The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Friday night reported 160 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of infections now stands at 53,477. The Centre through its Twitter handle @NCDCGov, said Plateau recorded 44 cases, while Lagos followed with 27 cases. The states as reported by NCDC are as follows: Plateau-44Lagos-27Katsina-18Edo-15FCT-14Ondo-10Oyo-9Kwara-6Abia-4Nasarawa-4Kano-3Ekiti-2Kaduna-2Kebbi-1Ogun-1 The NCDC further stated that a total of 41,017, have been discharged with 1,011 recorded as deaths.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The next annual meeting of the African Development Bank, AfDB, will hold in Accra, Ghana in May 2021. This was announced on Thursday, at the end of the Group’s 2020 meetings. Côte d’Ivoire Planning Minister, Niale Kaba, handed over the baton to Ghana, announcing that the Board of Governors would be chaired by Kenneth Ofori-Atta, Ghanaian Finance Minister, supported by the Governor from Austria as first Vice-President, and the Niger Governor as second Vice-President. The 2020 edition of the Annual Meeting originally scheduled to be held physically in Côte d’Ivoire, home to the Bank’s headquarters was entirely virtual due to…
By Tina George, Minna Niger state citizens have expressed worry over the high level of insecurity and infrastructure decay across the state. Stakeholders from the three senatorial zones stated their demands during a consultative meeting aimed at preparing the 2021 budget. The meetings were held in Lapai for Zone A, Paikoro for Zone B and New Bussa for Zone C. On security, the delegates from Zone A and B noted that no budget will work for them if there is no security. They decried the nonchalant attitude of the state government towards the incessant killings of the people, especially in areas of Shiroro,…
A Brazilian high court on Friday, suspended the Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Mr Wilson Witzel from office, while police raided his official residence to probe accusations that he stole emergency funds meant to fight the coronavirus pandemic. AFP reports that the raids also targeted the governor’s wife and arrested Pastor Everaldo, an evangelical preacher and leader of Witzel’s Christian Social Party. Rio de Janeiro governor, Wilson Witzel Helicopters circled over the governor’s residence, Laranjeiras Palace, where the federal police conducted series of search and seizure orders and arrest warrants. The court suspended Witzel, 52, for at least 180 days as…
The Federal Government of Nigeria, has warned Ghanaian authorities against further harassment of its citizens resident in the country. Nigerian traders in Ghana have recently had their shops sealed, with the Ghanaian government reportedly demanding payment of taxes considered outrageous by the traders. However, the Nigerian government in a statement signed by its Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Friday, stated that it would no longer tolerate its citizens harassment by Ghanaian authorities. The statement further revealed that it has been documenting the harassment of Nigerians resident in Ghana by the Ghanaian government and its citizens. “The Nigerian…
Irate youths in Akure, in Ondo state, nearly lynched a 32-year old father, Muyiwa Ayorinde for allegedly dumping his three weeks old baby into a canal. Although Ayorinde is now in Police net, the Command’s Spokesperson, Tee Leo lkoro said he was yet to be briefed about the incident when contacted. However, eyewitnesses said the baby, who was still alive when the young men spotted him, later died in the hospital after he was rescued by sympathizers. “Luck ran out on the father as he was spotted by one of residents at about noon while he attempted to escape after…
By Kabiru Umar Sokoto What makes a man great is not the heights he has attained but the obstacles/hurdles surmounted in attaining the heights. Succinctly put, the barricading/fence- climbing episode of the House of Representatives in November 2014 and the attainment of victory in the 2019 gubernatorial election, in the face of a glaring attempt/resolve to outwit him, are still in good memories; and defined the God’s factor on the side of the current governor of Sokoto state, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, whose towering political fame, is fast spreading over the firmament. Born in 1966, Tambuwal completed his primary education…
The Kwara Commissioner for Special Duties, Hajiya Aisha Ahman-Patigi, has announced her resignation as Executive Council member of the state. She announced the resignation in a statement she personally signed on Friday in Ilorin. Pategi noted that as life is in phases, it was time for her to leave and focus on new ideals. “I, Aisha Ahman-Pategi, the outgoing Hon. Commissioner for Special Duties, effective from today, Friday 28, Aug. 2020, humbly wish to formally announce my resignation from the cabinet of His Excellency, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. “I wish to thank God Almighty for giving me the grace and opportunity…
The Port Harcourt Zonal office of the Economic and Financial CrimesCommission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arrested nine suspected internet fraudsters. A statement by Dele Oyewale, the Spokesperson of the Commission, made available to Ashenewsonline on Friday, gave the names of the suspects as, Sotonye Orugbane; David Egbunugwu; Emmanuel Chinemerem; Providence Oliver Samuel and Emmanuel Fidelis Nwambu. Others are: Promise Nkwachi; Micah Nimi, Precious Ogadinma and Ebi Micah. “They were apprehended in an early morning raid on their hideout in Ozuoba by Obirikwere Road, Choba; NTA Road and Ada George Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. “Investigations indicate that the suspects specialize…
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has confirmed that two persons died in a helicopter crash at Opebi in Ikeja, Lagos. The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development in an interview in Lagos. He said that the crash occurred at No. 16, Salvation Road in Opebi, north of Lagos. “One person was rescued alive and two persons died including the pilot,” Farinloye said. (NAN)