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Tension In France As French President Macron Announces Nationwide Lockdown Amid Rising Covid-19 Cases

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French President Emmanuel Macron French president Emmanuel Macron has announced a nationwide lockdown to tackle surging cases of Covid-19. The new restrictions will come into force on Saturday, 3 April, and last at least a month, Mr Macron revealed in a national TV address on Wednesday evening, 31 March. “We will lose control if we do not move now,” he said.He said non-essential shops across France will close from Saturday and that schools will shut for three weeks. “It is the best solution to slow down the virus,” he added. France had closed its schools for two months during the first Covid-19 lockdown. But they were left open during the second lockdown in November and have been kept open since, although with some limits on

Implement Gowon’s 3Rs Before 2022 Or Risk Nigeria’s Unity, Ohanaeze Youths Tells Buhari

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The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has told the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to consider and implement the Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Rehabilitation programme of General Yakubu Gowon before 2022 or risk Nigeria’s continuity as one political entity. National President of Ohanaeze Youths Council, OYC, Igboayaka Igboayaka, who stated this in a statement warned that if the Federal Government failed to address the issue as quickly as possible, Igbo youths would have no option but to fully join the growing agitation for self-determination. “The prolonged wave of ethnic agitations, particularly in Alaigbo, was due to failure to properly implement the post-war reconciliation programme of the Federal Government,” OYC declared. Igboayaka noted that the mismanagement of Gowon’s 3Rs policy

Panic In West London As UK Police Launch Desperate Search For Nigerian Student Who Has Been Missing For More Than A Week

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Richard Okorogheye UK police has launched a desperate search for a Nigerian student who has been missing for more than a week.  Richard Okorogheye, a 19-year-old student at Oxford Brookes University, hasn’t been seen since he left home in the Ladbroke Grove area of west London on the evening of Monday, March, 22, and was last seen boarding a bus. His mother, Nurse Evidence Joel said her son, who had been shielding during the pandemic due to having sickle cell disease, had struggled with his online studies. According to her, Richard left home at about 8.30 pm saying he was going to meet a friend but left his wallet, jacket, and medication behind.  "All he said to me was 'mummy, I'm going to see my

BREAKING: World Leading Investment Bank, Goldman Sach To Offer $119 Billion Crypto In Q2

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Goldman Sachs, the world’s leading investment bank is near offering investment vehicles on Crypto-assets for clients of its private wealth management group, according to a report credited to CNBC. The American-based private wealth management business is targeting individuals, families and endowments with at least an investment capacity of $25 million. The $119 billion valued investment bank will start offering investments in the emerging asset class in Q2, 2021 according to Mary Rich, who was recently named global head of digital assets for Goldman’s private wealth management division. ″We are working closely with teams across the firm to explore ways to offer thoughtful and appropriate access to the ecosystem for private wealth clients, and that is something we expect to offer in the near-term,” Rich said this

REVEALED: 13 Nigerian Security Chiefs, Others Stole Over N152billion, Stash Loot In UAE –HEDA

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The Human and Environmental Development Agenda has said assets and funds worth more than $400m (about N152 billion) stolen from Nigeria were stashed in the United Arab Emirates. The leading anti-graft group explained that out of the 800 assets uncovered by investigators, 216 assets were linked to 13 top security officials, while the remaining 584 have been traced to public officials. Olanrewaju Suraju, HEDA’s chairman, disclosed this on Tuesday at the public presentation of a report titled, ‘Fixing Illicit Financial Flows: A Critical Review of UK and UAE Policies, Laws and Practices in Financial and Non-Financial Institutions.’ He explained that the report was borne out of the need to review some of what they considered as loopholes in the laws and policies governing

Do Not Remove Your Pubic Hair, A Gynaecologist Author Of The Vagina Bible, Dr Jen Gunter Urges Women

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A gynaecologist is urging women not to remove their pubic hair. Dr Jen Gunter, author of The Vagina Bible, warns waxing or shaving creates “microscopic trauma” that can lead to infections. While the purpose of pubic hair is somewhat of a mystery, going “au naturel” is thought to protect the skin by acting as a barrier against the outside world. Getting a Brazilian may also reduce sexual pleasure, with pubic hair being connected to nerve endings that might help arousal, Dr Gunter added. Pubic hair “grooming” has almost become the norm, with many blaming the porn industry. Scientists from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), asked more than 3,300 women about their downstairs grooming. Of which, 83.8% claimed to wax, shave or epilate their pubic

EndSARS: US Government Says, No Evidence That Soldiers Killed Anyone At Lekki Tollgate

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Amid overwhelming reports and claims by various bodies and media organisations, including Amnesty International and the U.S.-based Cable News Network, the United States government says it does not believe soldiers shot at protesters at the Lekki Tollgate. The U.S. view is contained in its newly-released ‘2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Nigeria.’ It said, “On October 20, members of the security forces enforced curfew by firing shots into the air to disperse protesters, who had gathered at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos to protest abusive practices by the Nigerian Police Force’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). “Accurate information on fatalities resulting from the shooting was not available at year’s end. Amnesty International reported 10 persons died during the event, but the government

Nigerians Drags The Hell Out Of CCT Chairman, Danlandi Umar For Describing Those Who Mobbed Him For Assaulting A Security Guard As ‘Biafran Boys’

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Nigerians have reacted to a statement credited to the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) chairman, Justice Danladi Umar on what transpired between him and the security guard he assaulted at Banex Plaza in Abuja.  In a statement released by the CCT Chairman's spokesperson Ibraheem Al-Hassan, Umar accused the security guard of being rude and threatening him over a parking space. He further alleged that he was subsequently attacked by "Biafran boys" at the plaza.  The statement read;  “As the few policemen in the complex were apparently overwhelmed by the mobs, consisting of Biafran boys throwing matches and shape object to his car, which led to deep cut and dislocation in one of his finger, causing damage to his car, smashing his windscreen." The statement has generated an outrage

British High Commissioner Expresses Concern Over Insecurity, Says ‘Nigeria Is Struggling’

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Catriona Laing Catriona Laing, the British high commissioner to Nigeria, has expressed worry over the deteriorating security situation in the country. According to NAN, the high commissioner while speaking with journalists on the sidelines of a reception held to welcome home the 2019/2020 UK Chevening scholarship beneficiaries, said the UK government is keen on helping Nigeria win its fight against insecurity. She said the UK had been helping the Nigerian military in the areas of training, campaign planning, and how to counter IEDs. “We are extremely concerned about the deteriorating security situation,” Laing said “I mean, Nigeria is facing a lot of problems everywhere, in the northeast, terrorism, in the northwest, banditry, kidnapping; in the middle belt, the farmers-herders conflict; in the south, the Niger Delta conflict

JUST IN: Osinbajo Presides Over FEC, Mourns Sen. Bode Olowoporoku, Umaru Muhammed Baba

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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday gave a minute silence in honour of two former Ministers Senator Bode Olowoporoku and Alhaji Umaru Muhammad Baba. The virtual FEC meeting, which was presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), had seven members physically present in the Executive Council Chambers of the State House. Officially announcing the passage of the two former ministers to Council, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, recalled their various services to the country. Senator Olowoporoku, who served as Senator representing Ekiti South Senatorial, was Minister of Science and Technology in the Second Republic. He died on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 76. Baba was at different times Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Minister

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