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As Nigeria, Sunday, recorded 155 new COVID-19 cases, the caseloads in the country have notched 66,383. This is as the country has recorded one death with spike at 1,167 cases. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control via its Twitter said “On the 22nd of November 2020, 155 new confirmed cases and 1 death was recorded in Nigeria.” According to NCDC, “The 155 new cases are reported from 12 states- Lagos (60), Katsina (37), Kaduna (35), FCT (6), Ogun (4), Edo (3), Kwara (3), Rivers(2), Kano (2), Jigawa (1), Oyo (1) and Taraba (1). “Till date, 66,383 cases have been confirmed, 62,076…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined leaders from the world’s 20 richest nations on Sunday in a promise to work together to keep trade flowing, fight climate change and provide COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries. The promises are contained in a final communique issued by G20 leaders at the end of two days of largely closed-door virtual discussions ostensibly focused on coordinating an international response to the pandemic. Despite the pledges, however, experts say the summit represented a missed opportunity for addressing the biggest issues facing the world today — in part because most of the commitments are not new. The…

The gruesome killing of Chief Philip Shekwo, the Nasarawa State Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, has elicited a torrent of condemnations. It was gathered that the gunmen armed with sophisticated weapons invaded the chairman’s residence around 11 p.m. on Saturday, November 21. They opened fire at the gate, forcing a policeman guarding the house to take cover and then went straight into Shekwolo’s bedroom and whisked him away to an unknown destination. The spokesman of the Nasarawa State Police Command, ASP Ramhan Nansel, who confirmed the abduction to newsmen, said policemen were immediately deployed to the scene, adding that the police engaged the gunmen in a…

Senior Pastor of the Kingsway International Christian Centre, KICC, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo, says he was one of those who signed the #EndSARS petition, but urged Nigerian youths not to wait for the government to get things done. Ashimolowo explained that it is time for the youths, 35 and below to ensure they get things done regardless. His words: “Many of the people saying I have no man, are wearing mask of laziness, incapacity…”Stop saying I have no man, throw yourself to it, there is greatness in you.” Speaking on the protest, the Pastor stated that “if they want to get…

Following return of normalcy to Akwa Ibom, the state government has lifted the curfew imposed as a result of security concerns by the #EndSARS protest. The curfew that started from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m and from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. was imposed by the government following wanton destruction and looting of public and private properties worth millions of naira by some suspected hoodlums. A press statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong on Sunday said the decision to discontinue the curfew was taken after wide consultation with the security agencies in the…

Two suspects allegedly linked with the roasting and eating of the flesh of police officers burnt in Ibadan during #EndSARS protest have been nabbed by the police in Oyo State confirmed. Police Spokesman at the Oyo State Command, SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the arrest of the suspects on Saturday in Ibadan in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The suspects, a 34-year-old expectant mother and a 43-year-old man have been transferred to the Force Intelligence Bureau at the Force Headquarters in Abuja for further investigation, he said. The 34-year-old woman was alleged to have eaten some body…

By: Israel Umoh Two prominent Igbo kinsmen from the same local government area in Ebonyi State left their first love- Engineering profession- and sauntered into the murky political waters to ply their trade. They are Ogbonnaya Onu and Dave Umahi. Onu who hails from Uburu in Oha Ozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi graduated with a first-class honours degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Lagos. Dr. Onu who is the Minister of Science and Technology was elected the first Governor of defunct Abia State in 1991. Umahi, on the other hand, equally comes from Umunaga, Uburu in Oha…

At least, one person died as suspected secret cultists clashed with traders in the popular Obo Annang Market in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The market which is sold once in a week and patronised by traders from neighbouring local government areas including Uyo and Abia State has ownership spreads across Ikot Esi Idomo, Afaha Essang, Ukana Akpautong, Adiasim, and Ikot Ankwa villages. Straightnews learned that the cultists numbering 80 who came on motor cycles arrived at the market when some traders were busy offloading their wares while others were displaying and hawking theirs in the…

Atletico Madrid pulled a stunner to brighten their hopes of winning La Liga on Saturday by thrashing Barcelona 1-0 and consigning their opponents to their worst start to a league season in 29 years. Yannick Carrasco finished brilliantly from range after mistakes from Gerard Pique and Marc-Andre ter Stegen left the goal gaping but Barca, and a below-par Lionel Messi, failed to respond at the Wanda Metropolitano. Atletico recorded their first league victory over Barcelona in 10 years, which puts them three points ahead of Real Madrid, with a game in hand, and second in the table, level on points…

The Federal Government has disowned report making rounds that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has been exempted from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, platform. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige told Sunday Vanguard that the government was quoted out of context on the matter, saying, there was no meeting it was agreed that ASUU would be exempted from the IPPIS payment platform. The Minister explained that at the meeting with the leadership of the university teachers, the government agreed that ASUU members that were yet to enroll on IPPIS will be paid through…