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The average price for refilling five kilogrammes cylinder of cooking gas climbed from N1,947.47 in November  to N1,949.75 in December 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics reported on Saturday. The report was contained in its Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch for December 2020 obtained from its website in Abuja. The NBS said the price for refilling 5kg cylinder of cooking gas increased by 0.12 per cent month-on-month and decreased by -3.41 per cent year-on-year in the period under review. According to it, states with the highest average price for refilling 5kg cylinder for cooking gas were Bauchi at…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) registered 1,867 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 107,345. With 1,867 new infections recorded in the last 24 hours, Nigeria has seen the highest single-day rise since the index case was confirmed on February 27, 2020 in the country. On its official Twitter handle on Friday, NCDC also stated that eight people died from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 1,413. The centre added that the new cases were reported from 23 states of the federation and the  Federal  Capital…

Pro-Trump rioters who invaded the U.S. Capitol last week are accused of intending “to capture and assassinate elected officials in the United States government,” including Vice President Mike Pence. In a new court’s “strong evidence,” the prosecutors also noted in that filing that “news reports suggest that the U.S. Capitol siege may just be the beginning of potentially violent actions from President Donald Trump’s supporters.” The filing by the office of Arizona U.S. Attorney Michael Bailey asked a judge on Friday to detain Jacob Chansley, one of the most notorious January 6 rioters arrested so far, without bail. They said…

Chelsea doused tension as Mason Mount’s strike 13 minutes from time broke the resistance of 10-man Fulham to earn a 1-0 win in the West London derby on Saturday. The Blues were languishing down in 10th at kick-off after a run of one win in six league games left Frank Lampard fighting for his job. But the former England midfielder was handed a gift by Antonee Robinson’s reckless challenge just before half-time that earned the American a straight red card. Chelsea still struggled to make the extra man advantage count, but Mount’s precise low finish moved the visitors up to…

Amidst allegations of electoral fraud, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected for the sixth term in office with 58.6 percent of the vote. Museveni, 76, has been in power for more than three decades. “The electoral commission declares Yoweri Museveni… elected President of the Republic of Uganda,” said election commission chairman Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama. His main rival, Bobi Wine trailed with 34.8 percent, but rejected the result, saying it did as not represent the outcome of the election. Bobi Wine, a singer-turned-politician whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, came a far second in the vote, according to the country’s…

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited has completed divested 30 per cent interest in Oil Mining Lease 17 in the Eastern Niger Delta and associated infrastructure to TNOG Oil and Gas Limited for $533 million. TNOG Oil and Gas is a related company of Heirs Holdings Limited and Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc. A statement by the company’s Corporate Affairs unit said the completion followed the receipt of all approvals from the relevant authorities of the Federal Government of Nigeria. “A total of $453m was paid at completion with the balance to be paid over an agreed period. ”SPDC…

Two members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom State are said to have died during the long-drawn industrial strike owing to non-payment of their salaries. The nationwide strike that commenced in March 2020 was called off by ASUU on December 23, 2020 after the union reached an agreement with the Federal Government. The lecturers were said to have died due to lack of funds to cater for their health during the strike accompanied by COVID-19 lockdown, Dr. Happiness Uduk, the ASUU Chairman of University of Uyo chapter, has confirmed. Speaking with Straightnews on…

The former speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives tied the knot with the daughter of Kebbi Governor, Atiku Bagudu in Abuja on Friday, January 15. Dimeji Bankole wedded Aisha Shinkafi Saidu, a lawyer and graduate of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. Bankole, who divorced his first wife in 2017, has been in a sizzling relationship with Aisha. The bride is a granddaughter of late political heavyweight and one-time head of Nigeria’s security organisation Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi, Marafan Sokoto. The bride’s mother is Shinkafi’s daughter and a sister to the former Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Aliyu Shinkafi.…

Nigeria has recorded 1,867, the highest number so far in a day, bringing the overall infections in the country to 107,345. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated this on its official Twitter handle on Friday, noting that eight people also died from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 1,413. The new cases were reported from 23 states of the federation and the  Federal  Capital Territory (FCT) Lagos State having 713 infections, Plateau, 273; FCT, 199; Kaduna, 117; and Oyo, 79. Others were Enugu-58, Ondo-53, Kano-49, Sokoto-43, Ogun-37, Osun-37, Nasarawa-36, Rivers-28, Benue-24, Delta-24, Niger-24,…

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets, Friday, crushed their Burkina Faso counterpart 1-0 to qualify for the finals of the WAFU U-17 tournament in Lome, Togo. With this win, the national under-17 male football team have also picked one of the tickets for the 2021 CAF U-17 AFCON scheduled for Morocco later in the year. In the closely contested first semi-finals of the regional tournament, the Golden Eaglets pipped their hard-fighting Burkina Faso counterpart through a lone goal. Michael Emmanuel put Nigeria ahead in the 77th minute after several missed chances in the first half. The first half of the match had ended…