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Crime Watch

Man, 39 to die by hanging for killing lover

Daily Tracker Nov 18, 2020

An Abeokuta High Court presided over by the Chief Judge of Ogun State, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu on Wednesday sentenced a 39-year-old automobile mechanic, Musiliu Owolabi to death by hanging for killing his lover, Afusat Idowu.…

News

Supreme Court affirms election of Douye Diri as Bayelsa Gov

Daily Tracker Nov 18, 2020

The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed the election of Douye Diri as the duly elected governor of Bayelsa State. In a unanimous judgment read by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta on behalf of the seven-man panel, the apex court dismissed the six…

News

Biden, Ramaphosa keen to strengthen US-Africa ties

Daily Tracker Nov 18, 2020

South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa and US President-elect Joe Biden are eager to boost relations between America and the African continent, the presidency said after a phone call between the two leaders. Ramaphosa, who is also the…

News

Defection: You’re on your own, Ebonyi National Assembly lawmakers tell Umahi

Daily Tracker Nov 18, 2020

Federal lawmakers from Ebonyi State on Wednesday dissociated themselves from last Tuesday’s defection of Governor Dave Umahi from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing the reasons…

News

OPEC+ mulls oil output tweak amid second wave of pandemic

Daily Tracker Nov 18, 2020

Saudi Energy Minister Abdelaziz bin Salman said on Tuesday that major oil countries might have to adapt their current production strategy in the face of the resurging pandemic. Abdelaziz addressed colleagues among the…

News

WHO says 5% of Cervical Cases attributable to HIV

Daily Tracker Nov 18, 2020

World Health Organisation (WHO) says an estimated five per cent of all cervical cancer cases are attributable to HIV globally, while women living with HIV have a six-fold increased risk of cervical cancer. WHO, in a statement…

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UN allocates N6.75 billion to fight hunger in North East

Daily Tracker Nov 18, 2020

By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri The United Nations has allocated $15 million (about N6.75 billion) to fight hunger in troubled North East. A press release by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Education

Zulum orders rehabilitation of Chibok school

Daily Tracker Nov 17, 2020

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has ordered the immediate rehabilitation of Government Secondary School, Chibok where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014. After the attack on…

News

NAF denies report of helicopter crash in Bama

Daily Tracker Nov 17, 2020

By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri The Nigerian Air Force has said there was no helicopter crash in Bama. Speaking to our correspondent, the spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola said the military…

Business

BOCCIMA lauds Buhari, others on maintenance of peace in North East

Daily Tracker Nov 17, 2020

The Borno Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (BOCCIMA) has commended the contributions of President Muhammadu Buhari, the military, other security agencies and men of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) to the…

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