By Abujah Racheal Nigeria on Sunday, recorded 1,547 cases of COVID-19 infections, bringing the country’s total to 237,561 since the outbreak of the virus on February 27, 2020. The virus has also taken 3,022 lives in Nigeria so far. The country has treated and discharged 212,550 of those infected and 193 of them were discharged from hospitals on Sunday. The National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, stated on Monday that Sunday’s infections were recorded in nine states and the FCT. FCT took over the lead from Lagos State on Sunday as it recorded 806 infections compared to 401 recorded by…
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Nigerian Army in collaboration with other security agencies have arrested Godwin Nnamdi, a leader of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), militant wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). A statement by Army spokesman, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu on Sunday, said the troops of 82 Division led the operation that apprehended Nnamdi in Nkanu East local government area of Enugu state. “Nnamdi was caught during the raid at a IPOB/ESN camp located at Akpowfu Forest in Nkanu East LGA. “The joint forces engaged the dissidents in a fire fight. They took to their heels, leaving behind their wanted leader. “One…
Seven persons have been confirmed dead with seven others injured in an accident on Ososa bridge along Benin-Ore Expressway in the early hours of Saturday morning. This was contained in a statement by the Ogun State sector of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC). The route commander and public education officer, Florence Okpe said that the accident involved a vehicle with no registration number and a Mercedes Benz MarcoPolo Luxury Bus. She added that the suspected cause of the accident was wrongful overtaking and loss of control. “A total of 63 persons were involved which comprised of 40 male adults,…
Next Cash and Carry, a popular supermarket in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is currently on fire. The supermarket is located along Ahmadu Bello way, Kado-Kuchi area of Jahi- Kado expressway. The Federal Fire Service has advised residents to avoid the areas as firefighters are battling to put out the fire and prevent its spread. “The Service has turned out firefighters to the scene, who are currently fighting the fire,” spokesperson of FFS, Ugo Huan said. According to her, because of the festive season, it was expected that residents might visit the store, hence the warning to avoid the area.…
…Intercepts heroin at airport … Arrests young lady attempting to smuggle cocaine concealed in cooked food for boyfriend in agency’s custody The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has seized 8,381,600 capsules and tablets of tramadol as well as 56,782 bottles of codeine among others in major raids in Lagos state. A statement of the spokesperson of the Agency, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, said “the Satellite town target was raided on Thursday, 23rd December 2021 and the drug kingpin, Ezekiel Ibe was arrested and over five tons of high milligrams Tramadol; 225mg and 100mg recovered from his warehouse. A breakdown…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says electricity has again topped its 2021 consumer related complaints chart just like in 2020. The Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Mr Babatunde Irukera in Abuja on Sunday that banking related complaints were second on the chart. Irukera explained that aviation and telecommunication related complaints followed the chart. He said that the commission received and completed the processes of no fewer than 32,000 consumer related complaints in 2021, adding that 80 per cent of complaints were resolved. “For the sectors that received the highest complaints, we have electricity, banking then aviation…
Many patriots concerned with our rapid nose-diving in morals and abandonment of the rule of law believe that the British left too early. Some theorise that perhaps if our independence, achieved on a platter of gold, was delayed for 20 more years, we would have still been on the course. Had we gotten our independence in 1980, about three generations of Nigerians would have gone through tutelage under the prim and proper Britons rather than just one generation. And perhaps respect for the rule of law might have been so engraved in our national psyche, they reason. Well, our situation…
The South Africa’s anti-aparthied campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu died on Sunday at the age of 90, the presidency has said. In 1984 Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent opposition to apartheid. A decade later, he witnessed the ends of that regime and he chaired a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, set up to unearth atrocities committed during those dark days. The outspoken Tutu was considered the nation’s conscience by both Black and white, an enduring testament to his faith and spirit of reconciliation in a divided nation. Tutu was diagnosed with prostate cancer…
The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRCC), which investigated alleged crimes committed during President Yahya Jammeh’s 22 years in power, has recommended that he be prosecuted before an international tribunal. The recommendation is contained in a report released on Friday, December 24, 2021, in Banjul. Under President Barrow, The Gambia’s government set up the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission to probe allegations of abuses during Jammeh’s era. Between 2019 and May, the panel heard hundreds of witnesses, who offered testimony about death squads, rape and witch hunts under Jammeh. Mariama testified to the commission in 2019, alongside her husband’s…
Senegal’s coach Aliou Cisse has named a squad he hopes will finally bring him an Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title which has eluded him for over two decades. The 45-year-old tasted defeat in a final first as captain in 2002 where he missed a penalty kick in the shootout defeat to Cameroon, and then as coach in 2019. “I want this AFCON. I have been running after it since 1999,” he said at the press conference after unveiling the squad. For his third finals as coach, he has selected a group which includes 17 who have yet to play…