Minister: Nigeria can’t pay over N100 billion electricity bill for residents

Nigeria Minister of Power, Alhaji Saleh Mamman, has dismissed the speculations that the federal government will pay two-month electricity for Nigerians as part of palliatives to citizens to cushion the effect of the lockdown due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Mr. Mammam revealed this to BBC Hausa in an interview published on its twitter handle @bbchausa and monitored by newsmen. According to him ” this matter has not been concluded yet, we are only looking at the possibility of doing so, the fact is, you see this power supply the…

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Kevin-Prince Boateng: Fiorentina yet to see the real me

Kevin-Prince Boateng is upset with how his stint at Fiorentina has gone, asserting the club never saw his real self. The 33-year old Ghanaian joined from Sassuolo in the summer and featured 14 times in the Serie A, scoring only one goal. Just six of those 14 outings were starts and he completed 90 minutes once. He was subsequently shipped to Besiktas on loan where he has played more than half of the total number of minutes at Fiorentina in just six games, scoring two goals. “I really came to…

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COVID-19: Nigeria records 87 new cases, total infections now 1,182

Nigeria on Saturday recorded 87 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s total infections to 1,182 , according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). According to the NCDC in a tweet via its official handle, 33 of the new infections were recorded in Lagos, 18 in Borno, 12 in Osun, nine in Katsina, four each in Kano and Ekiti, three each in Edo and Bauchi and one in Imo. The country’s total deaths from the virus now stand at 35 while 222 have recovered. The new…

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Global coronavirus death toll hits 200,000

(Reuters) – Global deaths linked to the coronavirus passed 200,000 on Saturday, while confirmed cases of the virus are expected to hit 3 million in coming days, according to a Reuters tally. More than half of the fatalities have been reported by the United States, Spain and Italy. The first death linked to the disease was reported on Jan. 10 in Wuhan, China. It took 91 days for the death toll to pass 100,000 and a further 16 days to reach 200,000, according to the Reuters tally of official reports…

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