As the Edo governorship approaches, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Campaign Council in the state says it is interest only in the conduct of free, fair, credible and transparent elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The chairman, Chief Dan Orbih in a statement issued on Saturday, said the campaign council would not be dragged into the issue of the appointment of a Resident Electoral Commissioner by INEC. “The Campaign Council of Edo PDP recognises that INEC is an independent body and reserves the right to appoint officials who have been cleared by the National Assembly to conduct elections…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The World Index has identified 18 countries in which the most coronavirus deaths have been recorded as at August 29th. According to the World Index on its Twitter handle @theworldindex, the U.S. has so far recorded 185,901 to become the country with highest recorded deaths, followed by Brazil, which has recorded 119,594 deaths. The two countries with lowest recorded deaths are Canada and Argentina with 9,108 and 8,271, respectively. Read below the list of the 18 countries and number of recorded deaths as at August 29th, 2020: United States of America, 185,901; Brazil, 119,594; Mexico, 63,146; India, 62,713; Great Britain,…
The Oyo Police Command have arrested a security guard, Daniel Amanda, for allegedly raping a stranded housewife. The 23-year old woman, reportedly returned to Ibadan, at night from Lagos but could not get a vehicle to take her home because of COVID-19-related curfew. The security guard approached her while pacing around in search of where to pass the night and, having heard of her plight, offered to take her to his home to sleep till dawn. At night, the guard allegedly raped the woman while she was sleeping in his room. The victim reportedly narrated her experience to her husband,…
Hollywood actor, Chadwick Boseman, who played King T’Challa in the 2018 American superhero movie, “Black Panther,” is dead, aged 43. He died in Los Angeles, California, on Friday evening after a four-year battle with colon cancer, his family said in a statement on his official Twitter handle. According to Wikipedia, Boseman’s ancestors is partly from the Yoruba ethnic group in Nigeria, and partly from the Krio and Limba in Sierra Leone. “It is with immeasurable grief that we confirm the passing of Chadwick Boseman. “Chadwick was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016 and battled with it these last…
Gunmen have abducted a female paediatrician with the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) of Cross River, Dr Vivien Otu. She was reported to have gone to eat at a “Belash” restaurant, along Marian Road, when she was abducted. “After eating, she was about to enter her car when gunmen drove into the compound of “Belash”, fired in the air, carried her into their car and zoomed off,” a source disclosed. When DAILY POST correspondent contacted the former Chairman of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr Agam E. Ayuk via phone on Saturday, he confirmed the incident. The Spokesperson of Cross River…
Governor Mala Buni of Yobe, has approved a partnership with NeximBank, under the state export development facility, to establish sesame seeds processing and gypsum plasterboard production plants in Damaturu, the state capital. The Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Barma Shettima signed the memorandum of Understanding, MoU, on behalf of Yobe government at NEXIM Bank Headquarters, Abuja. Shettima, at the occasion pointed out that Yobe has comparative advantage in agro-allied and vast deposits of high premium solid minerals. He added that government was determined to exploit the potentials through industrialization and export promotion, starting with Sesame Seeds and Gypsum products.…
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.
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…