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Business

Nigeria slides into second recession in five years

Daily Tracker Nov 21, 2020

For the second time in five years, Nigeria has entered into recession as official figures published on Saturday show that the economy shrank again in the third quarter of this year. This may not be unconnected with the economic…

Crime Watch

Army arrest 27 suspected cultists in Jos

Daily Tracker Nov 21, 2020

No fewer than twenty-seven suspected cultists have been arrested by troops of Operation Safe Haven in Plateau State. Commander of the task force, Major General Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, who paraded the suspects at its headquarters…

Crime Watch

Obaseki tasks FG to set up panel to investigate destruction of security infrastructure in Edo

Daily Tracker Nov 21, 2020

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has charged the Federal Government to set up an investigative panel to look into the destruction of security infrastructure in the state during the hijack of EndSARS protest across the…

Health

Global Fund earmarks $143m to fight tuberculosis in Nigeria

Daily Tracker Nov 21, 2020

Nigeria will receive a $143 million grant from the Global Fund to fight Tuberculosis (TB) over an implementation period of three years. The senior disease coordinator at Global Fund, Eliud Wandwalo, made this known at…

Education

ASUU Strike: FG offers N65 billion, suspends IPPIS

Daily Tracker Nov 21, 2020

The federal government, on Friday, shifted grounds and made some concessions to university lecturers (ASUU) as it offered N65 billion to Nigerian universities to address some of the lecturers’ demands. The government also agreed…

Education

LAUTECH: Osun assures workers of security of their jobs

Daily Tracker Nov 21, 2020

Osun State Government has said that the dissolution of its joint ownership of LAUTECH, following new terms of management spelt out by the National University Commission (NUC), is in no way done against the state. Osun…

Crime Watch

Ex-NUPENG boss kidnapped, killed in Rivers

Daily Tracker Nov 20, 2020

The Rivers State Police Command, has confirmed the killing of a former Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Ebenezer Kalabo Amah, by suspected kidnappers. The former…

Business

COVID-19: Airlines need fresh $80bn to survive – IATA

Daily Tracker Nov 20, 2020

Airlines need another $80 billion to survive, the head of the industry’s trade association told a French daily on Friday, as many countries tighten restrictions to confront another wave of coronavirus infections. “For the coming…

News

Obaseki re-emphasizes 10pm to 6am curfew, as army begins 7-day operation to check criminality,…

Daily Tracker Nov 20, 2020

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has urged security agencies in the state to reinforce the existing 10pm to 6am curfew imposed to check the activities of hoodlums and criminals following the hijack of the #EndSARS…

News

World Children’s Day: Don’t lose hope, your future is bright, UNICEF tells IDPs

Daily Tracker Nov 20, 2020

By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has encouraged children in the troubled Northeast not to lose hope, insisting that their future is assured. The over 10 years Boko Haram insurgency…

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