COVID-19, End SARS, other political events that shook Nigeria, the globe in 2020
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By Seun Opejobi, John Nwachukwu, Wale Odunsi
As the year 2020 winds up in a few hours time, DAILY POST takes a trip down memory lane at some of the events that shook the world, ranging from COVID-19 on the side of health, to politics and other issues.
COVID-19
Coronavirus also known as COVID-19 is a deadly virus which first broke out in Wuhan, China in 2019 and has since spread around the world, causing major changes in world operations and also bringing about tears, pains and sorrow.
Looking at 2020, the virus turned the world upside down and altered the way people interact, travel, communicate with each order.
Twenty-six months after killing her husband, Maryam Sanda was sentenced to death by hanging.
The most discussed issue of the month was the decision of the Supreme Court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, to sack Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and to declare Senator Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who came a distant fourth during the governorship poll as the Governor of Imo State.
The Federal Government declared the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun launched by the six states of the South West as illegal.
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Newspaper Headlines: Northern elders tackle Buhari over insecurity, and 10 gunmen killed in Abia The comment of the Northern Elders Forum that the country is collapsing under the Buhari administration dominated the headlines of Nigerian newspapers. Issues on COVID-19 vaccination also made the headlines.Advertisement.
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The year 2020 came with a lot of unexpected events. The world, not excluding Nigeria, saw it all the good, the bad, the ugly. However, two major events the COVID-19 pandemic and the EndSARS protests shaped how the year went down in Nigeria.
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It started as what was simply referred to as a flu in
named the disease COVID-19, caused by a new strain of the coronavirus the disease would later spread to over 200 countries, with a significant part of physical activities brought to a halt. Nigeria became the 52nd country to
confirm a positive case of COVID-19 after an infected Italian citizen entered Lagos on February 25 from Milan on a business visit.