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Nigeria got another Covid-19 $1.5bn loan from the World Bank yesterday but it is tantamount to throwing good money after bad because of the following 10 reasons


By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Even if you gathered all the world’s magicians together in Nigeria and got them to wave their wands at the same time, there is no way they could make a budget of $28.8bn stretch enough to cover 200m people

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South East Governors Forum slam IG for reneging on post-Amotekun community policing agreement

INSPECTOR-general of police Mohammed Adamu has come under fire from the South East Governors Forum for reneging on an agreement to establish community policing across the geo-political zone which they entered into in February.

 

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World Bank agrees to loan Nigeria $1.5bn in late July to fund Covid-19 recovery plan

NIGERIA is to receive a World Bank loan of $1.5bn in late July to augment a recent $3.4bn handout got from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) aimed at enabling the government meet fund its 2020 budget in the wake of the global economic meltdown.

 

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Italy will become the first country to form coronavirus police force to monitor social distancing

ITALY is planning to recruit 60,000 workers to act as a coronavirus police force to get members of the public to adhere to social distancing rules as part of government plans to combat the spread of the pandemic.

 

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Nigerian Muslims shun social distancing warning and turn out en mass for Eid-El-Fitr prayers

NIGERIAN Muslims came out in their thousands yesterday to celebrate the Eid-El-Fitr celebrations that mark the end of Ramadan fasting months in defiance of a government order that they should mark the event in the privacy of their homes.

 

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Ighalo ordered to leave Manchester United and return to China by his clubside Shanghai Shenhua

FORMER Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo looks set leave Manchester United next month after moves by manager Ole Gunner Solksjaer to retain him fell apart as talks with the player's Chinese clubside Shanghai Shenhua collapsed.

 

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Federal government yet to send Madagascar's Covid Organics to Nafdac for testing after a week

NIGERIA'S federal government is yet to pass on samples of the Madagascan herbal remedy Covid Organics to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (Nafdac) for testing despite having taken delivery of supplies a week ago.

 

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Police boss warns Nigerian Muslims not to go to prayer grounds as they celebrate Eid-el-Fitri

NIGERIA'S inspector general of police Mohammed Adamu has warned that religious gatherings will not be tolerated tomorrow when Nigeria celebrates Eid-el-Fitri to mark the end of the Muslim month of Ramadan.

 

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