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US Suspends Flights By Chinese Airlines in New Spat With Beijing

Washington on Wednesday ordered the suspension of all flights by Chinese airlines into and out of the United States after Beijing failed to allow American carriers to resume services to

Health

COVID-19: 3 Year-old Tests Positive in Imo

A three-year-old child has tested positive to COVID-19 in Imo, the Chairman of the State Task Force Team on COVID-19, Prof. Maurice Iwu has said. Iwu made this known while

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Snapchat Curbs Trump For Inciting ‘Racial Violence’

Search You are here News Snapchat curbs Trump for inciting ‘racial violence’ 4 Jun 2020 AFP/File / DENIS CHARLETSnapchat, a social platform popular with youth, is curbing the reach of posts by

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SERAP Drags Buhari, NASS to UN Over Cuts in Health, UBE Budgets

  SERAP drags Buhari, NASS to UN over cuts in health, UBE budgets June 3, 2020 4 min read Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal

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NNPC To Unveil COVID-19 Contacts-tracing App

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has developed a COVID-19 contacts-tracing software application that can be deployed in all its locations across the country. The corporation disclosed this in

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China To Allow Limited US Passenger Flights

Search You are here News China to allow limited US passenger flights 4 Jun 2020 AFP/File / GREG BAKERChina has lifted its de facto ban on US airlines into the country, a

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COVID-19: NOA Moves Sensitisation Campaign To Imo Communities, Streets

  By Chidi Akanazu. Owerri, June 1, 2020 ( The National Orientation Agency (NOA) said its sensitisation campaign to Imo communities and streets was to re-educate Imo residents on the

Politics

PDP Congress: Alagbaoso Berates Ihedioha …says party not one man show

By Ikenna Orioha. As People’s Democratic Party, Imo State, battles with the defection to APC by its members, Member representing Orlu/Orsu/Oru East Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Rt Hon

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Imo ENTRACO Begins ‘Operation Remove Broken Down Vehicles, Scrabs On Roads

Imo State Environmental Transformation Commission, ENTRACO has authorized the services of Donpat Classic Multi Concept Ltd to check the menace of dumping broken down vehicles and scrabs on the roads

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Pope Calls For End to ‘Pandemic of Poverty’ After Virus

VATICAN MEDIA/AFP/File / Handout“From the great trials of humanity — among them this pandemic — one emerges better or worse,” said Pope Francis as he marked the feast of the

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Nike says “Don’t Do It” on Racism

Nike has taken a stand against racism with a “Don’t do it” campaign, a twist on its famous catch phrase, as protests against police brutality spread across the United States.

Sports

Atletico Madrid Forward Diego Costa Faces Trial June 4 Over Tax Fraud

Atletico Madrid and Spain forward Diego Costa is to face trial on the 4th of June for tax fraud in 2014   Prosecutors have filed a case prescribing a six

Entertainment

“Tyson Fury on my hit list, holding something that I want”– Anthony Joshua reveals

Two-time unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua says he wants to fight Tyson Fury badly.   “Undoubtedly the fight I want is Tyson Fury — he is holding something that I

Health

Remdesivir Approved by Taiwan Government to treat COVID-19

Taiwan’s government said on Saturday it had approved Gilead Sciences’ potential COVID-19 treatment, remdesivir, to treat the illness caused by the coronavirus. Governments are racing to bolster supplies of remdesivir, which

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EU Condemns Trump’s Move To Exit WHO As COVID-19 Grips Latin America

US President Donald Trump faced a broad backlash on Saturday over severing ties with the UN’s health agency during a pandemic, as the coronavirus surged in Latin America while Europe

Sports

No Positives From Latest Premier League COVID-19 Tests

There have been no positive findings from the latest round of coronavirus testing carried out in the Premier League, the English top-flight announced on Saturday. The fourth round of screening

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More Than Six Million COVID-19 Cases Confirmed Worldwide

More than six million cases of the novel coronavirus have been officially recorded worldwide, two-thirds of them in Europe and the United states, according to an AFP tally on Saturday.

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Vivian Ottih: Imo NUJ Sues For Peace, Writes Gov Uzodinma

ThankGod Emeh. The Nigerian Union of Journalists, Imo State Council has in respect to the viral news of alleged misconduct and indefinite suspension of a staff of Imo Broadcasting Corporation,

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Hate Speech: Imo Online Media Practitioners Kicks, Holds Webinar 31 May To Tackle surrounding Issues, Fake News

In a fierce fight to conquer fake news and hate speeches that has characterized the Nigerian society and world at large especially the blogosphere or new media space, the Online

Life Style

KITCHEN TIPS: Things You Need to Master to Be a Good Cook

Ever wondered why some people,  males,  females, chefs,  roadside cooks,  wives and husbands to say are better Cooks than others, having a gappy edge to many who cook or make

Sports

Man Utd Manager Solskjaer Hopeful that Ighalo Stays with Club

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said on Tuesday he hopes January signing, Odion Ighalo will stay at the club should the Premier League season restart next month. Former Super

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Presidency Denies Cancellation of Memos Signed By Former COS

The Presidency has denied media reports alleging that President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled a number of memos and appointments signed off by his former Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. This was

Opinion Poll

Imo and The “Dumb-Baby” Legislature

By Prince MacDonald Enwere. Figuratively speaking, the legislature is the principle substratum of the trinitarian model of our modern democracy. It is the sovereign organ of the state power. In

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Saudi Arabia To End COVID-19 Curfew June

Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it will end its nationwide coronavirus curfew from June 21, except in the holy city of Mecca, after more than two months of stringent curbs. Prayers

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FG Evacuates 69 Stranded Nigerians From Lebanon

Sixty-nine stranded Nigerians have been evacuated from Lebanon, according to Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama. The Minister said in his official Twitter handle that the stranded Nigerians were evacuated on Sunday with the support of the Lebanese government and the Lebanese community