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By Victoria Ojeme …Mandatory COVID-19 testing introduced to bolster border measures …International arrivals required to prove negative COVID-19 test result before departure for England. …All international arrivals to England, including UK nationals, required to present a negative COVID-19 test taken up to 72 hours prior to departure …All passengers arriving from countries not on the
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By Charly Agwam No fewer than 20 people, yesterday, died in a road accident that occurred at Tirwun village, a suburban area along Bauchi-Maiduguri express road, in which two others suffered injuries. According to an eyewitness, the two vehicles involved in the head-on collision and exploded in flames, burning 20 passengers beyond recognition. Confirming the
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By Shina Abubakar Osogbo Unknown number of persons were said to have died in a multiple auto accident that occurred along Ilesa-Akure Highway. It was gathered that the accident occurred around 11: am on Monday at Erin Ijesa, a town in the Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State. A diesel ladder tankers reportedly fell
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The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has placed six months travel ban on Nigerian passengers who dodge the mandatory second COVID-19 test on arrival from overseas. The PTF coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu, while speaking at the daily briefing on COVID-19, also revealed that foreigners who failed to carryout the second COVID-19 test would have their
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By Demola Akinyemi Fifty persons from Zamfara state hidden inside Lorry loads of fruits were on Sunday intercepted in Ilorin by officers of Kwara state police command. Vanguard reliably gathered that they were intercepted at the Oyun area close to Kulende junction around Zango area of the state capital. Further sources claimed that the trailer
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The Akwa Ibom state government has maintained that there is no confirmed case of coronavirus disease, covid-19, in the state.
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By Bashir Bello KANO – The Minister of Health, Mr. Osagie Ehanire says the federal government have put measures in place at the airports to screen all passengers traveling into the country to ensure that the Coronavirus does not spread into the country. Ehanire stated this on Tuesday while declaring open the Primary Healthcare summit
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The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) have expressed regret over the failure of the last locomotive train scheduled to convey passengers from Abuja-Kaduna on Tuesday. Mr Yakub Mahmood, NRC’s Deputy Director, Public Relations, said this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. “The management of the NRC expresses
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By Shina Abubakar Kidnappers struck again on Sunday evening in Osun State as an Abuja bound bus was attacked along Imesi-Ile Ekiti states road. It was gathered that the bus parked at the motor park before it was attacked and some passengers were forcefully taken away by the hoodlums. Former chairman of Obokun Local Government,
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Since the commissioning of the Bus Reform Initiative by President Muhammadu Buhari and the official launch of the 820 high and medium capacity buses on May 1, 2019 with free bus rides, Lagosians have continued to utilise the buses to commute to their various destination on a daily basis
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