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Radio commentators have expressed deep concern over comment attributed to Akwa Ibom Governor that COVID-19 pandemic caused delay in the timely completion of Ikot Oku Ikono Flyover in Uyo Local Government Area of the state. The commentators in Planet Radio 101.1 FM, Uyo have on Thursday berated Governor Udom Emmanuel over the comment that COVID-19 had a hand in the speedy completion of the project. Straightnews gathered that the project was awarded in 2019 to Julius Berger, a company that had handled and completed similar projects before 2015. While expecting the project on Wednesday, January 27, Emmanuel was quoted as…

Struggling Sheffield United dazed title-chasing hopeful, Manchester United Wednesday night, January 27, beating the Red Devils 2-1. It was first since 1973 that Sheffield would beat Man United at Old Trafford. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side had the chance to go top of the table but buckled under pressure against bottom-of-the-league Sheffield, who had only won once in the Premier League this season. Kean Bryan headed home the opener after taking advantage of an error from David de Gea but former Sheffield United man, Harry Maguire scored his first goal at Old Trafford to level it up. Maguire’s leveller came in the…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed that the country recorded 22 new deaths in one day, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,544. This is as NCDC reported 1,861 confirmed cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed in Nigeria to 126,160. ”On the 27th of January 2021, 1861 new confirmed cases and 22 deaths were recorded in Nigeria,’’ it published on its official Twitter. According to the public health agency, ”The 1861 new cases are reported from 22 states- Lagos (773), FCT (285), Oyo (138), Rivers (111), Plateau (92), Nasarawa (83), Kaduna (59), Enugu (57), Imo…

The Ogun State Government has released N85.5 million grant to local government councils and Community Development Associations, CDAs for execution of development projects across the state. The state Commissioner for Community Development and Cooperatives, Ganiyu Hamzat stated this during a four-day programme organised by the Ministry for the 2020 disbursement of gran -in- aid to Community Development Associations held recently in Abeokuta. Hamzat highlighted the procedures for the disbursement saying 400 CDAs were approved for the grants in the first batch. According to him, subventions would be disbursed to 300 Area Community Development Committees, 20 Zonal Community Development Committees, three…

As a way of containing the activities of killer Fulani herdsmen, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has deployed 200 officers of the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun to Ibarapa and Oke Ogun zones. This is in the wake of the crisis in the area between local farmers and Fulani herdsmen accused of masterminding rape, murder, and kidnapping. The state government said on Wednesday that the officers were deployed after a meeting with security agencies and stakeholders in Ibarapa land. The meeting was held with representatives of Igangan, Ibarapa land, the recently appointed Commissioner of Police, Oyo State, Mrs.…

A video of soldiers allegedly celebrating after the announcement of the removal of Lt. General Tukur Buratai, as the Chief of Army Staff, has been shared online. Recall that the resignation of the service chiefs was announced Tuesday, January 26 by President Muhammadu Buhari. Those named as their replacement were Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General I. Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao, Chief of Air Staff. Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, who shared the video on Twitter, wrote: ”See soldiers rejoicing over the removal of Tukur Buratai…

So far, 296,032 persons have benefitted from the Federal Government’s N75 billion under Payroll Support Scheme. The payroll support scheme is designed to assist vulnerable micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) by paying the salaries of their staff for a period of three months. Under the scheme, 242,746 youths or 82 per cent benefitted while 53,246 other persons or 18 per cent got it. Meanwhile, the federal government has extended registration for the payroll support scheme to enable some states to meet their quota. A statement signed by the project delivery office, and the steering committee of the MSME survival fund…

Plans are afoot to build 325 houses for communities in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State displaced by flood in 2018. The housing scheme located in Farun Maje community comprises schools, clinics, shops, security outposts, mosques and other basic social amenities. The Director-General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), AVM Muhammadu Muhammed (rtd), who unveiled this to journalists while inspecting the project site Tuesday, said the project would be executed in collaboration with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) through its Work Centre. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had on July 15, 2018, visited the flood-ravaged local government area to assess…

COVID-19-ridden situation lifted Microsoft’s latest revenues and earnings above expectations in the final quarter of last year, according to figures released on Tuesday. A boom in PC sales, surging demand for video gaming and increased usage of Microsoft’s cloud services combined to produce a 17 per cent surge in revenue, to $43.1 billion. The jump belied Wall Street expectations that the US software company’s growth rate to slow to below 10 per cent, and brought a 6 per cent bounce in its shares in after-market trading. Microsoft also pointed to signs of a return to more normal IT buying patterns…

Suspected herdsmen have wrecked havocs in a multi-million-naira maize farm owned by members of the Maize Growers Processing Marketer Association of Nigeria (MAGPAMAN) in Ekiti state. DailyTrust reports that the farm covering about 235 hectares of land is at the state forest reserve in Aduloju farmstead located along Ado-Ijan road in Ado local government area of the state. Confirming this development, Tope Emmanuel, the state secretary of the association, said the herders had been terrorizing the farmers in the last one week leading to the destruction of the maize farm. Emmanuel said the herders stormed the farm at night with dangerous…