punishment for all those who participated in the black-lives-matters protests across the country for ignoring coronavirus lockdown rules.

 

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