Day: April 3, 2020

Garri sellers attacked in Edo over price hike

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Protesting buyers reportedly pounced on sellers of garri in the Oregbeni market in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State on Thursday as they beat and forced them to reduce the cost of garri which had been increased by over one hundred per cent above the normal price. Following the partial lockdown imposed by Edo State government as part of efforts to contain the spread of novel coronavirus, the price of gaari rose from N1, 600 to N2, 800 per plastic while a bag which was N8000 before now rose…

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Atiku denies plans to pay cash to Nigerians

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Atiku Abubarkar, former Vice-President on Thursday disowned a notice circulating in the social media directing members of the public to a link. He said any such link asking for the bio-data of Nigerians as beneficiaries of monetary hand-out was fake. Atiku, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Mr Paul Ibe, said the message was a scam and an attempt to defraud Nigerians by collecting their vital bio-data for nefarious objectives. Ibe said, “The website address, https//www.atikufoundation.online, given by the scammers for individuals to apply, is unknown to the former…

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Woman kills lover pulling his genitals

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Chinenye Okoro, a middle aged woman, has allegedly killed her lover, Ifeanyi Okoro, by pulling his penis till he died. The incident took place in Akaeze community in the Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, on Tuesday. It was gathered that though the deceased and the suspect were lovers, they were always at loggerheads and often threatened each other’s life. It was learnt that the deceased’s lifeless body was found on the floor in front of his door post by a villager, after the suspect allegedly killed him, by…

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Coronavirus: FG finds 3,550 contacts as cases reach 190

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The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu has disclosed that the Government had succeeded in tracing 3,550 people who came in contact with patients infected with COVID-19 in the country. Ihekweazu who disclosed this in Abuja by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, said the 3,550 people were being monitored for symptoms of coronavirus. The NCDC said this as there were concerns in the country over the rising COVID-19 cases, which increased to 190 on Thursday. In Osun State, residents of Ejigbo, where six…

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