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Rev. Nnyene celebrates Golden Jubilee …as TREM Owerri rolls out drums of celebration

Owerri, Saturday 21st of March was all joy for Rev. Nnyene- Obong Etibeng when he pulled out his family members, friends, relations and the believers in Christ Jesus, to celebrate

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Partnership: Lawyers Without Borders visit Imo NUJ Chairman

A delegation of Avocats Sans Frontieres France (ASFF) also known as Lawyers Without Borders recently visited the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Imo State Council. The team

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OMPAN Decries Military, Police Brutality on Journalists, Citizens in Guise of Lockdown

ThankGod  Emeh, Owerri. Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN) has noticed with dismay, the highhandedness of some security agents who have been caught on tape manhandling journalists stressing that

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Seek God’s Mercy Against Coronavirus, Amakaeze Enjoins Christian Faithfuls

Ikenna Orioha, Owerri. The General Overseer, Community of Hashem Worlwide, Kohen Gadol Chidi Enyinnaya Amakaeze has enjoined his congregants to seek God’s mercy against coronavirus pandemic so that the killer

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Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic: Igbo Youth Assembly Worldwide Urges Nigerians to Support Buhari

Igbo Youth Assembly Worldwide, a socio-cultural Youth Organisation, has urged all Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari as he strives to curtail and eradicate COVID-19 in Nigeria. In a statement

Technology

Google to Publish User Location Data to Help Govts Tackle Coronavirus

Google says it will publish users’ location data around the world from Friday to allow governments to gauge the effectiveness of social distancing measures, brought in to stem the COVID-19

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Corona Extra Beer Producer Halts Brewing Over Virus

The Mexican brewer of Corona beer said Thursday it was suspending production because of the health emergency in the country over the COVID-19 pandemic. Grupo Modelo — whose brands also

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COVID-19: VP Osinbajo Chairs NEC Special Committee, promises support to States

The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo today chaired the NEC Special Committee on COVID-19. The meeting with 7 State Governors and the Finance Minister focused on the urgent

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Cash Contributions to fight COVID-19 in Nigeria Hits N15 billion

Monetary contributions to the account set up at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under the auspices of the Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) have hit N15 Billion. The

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NGO launches “Tracker-19” to monitor impact of COVID-19 on journalism

The press freedom NGO, Reporters Without Borders, is launching a tool for monitoring an unprecedented global crisis called “Tracker 19”. The launch is in reference not only to Covid-19 but

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China-US Ties Strained as Trump Casts Doubt on Chinese Coronavirus Figures

President Donald Trump cast doubt Wednesday on the accuracy of official Chinese figures on its coronavirus outbreak after US lawmakers, citing an intelligence report, accused Beijing of a cover up.

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COVID-19: Wimbledon Cancelled for First Time since WWII

Roger Federer and Serena Williams were among the tennis stars left devastated on Wednesday as Wimbledon was cancelled for the first time since World War II due to the coronavirus.