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A police officer was felled by the bullets of unknown gunmen at the Toru Orua country home of the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Henry Seriake Dickson. The men of the Nigerian Police Wednesday night had repelled a midnight attack by suspected gunmen. The police team prevented the gunmen who attempted to invade the compound through the Forcados River from gaining access. But, the gunmen shot the officer shot in the head and he died in the attack. Chief Dickson and his family were not in the compound during the attack having been away in Abuja and Yenagoa for…

Mohamed Abdel Rahman scored in the second minute of extra time as hosts Sudan beat Ghana 1-0 to halt the Black Stars’ qualification party and revive their own hopes of qualifying for the Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to be staged in Cameroon in 2021. Ghana looked to be headed for qualification with two matches left, the point taking them to 10 points and an unassailable lead. However, Rahman on Tuesday headed home the goal that took Sudan to six points in Group C and a hope for a first qualification since 2012. Prior to the Sudan loss, Ghana…

The University of Oxford has produced Coronavirus vaccine for adults aged 56-69 and those over 70. Developed by teams in the university, ChAdOx1 nCov-2019 Coronavirus vaccine reportedly triggers a robust immune response in healthy adults. The data, published today in The Lancet, suggest that one of the groups most vulnerable to serious illness, and death from COVID-19, could build immunity. Older adults are prone to higher risk from COVID-19 and immunization is more effective vaccine for the disease. At Phase II trial of the ChAdOx1 nCov-2019 vaccine, the authors agreed that volunteers in the trial demonstrate similar neutralising antibody titres, and T…

Families of abducted six Assistant Superintendents of Police in Katsina State are facing hellish conditions in raising N100 million ransom demanded by bandits for their release. The abducted ASPs were among the nine who were just promoted to their current rank. They were attached to the Mobile Police Squadron 6, Maiduguri, Borno State. Findings on Wednesday, November 18, indicated that the ASPs were demobilised from the riot unit and eight of them were on their way to the Zamfara State Police Command on transfer when they were ambushed in the Dogondaji area of Katsina State and taken into the forest,…

A Nigerian from Yobe State has reportedly coasted home $400,000 for finishing second in a World Chemistry competition. Umar Dagona represented Nigeria in the competition and finished second, beating fellow competitors from other countries not mentioned. It was revealed in a letter of notification shared on the micro-blogging site by one Saif Rikiji that the top three best students in the competition will take home the sum of $600,000, $400,000 and $300,000 respectively. The student from Turkey came first while Dagona, the Nigerian representative came second and the Argentine student came third. It was reported that Dagona who hails from…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says 14 states recorded 236 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. In its via its Twitter, NCDC wrote “On the 18th of November 2020, 236 new confirmed cases and 1 death were recorded in Nigeria. “The 236 new cases are reported from 14 states- Lagos (142), Ogun (19), Kaduna (15), FCT (14), Imo (14), Rivers (14), Plateau (6), Katsina (3), Ekiti (2), Jigawa (2), Oyo (2), Cross River (1), Kano (1), Taraba (1). “Till date, 65,693 cases have been confirmed, 61,457 cases have been discharged and 1,163 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the…

The October allocations dropped as the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), Wednesday, shared N604.004 billion to the Federal, states and local governments for this year. This is about N35 billion less than the N639.9billion distributed in the preceding month of September. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Alhaji Aliyu Ahmed, who presided over the meeting in Abuja stated that the three tiers of government shared a total sum of N604.004 billion as federation allocation for the month of October 2020. A statement issued by the Director (Information) in the ministry, Mr. Hassan Dodo, said from…

On completion of his first term in office, Akwa Ibom Governor Udom Emmanuel rolled out “Completion Agenda” that commenced from May 29, 2019. The essence of the agenda was to serve as impetus in pushing the governor to complete development projects and programmes particularly roads undertaken in the first term. However, Straightnews stumbled on a publication entitled: Annual Report of the Accountant General with Audited Financial Statements for the 2019 by Office of the state Accountant-General, Pastor Uwem S. Andrew-Essien, detailing the expenditure profile of the government. A cursory look at the publication shows that Akwa Ibom government paid various…

Abeokuta High Court, Wednesday, sentenced a 39-year-old man to death by hanging for killing his lover. Musiliu Owolabi, an automobile mechanic, was dragged to the court for killing his girlfriend, Afusat Idowu, in February 2018. The lead prosecution counsel, James Mafe who is the Director of Legal Drafting, Planning Research and Statistics, told the court that the Owolabi had taken his girlfriend to a hotel at Camp area in Abeokuta for pleasure and while they were having their time together, she complained of stomach ache and started foaming from her mouth. ”The convict took her to his vehicle. On his…

As pall of doubt continues to hang over the wanton killings of ENDSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos, Cable News Network has fingered Nigerian Army of complicity in the dastardly act. CNN, an American news-based pay television channel, has released findings from its independent investigation on Lekki shooting, shared videos of what appears to be soldiers shooting directly at the crowd. This sharply contradicts the remark of Brigadier-General Ahmed Taiwo, Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Lagos who told Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry that the soldiers at the scene of the incident only fired blank bullets…