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Customs intercept N788.18m smuggled rice, PMS from Seme border

Daily Tracker Feb 9, 2021

The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Command made 1,294 seizures with a duty paid value of N788.19m in the year 2020, the agency said on Monday. According to a statement signed by the spokesman of the command, Hussaini Abdullahi,…

News

Ikpeazu reaffirms commitment to prompt salary payment

Daily Tracker Feb 9, 2021

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has restated the commitment of his administration to prompt payment of workers' salaries. He said will always prioritise salary payment in the interest of industrial harmony. The governor…

Health

Kaduna deploys drones to deliver vaccines

Daily Tracker Feb 9, 2021

Kaduna State has taken a major revolutionary step towards reversing the losses to COVID-19, which has cost the state 57 lives, as at Saturday. According to statistics from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 7,804…

News

Fresh protest brews over plans to reopen Lekki tollgate for operations

Daily Tracker Feb 8, 2021

‎A fresh protest is brewing over plans to reopen the Lekki tollgate for operations. Some youths have threatened to stage another round of protests at the tollgate over the development. It was ‎gathered that the youths are…

Crime Watch

Pastor sentenced to 3 years in jail for stealing church funds

Daily Tracker Feb 8, 2021

‎ A pastor of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners’ Chapel, Afolabi Samuel, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for stealing $90,000 and N4.5m belonging to the registered trustees of the church. Samuel, an accountant and the…

News

Afenifere accuses Presidency of defending herdsmen

Daily Tracker Feb 8, 2021

‎ Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has said the Presidency of is always the first to defend herdsmen any time they kill defenceless Nigerians. Afenifere spokesman, Yinka Odumakin, ‎who spoke in an interview on Arise TV’s …

Sports

Qatar insists 2022 World Cup will be played in full stadiums

Daily Tracker Feb 8, 2021

The Qatari 2022 World Cup organisers have insisted that matches will be staged in stadiums operating at 100 per cent of capacity even as the global fight against coronavirus drags on. In Tokyo, organisers of this year’s…

Health

Tuberculosis treatment receives a boost from USAID

Daily Tracker Feb 8, 2021

Treatment of tuberculosis in the country has been enhanced by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with the donation of critical diagnostic equipment. A statement on Monday from USAID read: “In the closing days…

Foreign

Myanmar coup leader defends action amid mass protests

Daily Tracker Feb 8, 2021

The leader of the coup in Myanmar has made his first TV address, seeking to justify the action amid mass protests. Min Aung Hlaing said November's election, won in a landslide by the party of detained elected leader Aung San…

Foreign

Covid: South Africa halts AstraZeneca vaccine rollout over new variant

Daily Tracker Feb 8, 2021

South Africa has put its rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on hold after a study showed "disappointing" results against its new Covid variant. Scientists say the variant accounts for 90% of new Covid cases in South…

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