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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed 1,964 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, bringing the total number to 116,655 in the country. On the other hand, Nigeria recorded seven new deaths, bringing the overall to 1,485. Of the new cases recorded in 23 states including the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos was leading with 824; FCT, 246; Plateau, 166; Kaduna, 128. Others were Ogun (76), Nasarawa (74), Anambra (69), Edo (50), Rivers (45), Ondo (44), Niger (40), Oyo (38), Adamawa (35), Kano (31), Akwa Ibom (27), Gombe (19), Kwara (13), Ekiti (12), Delta (6), Kebbi (6), Bauchi (5), Ebonyi (4), Osun (3),…

Nigerian Government has approved N6.45 billion for the setting up of oxygen plants in 38 locations nationwide for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. This was stated at the first National Economic Council (NEC) of 2021 presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed said the President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval for the production of oxygen was necessitated by the increase in Coronavirus patients. Health Minister Osagie Ehanire informed the NEC that sequel to Buhari’s decision to activate the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund based on the National Health Act, N55.1 billion was approved in 2018 and that 50 per…

Ghanaian Government will scrap eight ministries and 41 ministerial positions for achieving the purposes they were created, said a press release on Thursday. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will reduce the number of ministries to 26, from the previous 38, and appoint 85 ministers instead of 126 during his first term, said the release signed by Eugene Arhin, the Director of Communication at the presidency. The ministries to be scrapped include the Ministries of Aviation, Business Development, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Inner City and Zongo Development, Regional Reorganization, and Special Development Initiatives, all special-purpose ministries Akufo-Addo created during his first…

As restructuring calls keep reverberating across the country, Goodluck Jonathan, a former Nigerian President, has said restructuring alone would not help solve the numerous problems bedevilling the country. “We cannot restructure without solving issues that polarize us: nepotism, ethnic and religious differences and lack of patriotism,” he posited. Jonathan stated this at the 18th Daily Trust Dialogue on the theme: “Restructuring: Why? How?” held on Thursday in Abuja. The former president, who is the chairman of the event, said the country must come up with specific solutions to her problems. “Discussion on restructuring will not help except we restructure our…

The immediate past secretary of state, Mike Pompeo and 27 other high-ranking officials under out-gone United States President Donald Trump have been banned from entering China. In a strongly-worded statement published after US President Joe Biden was sworn into office on Thursday morning, Beijing time, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the former Trump administration officials were “anti-China politicians” who had undermined the relationship between the US and China, accusing them of “prejudice and hatred against China.” “(They) have planned, promoted and executed a series of crazy moves which have gravely interfered in China’s internal affairs, undermined China’s interests, offended the…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says Nigeria’s active telephony subscribers have increased from 203 million to 208 million with teledensity at 108.92 per cent. The NCC’s Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Umar Garba Danbatta who stated this in a statement on Thursday added that active internet subscriptions increased to 154.9 million and broadband penetration hitting 45.07 per cent. Danbatta, a professor, said the third generation (3G) and fourth generation (4G) base transceiver stations (BTS) deployment in Nigeria has increased from 30,000 to 53,460. According to him, Fibre Optic Transmission cables expanded from 47,000km to 54,725km in the last five years, resulting…

Nigeria’s oil-producing states collected N31.827 billion as derivation or 13 per cent of Mineral Revenue from Federation Accounts Allocation Committee for December 2020. The oil-producing states include Akwa Ibom- the largest oil producer with 31.4% (504,000 BPD), Delta – 21.56% (346,000 BPD), Rivers – 21.43% (344,000 BPD), Bayelsa – 18.07% (290,000 BPD), and Ondo – 3.74% (60,000 BPD). Others are Lagos – 2.64% (40,000 BPD), Edo – 2.06% (33,000 BPD), Imo-1.06 % (17,000 BPD) and Abia-0.68% (11,000 BPD), according to Nigerian bureau of Statistics 2017. This is as Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils (LGCs) shared N619.343 billion as…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 1,386 new COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total to 114,691. NCDC in its official Twitter handle of Wednesday, January 20 said 14 persons died, bringing the total number to 1,478 since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. So far, 92,336 persons have successfully been treated and discharged. On the new cases, the public health agency said they were reported from 21 states including Federal Capital Territory. Lagos was leading with 476 followed by Rivers, 163; FCT, 116; Kaduna, 114 and Oyo, 68. Others were Plateau (62), Ogun (56), Imo (55),…

An Uyo High Court in Akwa Ibom State has sentenced a 23-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping his three-year-old stepdaughter in Ikot Akpe, Uyo Local Government Area of  the state. Iniobong Okon Moses, a native of Afaha Udo Eyop in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of the State, was arrested on November 8, 2019 for raping the minor. In his confessional statement, Moses claimed he was drunk and that he 3exually defiled the infant when his wife left for the market. Justice Okon Okon in his ruling delivered Wednesday, rejected Moses’ claim of being drunk, saying “drunkenness is not an exculpatory defence in Law for…

Chief Justice Roberts, Vice-President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice-President Pence. My distinguished guests, my fellow Americans. This is America’s day. This is democracy’s day. A day of history and hope, of renewal and resolve. Through a crucible for the ages, America has been tested a new and America has risen to the challenge. Today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate but of a cause, a cause of democracy. The people – the will of the people – has been heard, and the will of the people has been heeded. We’ve learned again that democracy is…