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The Federal Government has confirmed the first case of anthrax in the country. This was contained in a statement released by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Monday signed by Dr. Columba T. Vakuru , Chief…
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Karim Benzema has been rewarded for his career-best 2021/2022 season with his first Ballon d’Or in a ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. Real Madrid captain was a strong favourite for the top award on Monday after inspiring the…
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At least one person in the UK has died due to Omicron variant of COVID-19, the prime minister, Boris Johnson has confirmed. Speaking during a visit to a vaccination clinic near Paddington, in west London, Johnson said: "Sadly yes Omicron…
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Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, on Tuesday announced the death of the state’s first COVID-19 patient. The governor said the deceased,  Dr Aliyu Yakubu, a Daura-based private medical practitioner, recently returned from Lagos to the…
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Nigeria’s Super Falcons have been ranked as the first team in Africa after moving up by one spot to place 38th in the world in the FIFA Women’s World Football Ranking. In the ranking table for the month of March on the website of world…
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By Biola Adebayo Nigeria’s first gold refinery being built by Kian Smith Trade & Co Limited is billed to be completed by the end of June next year. There was already a significant monthly supply of gold from Zamfara, Kebbi, Kwara,…
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Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib and Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar both made history Tuesday by winning their elections and becoming the first Muslim women to be elected to the U.S. Congress. Tlaib won the congressional seat for Michigan’s 13th…
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Ethiopia’s parliament today approved Sahle-Work Zewde as the country’s new president, the first woman to hold the post. Sahle-Work is at present U.N. under secretary general and special representative of the secretary general to the…
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The first military governor of Kwara state retired Brig.-Gen. David Bamigboye,  is dead. The younger brother to the deceased, retired Col. Theophilus Bamigboye, confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria  on Friday on the telephone.…
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The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, on Thursday in Katsina inaugurated the country’s first operational border patrol base established by the Nigeria Immigration Service. The base, sited at Mazanya community…
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