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HILLARY ESSIEN

Hillary Essien is a reporter with Peoples Gazette focusing on special reports and critical national news. She is a lawyer with 2 years of writing and reporting. Prior to working with The Gazette, Hillary served as an administrative assistant at a non-profit organisation focused on food security for children of low income households.She is on Twitter @Hillary_essien
February 1, 2021

Veteran journalist, Tony Momoh is dead

Mr. Momoh served as Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture under the military leadership of General Ibrahim Babangida.

February 1, 2021

Nipah virus deadlier than COVID-19 may break out in China: Report

The virus, though rare, is spread by fruit bats and can cause flu-like symptoms and brain damage.

Nipha Virus
February 1, 2021

Buhari regime to help Mozambique defeat terrorism

Foreign minister Geoffrey Onyema has been on a tour of the continent to urge support for Nigeria’s leadership of the AU Security Council.

President Muhammadu Buhari (Credit: Twitter)
February 1, 2021

Herdsmen crisis may have escalated more under Buhari regime: Adesina

He also noted that a recent meeting held by South-West governors with herders in the region helped to douse rising tensions in Ondo and Oyo.

Mr. Femi Adesina (Credit: The Interview)
January 31, 2021

Nigerians stopped from flying to Dubai via other routes

The policy effectively leaves Emirates as the only carrier allowed to fly from Africa’s largest economy into the U.A.E.

January 30, 2021

COVID-19 could weaken sperm cells after sex: Study

Health researcher Behzad Maleki said male genitalia “should be declared a high-risk organ by the World Health Organisation.”

January 30, 2021

Adeboye condemns #SilhouetteChallenge, asks women to cover their bodies

The Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God gave the warning via a series of tweets on Friday.

Enoch Adeboye, the religious leader of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).
January 29, 2021

Shell to pay compensation for Niger Delta oil spill: Dutch Court

The amount of damages to be paid to the farmers have not been determined.

Shell and Oil
January 29, 2021

Dutch court to rule on Nigerian farmers oil spill case

The case was initiated in 2008, facing delays as Shell argued that courts in the Netherlands did not have the jurisdiction to hear the matter. In this time, two of the farmers had died.

Oil Spillage used to tell the story
January 29, 2021

We’ll take first doses of COVID-19 vaccines: Northern governors

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency projected that 70 per cent of Nigerians would get the vaccine in two years.

Northern governors