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By Michael Garang (Newsleader East Africa Bureau Chief)

The African Development Bank, at the weekend, approved grants worth $25.1 million to Somalia to bolster the national budget for government efforts to mitigate national and regional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Barely four months to the United States of America Presidential election, incumbent President Donald Trump, has called for the outright postponement of the US Presidential poll, billed for November 2020.

Rehabilitation work is expected to begin in earnest, as the federal government has announced a partial closure of the lagos Third Mainland Bridge from midnight on Friday.

Apparently peeved by the tell-all disclosure by her niece, Mary Trump, United States President, Donald Trump, has attacked Mary in a series of tweets on Friday, claiming that she is a liar but also that she is revealing information that violates a non-disclosure agreement.

By Mike Agunwa, Abuja.

Mpape is one of the informal settlements in the Federal Capital Territory. It was originally inhabited solely by the native Gbagyi tribe. Following the influx of people into the Federal Capital Territory in search of greener pasture and consequent upon security challenges which has engulfed some parts of the country especially the north east, Mpape became a