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Buhari approves funds to curb Nigeria oxygen shortage

Daily Tracker Jan 22, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the equivalent of $17m (£12m) for the construction of 38 oxygen plants across the country. The country is at the moment grappling with a shortage of oxygen for Covid-19 patients amidst a…

Foreign

UK bans travel from Tanzania and DR Congo over Covid

Daily Tracker Jan 22, 2021

The UK has banned all arrivals from Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo from Friday to stop the spread of the South Africa variant of Covid-19, Grant Shapps, the transport minister, says. "All passengers from these…

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Restructuring: Constant dialogue will make Nigeria better says Jonathan

Daily Tracker Jan 22, 2021

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to exploit every opportunity on dialogue in order to make the nation better. He said restructuring alone cannot solve myriads of challenges facing the country. Jonathan…

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UN, pope hail launch of anti-nuclear treaty

Daily Tracker Jan 22, 2021

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons took effect Friday — but the milestone is marred by the lack of signatures from the world’s major nuclear powers. Despite the missing participants, the occasion was marked by…

Business

Nigeria’s economy will record 2.9 per cent growth rate in 2022, AfFB projects

Daily Tracker Jan 22, 2021

The President African Development Bank, (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina on Thursday lamented that debt service payments posed the greatest risk to Nigeria, given shrinking oil revenues. He spoke as the bank projected a growth rate…

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2023: Niger Assembly endorses Bello’s Presidential Bid

Daily Tracker Jan 22, 2021

As the jostle over which of the zones should produce President Muhammadu Buhari's successor by 2023, the Niger State House of Assembly, on Thursday, said next Nigeria's president sould come from the North-Central zone. The…

Crime Watch

Man arraigned for N20m Car Auction fraud in Maiduguri

Daily Tracker Jan 21, 2021

By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned a man, Modu Kotoko before a Maiduguri High Court for alleged fraud of N20 million. The defendant allegedly collected the…

Crime Watch

Man jailed in Maiduguri for N9 million fraud

Daily Tracker Jan 21, 2021

By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri A man has been sentenced to a year and nine months imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Maiduguri for obtaining by false pretense N9 million. The man, Abubakar Ahiwa was sentenced by…

Foreign

Joe Biden Signs Executive Orders reversing Travel Ban, other Trump Policies

Daily Tracker Jan 21, 2021

Newly sworn-in United States President, Joe Biden, has signed a flurry of executive orders to launch his administration on Wednesday. The orders, mostly aimed at reversing decisions by his predecessor Donald Trump, included a…

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Two die, 3 injured in Osun auto crash – Road Safety Corps

Daily Tracker Jan 21, 2021

Two people have died in an accident involving a truck and Toyota Hiace bus at Iwaraja junction on Ipetu-Ijesa highway, on Wednesday, while three others sustained injuries. A statement issued by the Spokesperson for the Federal…

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