Thirty-seven new Coronavirus infections have been reported across Nigeria with no COVID-19-related deaths in eight states and the Federal Capital Territory. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official website on Wednesday. The NCDC, however, said that 183 patients were discharged after testing negative to the virus across the country and the tally of infected people in the country rose to 61,667. According to data obtained from its website, eight of the new cases were recorded in the FCT, seven in Lagos, five cases each in Taraba and Rivers. While Adamawa recorded four cases, Kaduna…
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U.S. Senate Republicans pledged to go ahead with a vote on Thursday on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, in spite of the Judiciary Committee Democrats pledging to boycott a proceeding that they called “a sham.” The 22-member panel is scheduled to vote at 1 p.m (1700 GMT), deciding whether to advance Barrett’s nomination to the full 100 members of the Senate for the final decision. Republicans have set Monday for the final full Senate vote, indicating the party believes it has enough votes to confirm Barrett’s life-long appointment before the Nov. 3, presidential election. President Donald Trump…
Manchester City came from behind to make a winning start in the UEFA Champions League Group C on Wednesday with a 3-1 victory over FC Porto at the Etihad Stadium. FC Porto grabbed a 14th minute lead when Manchester City’s Ruben Dias, a recent signing from Benfica, gave away the ball. Colombian winger Luis Diaz cut in from the left, burst diagonally across the Manchester City defence and shot into the far bottom corner of Ederson’s goal. Pep Guardiola’s side were soon back on level terms though. After Ilkay Gundogan had struck the post, FC Porto defender Pepe bundled over…
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to restrain the military and other security agencies from using brute force against the protesting youth. A statement, entitled” “Violence Against Protesters in Nigeria: An Appeal for Calm”, which he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, also enjoined the protesting youth across the country to give peace a chance, as they go about making their legitimate demands. Obasanjo said he was speaking with a heavy heart and deep sense of concern about the goings on in the country. “The…
Adamawa state government, has dragged teachers of secondary schools to rent tribunal for alleged illegal occupation of residential houses in the state. In a motion ex-parte, sighted by AshNews, the state government sought an order to serve the occupants seven days notice for retired teachers to vacate the quarters. According to a teacher, who is still with the service of the state government, lamented the notice which affects many serving teachers in the state. Another teacher who works with Government Girls School, Yola pleaded anonymity for fear of victimization, presented compressive list of all affected staff under…
Justice I.E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, slated December 4, 2020, to review the audio evidence, which allegedly captured Senator Shehu Sani’s voice as extorting USD$25,000 from Kaduna-based business man, Alhaji Sani Dauda of ASD Motors. Sani, who was the senator, representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th Senate, allegedly demanded the sum, to bribe the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Muhammad Tanko and Ibrahim Magu in an event that Dauda’s estranged son-in-law, one Abubakar Musa petitions the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against him. A petition from Dauda to the EFCC after Sani had…
The Not-Too-Young-To-Run movement on Wednesday decried the killings of youths across Nigeria especially the Lekki Toll Plaza killings in Lagos. A statement signed by Cynthia Mbamalu on behalf of the movement in Abuja said that on October 20, Nigerians and the world watched in horror as peaceful and harmless #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, in Lagos state were killed. Mbamalu said that based on eyewitness accounts, the shootings left some protesters dead and many more with injuries. “This action by the military is highly reprehensible and threatens the core foundations of our democracy. “The rights of citizens to protest are a constitutionally…
The Rivers government has imposed an indefinite 24 hours curfew in violence-affected areas, following the ongoing EndSARS protest in the state. Governor Nyesom Wike who stated this in a statewide broadcast after a security meeting in Government House Port Harcourt, said that the curfew would start on Wednesday at 6.30 p.m. The areas affected are the entire Oyigbo local government area (LGA), Mile 1, Mile 2, Emenike, Ikokwu and Iloabuchi, all in Port Harcourt local government area as well as Oil Mill area in Obio/Akpor LGA. Wike said that the state security council commended the peaceful nature of the “EndSARS”…
Suspected EndSARS protesters, on Wednesday reportedly stormed the Atan-Ota Divisional Police station in Ogun, and allegedly killed the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) DSP Augustine Ogbeche. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abeokuta by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ogun Command. Oyeyemi said that the protesters also assaulted the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) , Sikiru Olugbenga, whose whereabouts was presently unknown, and made away with arms and ammunitions. According to the command’s spokesman, a civilian was also killed in the attack while the station was set ablaze. The PPRO said that the hitherto peaceful…
The Senate has said that in spite of the high budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Works and Housing, its current debt profile is about N392 billion. Chairman, Senate Committee on Works, Sen. Adamu Aliero, made the revelation during the 2021 budget defence of the ministry held in the National Assembly Complex on Wednesday. The ministry got the highest projected allocation of N404 billion out of the N13.08 trillion 2021 budget estimates. According to Aliero, the fact that the budgetary allocation to the ministry and its agencies remains one of the highest, it is like a drop of water in…