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According to Alhaji Nasiru Muhammed Wudil, the Chairman of the Association of Amalgamated Livestock Traders, Wudil branch, no fewer than 60 truckloads of cattle arrive and leave the town every market day. For the people of Wudil, every Friday is a busy day, as thousands of people leave their homes from far and near to participate in the business of livestock buying or selling, business agency and other engagements. The acting Sarkin Karan Wudil, Alhaji Rabi’u Garko, said the market was the la...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has ordered the police to arrest Sunday Igboho and others causing tension in the state. On Friday, Igboho went to Igangan to restate his ultimatum to Fulanis to leave. Makinde consequently declared that his government would not allow anyone hiding under the guise of protecting Yoruba interests to cause ethnic tension and perpetrate crisis. 2. Non-teaching staff in ...

”For those of us in the health sector, we have lost quite several colleagues. Across the country, we have lost not less than 20 doctors in the last one week,” chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) FCT chapter, Dr Enema Amodu said during a recent news conference. Daily Trust findings also shows that because of the high rate of infections amongst medical personnel, with hundreds testing positive across the country, some hospitals have had to scale down their services. Checks by o...

POLSCOPE By Eddy Odivwri Last Friday, the nation marked the Armed Forces Remembrance Day, a day set aside to remember and celebrate men and women of the armed forces who paid the supreme price in their effort to defend their fatherland. Usually, they are those felled by the bullets of their enemies or those who suffered death while tackling the enemies of state. But on what occasion do we remember and celebrate men of the armed forces who were killed by their fellow armed men? On August 6, 2019...

12 health workers test positive for COVID-19 in Taraba Justin Tyopuusu, Jalingo No fewer than three medical doctors and nine nurses have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, Taraba State. Acting Head of Clinical Services at the hospital, Dr. Ishaya Kwala, confirmed the development while speaking to journalists in Jalingo. Kwala, who disclosed this after an emergency meeting of the technical committee on COVID-19 in the State, said the health workers were respond...

What is the calculation in the APC regarding the party’s 2023 presidential ticket?  If you ask me, 60 per cent of APC is in the North. And I can see a lot of changes within the South South and South East. The support for the APC is rising. The support for APC in the North is almost constant. The problem now is the South West because, from an earlier presupposed agreement, they may be taking the lead. And the South East is also looking for that slot because we never said yes; “it’s from t...

Daily Post Nigeria Published 1. Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th United States President. Chief Justice, John Roberts Jr, administered the pledge at exactly 11:48am E at the Capitol in Washington D.C. 2. Pioneer Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Festus Ayodele Marinho is dead. He was the first and only MD of the defunct Nigerian National Oil Corporation (NNOC), the forerunner of NNPC. 3. John Mrabure, a Deputy Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Corr...

  Twelve health workers comprising of three doctors and nine nurses have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Federal Medical centre, Jalingo, the Taraba state capital. Confirming the incident to Newsmen in Jalingo, shortly after an emergency meeting of the technical committee, the acting head of clinical services of the hospital Ishaya Kola said the medical personnel are responding to treatment adequately. ”For this year alone, FMC has recorded 19 cases of COVID-19, out of which 12, unfortu...

COVID-19: Shocking photos of isolation centre in Taraba NYSC orientation camp Published On Wednesday, DAILY POST reported that four members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Batch B Stream II in Taraba State tested positive for COVID-19. The participants are in quarantine at the isolation centre of the Orientation Camp in Sibre, near Jalingo, the state capital. NYSC camps opened nationwide on Tuesday. Three corps members tested positive on resumption day and the fourth on Wednesday. Bu...

Malami’s N2billion Libel Suit Against Sowore Suffers Setback The matter, which was assigned to Justice Taiwo Taiwo, could not hold as scheduled as the trial judge was said to have gone for a seminar. by Saharareporters, New York Jan 19, 2021 A libel suit filed by a group, Global Integrity Crusade Network, believed to be a proxy for the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, against human rights’ activist, Omoyele Sowore, on Tuesday in Abuja suffered a ...