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In response to the demolition of Nigeria’s Embassy building in Ghana, the House of Representatives asked the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to invoke the diplomatic principle of reciprocity against Ghana. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila spoke on behalf of the Green Chamber, at an interactive session with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyema over the breach of the country’s sovereignty in Ghana a few days ago. The Speaker in his opening remarks at the occasion, said the attack on Nigeria by Ghana, may…

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The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Monday, said that no state in the country is free from the COVID-19. Ihekweazu, said this at the 45th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. According to him, a state can only talk about being COVID-19 free when it is testing and have the effective tool to fight the disease. He said that states need to start testing now as the agency is working to develop its laboratory capacity to test more. “No…

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Steve Bing, an American producer, philanthropist, and writer has died by suicide at the age of 55. According to TMZ, he died on Monday June 22nd after jumping from the 27th floor of a luxury apartment building in L.A.’s Century City neighborhood. Sources told the publication that he had been suffering from depression due to lack of human contact during quarantine. Bing, who founded Shangri-La Entertainment inherited a fortune of some $600 million from his grandfather, L.A. real estate developer Leo S. Bing. After dropping out of University, Bing pursued…

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‌ Senator Ali Ndume, a former Senate Leader, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army in the 9th National Assembly, declared on Sunday that federal lawmakers and other highly placed public officers were earning luxury wages to the detriment of Nigerian masses. He said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi, had vindicated his position on the high cost of running a presidential democracy, which he insisted was no longer realistic. Ndume stated this while reacting to the views expressed…

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WWE star The Undertaker has announced his retirement after claiming he has “nothing left to accomplish” in the ring. The 55-year-old made the announcement in the last episode of his documentary series ‘The Last Ride’. The Undertaker has been performing the ring for years having made his WWF debut in 1990. He has gone on to win every championship and event possible while also having an incredible winning streak at Wrestlemania that only recently came to an end. But the star claimed that: “I’m at a point, it’s time this…

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Leader of the Coalition Against Killings in Northern Nigeria (CAKIN), Murtala Abubakar, has said that the fresh attacks and killing of 15 peasants in Dansadau community in Zamfara State at the weekend is a testament that Northerners wasted their votes in electing President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. Condemning the tragic incidents yesterday, Abubakar said the Northerners wasted their votes “because they thought his administration could defeat Boko Haram and banditry.” Specifically, Abubakar’s comments were coming on the heels of the assertion by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj-Gen. Mohammed Monguno…

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