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In the last hour 114 years after, US organisation apologises for putting African man on display in zoo  Tribune Online APC will govern Nigeria beyond 2023 - Woman leader  Legit.ng Loans: Amaechi should resign, China targeting Nigeria’s gas – PDP topshot [VIDEO]  Daily Post Plateau Reps member urges Lalong, security agents to foil proposed turbaning of Samaila…  The Sun News, Nigeria Abiodun Signs Revised N280bn Budget into Law  ThisDay Live APC planning violence, bringing in arms ahead of Edo election —Obaseki  Ripples Nigeria 48 million oil barrels not stolen, NNPC replies whistleblower  The Punch We Have Done Our Best On Insecurity, Boko Haram, Says President Buhari  Sahara Reporters Volkswagen revives assembling operations in Nigeria, unveils new vehicles Guardian EFCC, NDDC corruption: Our appointees abused their trust ―  Buhari   Tribune Online Ondo 2020: INEC unveils full list of governorship candidates, deputies Premium Times, Nigeria Oyo govt adjusts school reopening schedul

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Newspapers, Friday, 31/07/2020

Nigeria 2023: Tinubu/Dogara Presidential Ticket’s Rumour — Governor Buni Soldier Goes Berserk, Kills Senior Officer Over Frozen Salary Account Fasanmi: Demise of ‘revolutionary chemist’ Delta community threatens to shut down oil export terminal over alleged marginalisation Multiple Explosions in Maiduguri Leave One Dead, 16 Injured Residents appeal to Sanwo-Olu over invasion Abiodun signs revised budget, seeks support for Lagos-Abeokuta road Buhari, Lawan, Gbajabiamila, Tinubu, Others Mourn Afenifere Chieftain, Fasanmi Chiefs, The National Assembly And Public Decorum FG Approves Seventh Evacuation Flight for Stranded Nigerians in US Amohanaeze, Arthur Eze Battle South-East Govs On Lg Finances, Polls Nigeria’s Top 10 Highest-earning CEOs Received N3.5bn in 2019 Again, Gunmen Kidnap Travellers On Abuja-Kaduna Road Gowon, Can Blame Nigeria’s Woes On Political Leaders Army Dismisses 300 Soldiers for Desertion, BVN Inconsistency NNPC to Sue Mexican Firm, Samano, Labels Officials Extortionis

Today In History

31st July 30 BC  Battle of Alexandria:  Mark Antony  achieves minor victory over  Octavian , but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to Octavian's invasion of Egypt 432  St Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 768  [Philip] begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope 781  The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781) 1291  Egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine 1423  Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant - the French army is defeated by the English on the banks of the river Yonne in Burgundy 1556  Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order of Roman Catholic missionaries and educators, dies in Rome. 1589  of France  was stabbed this day in 1589 by Jacques Clément, a Jacobin  friar, and died the next day after acknowledging his  Bourbon  ally, Henry of Navarre (Henry IV ), a Huguenot , as his successor. 1620  Pilgrim Fathers depart Leiden, Netherlands for England on their way to America 1912

African Memoirs: The Creation of Liberia

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The creation of an African American colony was supported by slave holders and abolitionists, but founded by a few dozen black families. Members of the Liberian Senate, mostly comprising freed African American slaves, 1893 The year 2020 is unlikely to be marked with particular fanfare in Liberia, but it was 200 years ago, on 31 January 1820, that 88 African American men, women and children boarded a ship in New York Harbor with the intention of creating a colony in Africa where they would be free of prejudice. Officially, these passengers were labourers tasked with creating a settlement for ‘recaptive’ slaves liberated from illegal slave ships, but everyone – from the American Colonization Society (ACS) that chartered the ship, to the American president James Monroe – knew that these were colonists seeking a promised land. The emigration of free people of color, and later former slaves, was funded and organized by the American Colonization Society (ACS). The mortality rate of these sett

COVID-19 NIGERIA - UPDATE - Friday 31st July, 2020

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Confirmed Cases by State States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths Lagos 15,043 12,706 2,145 192 FCT 3,710 2,550 1,118 42 Oyo 2,713 1,427 1,259 27 Edo 2,285 506 1,698 81 Rivers 1,782 307 1,423 52 Kano 1,591 264 1,274 53 Delta 1,501 99 1,359 43 Kaduna 1,403 266 1,125 12 Ogun 1,385 287 1,075 23 Plateau 1,124 636 469 19 Ondo 1,123 551 548 24 Enugu 801 358 425 18 Ebonyi 785 165 596 24 Kwara 753 521 213 19 Katsina 742 262 457 23 Borno 613 9 569 35 Gombe 607 60 524 23 Abia 545 114 426 5 Bauchi 541 10 518 13 Osun 523 280 231 12 Imo 468 340 119 9 Benue 346 282 58 6 Bayelsa 328 30 277 21 Jigawa 322 3 308 11 Nasarawa 312 81 223 8 Niger 223 78 133 12 Akwa Ibom 221 93 121 7 Sokoto 154 1 137 16 Adamawa 140 46 85 9 Anambra 135 48 75 12 Ekiti 132 75 55 2 Kebbi 90 4 79 7 Zamfara 77 1 71 5 Yobe 67 5 54 8 Taraba 54 43 11 0 Cross River 45 33 9 3 Kogi 5 0 3 2