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Senate tells Buhari to come for budget presentation with only ‘few key staff’

IF President Muhammadu Buhari complies with an instruction given by the Senate on Wednesday, just a few people will be in his entourage when...
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[FACT-CHECK] COVID-19: Is it safe to be in an aircraft without physical distancing?

Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on July 11 claimed that it is safe to be in an aircraft cabin without physical distancing amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FG, state governors disagree over ban on social gathering

THE Federal Government and some state governors have disagreed about restrictions on social gathering as some governors have allowed religious gatherings against the directive. Secretary...
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FACT CHECK: Ayade was wrong saying social distancing not effective control against Covid-19

BEN Ayade, Governor of Cross River State and also a professor of Microbiology stirred controversy recently when he said the practice of social distancing...
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REPORT: How hunger, indiscipline, ignorance are defeating social distancing, lock down order in Abuja

HORDES of customers besiege Yusuf Mohammed’s store because they are not allowed in through the main gate, which is opened only when customers, about...
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You don’t need social distancing once you put on a mask — Gov Ben Ayade says

BEN Ayade, Governor of Cross River State, has said there is no need to observe social distancing in preventing coronavirus, once citizens wear face...
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Court sentences Funke Akindele, husband to 14 days community service, fined N100,000 each

NOLLYWOOD actress, Funke Akindele and her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello, popularly known as JJC Skillz, have been sentenced to 14 days of community service for...
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Lock down: Markets must make provision for hand hygiene at entry and exit points—FG

THE PRESIDENTIAL Task Force on COVID-19 on Saturday released a new guideline on the lock down enforcement with special attention on the need for...
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