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The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,869,522 as of Friday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.   According to the continental disease control and prevention agency’s COVID-19 dashboard, the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 102,843 as ofContinue Reading

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By Ayinde Olaide The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), says the commission is set to establish Smart Schools Centre in Bauchi State. Alhaji Bashir Galadanci, Information Communication Technology (ICT) consultant on Smart Schools to UBEC, made this `known in Bauchi on Friday when members of UBEC and Korea International Cooperation AgencyContinue Reading

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By Veronica Dariya A Dutse Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Friday sentenced two men – Sani Adamu and Ibrahim Salisu – both aged 20, to three months imprisonment for stealing a mobile phone. The Presiding Judge, Mr Hassan Aliyu,  found the defendants guilty of conspiracy and stealing. Mohammed heldContinue Reading

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By Cecilia Ologunagba The World Health Organisation (WHO) is strengthening collaboration with the office of Kebbi State Governor’s wife to champion early cancer detection to eliminate the disease in the country. The WHO Office in Nigeria, in a statement posted on its website, said the collaboration would help in improvingContinue Reading

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Bodies of four old men were recovered dead from a hole in the ice in a frozen lake in Sweden, police said on Friday morning. The men, aged between 65 and 75, could not be saved in spite of attempts to resuscitate them, police added. The circumstances of their deathContinue Reading